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THE 


MUNICIPAL  CODE 


Chicago: 


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LAWS  OF  ILLINOIS   RELATING  TO  THE    CITY    OF   CHICAGO, 


AND    THE 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL; 


COi:)IFlED    AND    REVISED 


EGBERT  JAMIESON  and  FRANCIS  ADAMS. 

O^THE 


rUBLISHED    BY    AUTHORITY    OF    THE    CITY'    COUNCIL. 


CHICAGO: 
Beach,  Barnard  &  Co.,  Legal  Printer.s, 

188L 


CITY  OF  CHrCACiO, 

In  City  Councii,,  January  12tii,  1880. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  introduced  by  iVlderman  E.  F.  Cui,- 
LERTON,  and  passed: 

J'Vkereas,  In  the  opinion  of  the  city  council,  it  is  deemed  essential  for  the  proper  administration  of 
the  affairs  of  the  municipality,  that  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago  should  be  revised, 

Therefore,  be  it  resolved.  That  the  proper  authority  or  authorities  named  in  the  charter  of  said  city, 
be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to  take  immediate  steps  to  have  a  revision  of  said  ordinances  made,  in  the 
manner  pointed  out  and  authorized  by  the  charter  of  said  city. 


MAYOR'S  OFFICE, 

Chicago,  February  IOth,  1880. 

To  THE  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago, 

Gentlemen: 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  of  the  charter  of  the  city,  I   hereby  appoint 

Egbert  Jamieson,  Esq.,  and  Francis  Adams,  Esq.,  "  competent  persons  to  prepare 

and  to  svibmit  to  the  city  council  for  their  adoption,  or  rejection,  an  ordinance  in 

revision  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  for  the  government  of  the   city,"  and 

ask  your  consent  thereto. 

Carter  II.  Harrison, 

Mavor. 


Alderman  Throop  moved  that  the  appointments  be  concurred  in. 

Passed.     Yeas,  2fi ;  navs,  none. 

Attest : 

P.  J.  Howard, 

City  Clerk. 


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MAYORS 

OF    TlIK 

City  of  Chicago. 


FROM    THE 


Date  of  its  Ixcorporatiox,  March  4,  1837,  to  the  Year   1881. 


I 


William  B.  Ogdex Elected  May  2nd,  1837. 

BuCKNER  S.  Morris "  March  6th,    1838. 

Benjamin   W.  Raymond "  "  oth,   1839. 

Alexander   Lloyd "  "  3rd,    1840. 

Francis  C.  Sherman "  "  5th,    1841. 

Benjamin   W.  Raymond "  "  7th,    1842. 

Auglstus   Garrett   "  "  7th,    1843. 

Alson   S.  Sherman "  "  7th,    1844. 

Augustus    Garrett "  "  5th,    1845. 

John  P.   Chapin "  "  3d,     1846. 

James  Curtiss   "  "  2nd,  1847. 

James  II.  Woodworth "  "  7th,    1848. 

James  H.  Woodworth "  "  6th,    1849. 

James  Curtiss "  "  6th,    1850. 

Walter  S.  Gurnee "  "  4th,    1851. 

Walter  S.  Gurnee "  "  2nd,  1852. 

Charles  M.  Gray "  "  14th,    1853. 

Isaac  L.  Milliken "  "  13th,    1854. 

Levi   D.  Boone "  "  Stii,    1855. 

Thomas  Dyer "  "  10th,    1856. 

John  Wentworth •  •  :]rd,    1857. 

John   C.  Haines. "  -  2nd,  1858. 

John   C.  Haines "  "  Ist,    1859. 

John  Wentworth "  "  (ith,    1860. 

Julian  S.  Rumsey "  April  I6th,    1861. 

Francis  C.  Sherman "  "  15th,    1862. 

Francis  C.  Sherman "  '*  21>;t,    1863. 

Francis  C.  Sherman ^ "  "  20th,    1864. 

John  B.  Rice "  "  18th,    1865. 

John  B.  Rice "  "  17th,    1866. 

John  B.  Rice "  "  16th,    1867. 

John  B.  Rice "  "  17t]i,    1868. 

R.  B.  Mason "  Nov.  2nd,  1869 

Joseph   Medill "  "  7th,    1871. 

Harvey  D.  Colvin "  "  4th,    1873. 

Monroe  Heath "  July  12th,    1876. 

Monroe  Heath "  April  3rd,   1877. 

C.\rter  H.  Harrison    "  "  1st,    1879. 

Carter  H.  Harrison "  "  5th,    1881. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  GOVERMENT 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  CHICAGO. 


First    M'lird. 


Hon.  Carter  H.  Harrison, 
Mayor,  and  President  rv  otfino  ol"  the  City  Council. 

P.  J.  Howard, 
City  Clerk. 

Membepx-s  of  the  City  Council. 


.Arthur  Dixon. 
Swavne  Wickersham 

Sravid    U'anf P-  Sanders. 

James  T.  Appleton. 

77/inf  Word D.  L.  Shorey. 

O.  B.  Phelps. 

Fcmrt//    Wcn-d Wm.  W.  Watkins. 

O.  D.  Wetherell. 
FifiJi    Ward Henry  F.  Sheridan. 

E.  P.  Burke. 

Sixth    Ward E.  F.  Cullerton. 

J.  J.  Altpeter. 

Seventh    Ward.  .  .  .J.  H.  Hildreth. 
John  Riordon. 

Eio-hth   Ward.    ...Frank  Lawler. 
*  Thos.  Purcell. 

Ninth    Ward John  M.  Smyth. 

James  Peevey. 


Eleventh    Ward 

Twelfth  Ward 

Thirteenth  Ward . .  . 
Fourteenth  JVard.  .  . 

Fifteenth    Ward 

Sixteenth  Ward  .  ..  ■ 
Seventeenth  Ward  . 
Elo-hteeiith   Ward.  .  ■ 


.H.  Schroder. 
Daniel  Nelson. 
.Thos.  N.  Bond. 
Thad.  Dean, 
.jos.  D.  Everett. 
Alvin   Hurlbert. 
.O.  M.  Brady. 
James  M.  Wanzer. 
.Clemens  Hirsch. 
Frank  A.  Stauber. 
.Wm.  S.Young,  Jr. 
Adam  Meyer. 
.  .Christian  Meier. 

Anton   Imhofi". 

.  .John  Murphy. 

E.  P.  Barrett. 

.  .M.  F.  Blair. 

A.  H.  Burlev. 


City  Officers. 

m  „^  rr   rr-i^xTTTV  City  Comptroller. 

Theodore  T.  Glrne^ .>    Treasurer. 

Rudolph  Jrand  •  •   Co/^„,i««ioner  of  Public  Works. 

Charles  S.  Waller^^ Commissioner  of  Buildings. 

Alexander  Kir KLAI.D Commissioner  of  Health. 

Dr.  Oscar  C.  DeWolf Su  erintendent  of  Police. 

Wm.  J.  McGarrigle Fi^e  Marshal. 

D.  SwEENiE. .  .    Corporation  Counsel. 

Francis   Adams         .•.;•.■.     City  Attorney. 

Julius  S.  Grin n ell  Prosecuting  Attorney. 

Charles  S.  Cameron    ^       En^^ineer. 

DkWitt  C.  Cregier ^7  gn     nee^ 

Wm.   J.  Onahan ^^{  Phvsician 

DR.  W.  P.  Dvnne SS^e^Sr  We  ghts  and  Measures. 

Walter  McDonald InsEo    Gas  Metres. 

S.  D.   BALDWIN^     .^^ ■  ■  •  •  ■  I- P- ^^,.  ^,  3,-1,,, 

Patrick  H.  Tiern E^ Inspector  of  Oils. 

M.VTHEW  Franzen Superintendent  of  Streets. 

William  Fogert^ Superintendent  Water  Office. 

Herman    Lieb Superintendent  Special  Assessments. 

Hii^^^^  J-  J"^'^-^ Superintendent  Map  Department. 

F.  C  Meyer ' 


OFFICERS    OF    THE    CITY    GOVERNMENT.  VII. 


Board  of  Education. 

Phil.  A.  Hdyne,  J.  C.  Blrroughs, 

E.  G.  Keith,  IM.  J.  Dixne, 

W.  J.  English,  G.  B.  Armstrong, 

A.  C.  Bartlett,  Thos.  Brenan, 

W.  Clrran,  E.  Frankenthal, 

M.  A.  DeLanv,  p.  O.  Stenslani), 

I.  N.  Stiles,  F.  A.  Maass, 

C.     L.    NiEHOFF. 

Martin  A.  DeLany President. 

Geo.  B.  Armstrong Vice-President. 

George  Howland Superintendent  and  Secretary- 

Edward  C.  Delano Assistant  Superintendent. 

R.  W.   RiCABY Attorney. 

Jamks   Ward • Building  and  Supply  Agent. 

Chas.  C.  Chase School  Agent. 

Shepherd  Johnston Clerk. 


Public  Library. 

directors: 

F.  C.  IIotz,  W.  J.  Onahan, 

B.  Lowenthal,  Henry  Rubf.xs, 

O.  S.  A.  Sprague,  James  L.\ne  Allen, 

Lawrence  W.  Kadlec,  Bernard  Callaghan, 
John  B.  Walker. 

W.  J.  Onahan President. 

W.  F.  Poole Librarian. 

W.  .B.  WiCKERSHAM Secretary 


Inspectors  of  House  of  Correction. 

Carter  H.  Harrison,  Mayor Chairman. 

J^ouis  Wahl,                  Luther  L.\flin  Mills,  Col.  C.  G.  Hammond, 

Chas.  E.  Felton   Superintendent. 


An  Ordinance 


IN    REGARD    TO    THE    PUBLICATION    OF    THE    ORDINANCES    AND    LAWS    OF    THE    CITY 

OF    CHICAGO. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  city  coitiuil  of  the  city  of  C/iiciii;'o  : 

Section  1.  That  the  ordinances  and  laws  governing  tlic  cit\-  of  Chicago  as 
codified  and  re\ised  by  Egbert  Janiieson  and  Francis  Adams  be  and  tlie  same  aie 
lierebv  ordered  printed  and  publisiied  in  a  bound  vohmie,  to  be  entitled  "  The 
Municipal  Code  of  Chicago." 

Sec.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  ami  after  its  j)assage. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 
County  of   Cook,        [-  ss. 
City  of  Chicago.         )  I,  P.  J.  Howard,  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 

do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  and  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  an    ordinance, 

entitled   "  An  Ordinance  in  regard  to  the  publication  of  the  ordinances  and  law  s  of 

the  city  of  Chicago,"  passed  by  the  city  cfjimcil  of  said  cit\-,  April  IS,  1881. 

I  further  certifv  that  the  original  ordinance,  of  which  the  foregoing  is  a  certiiied 
copy,  is  bv  law   intiHisted  to  my  custody  for  safe  keeping  and  is  on  tile  in   my  olTice. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said  cil_\-,  this  20th  day  of  May,  1881. 

\       seal  of  the       )_  •  p.  J.  HOWARD, 

(  CITY  OF  CHICAGO.  )'  CifyjClrrk. 


Constitutional  Provisions  ; 
Statutes 


ORDINANCES. 


NSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS 

In  relation  to  City  Governments. 


Article    IV. 


Section  4.  No  person  who  has  been,  or  hereafter  shall  be, 
convicted  of  bribery,  perjury,  or  other  infamous  crime,  nor  any 
person  who  has  been  or  may  be  a  collector  or  holder  of  public 
moneys,  who  shall  not  have  accounted  for,  and  paid  over,  according 
to  law,  all  such  moneys  due  from  him,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  or  to  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  in  this  state. 

§  22.  The  general  assembly  shall  not  pass  local  or  special 
laws  in  any  of  the  following  enumerated  cases,  that  is  to  say:  for 

incorporating  cities,  towns,  or  villages,  or  changing,  or  amending 
the  charter  of  any  town,  city  or  village. 

ii:  ^  -Jf  ^  -^  '^  '^  -^  '^ 

Creating,  increasing  or  decreasing  fees,  percentage  or  allowances 
•of  public  officers,  during  the  term  for  which  said  officers  are  elected 
or  appointed. 

§  23.  The  general  assembly  shall  have  no  power  to  release,  or 
extinguish,  in  whole,  or  in  part,  the  indebtedness,  liability,  or  obli- 
gation of  any  corporation,  or  individual,  to  this  state,  or  to  any 
municipal  corporation  therein. 

§  28.  No  law  shall  be  passed  which  shall  operate  to  extend 
the  term  of  any  public  officer  after  his  election  or  appointment. 

Article    V. 

Section  25.  All  civil  officers,  except  members  of  the  general 
assembly,  and  such  inferior  officers  as  may  be  by  law  exempted, 
shall,  before  they  enter  on  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take 
and  subscribe  the  following  oath  or  affirmation: 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be,)  that  I  will  support  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of  according 

to  the  best  of  my  ability. 


4  CONSTITUTIONAI.    PROVISIONS    IN 

And  no  other  oath,  declaration,  or  test  shall  be  required  as  a 
qualification. 

Article    VIII. 

Section  3.  Neither  the  general  assembly,  nor  any  county, 
city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other  public  corporation, 
shall  ever  make  any  appropriation,  or  pay  from  any  public  fund 
whatever,  anything  in  aid  of  any  church  or  sectarian  purpose,  or  to 
help,  support,  or  sustain,  any  school,  academy,  seminary,  college, 
university,  or  other  literary  or  scientific  institution,  controlled  by 
any  church  or  sectarian  denomination  whatever;  nor  shall  any 
grant,  or  donation  of  land,  money,  or  other  personal  property  ever 
be  made  by  the  state,  or  any  such  public  corporation,  to  any  church 
or  for  any  sectarian  purpose. 

Article   IX. 

Section  9.  The  general  assembly  may  vest  the  corporate 
authorities  of  cities,  towns,  and  villages  with  power  to  make  local 
improvements  by  special  assessments,  or  by  special  taxation  of  con- 
tiguous property,  or  otherwise.  For  all  other  coporate  purposes, 
all  municipal  corporations  may  be  vested  with  authority  to  assess 
and  collect  taxes;  but  such  taxes  shall  be  uniform  in  respect  to  per- 
sons and  property,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  body  imposing  the 
same. 

§  10.  The  general  assembly  shall  not  impose  taxes  upon 
municipal  corporations,  or  the  inhabitants  or  property  thereof, 
for  corporate  purposes,  but  shall  require  that  all  the  taxable  pro- 
perty within  the  limits  of  municipal  corporations  shall  be  taxed  for 
the  pa3niient  of  debts  contracted  under  authority  of  law,  such  taxes 
to  be  uniform  in  respect  to  persons  and  property,  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  body  imposing  the  same.  Private  property  shall  not 
be  liable  to  be  taken  or  sold  for  the  payment  of  the  corporate  debts 
of  a  municipal  corporation. 

§  II.  No  person  who  is  in  default,  as  collector  or  custo- 
dian of  money  or  property  belonging  to  a  municipal  corporation, 
shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  in  or  under  such  corporation.  The 
fees,  salary  or  compensation  of  no  municipal  officer  who  is  elected 
or  appointed  for  a  definite  term  of  office,  shall  be  increased  or  di- 
minished during  such  term. 

§  12.  No  county,  city,  township,  school  district,  or  other  mu- 
nicipal corporation,  shall  be  allowed  to  become  indebted  in  any 
manner  or  for  any  purpose,  to  an  amount,  including  existing  indebt- 
edness, in  the  aggregate  exceeding  five  per  centum  on  the  value  of 
the  taxable  property  therein,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment 


RELATION    TO    CITY    GOVERNMEXTS.  5 

for  State  and  county  taxes,  previous  to  the  incurring  of  such  indebt- 
edness. Any  county,  city,  school  district,  or  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, incurring  any  indebtedness  as  aforesaid,  shall,  before  or  at 
the  time  of  doing  so,  provide  for  the  collection  of  a  direct  an- 
nual tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  debt  as  it  falls  due, 
and  also  to  pay  and  discharge  the  principal  thereof  within  twenty 
years  from  the  time  of  contracting  the  same.  This  section  shall 
not  be  construed  to  prevent  any  county,  city,  township,  school  dis- 
trict, or  other  municipal  corporatiom,  from  issuing  their  bonds  in 
compliance  with  any  vote  of  the  people  which  may  have  been  had 
prior  to  the  adoption  of  this  constitution  in  pursuance  of  any  law 
providing  therefor. 

Article   XI. 

Section  4.  No  law  shall  be  passed  by  the  general  assembly 
granting  the  right  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railroad  within 
any  city,  town  or  incorporated  village,  without  requiring  the  con- 
sent of  the  local  authorities  having  the  control  of  the  street  or 
highway  proposed  to  be  occupied  by  such  street  railroad. 

MUNICIPAL   subscriptions   TO   RAILROADS,    ETC. 

No  county,  city,  town,  township  or  other  municipality,  shall  ever 
become  subscriber  to  the  capital  stock  of  any  railroad  or  private 
corporation,  or  make  donation  to  or  loan  its  credit  in  aid  of  such 
corporation:  Provided^  however^  that  the  adoption  of  this  article 
shall  not  be  construed  as  affecting  the  right  of  any  such  municipal- 
ity to  make  such  subscriptions  where  the  same  have  been  authori- 
zed, under  existing  laws,  by  a  vote  of  the  people  of  such  municipal- 
ities prior  to  such  adoption. 


STATUTES 

Relating  to  the  Government  of  the  City  of  Chicago. 


AN    ACT   TO    PROVIDE    FOR    THE    I^X•ORPORATION    OF    CiTIES    AXD    VILLAGES, 

Adopted  by  the  City  of  Chicago,  April  23d,  1875. 


>/  Article  I. 

THE    ORGANIZATION    OF    CITIES. 

1.  How  city  may  adoft  this  acL^  That  any  city  now  existing 
in  this  state  may  become  incorporated  under  this  act  in  manner  fol- 
lowing: Whenever  one-eighth  of  the  legal  voters  of  such  city, 
voting  at  the  last  preceding  municipal  election,  shall  petition  the 
mayor  and  council  thereof  to  submit  the  question  as  to  whether 
such  city  shall  become  incorporated  under  this  act,  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors  in  such  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  mayor  and  council 
to  submit  such  question  accordingly,  and  to  appoint  a  time  and 
place,  or  places,  at  which  such  vote  may  be  taken,  and  to  designate 
the  persons  who  shall  act  as  judges  at  such  election;  but  such  ques- 
tion shall  not  be  submitted  oftener  than  once  in  four  years. 

2.  Notice  of  Election.^  §  2.  The  mayor  of  such  city  shall 
give  at  least  thirty  days'  notice  of  such  election,  by  publishing  a 
notice  thereof  in  one  or  more  newspapers  within  such  city;  but  if 
no  newspaper  is  published  therein,  then  by  posting  at  least  five 
copies  of  such  notice  in  each  ward. 

3.  The  ballot — result?^  §  3.  The  ballots  to  be  used  at  such 
election  shall  be  in  the  following  form:  "  For  city  organization 
under  general  law ; "  or,  "  Against  city  organization  under  gen- 
eral law."  The  judges  of  such  election  shall  make  returns 
thereof  to  the  cit}^  council,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  canvass  such 
returns  and  cause  the  result  of  such  canvass  to  be  entered  on  the 
records  of  such  city.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion shall  be  for  city  organization  under  general  law,  such  city 
shall  thenceforth  be  deemed  to  be  organized  under  this  act,  and 
the  city  officers  then  in  office,  shall  thereupon  exercise  the  powers 
conferred  upon  like  officers  in  this  act,  until  their  successors  shall 
be  elected  and  qualified. 


8  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

4.  How  towns  may  beco?ne  cities.^  §  4.  Any  incorporated  town 
or  village,  in  this  state,  having  a  population  of  not  less  than  one 
thousand  (1,000)  inhabitants,  may  become  incorporated  as  a  city  in 
like  manner  as  hereinbefore  provided;  but  in  all  such  cases  the 
president  and  trustees  of  such  town  or  village  shall,  respectively, 
perform  the  same  duties  relative  to  such  change  of  organization  as 
is  above  required  to  be  performed  by  the  mayor  and  council  of 
cities. 

5.  Organizing  a  city — petition — election — result^  §5.  When- 
ever any  area  of  contiguous  territory  in  this  state,  not  exceeding 
four  square  miles,  shall  have  resident  thereon  a  population  of  not 
less  than  one  thousand  inhabitants,  which  shall  not  already  be  in- 
cluded within  any  incorporated  town  or  city,  the  same  may  become 
incorporated  as  a  city  in  manner  following:  Any  fifty  legal  voters 
thereof  may  file  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  court,  of 
the  county  in  which  such  inhabitants  reside,  a  petition,  addressed  to 
the  judge  of  such  court;  and  if  the  territory  described  in  said  peti- 
tion shall  be  in  more  than  one  county,  then  the  petition  shall  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  judge  of  the  court  where  a  greater  part  of  such  ter- 
ritory is  situated;  which  petition  shall  define  the  boundaries  of  such 
proposed  city,  and  state  the  number  of  inhabitants  residing  within 
such  limits,  and  also  state  the  name  of  such  proposed  city,  and  shall 
contain  a  prayer  that  the  question  be  submitted  to  the  legal  voters 
residing  within  such  limits,  whether  they  will  organize  as  a  city 
under  this  act.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  judge  to  fix  a 
time  and  place,  within  the  boundaries  of  such  proposed  city,  at 
which  an  election  may  be  held  to  determine  such  question ;  and  such 
judge  shall  name  the  persons  to  act  as  judges  in  holding  such  elec- 
tion, and  shall  give  notice  thereof  by  causing  ten  notices  to  be 
posted  in  public  places  within  such  proposed  city.  And  the  third 
section  of  this  article  shall  be  applicable  to  such  election:  Provided, 
that  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  be  made  to  and  canvassed  by 
the  county  judge,  and  any  two  justices  of  the  peace  whom  he  shall 
call  to  his  assistance,  instead  of  the  city  council;  and  the  result  of 
such  election  shall  be  entered  upon  the  records  of  such  county 
court.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  shall  be 
*'  For  city  organization  under  general  law,"  the  inhabitants  of  such 
territory,  described  in  such  petition,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  incor- 
porated as  a  city,  under  this  act,  and  with  the  name  stated  in  the 
petition. 

6.  Courts  to  take  judicial  notice  of  organization^  etc?^  §6.  All 
courts  in  this  state  shall  take  judicial  notice  of  the  existence  of  all 
villages  and  cities  organized  under  this  act,  and  of  the  change  of  the 
organization  of  any  town  or  city  from  its  original  organization,  to 
its  organization  under  this  act;  and  from  the  time  of  such  oraniza- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  9 

tlon,  or  change  of  organization,  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be 
applicable  to  such  cities  and  villages,  and  all  laws  in  conflict  there- 
with shall  no  longer  be  applicable.  But  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws, 
not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  continue  in  force 
and  applicable  to  any  such  city  or  village,  the  same  as  if  such  change 
of  organization  had  not  taken  place. 

7.  Election  of  officer s?\  §  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  presi- 
dent and  board  of  trustees  of  any  town  which  shall  have  voted  to 
change  its  organization  to  a  city,  under  this  act,  to  call  and  give 
notice  of  an  election  to  elect  city  officers,  and  to  designate  the  time 
and  place  or  places  of  holding  the  same.  Such  notice  shall  be  pub- 
lished in  a  newspaper,  if  there  be  one,  within  the  town,  or  posted  in 
ten  public  places,  for  at  least  twenty  days  before  such  election. 
Such  president  and  trustees  shall  appoint  the  judges  and  clerks  to 
hold  such  election,  canvass  the  returns  thereof,  and  cause  the  result 
to  be  entered  upon  the  records  of  the  town;  and  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  relative  to  the  election  of  city  officers,  shall  be  applicable 
thereto ;  but,  at  such  election,  aldermen  may  be  elected  on  a  general 
ticket. 

8.  When  county  judge  to  give  notice  of  election,  etc.'\  §  8.  In 
•case  of  cities  organizing  under  section  five  (5)  of  this  article,  the 
•county  judge  shall  call  and  give  notice  of  the  election,  and  perform 
the  same  duties  relative  thereto  as  is  above  required  to  be  performed 
by  president  and  trustees  of  such  town,  and  in  canvassing  such 
returns  shall  call  to  his  assistance  two  justices  of  the  peace. 

9.  Term  of  first  officers.^  §  9.  The  city  officers  elected  under 
•either  of  the  preceding  sections,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices 
until  the  next  succeeding  regular  election  for  such  officers,  respec- 
tively, and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  as  pro- 
vided in  this  act. 

10.  Cor-porate  name- — -pozvcrs?]^  §  10.  Cities  organized  under 
this  act  shall  be  bodies  politic  and  corporate,  under  the  name  and 
style  of  "  Cit}^  of  (name),"  and  under  such  name  may  sue  and  be 
sued,  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  acquire  and  hold  real  and 
personal  property  for  corporate  purposes,  have  a  common  seal,  and 
■change  the  same  at  pleasure,  and  exercise  all  the  powers  hereinafter 
conferred. 

11.  Prior  ordinances^  etc.,  in  force  until,  f/r.]  §  !!•  All  ordi- 
nances, resolutions  and  by-laws  in  force  in  an}'  city  or  town 
when  it  shall  organize  under  this  act,  shall  continue  in  full  force  and 
•effect  until  repealed  or  amended,  notwithstanding  such  change  of 
organization;  and  the  making  of  such  change  of  organization  shall 
not  be  construed  to  effect  a  change  in  the  legal  identity,  as  a  corpo- 
ration, of  such  city  or  town. 


lO  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

12.  Rights^  etc. ^  of  old  corporations  to  vest  in  nczv^  %'^'^-  All' 
rights  and  property  of  every  kind  and  description,  which  were 
vested  in  any  municipal  corporation  under  its  former  organization, 
shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  vested  in  the  same  municipal  incor- 
poration upon  its  becoming  incorporated  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act;  but  no  rights  or  liabihties,  either  in  favor  or  against  such  cor- 
poration, existing  at  the  time  of  so  becoming  incorporated  under 
this  act,  and  no  suit  or  prosecution  of  any  kind,  shall  be  afiected  by 
such  change,  but  the  same  shall  stand  and  progress  as  if  no  change 
had  been  made:  Provided^  that  w^hen  a  diflerent  remed}^  is  given 
by  this  act,  which  may  properly  be  made  applicable  to  any  right 
existing  at  the  time  of  such  city  so  becoming  incorporated  under 
this  act,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  cumulative  to  the  remedies  before 
provided,  and  used  accordingly. 

13.  Record  of  result  of  election?^  §  I3*  The  corporate  author- 
ities of  any  city  or  village  which  may  become  organized  under  this 
act  shall,  within  three  months  after  organization  hereunder,  cause  tO' 
be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds,  in  the  count}^  in  which 
such  city  or  village  is  situated,  a  certified  copy  of  the  entry  made 
upon  the  records  of  the  city,  village  or  county  court,  of  the  canvass 
of  the  votes,  showing  the  result  of  such  election,  whereby  such  city 
or  village  became  so  organized  —  and  such  recorder  of  deeds  shall 
record  the  same.  And  such  corporate  authorities  shall  also  cause  a 
like  certificate  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  who' 
shall  file  the  same,  and  keep  a  registry  of  cities  and  villages  organ- 
ized under  this  act. 

14.  City  register''s  office  abolished?^  ^  14.  If  any  city  organized 
or  which  may  hereafter  organize  under  this  act,  shall  have  had  by 
the  terms  and  provisions  of  its  special  charter  a  city  register's  office 
or  other  office  in  which  deeds,  mortgages,  or  other  instruments  were 
required  or  authorized  by  law  to  be  recorded  in  lieu  of  recordings 
the  same  in  the  recorder's  office  in  the  county  where  said  city  was- 
situated,  such  city  register's  office  or  recorder's  office  shall  be  dis- 
continued under  this  act,  and  the  city  register  or  recorder  or  other 
officer  having  the  custody  of  the  records,  books  and  papers  pertain- 
ing to  such  city  register  or  recorder's  office  shall  deposit  such 
records  and  books,  and  papers  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds- 
of  the  county,  in  which  such  city  is  situated,  and  shall  take  the 
receipt  of  the  recorder  of  deeds  therefor,  and  such  records,  and 
books,  and  papers,  shall  from  thereafter  be  deemed  and  held  for  all 
purposes  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  recorder's  office  of  such 
county,  and  shall  have  like  legal  effect,  as  if  the  same  had  been 
originally  a  part  of  the  records  of  such  county  recorder's  office  for 
all  purposes  whatsoever,  and  the  same,  or  certified  transcripts  made 
therefrom,  shall  have  like  force  and  efiect  as  evidence  as  other 
records   of  said  recorder's  office. 


government  of  the  city  of  chicago.  ii 

Article  II. 
the  mayor. 

15.  May 07' — his  gjial/pcafioiis?^  §1.  The  chief  executive  officer 
of  a  city  shall  be  a  mayor,  who  shall  be  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  a  qualified  elector,  reside  within  the  city  limits,  and  hold  his 
office  for  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified. 

16.  Vacancy  one  yea?-  or  over.'\  §  2.  Whenever  a  vacancy  shall 
happen  in  the  office  of  the  mayor,  when  the  unexpired  term  shall  be 
one  year  or  over  from  the  date  when  the  vacancy  occurs,  it  shall  be 
filled  by  an  election. 

17.  Vaca)icy  less  than  year 7\  §  3.  If  the  vacancy  is  less  than 
one  year,  the  city  council  shall  elect  one  of  its  number  to  act  as 
mayor,  who  shall  possess  all  the  rights  and  powers  of  the  mayor 
until  the  next  annual  election,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and 
qualified. 

18.  ATayor  fro  tem?^  §4.  During  a  temporar}^  absence  or  dis- 
ability of  the  mayor,  the  city  council  shall  elect  one  of  its  number 
to  act  as  maj'or  fro  teni.,  who,  during  such  absence  or  disability, 
shall  possess  the  powers  of  mayor. 

19.  Vacancy  by  removal  from  city7\^  ^  5.  If  the  mayor,  at  any 
time  during  the  term  of  his  office,  shall  remove  from  the  limits  of 
the  city,  his  office  shall  thereby  become  vacant. 

20.  Mayor  to  -preside — casting  vote.~\  §  6.  The  mayor  shall 
preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  city  council,  but  shall  not  vote  except  in 
case  of  a  tie,  when  he  shall  give  the  casting  vote. 

21.  When  he  may  remove  officers?^  §  7.  The  mayor  shall  have 
power  to  remove  any  officer  appointed  by  him,  on  any  formal  charge, 
whenever  he  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  the  city 
demand  such  removal,  but  he  shall  report  the  reasons  for  such 
removal  to  the  council  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  not  less  than  five  days 
nor  more  than  ten  days  after  such  removal;  and  if  the  mayor  shall 
fail,  or  refuse  to  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  statement  of  the  reasons 
for  such  removal,  or  if  the  council  by  a  two-thirds  (^)  vote  of  all  its 
members  authorized  by  law  to  be  elected,  by  yeas  and  nays,  to  be 
entered  upon  its  record,  disapprove  of  such  removal,  such  officer 
shall  thereupon  become  restored  to  the  office  from  which  he  was  so 
removed ;  but  he  shall  give  new  bonds  and  take  a  new  oath  of  office. 
No  officer  shall  be  removed  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

22.  His  -pozvcr  to  keep  peacei\  §  8.  He  may  exercise,  within 
the  city  limits,  the  powers  conferred  upon  sherifts,  to  suppress  dis- 
order and  keep  the  peace. 


12  STATUTIiS    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAT. 

23.  Release  of  Prisoner s?\  §  9.  He  may  release  any  person 
imprisoned  for  violation  of  any  city  ordinance,  and  shall  report  such 
release,  with  the  cause  thereof,  to  the  council  at  its  first  session 
thereafter. 

24.  General  duties.^  §  ^^'  -^^  shall  perform  all  such  duties  as 
are  or  may  be  prescribed  by  law  or  by  the  city  ordinances,  and  shall 
take  care  that  the  laws  and  ordinances  are  faithfully  executed. 

25.  Potver  to  examine  records,  etc^  §  n*  He  shall  have  power 
at  all  times  to  examine  and  inspect  the  books,  records  and  papers  of 
any  agent,  employe  or  officer  of  the  city. 

26.  Messages  to  council.^  %^'^'  The  mayor  shall,  annually,  and 
from  time  to  time,  give  the  council  information  relative  to  the  aflairs 
of  the  city,  and  shall  recommend  for  their  consideration  such 
measures  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

27.  To  call  out  militia,  etc. — riots,  etc.l^  §  13.  He  shall  have 
power,  when  necessary,  to  call  on  every  male  inhabitant  of  the  city 
over  the  age  of  18  years,  to  aid  in  enforcing  the  laws  and  ordi- 
nances, and  to  call  out  the  militia  to  aid  in  suppressing  riots  and 
other  disorderly  conduct,  or  carrying  into  effect  any  law  or  ordi- 
nance, subject  to  the  authority  of  the  governor  as  commander-in- 
chief  of  the  militia. 

28.  Misconduct,  etc.,  of  mayor  or  other  officer — -penalty^  §  14. 
In  case  the  mayor  or  any  other  municipal  officer  shall  at  any  time 
be  guilty  of  a  palpable  omission  of  duty,  or  shall  willfully  and 
corruptly  be  guilty  of  oppression,  malconduct  or  misfeasance  in  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  he  shall  be  liable  to  indictment 
in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  and,  on  conviction,  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1,000;  and  the  court  in  which  such 
conviction  shall  be  had  shall  enter  an  order  removing  such  officer 
from  office. 

29.  Revising  ordinances  after  change  of  organization?^  §  ^5* 
He  may  appoint,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city 
council,  immediately  after  such  change  of  organization,  one  or  more 
competent  persons  to  prepare  and  submit  to  the  city  council,  for 
their  adoption  or  rejection,  an  ordinance  in  revision  of  the  ordinances 
of  such  city,  and  for  the  government  of  such  city;  th'e  compensation 
of  such  reviser  or  revisers  to  be  determined  and  fixed  by  the  city 
council  and  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I3 

Article  III. 

OF    THE    CITY    COUNCIL. 

30.  Council — hozu  comfosed?^  §  i .  The  city  council  shall  con- 
sist of  the  mayor  and  aldermen. 

31.  Number  of  aldermen.^  §  2.  The  number  of  aldermen, 
when  not  elected  by  the  minority  representation  plan,  shall  be  as 
follows:  In  cities  not  exceeding  three  thousand  inhabitants,  six 
aldermen ;  exceeding  three  thousand  but  not  exceeding  five  thousand, 
eight  aldermen;  exceeding  five  thousand  and  not  exceeding  ten 
thousand,  ten  aldermen;  exceeding  ten  thousand  and  not  exceeding 
thirty  thousand,  fourteen  aldermen;  and  two  additional  aldermen  for 
every  twenty  thousand  inhabitants  over  thirty  thousand;  Provided, 
however,  that  in  cities  over  100,000  inhabitants,  there  shall  be  elected 
thirty-six  aldermen,  and  no  more. 

32.  Term  of  office.'^  §  3.  Aldermen  shall  hold  their  ofiice  for 
the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and 
qualified. 

33.  Vacancy.^  ^  4.  If  any  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of 
alderman  by  death,  resignation,  removal  or  otherwise,  such  vacancy 
shall  be  filled  by  election. 

34.  ^lalif  cations  of  aldermen.^  §  5.  No  person  shall  be  eligi- 
ble to  the  office  of  alderman  unless  he  shall  be  a  qualified  elector,  and 
reside  within  the  ward  for  which  he  is  elected,  nor  shall  he  be  eligible 
if  he  is  in  arrears  in  the  payment  of  any  tax  or  other  liability  due  to 
the  city;  nor  shall  he  be  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  con- 
tract whatever  to  which  the  city  is  a  party;  nor  shall  he  be  eligible 
if  he  shall  have  been  convicted  of  malfeasance,  bribery  or  other 
corrupt  practices  or  crimes;  nor  shall  he  be  eligible  to  any  office, 
the  salary  of  which  is  payable  out  of  the  city  treasury,  if  at  the 
time  of  his  appointment  he  shall  be  a  member  of  the  city  council; 
nor  shall  any  member  of  the  city  council  at  the  same  time  hold  any 
other  office  under  the  city  government ;  nor  shall  he  be  either  directly 
or  indirectly,  individually,  or  as  a  member  of  a  firm,  engaged  in  any 
business  transaction  (other  than  official)  with  such  city,  through  its 
mayor  or  any  of  its  authorized  boards,  agents  or  attorneys,  whereby 
any  money  is  to'  be  paid,  directly  or  indirectlv,  out  of  the  city  treasury 
to  such  member  or  firms. 

35.  Council  judge  of  its  members?]^  S  6.  The  city  council  shall 
be  judge  of  the  election  and  qualification  of  its  own  members. 

36.  Rules — expulsion — bribery.^  §  7.  It  shall  determine  its  own 
rules  of  proceeding,  punish  its  members  for  disorderly  conduct,  and 
with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  aldermen  elect,  may  e^pei 


14  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    IMUNICIPAL 

a  member,  but  not  a  second  time  for  the  same  oMense:  Provided, 
that  any  alderman  or  councihiian  who  shall  have  been  convicted  of 
bribery  shall  thereby  be  deemed  to  have  vacated  his  office. 

37.  Riorum — compelling  attendance?\^  §  8.  A  majority  of  the 
.aldermen  elect  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business,  but  a  smaller 
number  inay  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  and  may  compel  the  attend- 
ance of  absentees,  under  such  penalties  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance. 

38.  Meetings.^  §  9.  The  city  council  may  prescribe,  by  ordin- 
ance, the  times  and  places  of  the  meeting  thereof,  and  the  manner 
in  which  special  meetings  thereof  may  be  called. 

39.  Chairman  -pro  tcm^^  §  ^^-  ^^  ^^"^J  elect  a  temporary 
chairman  in  the  absence  of  the  mavor. 

40.  Oj^en  Doors?^     §  ^^-     ^^  shall  sit  with  open  doors. 

41.  yoiirnal.^  §  ^--  ^^  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  own  pro- 
ceedino-s. 

42.  l^cas  and  nays — vrecord — vote  required.^  §  13.  The  3^eas 
.and  nays  shall  be  taken  upon  the  passage  of  all  ordinances,  and  on 
all  propositions  to  create  any  liability  against  the  city,  or  for  the 
expenditure  or  appropriation  of  its  money,  and  in  all  other 
cases  at  the  request  of  any  member,  w^hich  shall  be  entered 
on  the  journal  of  its  proceedings ;  and  the  concurrence  of  a  majority 
■of  all  the  members  elected  in  the  city  council  shall  be  necessary  to 
the  passage  of  any  such  ordinance  or  proposition:  Provided,  it 
shall  require  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elect  to  sell  any  city  or 
school  property. 

43.  A^ot  to  rescind  vote  at  special  meeting,  unless,  etc.'\  §  I4' 
No  vote  of  the  city  council  shall  be  reconsidered  or  rescinded  at  a 
special  meeting,  unless  at  such  special  meeting  there  be  present  as 
large  a  number  of  aldermen  as  were  present  when  such  vote  was 
taken. 

44.  W/ien  report  laid  over.'\  §  i5'  Any  report  of  a  committee 
■of  the  council  shall  be  deferred,  for  final  action  thereon,  to  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  same  after  the  report  is  made,  upon  the  re- 
quest of  any  tw^o  aldermen  present. 

45.  Territorial  Jurisdiction.^  §16.  The  cit}' council  and  board 
of  trustees  shall  also  have  jurisdiction  in  and  over  all  places  within 
one-half  mile  of  the  city  or  village  limits,  for  the  purpose  of  enforc- 
ing health  and  quarantine  ordinances  and  regulations  thereof. 

46.  Special  meeting.']  §  17.  The  mayor  or  any  three  alder- 
men may  call  special  meetings  of  the  city  council. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I5 

47.  Ordinances — approval — -veto?^  §  ^8.  All  ordinances  passed 
'hy  the  city  council  shall,  before  they  take  effect,  be  deposited  in  the 
•office  of  the  city  clerk;  and  if  the  mayor  approves  thereof,  he  shall 
sign  the  same,  and  such  as  he  shall  not  approve  he  shall  return  to 
the  council,  with  his  objections  thereto,  in  writing,  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  council  occurring  not  less  than  five  days 
after  the  passage  thereof.  Such  veto  may  extend  to  any  one  or 
more  items  or  appropriations  contained  in  any  ordinance  making 
an  appropriation,  or  to  the  entire  ordinance;  and  in  case  the  veto 
only  extends  to  a  part  of  such  ordinance,  the  residue  thereof  shall 
take  effect  and  be  in  force.  But  in  case  the  mayor  shall  fail  to 
return  any  ordinance,  with  his  objections  thereto,  by  the  time  afore- 
said, he  shall  be  deemed  to  have  approved  such  ordinance,  and  the 
same  shall  take  effect  accordingly. 

^j8.  Keconsideration — passing  over  veto?\  ^  19.  Upon  the  re- 
turn of  an}'  ordinance  by  the  mayor,  the  vote  by  which  the  same 
was  passed  shall  be  reconsidered  by  the  council;  and  if,  after  such 
reconsideration,  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the  city 
council  shall  agree,  by  yeas  and  nays,  to  pass  the  same,  it  shall  go 
into  eflect,  notwithstanding  the  mayor  may  refuse  to  approve  thereof. 
The  vote  to  pass  the  same  over  the  mayor's  veto  shall  be  taken  by 
yeas  and  nays,  and  entered  on  the  journal. 

Article    IV. 

ELECTIONS. 

49.  Annual  elcction?\^  ^  i.  A  general  election  for  city  officers 
shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,  of  each  year:  Provided^ 
That  in  cities  which  include  wholly  within  their  corporate  limits  a 
town  or  towns,  such  elections  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
April. 

50.  Election  of  mayor ^  city  clerk,  attorney,  and  treasurer?^  §  2. 
At  the  general  election  held  in  1877,  and  biennially  thereafter,  a 
mayor,  a  city  clerk,  a  city  attorne}-,  and  a  city  treasurer  shall  be 
elected  in  each  city:  Provided^  that  no  person  shall  be  elected  to  the 
office  of  city  treasurer  for  two  terms  in  succession. 

51.  Who  entitled  to  vote.]  ^  3.  All  persons  entitled  to  vote  at 
any  general  election  for  state  o^jcers  within  any  city  or  village,  hav- 
ing resided  therein  thirty  days  next  preceding  thereto,  may  vote  at 
any  election  for  city  or  village  officers. 

52.  Wards.^  ^  4.  The  city  council  may,  from  time  to  time, 
divide  the  city  into  one-half  as  many  wards  as  the  total  number  of 
aldermen  to  which  the  city  is  entitled;  and  one  alderman  shall,  an- 
.nuallv,  be   elected  in  and  for  each  ward,  to  hold  his  office  for  two 


l6  STATUTES    RELATING   TO   THE   MUNICU'AI- 

years,  and  until  his  successor  is  d-t-V"hTbf ''■ne'rl~l, 

practicable. 

..      Aldermen  at  first  election-classified.]     §5-     At  the  first 
5i'     ^i'"t''"t,  _/  piprted   the  mil  number  or 

■first  election,  one-halfshall  be  elected  for  one  year,  and  one-half  fo. 

two  years. 

J   >•   ,1    !i/^     Whenever  this  act  shall  be 

sub^lued'trt'^r  ^falifi^tel^ciiAt  a^y  dty  for  adoption  * 
shalTbrsubmitted\t  the  same  time,  for  adoption  or  rej  *on,   he 

And  at  any  subsequent  time,  on  petition  of  ^he  legal  vote        q 
It  shall  be  to  canvass  such  returns   and  to  cause  tne  le 

ing  the  population  thereof,  as  ascertamed  by  he  l^s   fed"  a  census 
by  any  number  not  less  than  two,  nor  more    han  ^'x.  '^'^^    he  quo 
tient  shall  be  the  ratio  of  representatmn  '"    ^e '='\y.^°™tnd  con- 
tricts  shall  be  formed  of  contiguous  and  ™"P^';V?'"^°   ,'„", 
tain,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  an  equal  numbe.  of  inhabitants. 

-hall  be  entitled  to  three  aldermen,  who  shall  hold  their  oti":f^°l 
two  yea"un,il  their  successors  shall  be  elected  and  qualified. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I7 

Provided^  that  those  elected  at  the  first  election,  from  the  wards 
bearing  odd  numbers,  shall  only  hold  their  office  for  one  year,  and 
until  their  successors  shall  be  elected  and  qualified.  Vacancies  oc- 
curring by  the  expiration  of  term,  shall  be  filled  by  the  election  of 
aldermen  for  the  full  term  of  two  years.  Vacancies  arising  from 
any  other  cause  than  the  expiration  of  term,  shall  be  filled  at  an 
election  to  be  held  by  the  voters  of  the  district  in  which  3uch  vac- 
ancy shall  occur,  at  the  time  designated  by  the  city  council.  In  all 
elections  for  aldermen,  aforesaid,  each  qualified  voter  may  cast  as 
many  votes  as  there  are  aldermen  to  be  elected  in  his  district,  or 
may  distribute  the  same,  or  equal  parts  thereof,  among  the  candi- 
dates, as  he  shall  see  fit,  and  the  candidate  highest  in  votes  shall  be 
declared  elected. 

56.  Aldermen  when  minority  -plan  not  adopted.^  §  8*  -^^  ^ 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  s-hall  be  "  Against  min- 
ority representation  in  the  city  council,"  the  preceding  section  shall 
be  null  and  void,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  such  city  at  such  election, 
and  the  aldermen  of  such  city  shall  be  elected  as  otherwise  provided 
for  in  this  act. 

57.  Place  of  election — notice?^  ^  9.  The  city  council  shall 
designate  the  place  or  places  in  which  the  election  shall  be  held, 
and  appoint  the  judges  and  clerks  thereof,  and  iause  notice  to  be 
printed  in  some  newspaper  published  in  such  city,  if  there  be  one, 
or  posted  at  each  voting  place  in  such  city,  of  the  time,  places  of 
election,  and  of  the  officers  to  be  elected,  for  at  least  twenty  days 
prior  to  such  election. 

58.  Manner  of  conducting  elections^  etc.^  §  10.  The  man- 
ner of  conducting  and  voting  at  elections  to  be  held  under  this  act 
and  contesting  the  same,  the  keeping  of  poll  lists  and  canvassing  the 
votes,  shall  be  the  same,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
election  of  county  officers,  under  the  general  laws  of  this  state.  The 
judges  of  election  shall  appoint  clerks,  when  necessary  to  fill 
vacancies,  and  the  judges  and  clerks  shall  take  the  same  oath  and 
have  the  same  powers  and  authority  as  the  judges  and  clerks  of 
general  state  elections.  After  the  closing  of  the  polls,  the  ballots 
shall  be  counted  and  the  returns  made  out  and  returned,  under  seal, 
to  the  city  or  village  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  within  two  days 
after  the  election;  and,  thereupon,  the  city  council  or  board  of  trus- 
tees, as  the  case  may  be,  shall  examine  and  canvass  the  same  and 
declare  the  result  of  the  election,  and  cause  a  statement  thereof  to  be 
entered  upon  its  journals. 

59.  Result — 7/(?.]  §  II.  The  person  having  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes,  for  any  office,  shall  be  declared  elected.  In  case  of  a 
tie  in  the  election  of  any  city  or  village  officer,  it   shall   be   deter- 


l8  STATUTES    REI.ATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

^f  fi.^  rUv  council  or  board  of  trustees,  in 
rrrneVLTerThairctf  Xh  candBate  o.  candidates 

shall  hold  the  office. 

60.  Notice  to  persons  cleeted  or  afpoir,ted.-\  §  /^-  /^j^^ resuU 
the  duty  of  the  village  or  city  clerk,  wtthm  five  da  s  a't  the  res^^_ 
of  the  election  is  declared  or  appom  men  ^^^^^^j'^^'V  appointment, 
sons  elected  or  appointed  to  office  of^hor  ^ec  °»  °.^^_PP  ^^^^^ 
and  unless  such  person  shall  respectively  qua  y 
such  notice,  the  office  shall  become  vacant. 

6i .  When  no  quorum  in  offiee-sfeeial  dectio,a  %^^  If  Jor 
any  cause,  there  shill  not  be  a  q-™"-"^°f  ^^^:  „t  o  Trustee  as 
or  board  of  trustees,  the  "■"'.^'^'^•'^  .'^''"^„';7  ?!'^^^r  holding  a  spe- 
the  case  may  be,  may  appoint  'he  time  and  place  for  ho  g  P^^ 
cial  election  to  supply  sych  vacancy  and  give  notice  fp 

iudges  thereof. 

■  ,    ,    ,■      1     fi  T  ,      Tf  there  is  a  failure  to  elect  any 
62.     Sfeeudeleet,on^%^^-^^^^^^<^'^  ^j^^,^^  should 

officer  herem  required  to  be  elected,  or  "le  P  forthwith 

fail  to  qualify,  the  city  council  «■■  b°^' <>,  °'  'Jf  ^en  ne^ssary  for 
order  a  -w  election  there  or ;  and  "  ^lUases,  w  ^^  7 

the  purposes  of  this  act    majcP    ^^  ^^^    ^^^.^^  ^ 

and  clerks  theieot*,  canvass  luc  ic  notice  of 

nance  for  the  mode  of  ^""d^cting   he  sa„e,  and  shaU  g  ™^    ^^  ^^ 
such  special  elections,  m  «h.ch  shall  be  stated  toe  q  ^^^  ^^^ 

^^iTgrf^relndt  trfam^r^X'r^  is  r^ired  in  the 
case  of  regular  annual  elections  in  such  cities  or  villages. 

Article  V. 

THE    powers    of    THE    CITY    COUNCIL. 

6.      S  I       The  city  council  in  cities,  and  president    and   the 

-l^'Troii-^f^^^^^^^ 

^      7    To  aoDropriate  money  for  corporate  purposes  only,  and 

revoking  licenses.  n-prlit  of  the  corporation  for 

M'/vl     To  borrow  money  on  the  ciean  oi  uic  <^ul^ 

/^ome  indebted  n  any  manner  or  tor  any  purpose  lu  > 

duding  ™g  indebtedness,  in  the  aggregate  to  exceed  five  (5)  per 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I9 

centum  on  the  value  of  the  taxable  propert}^  therein,  to  be  ascer- 
tained b}'  the  last  assessment  for  state  and  county  taxes  previous  to 
the  incurrinrr  of  such  indebtedness;  and  before  or  at  the  time  of  in- 
curring  any  indebtedness,  shall  provide  for  the  collection  of  a  direct 
annual  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  debt  as  it  falls  due, 
and  also  to  pay  and  discharge  'the  principal  thereof  within  twenty 
years  after  contracting  the  same. 

Si.xth — To  issue  bonds  in  place  of  or  to  supply  means  to  meet 
maturing  bonds,  or  for  the  consolidation  or  funding  of  the  same. 

Seventh — To  lay  out,  to  establish,  open,  alter,  widen,  extend, 
grade,  pave  or  otherwise  improve  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  sidewalks, 
wharves,  parks  and  public  grounds,  and  vacate  the  same. 

Eighth — To  plant  trees  upon  the  same. 

JVinth — To  regulate  the  use  of  the  same. 

Tenth — To  prevent  and  remove  encroachments  or  obstructions 
upon  the  same. 

Eleventh — To  provide  for  the  lighting  of  the  same. 

T-Juelfth — To  provide  for  the  cleansing  of  the  same. 

Thirteenth — To  regulate  the  openings  therein  for  the  laying  of 
gas  or  water  mains  and  pipes,  and  the  building  and  repairing  of 
sewers,  tunnels  and  drains,  and  erecting  gas  hghts:  Provided,  how- 
ever, that  any  compan}"  heretofore  organized  under  the  general  laws 
of  this  state,  or  any  association  of  persons  organized,  or  which  may 
be  hereafter  organized  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  illuminat- 
ing gas  to  supply  cities  or  villages,  or  the  inhabitants  thereof,  with 
the  same,  shall  have  the  right,  by  consent  of  the  common  council 
(subject  to  existing  rights),  to  erect  gas  factories,  and  lay  down 
pipes  in  the  streets  or  alleys  of  any  city  or  village  in  this  state,  sub- 
ject to  such  regulations  as  any  such  city  or  village  may  by  ordi- 
nance impose. 

Fourteenth — To  regulate  the  use  of  sidewalks  and  all  structures 
thereunder;  and  to  require  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  premises 
to  keep  the  sidewalks  in  front  of,  or  along  the  same,  free  from  snow 
and  other  obstructions. 

Fifteenth— ^o  regulate  and  prevent  the  throwing  or  depositing  of 
ashes,  offal,  dirt,  garbage  or  any  offensive  matter  in,  and  to  prevent 
injury  to,  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public  ground. 

Sixteenth — To  provide  for  and  regulate  crosswalks,  curbs  and 
gutters. 

Seventeenth — To  regulate  and  prevent  the  use  of  streets,  side- 
walks and  public  grounds  for  signs,  sign  posts,  awnings,  awning 
posts,  telegraph  poles,  horse  troughs,  racks,  posting  hantlbills  and 
advertisements. 

Eighteenth — To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  exhibition  or  carrying 
of  banners,  placards,  advertisements  or '  handbills  in  the  streets  or 
public  grounds,  or  upon  the  sidewalks. 


20  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

Ninetccnth^l^o  regulate  and  prevent  tKe  flying  of  flags,  banners 
or  signs  across  the  streets  or  from  houses. 

Tzucnticth^To  regulate  traffic  and  sales  upon  the  streets,  side- 
walks and  public  places. 

Tzventy-first--^o  regulate  the  speed  of  horses  and  other  annuals, 
vehicles,  cars  and  locomotives  within  the  limits  of  the  corporation. 

Txventy-second—To  regulate  the  numbering  of  houses  and  lots. 

Twenty-third— ^o  name  and  change  the  name  of  any  street,  ave- 
nue, alley,  or  other  public  place. 

Tzventy -fourth— To  permit,  regulate  or  prohibit  the  locating,  con- 
structing or  laying  a  track  of  any  horse  railroad  in  any  street,  alley 
or  public  place;  but 'such  permission  shall  not  be  for  a  longer  time 
than  twenty  years. 

Twenty-fifth— To  provide  for  and  change  the  location,  grade  and 

crossings  of  any  railroad. 

Twenty-sixth — To  require  railroad  companies  to  fence  their  re- 
spective railroads,  or  any  portion  of  the  same,  and  to  construct  cat- 
tle guards,  crossings  of  streets,  and  public  roads,  and  keep  the  same 
in  repair,  within  the  limits  of  the  corporation.  In  case  any  railroad 
company  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  such  ordinance,  it  shall  be 
liable  for  all  damages  the  owner  of  any  cattle  or  horses  or  other  do- 
mestic animal  may  sustain  by  reason  of  injuries  thereto  while  on  the 
track  of  such  railroad,  in  like  manner  and  extent  as  under  the  gene- 
rallaws  of  this  state,  relative  to  the  fencing  of  railroads;  and  actions 
to  recover  such  damages  may  be  instituted^  before  any  justice  of  the 
peace  or  other  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

Tzvcnty-seventh—To  require  railroad  companies  to  keep  flagmen 
at  railroad'  crossings  of  streets,  and  provide  protection  against  injury 
to  persons  and  property  in  the  use  of  such  railroads.  To  compel 
such  railroad  to  raise  or  lower  their  railroad  tracks  to  conform  to 
any  grade  which  may,  at  any  time,  be  established  by  such  city,  and 
where  such  tracks  run  lengthwise  of  any  such  street,  alley  or  high- 
way, to  keep  their  railroad  tracks  on  a  level  with  the  street  surface, 
and  so  that  such  tracks  may  be  crossed  at  any  place  on  such  street, 
alley  or  highway.  To  compel  and  require  railroad  compa- 
nies to  make  and  keep  open  and  to  keep  in  repair  ditches,  drains, 
sewers  and  culverts  along  and  under  their  railroad  tracks,  so  that 
filthy  or  stagnant  pools  o"f  water  cannot  stand  on  their  grounds  or 
right  of  way,  and  so  that  the  natural  drainage  of  adjacent  property 

shall  not  be  impeded.  •    ,    •  j 

Tzventy -eighth— To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges,  via- 
ducts and.'^tunnels,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof.  _ 

Twenty-ninth— To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  culverts,  drams, 
sewers  and  cesspools,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Thirtieth— To  deepen,  widen,  dock,  cover,  wall,  alter  or  change 
the  channel  of  water  courses. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  21 

Thirty-first — To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  canals  and  slips 
for  the  accommodation  of  commerce. 

Thirty-second — ^To  erect  and  keep  in  repair  public  landing  places, 
wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty-third — To  regulate  and  control  the  use  of  public  and  pri- 
vate landing  places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty-fourth — To  control  and  regulate  the  anchorage,  moor- 
age and  landing  of  all  water  craft  and  their  cargoes  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  corporation. 

Thirty-fifth — To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  wharf-boats,  tugs 
and  other  boats  used  about  the  harbor  or  within  such  jurisdiction. 

Thirty -sixth — To  fix  the  rate  of  wharfage  and  dockage. 

Thirty -seventh — To  collect  wharfage  and  dockage  from  all  boats, 
rafts  or  other  craft  landing  at  or  using  any  public  landing  place, 
wharf,  dock  or  levee  within  the  limits  of  the  corporation. 

Thirty-eighth — To  make  regulations  in  regard  to  the  use  of 
harbors,  towing  of  vessels,  opening  and  passing  of  bridges. 

Thirty-ninth — To  appoint  harbor  masters,  and  define  their 
duties. 

Fortieth — To  provide  for  the  cleansing  and  purification  of 
w^aters,  water-courses  and  canals,  and  the  draining  or  filling  of 
ponds  on  private  property,  whenever  necessar}-  to  prevent  or  abate 
nuisances. 

Forty-first — To  license,  tax,  regulate,  suppress  and  prohibit 
hawkers,  peddlers,  pawn-brokers,  keepers  of  ordinaries,  theatricals 
and  other  exhibitions,  shows  and  amusements,  and  to  revoke  such 
license  at  pleasure. 

Forty-second — To  license,  tax  and  regulate  hackmen,  draymen, 
omnibus  drivers,  carters,  cabmen,  porters,  expressmen,  and  all 
others  pursuing  like  occupations,  and  to  prescribe  their  compensa- 
tion. 

Forty-third — To  license,  regulate,  tax  and  restrain  runners  for 
stages,  cars,  public  houses,  or  other  things  or  persons. 

Forty-fourth — To  license,  regulate,  tax  or  prohibit  and  suppress 
billiard,  bagatelle,  pigeon  hole  or  an}-  other  tables  or  implements 
kept  or  used  for  a  similar  purpose  in  any  place  of  public  resort, 
pin  alleys  and  ball  alleys. 

Forty-fifth — To  suppress  bawdy  and  disorderly  houses,  houses 
of  ill-fame  or  assignation,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  and  within 
three  miles  of  the  outer  boundaries  of  the  city;  and  also  to  sup- 
press gaming  and  gambhng  houses,  lotteries,  and  all  fraudulent  de- 
vises and  practices  for  the  purpose  of  gaming  or  obtaining  money 
or  property;  and  to  prohibit  the  sale  or  exhibition  of  obscene  or 
immoral  publications,  prints,  pictures  or  illustrations. 

Forty-sixth — To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  the  selling  or  giv- 
ing away  of  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  li- 


22  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

quor,  the  license  not  to  extend  beyond  the  municipal  year  in  which 
it  shall  be  granted,  and  to  determine  the  amount  to  be  paid  for  such 
license:  Provided,  that  the  city  council  in  cities,  or  president  and 
board  of  trustees  in  villages,  may  grant  permits  to  druggists  for 
the  sale  of  liquors  for  medicinal,  mechanical,  sacramental  and 
chemical  purposes  only,  subject  to  forfeiture,  and  under  such  re- 
strictions and  regulations  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance:  Pro- 
vided, further,  that  in  granting  licenses  such  corporate  authorities 
shall  comply  with  whatever  general  law  of  the  state  may  be  in 
force  relative  to  the  granting  of  licenses. 

Forty-seventh — -The  foregoing  shall  not  be  construed  to  aliect 
the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  any  literary  institution  heretofore 
granted. 

Forty-eighth — And  the  city  council  in  cities,  and  president  and 
board  of  trustees  in  villages,  shall  also  have  the  power  to  forbid 
and  punish  the  selling  or  giving  away  of  any  intoxicating,  malt, 
vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquor  to  any  minor,  apprentice  or  ser- 
vant, or  insane,  idiotic  or  distracted  person,  habitual  drunkard,  or 
person  intoxicated. 

Forty-ninth — To  establish  markets  and  market  houses,  and  pro- 
vide for  the  regulation  and  use  thereof. 

Fiftieth — To  regulate  the  sale  of  meats,  poultry,  fish,  butter, 
cheese,  lard,  vegtables,  and  all  other  provisions,  and  to  provide  for 
place  and  manner  of  selHng  the  same. 

Fifty-first — -To  prevent  and  punish  forestalling  and  regrating. 

Fifty-second — To  regulate  the  sale  of  bread  in  the  citv  or  village ; 
prescribe  the  weight  and  quality  of  the  bread  in  the  loaf. 

Fifty-third — To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  inspection  of  meats, 
poultry,  fish,  butter,  cheese,  lard,  vegetables,  cotton,  tobacco,  flour, 
meal  and  other  provisions. 

Ffty-fourth — To  regulate  the  inspection,  weighing  and  measur- 
ing of  brick,  lumber,  fire  wood,  coal,  hay,  and  any  article  of  mer- 
chandise. 

Ffty-fifth — To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  sealing  of 
weights  and  measures. 

Fifty-sixth — To  enforce  the  keeping  and  use  of  proper  weights 
and  measures  by  vendors. 

Fifty-seventh — To  regulate  the  construction,  repairs  and  use  of 
vaults,  cisterns,  areas,  hydrants,  pumps,  sewers  and  gutters. 

Ffty-cighth — To  regulate  places  of  amusement. 

Fifty-ninth — To  prevent  int^.vIcation,  fighting,  quarreling,  dog 
fights,  cock  fights,  and  all  disorderly  conduct. 

Sixtieth — To  regulate  partition  fences  and  party  walls. 

Sixty-first — To  prescribe  the  thickness,  strength  and  manner  of 
constructing  stone,  brick  and  other  buildings,  and  construction  of 
fire  escapes  therein. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  23 

Sixty-second — The  city  council,  and  the  president  and  trustees  in 
villages,  for  the  purpose  of  guarding  against  the  calamities  of  fire, 
shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  limits  within  which  wooden 
buildings  shall  not  be  erected  or  placed  or  repaired,  without  per- 
mission, and  to  direct  that  all  and  any  buildings  within  the  fire 
limits,  when  the  same  shall  have  been  damaged  by  fire,  decay  or 
otherwise,  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  value,  shall  be  torn 
down  or  removed,  and  to  prescribe  the  manner  of  ascertaining  such 
damage. 

Sixty-tJm'd — To  prevent  the  dangerous  construction  and  con- 
dition of  chimneys,  fire  places,  hearths,  stoves,  stove-pipes,  ovens, 
boilers  and  apparatus  used  in  and  about  any  building  or  manufac- 
tory, and  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  or  placed  in  a  safe  con- 
dition, when  considered  dangerous;  to  regulate  and  prevent  the 
carrying  on  of  manufactories,  dangerous  in  causing  and  promoting 
fires;  to  prevent  the  deposit  of  ashes  in  unsafe  places,  and  to 
cause  all  such  buildings  and  inclosures  as  may  be  in  a  dangerous 
state  to  be  put  in  a  safe  condition. 

Sixty-foiu'th — -To  erect  engine  houses,  and  provide  fire  engines, 
hose  carts,  hooks  and  ladders,  and  other  implements  for  prevention 
and  extinguishment  of  fires,  and  provide  for  the  use  and  manage- 
ment of  the  same  by  voluntary  fire  companies  or  otherwise. 

Sixty-ffth — To  regulate  and  prevent  storage  of  gunpowder,  tar, 
pitch,  resin,  coal  oil,  benzine,  turpentine,  hemp,  cotton,  nitro-glycer- 
ine,  petroleum,  or  any  of  the  products  thereof,  and  other  combusti- 
ble or  explosive  material,  and  the  use  of  lights  in  stables,  shops  and 
other  places,  and  the  building  of  bonfires;  also  to  regulate  and  re- 
strain the  use  of  fire-works,  fire-crackers,  torpedoes,  roman  can- 
dles, sky-rockets,  and  other  pyrotechnic  displays. 

Sixty -sixth — To  regulate  the  police  of  the  city  or  village,  and 
pass  and  enforce  all  necessary  police  ordinances. 

Sixty-seventh — To  provide  for  the  inspection  of  steam  boilers. 

Sixty -eighth — To  prescribe  the  duties  and  powers  of  a  superin- 
tendent of  police,  policemen  and  watchmen. 

Sixty-ninth — To  establish  and  erect  calabooses,  bridewells, 
houses  of  correction  and  workhouses,  for  the  reformation  and 
confinement  of  vagrants,  idle  and  disorderly  persons,  and  per- 
sons convicted  of  violating  any  city  or  village  ordinance,  and  make 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  same,  and  appoint 
necessary  keepers  and  assistants. 

Seventieth — To  use  the  county  jail  for  the  confinement  or  punish- 
ment of  ofienders,  subject  to  such  conditions  as  are  imposed  by  law,  ^ 
and  with  the  consent  of  the  county  board. 

Seventy-first — To  provide  by  ordinance  in  regard  to  the  relation 
between  all  the  officers  and  employes  of  the  corporation  in  respect 
to  each  other,  the  corporation  and  the  people. 


54  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

Seventy-second — To  prevent  and  suppress  riots,  routs,  ailrays, 
noises,  disturbances,  disorderly  assemblies  in  any  public  or  private 
place. 

Seventy -third — To  prohibit  and  punish  cruelty  to  animals. 

Seventy -fourth — To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants,  mendicants  and 
prostitutes. 

Seventy-fifth — To  declare  what  shall  be  a  nuisance,  and  to  abate 
the  same;  and  to  impose  fines  upon  parties  who  may  create,  con- 
tinue or  suft'er  nuisances  to  exist. 

Seventy-sixth — To  appoint  a  board  of  health,  and  prescribe  its 
powers  and  duties. 

Seventy-seventh — To  erect  and  establish  hospitals  and  medical 
dispensaries,  and  control  and  regulate  the  same. 

Seventy-eighth—T o  do  all  acts,  make  all  regulations  which  may 
be  necessary  or  expedient  for  the  promotion  of  health  or  the  sup- 
pression of  disease. 

Seventy-ninth — To  establish  and  regulate  cemeteries,  within  or 
without  the  corporation,  and  acquire  lands  therefor,  by  purchase  or 
otherwise,  and  cause  cemeteries  to  be  removed,  and  prohibit  their 
establishment  within  one  mile  of  the  corporation. 

Eightieth — To  regulate,  restrain,  and  prohibit  the  running  at 
.jarge  of  horses,  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  goats,  geese  and  dogs,  and  to 
impose  a  tax  on  dogs. 

Eighty-first — To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the  manage- 
ment and  construction  of  packing  houses,  renderies,  tallow  chand- 
leries, bone  factories,  soap  factories  and  tanneries,  within  the  limits 
of  the  city  or  village,  and  within  the  distance  of  one  mile  without 
the  city  or  village  limits. 

Eighty-second — To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the  use  and 
construction  of  breweries,  distilleries,  livery  stables,  blacksmith 
shops  and  founderies  within  the  limits  of  the  city  or  village. 

Eighty-third — To  prohibit  any  offensive  or  unwholesome  busi- 
ness or  establishment  within,  or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  of  the 
corporation. 

Eighty-fourth — To  compel  the  owner  of  any  grocery,  cellar,  soap 
or  tallow  chandlery,  tannery,  stable,  pig-sty,  privy,  sewer  or  other 
unwholesome  or  nauseous  house  or  place,  to  cleanse,  abate  or  re- 
move the  same,  and  to  regulate  the  location  thereof. 

Eighty  fifth — The  city  council  or  trustees  of  a  village,  shall  have 
power  to  provide  for  the  taking  of  the  city  or  village  census;  but 
no  city  or  village  census  shall  be  taken  by  authority  of  the  council 
or  trustees  oftener  than  once  in  three  years. 

Eighty-sixth — To  provide  for  the  erection  and  care  of  all  public 
buildings  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  cit}-  or  village. 

Eighty-seventh — To  establish  ferries,  toll  bridges,  and  license  and 
regulate  the  same,  and,  from  time  to  time,  fix  tolls  thereon. 


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EJo-htv-cigJith — To  authorize  the  construction  of  mills,  mill  races 
and  feeders  on,  through  or  across  the  streets  of  the  city  or  village, 
at  such  places  and  under  such  restrictions  as  they  shall  deem  prop- 
er. 

Eighty-ninth — The  city  council  shall  have  power,  by  condemna- 
tion or  otherwise,  to  extend  any  street,  alley  or  highway  over  or 
across,  or  to  construct  any  sewer  under  or  through  any  railroad 
track,  right  of  way,  or  land  of  any  railroad  company  (within  the 
corporate  limits);  but  where  no  compensation  is  made  to  such  rail- 
road company,  the  city  shall  restore  such  railroad  track,  right 
of  way  or  land  to  its  former  state,  or  in  a  sufficient  manner  not  to 
have  impaired  its  usefulness. 

Ninetieth — The  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  shall  have  no 
power  to  grant  the  use  of,  or  the  right  to  lay  down,  any  railroad 
tracks  in  anv  street  of  the  citv,  to  anv  steam  or  horse  railroad  com- 
pany,  except  upon  a  petition  of  the  owners  of  the  land  represent- 
ing more  than  one-half  of  the  frontage  of  the  street,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  is  sought  to  be  used  for  railroad  purposes. 

JVinety --first — To  tax,  license  and  regulate  auctioneers,  distillers, 
brewers,  lumber  yards,  liver}-  stables,  public  scales,  money  changers 
and  brokers. 

JVinety-sccond — To  prevent  and  regulate  the  rolling  of  hoops, 
playing  of  ball,  flying  of  kites,  or  any  other  amusement  or  practice 
having  a  tendency  to  anno}-  persons  passing  in  the  streets,  or  on  the 
sidewalks,  or  to  frighten  teams  and  horses. 

JVinety-third — To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  keeping  of  anv  lum- 
ber yard,  and  the  placing  or  piling  or  selling  any  lumber,  timber, 
wood  or  other  combustible  material,  within  the  fire  limits  of  the 
city. 

Ninety -fourth — To  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  all  the  paper,  print- 
ing, stationery,  blanks,  fuel,  and  all  the  supplies  needed  for  the  use 
of  the  city,  shall  be  furnished  by  contract,  let  to  the  lowest  bidder. 

JSfinety-jifth — To  tax,  license  and  regulate  second-hand  and  junk 
stores,  and  to  forbid  their  purchasing  or  receiving  from  minors, 
without  the  written  consent  of  their  parents  or  guardians,  anv  arti- 
cle whatsoever. 

Ninety-sixth — To  pass  all  ordinances,  rules,  and  make  all  regula- 
tions, proper  or  necessary,  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers  granted 
to  cities  or  villages,  with  such  fines  or  penalties  as  the  citv  council 
or  board  of  trustees  shall  deem  proper:  Provided,  no  fine  or  penalty 
shall  exceed  $200,  and  no  imprisonment  shall  exceed  six  months  for 
one  oft'ense. 

64.  Style  0/  ordiiianccsi]  §  2.  The  style  of  the  ordinances  in 
cities  shall  be :     "  Be  it  ordained  by  the  cit}'  council  of " 


26  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    3IUNICIPAL 

65.  Publication  of  ordinances — zvlicn  take  effect?^  §  3.  All  or- 
dinances of  cities  and  villages  imposing  any  fine,  penalty,  imprison- 
ment or  forfeiture,  or  making  any  appropriation,  shall,  within  one 
month  after  they  are  passed,  be  published  at  least  once  in  a  news- 
paper published  in  the  city  or  village,  or,  if  no  such  newspaper  is 
published  therein,  by  posting  copies  of  the  same  in  three  public 
places  in  the  city  or  village ;  and  no  such  ordinance  shall  take  effect 
until  ten  days  after  it  is  so  published.  And  all  other  ordinances, 
orders  and  resolutions  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  their  passage, 
unless  otherwise  provided  therein. 

66.  '  Proof  of  ordinances?^  §  4.  All  ordinances,  and  the  date  of 
publication  thereof,  may  be  proven  by  the  certificate  of  the  clerk, 
under  the  seal  of  the  corporation.  And  when  printed  in  book  or 
pamphlet  form,  and  purporting  to  be  pubhshed  by  authority  of  the 
board  of  trustees  or  the  city  council,  the  same  need  not  be  other- 
wise published;  and  such  book  or  pamphlet  shall  be  received  as 
evidence  of  the  passage  and  legal  publication  of  such  ordinances,  as 
of  the  dates  mentioned  in  such  book  or  pamphlet,  in  all  courts  and 
places  without  further  proof. 

67.  Suits  for  violating  ordinances?\  §5.  All  actions  brought  to 
recover  any  fine,  or  to  enforce  any  penalty,  under  any  ordinance 
of  any  city  or  village,  shall  be  brought  in  the  corporate  name  of 
the  city  or  village  as  plaintiff;  and  no  prosecution,  recovery  or  ac- 
quittal, for  the  violation  of  any  such  ordinance,  shall  constitute  a  de- 
fense to  any  other  prosecution  of  the  same  party  for  any  other  vio- 
lation of  any  such  ordinance,  although  the  different  causes  of  action 
existed  at  the  same  time,  and,  if  united,  would  not  have  exceeded 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  court  or  magistrate. 

68.  Fines  and  licenses — paid  to  treasurer. ~\  §6.  All  fines  and  for- 
feitures for  the  violation  of  ordinances,  when  collected,  and  all 
moneys  collected  for  licenses  or  otherwise,  shall  be  paid  into  the 
treasury  of  the  corporation,  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

69.  Summons — affidavit — punishment.^  §  7.  In  all  actions  for 
the  violation  of  any  ordinance,  the  first  process  shall  be  a  sum- 
mons: Provided,  hozvever,  that  a  warrant  for  the  arrest  of  the  of- 
fender may  issue  in  the  first  instance,  upon  the  affidavit  of  any  per- 
son that  any  such  ordinance  has  been  violated,  and  that  the  person 
making  the  complaint  has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  the  party 
charged  is  guilty  thereof;  afid  any  person  arrested  upon  such  war- 
rant shall,  without  unnecessary  delay,  be  taken  before  the  proper 
officer  to  be  tried  for  the  alleged  offense.  Any  person  upon  whom 
any  fine  or  penalty  shall   be  imposed,  may,  upon  the  order  of  the 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  2  7" 

court  or  magistrate  before  whom  the  conviction  is  had,  be  com- 
mitted to  the  county  jail  or  the  calaboose,  city  prison,  work-house, 
house  of  correction,  or  other  place  provided  by  the  city  or  village 
for  the  incarceration  of  offenders,  until  such  fine,  penalty  and  cost 
shall  be  fully  paid:  Provided,  that  no  such  imprisonment  shall  ex- 
ceed six  months  for  any  one  offense.  The  city  council  or  board  of 
trustees  shall  have  power  to  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  every  per- 
son so  committed  shall  be  required  to  work  for  the  corporation,  at 
such  labor  as  his  or  her  strength  will  permit,  within  and  without 
such  prison,  work-house,  house  of  correction,  or  other  place  pro- 
vided for  the  incarceration  of  such  offenders,  not  exceeding  ten  hours 
each  working  day;  and  for  such  work  the  person  so  employed  to 
be  allowed,  exclusive  of  his  or  her  board,  $2  for  each  day's  work 
on  account  of  such  fine  and  cost. 

70.  Jurisdiction  of  yustices,  etc?^  §  8.  Any  and  all  justices  of 
the  peace  and  police  magistrates  shall  have  jurisdiction  in  all  cases 
arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  any  ordinance  passed  in 
pursuance  thereof. 

7 1 .  Constable  or  sheriff  may  serve  process,  ctc.'\  §  9.  Any  con- 
stable or  sheriff'  of  the  county  may  serve  any  process,  or  make  any 
arrests  authorized  to  be  made  by  any  city  officer. 

72.  ytirisdiction  over  waters — street  labor. '\  §  10.  The  city  or 
village  government  shall  have  jurisdiction  upon  all  waters  within  or 
bordering  upon  the  same,  to  the  extent  of  three  miles  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  city  or  village,  but  not  to  exceed  the  limits  of  the  state; 
and  may,  by  ordinance,  require  every  able-bodied  male  inhabitant 
of  such  city  or  village,  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  3-ears  and  under 
the  age  of  fifty  years,  (excepting  paupers,  idiots,  lunatics,  and  such 
others  as  are  exempt  by  law,)  to  labor  on  the  streets  and  alleys  of 
such  city  or  village,  not  more  than  three  days  in  each  year,  but  such 
ordinance  shall  provide  for  commutation  of  such  labor  at  not  more 
than  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day. 

Article  VI. 

OFFICERS their  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 

73.  Officers.^  §1.  There  shall  be  elected,  in  all  cities  organized 
under  this  act,  the  following  officers,  viz:  a  mayor,  a  city  council,  a 
city  clerk,  city  attorney,  and  a  city  treasurer. 

74.  Other  officers — duties  of  city  marshal.^  §2.  The  city  coun- 
cil may,  in  its  discretion,  from  time  to  time,  by  ordinance  passed  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  provide  for  the  elec- 
tion by  the  legal  voters   of  the  city,  or   the  appointment  by  the 


28  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  city  council,  of  a  city  collector,  a 
city  marshal,  a  city  superintendent  of  streets,  a  corporation  counsel, 
a  city  comptroller,  or  any  or  either  of  them,  and  such  other  officers 
as  may  by  said  council  be  deemed  necessary  or  expedient.  The 
city  council  ma}',  by  a  like  vote,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  to  take 
eflect  at  the  end  of  the  then  fiscal  year,  discontinue  any  office  so 
created,  and  devolve  the  duties  thereof  on  any  other  city  officer; 
and  no  officer  filling  any  such  office  so  discontinued,  shall  have  any 
claim  against  the  city  on  account  of  his  salary,  after  such  discontin- 
uance. The  city  marshal  shall  perform  such  duties  as  shall  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  city  council  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  peace, 
and  the  observance  and  enforcement  of  the  ordinances  and  laws;  he 
shall  possess  the  power  and  authorit}-  of  a  constable  at  common 
law,  and  under  the  statutes  of  this  state. 

75.  Af-pointments — vacancies — duties — pozvers?\^  §  3.  All  offi- 
cers of  any  city,  except  where  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  mayor  (and  vacancies  in  all  offices  except  the 
mayor  and  aldermen  shall  be  filled  by  like  appointment)  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 'city  council.  The  city  council 
ma}^,  by  ordinance  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
prescribe  the  duties  and  define  the  powers  of  all  such  officers, 
together  with  the  term  of  any  such  office:  Provided^  the  term 
shall  not  exceed  two  years. 

76.  Oath — bond.^  §  4.  All  officers  of  any  city  or  village, 
whether  elected  or  appointed,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  their  respective  ofllces,  take  and  subscribe  the  following  oath  or 
affirmation: 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be,)  that  I  will  support  the  con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  that 

I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of according  to  the   best 

of  my  ability 

Which  oath  or  affirmation,  so  subscribed,  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  clerk.  And  all  such  officers,  except  aldermen  and 
trustees,  shall  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  respective 
offices,  execute  a  bond  with  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  city 
council  or  board  of  trustees,  payable  to  the  city  or  village,  in  such 
penal  sum  as  may,  by  resolution  or  ordinance,  be  directed,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office  and  the 
payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  such  officer,  according  to  law 
and  the  ordinances  of  the  said  city  or  village:  Provided,  however, 
that  in  no  case  shall  the  ma^'or's  bond  be  fixed  at  a  less  sum  than 
three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000);  nor  shall  the  treasurer's  bond  be 
fixed  at  a  less  sum  than  the  amount  of  the  estimated  tax  and  special 
assessments  for  the  current  year — which  bonds  shall  be  filed  with 


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the  clerk  (except  the  bond  of  the  clerk,  which  shall  be  tiled  with  the 
treasurer.) 

77.  Coniinissio}! — certificate — delivery  to  successors.^  §  5.  All 
officers  elected  or  appointed  under  this  act  (except  the  clerk,  alder- 
men and  mayor,  and  trustees,)  shall  be  commissioned  by  warrant, 
under  the  corporate  seal,  signed  by  the  clerk  and  the  mayor  or  pre- 
siding officer  of  the  city  council  V)r  board  of  trustees.  The  mayor 
or  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall  issue  a  certificate  of  ap- 
pointment or  election,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  to  the  clerk 
thereof,  and  any  person  having  been  an  officer  of  the  city  or  village, 
shall,  within  live  days  after  notification  and  request,  deliver  to  his 
successor  in  office  all  propert}",  books  and  effects  of  every  descrip- 
tion in  his  possession,  belonging  to  the  city  or  village,  or  appertain- 
ing to  his  said  office;  and  upon  his  refusal  to  do  so,  shall  be  liable 
for  all  the  damages  caused  thereb}',  and  to  such  penalty  as  may  by 
ordinance  be  prescribed. 

78.  ^lalification  of  officers?^  §6.  No  person  shall  be  eligible 
to  any  office  who  is  not  a  qualified  elector  of  the  city  or  village,  and 
who  shall  not  have  resided  therein  at  least  one  year  next  preceding 
his  election  or  appointment,  nor  shall  anj'  person  be  eligible  to  any 
office  who  is  a  defaulter  to  the  corporation. 

79.  2\'ot  interested  in  contracts^  ctc.'^  §  7.  No  officer  shall  be 
directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  contract,  work  or  business  of 
the  city,  or  the  sale  of  any  article,  the  expense,  price  or  considera- 
tion of  which  is  paid  from  the  treasury,  or  by  any  assessment  levied 
by  any  act  or  ordinance;  nor  in  the  purchase  of  any  real  estate  or 
other  property  belonging"  to  the  corporation,  or  which  shall  be  sold 
for  taxes  or  assessments,  or  by  virtue  of  legal  process  at  the  suit  of 
said  corporation. 

80.  Bribery — ^enalfv.~\  §8.  Every  person  who  shall  promise, 
offer  or  gi\'e,  or  cause,  or  aid,  or  abet  in  causing  to  be  promised, 
ofi'ered  or  given,  or  furnish  or  agree  to  furnish,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
to  be  promised,  offered  or  given  to  anv  member  of  the  city  council 
or  board  of  trustees,  or  anv  officer  of  the  corporation,  after  or  before 
his  election  or  appointment  as  such  officer,  any  moneys,  goods,  right 
in  action,  or  other  propertv  or  anything  of  value,  or  any  pecuniary 
advantage,  present  or  prospective,  with  intent  to  influence  his  vote, 
opinion,  judgment  or  action  on  any  question,  matter,  cause  or  pro- 
ceeding which  may  be  then  pending,  or  may  by  law  be  brought 
before  him  in  his  official  capacit}',  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  impris- 
oned in  the  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  shall 
be  fined  not  exceeding  $5,000,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
Every  officer  who  shall  accept  any  such  gift   or  promise,  or  under- 


30  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

taking  to  make  the  same  under  any  agreement  or  understanding 
that  his  vote,  opinion,  judgment  or  action  shall  be  influenced 
thereby,  or  shall  be  given  in  any  question,  matter,  cause  or  proceed- 
ing then  pending,  or  which  may  by  law  be  brought  before  him  in 
his  official  capacity,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  disqualified  from  hold- 
ing any  public  office,  trust  or  appointment  under  the  city  or  village, 
and  shall  forfeit  his  office,  and  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in 
the  penitentiary  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
$5,000,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.  Every  person  offend- 
ing against  either  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  a  compe- 
tent witness  against  any  other  person  offending  in  the  same  transac- 
tion, and  may  be  compelled  to  appear  and  give  evidence  before  any 
grand  jury  or  in  any  court  in  the  same  manner  as  other  persons; 
but  the  testimony  so  given  shall  not  be  used  in  any  prosecution  or 
proceeding,  civil  or  criminal,  against  the  person  so  testifying. 

81.  Mayor ^  etc.,  not  to  hold  other  ojfice^  §  9.  No  ma3'or,  alder- 
man, city  clerk,  or  treasurer,  shall  hold  any  other  office  under  the 
city  government  during  his  term  of  office. 

82.  Duties  of  clerk. 1^  §  ^O-  T'he  clerk  shall  keep  the  corporate 
seal,  to  be  provided  under  the  direction  of  the  city  councft  or  board 
of  trustees,  and  all  papers  belonging  to  the  city  or  village;  he  shall 
attend  all  meetings  of  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees,  and  keep 
a  full  record  of  its  proceedings  in  the  journal;  and  copies  of  all 
papers  duly  filed  in  his  office,  and  transcripts  from  the  journals  and 
other  records  and  files  of  his  office,  certified  by  him  under  the  cor- 
porate seal,  shall  be  evidence  in  all  courts  in  like  manner  as  if  the 
originals  were  produced. 

■83.  Record  of  ordinances?\^  §  n*  The  clerk  shall  record,  in  a 
book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  all  ordinances  passed  by  the  city 
council  or  board  of  trustees,  and  at  the  foot  of  the  record  of  each 
ordinance  so  recorded  shall  make  a  memorandum  of  the  date  of  the 
passage  and  of  the  publication  or  posting  of  such  ordinance,  which 
record  and  memorandum,  or  a  certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be 
■prima  facie  evidence  of  the  passage  and  legal  publication  or  posting 
of  such  ordinances  for  all  purposes  whatsoever. 

84.  Conservators  of  the -peace — powers.^  §  ^2.  The  trustees  in 
villages,  the  ma3'or,  aldermen,  and  the  marshal  and  his  deputies,  po- 
licemen and  watchmen,  in  cities,  if  any  such  be  appointed,  shall  be  con- 
servators of  the  peace;  and  all  officers  created  conservators  of  the 
peace  by  this  act,  or  authorized  by  any  ordinance,  shall  have  power 
to  arrest,  or  cause  to  be  arrested,  with  or  without  process,  all  persons 
who  shall  break  the  peace,  or  be  fovmd  violating  any  ordinance  of  city 
or  village,  or  any  criminal  law  of  the  state,  commit  for  examination, 


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and  if  necessary,  detain  such  persons  in  custody  over  night  or  Sun- 
day in  the  watch  house,  or  any  other  safe  place,  or  until  they  can 
be  brought  before  the  proper  magistrate,  and  shall  have  and  exer- 
cise such  other  powers  as  conservators  of  the  peace,  as  the  city 
council  or  board  of  trustees  may  prescribe. 

85.  Compensation  of  Mayor ?^  §  ^S-  The  mayor  of  any  city 
shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  city  council  may  by  ordi- 
nance direct,  but  his  compensation  shall  not  be  changed  during  his 
term  of  office. 

86.  Compensation  of  aldermen  and  trustees^  §^4-  The  alder- 
men and  trustees  may  receive  such  compensation  for  their  services 
as  shall  be  fixed  by  ordinance:  Provided,  however,  such  compen- 
sation shall  not  exceed  $3  to  each  alderman  or  trustee  for  each 
meeting  of  the  city  council,  or  board  of  trustees,  actually  attended 
by  him,  and  no  other  compensation  than  for  attendance  upon  such 
meetings  shall  be  allowed  to  any  alderman  or  trustee  for  an}^  ser- 
vices whatsoever.  Such  compensation  shall  not  be  changed,  after 
it  has  ben  once  established,  so  as  to  take  efiect  as  to  any  alderman 
■or  trustee  voting  for  such  change,  during  his  term  of  office. 

87.  Compensation  of  other  officers^  §  ^5-  ^^  other  officers 
may  receive  a  salary,  fees  or  other  compensation  to  be  fixed  by 
■ordinance,  and  after  the  same  has  been  once  fixed,  such  fees  or 
-compensation  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished,  to  take  effect 
during  the  term  for  which  any  such  officer  was  elected  or  appointed; 
and  every  such  officer  shall  make  and  return  to  the  mayor,  or  pres- 
ident of  the  board  of  trustees,  a  semi-annual  report,  verified  by  affi- 
davit, of  all  such  fees  and  emoluments  received  by  him. 

88.  Administering  oat hs,^  §  i^*  The  mayor  of  any  city,  and 
the  clerk  of  any  city  or  village,  shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths 
and  affirmations  upon  all  lawful  occasions. 

Article    VII. 

FINANCE. 

89.  Fiscal  year ?^  §  i.  The  fiscal  year  of  each  city  or  village 
■organized  under  this  act,  shall  commence  at  the  date  established  by 
law  for  the  annual  election  of  municipal  officers  therein,  or  at  such 
other  times  as  may  be  fixed  by  ordinance. 

90.  Annual  af^ropriation  ordinance.^  §  2.  The  city  council 
■of  cities,  and  board  of  trustees  in  villages,  shall,  within  the  first 
quarter  of  each  fiscal  j'ear,  pass  an  ordinance,  to  be  termed  the  an- 
nual appropriation  bill,  in  which  such  corporate  authorities  may  ap- 


32  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

propriate  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  may  be  deemed  necessary 
to  defray  all  necessary  expenses  and  liabilities  of  such  corporation; 
and  in  such  ordinance  shall  specify  the  objects  and  purposes  for  which 
such  appropriations  are  made,  and  the  amount  appropriated  for  each 
object  or  purpose.  No  further  appropriations  shall  be  made  at  any 
other  time  within  such  hscal  year,  unless  the  proposition  to  make 
each  appropriation  has  been  first  sanctioned  by  a  majority  of  the 
legal  voters  of  such  city  or  village,  either  by  a  petition  signed  by 
them,  or  at  a  general  or  special  election  duly  called  therefor. 

91.  Limitation — emergency — borrozviiig  money. ^  §  3.  Neither 
the  city  council  nor  the  board  of  trustees,  nor  any  department  or 
officer  of  the  corporation,  shall  add  to  the  corporation  expenditures 
in  any  one  year  anything  over  and  above  the  amount  provided  for 
in  the  annual  appropiation  bill  of  that  year,  except  as  is  herein 
otherwise  specially  provided;  and  no  expenditure  for  an  improve- 
ment to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  corporation  shall 
exceed,  in  any  one  year,  the  amount  provided  for  such  improvement 
in  the  annual  appropriation  bill:  Provided,  hozvever,  that  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees 
from  ordering,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  any  improvement,  the  necessity 
of  which  is  caused  by  any  casualt}^  or  accident  happening  after  such 
annual  appropriation  is  made.  The  city  council  or  board  of  trustees 
may,  by  a  like  vote,  order  the  mavor  or  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  and  finance  committee  to  borrow  a  sufficient  amount  to 
provide  for  the  expense  necessary  to  be  incurred  in  making  any  im- 
provements, the  necessity  of  which  has  arisen  as  is  last  above 
mentioned,  for  a  space  of  time  not  exceeding  the  close  of  the  next 
fiscal  year — which  sum,  and  the  interest,  shall  be  added  to  the 
amount  authorized  to  be  raised  in  the  next  general  tax  levy,  and 
embraced  therein.  Should  any  judgment  be  obtained  against  the 
corporation,  the  mayor,  or  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  and 
finance  committee,  under  the  sanction  of  the  city  council  or  board 
of  trustees,  may  borrow  a  sufficient  amount  to  pay  the  same,  for  a 
space  of  time  not  exceeding  the  close  of  the  next  fiscal  year — which 
sum  and  interest  shall,  in  like  manner,  be  added  to  the  amount  au- 
thorized to  be  raised  in  the  general  tax  levy  of  the  next  year,  and 
embraced  therein. 

92.  Co}itracting  liabilities  limit ed?\^  §  4.  No  contract  shall  be 
hereafter  made  by  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees,  or  any  com- 
mittee or  member  thereof;  and  no  expense  shall  be  incurred  by  any 
of  the  officers  or  departments  of  the  corporation,  whether  the  object 
of  the  expenditure  shall  have  been  ordered  bv  the  city  council  or 
board  of  trustees  or  not,  unless  an  appropriation  shall  have  been  pre- 
viously made  concerning  such  expense,  except  as  herein  otherwise 
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93.  Duties  of  treasurer?^  §  S-  The  treasurer  shall  receive  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  corporation,  and  shall  keep  his  books  and  ac- 
counts in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  such 
books  and  accounts  shall  always  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  any 
member  of  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees. 

94.  Separate  accounts?^  §  6.  He  shall  keep  a  separate  ac- 
count of  each  fund  or  appropriation,  and  the  debts  and  credits  belong- 
ing thereto. 

95.  Rcccipts.\  g  7.  He  shall  give  every  person  paying  money 
into  the  treasury  a  receipt  therefor,  specifying  the  date  of  payment, 
and  upon  what  account  paid;  and  he  shall  also  file  copies  of  such 
receipts  with  the  clerk,  at  the  date  of  his  monthly  reports. 

96.  Monthly  statements — luarrants — vouchers — 7'egiste7'.'^  §  8. 
The  treasurer  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  and  every  month,  and  of tener  if 
required,  render  an  account  to  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees,  or 
such  officer  as  may  be  designated  by  ordinance  (under  oath,)  showing 
the  state  of  the  treasury  at  the  date  of  said  account,  and  the  balance 
of  money  in  the  treasury.  He  shall  also  accompany  such  accounts 
with  a  statement  of  all  moneys  received  into  the  treasury,  and  on 
what  account,  together  with  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid  by  him ; 
which  said  warrant,  with  any  and  all  vouchers  held  by  him,  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  clerk,  and  filed  with  his  said  account  in  the  clei'k's 
office,  upon  every  day  of  such  settlement.  He  shall  return  all  war- 
rants paid  by  him  stamped  or  marked  "  paid."  He  shall  keep  a 
register  of  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid,  which  shall  describe 
such  warrants,  and  show  the  date,  amount,  number,  the  fund  from 
which  paid,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  and  when  paid. 

97.  Deposit  of  funds — separate  from  his^  §  9.  The  treasurer 
may  be  required  to  keep  all  monevs  in  his  hands,  belonging  to  the 
corporation,  in  such  place  or  places  of  deposit  as  may  be  designated 
by  ordinance:  Provided, however,  no  such  ordinance  shall  be  passed 
by  which  the  custody  of  such  money  shall  be  taken  from  the  treas- 
urer and  deposited  elsewhere  than  in  some  regularl}^  organized  bank 
nor  without  a  bond  to  be  taken  from  such  bank,  in  such  penal  sum 
and  with  such  security  as  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  shall 
direct  and  approve,  sufficient  to  save  the  corporation  from  any  loss; 
but  such  penal  sum  shall  not  be  less  than  the  estimated  receipts  for  the 
current  year  from  taxes  and  special  assessments  levied,  or  to  be  levied 
by  the  corporation.  The  treasurer  shall  keep  all  moneys  belonging  to 
the  corporation  in  his  hands  separate  and  distinct  from  his  own  moneys, 
and  he  is  hereb}'  expressly  prohibited  from  using,  either  directly  or 
indirectly,  the  corporation  money  or  warrants  in  his  custody  and 
keeping,  for  his  own  use  and  benefit,  or  that  of  any  other  person  or 

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persons  whomsoever;  and  any  violation  of  this- provision  shall  sub- 
ject him  to  immediate  removal  from  office  by  the  city  council  or 
board  of  trustees,  who  are  hereby  authorized  to  declare  said  office 
vacant;  and  in  which  case  his  successor  shall  be  appointed,  who 
.  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  unexpired  of  such 
officer  so  removed. 

98.  Treasurer^ s  cuinual  report — publication?^  §  10.  The  treas- 
urer shall  report  to  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees,  as  often  as 
required,  a  full  and  detailed  account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures 
of  the  corporation,  as  shown  by  his  books,  up  to  the  time  of  said 
report;  a*d  he  shall,  annually,  between  the  first  and  tenth  of  April, 
make  out  and  file  with  the  clerk  a  full  and  detailed  account  of  all 
''uch  receipts  and  expenditures,  and  of  all  his  transactions,  as  such 
.reasurer,  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  and  shall  show  in  such 
account  the  state  of  the  treasury  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year; 
which  account  the  clerk  shall  immediately  cause  to  be  published  in 
a  newspaper  printed  in  such  city,  if  there  be  one,  and  if  not,  then 
by  posting  the  same  in  a  public  place  in  the  clerk's  office. 

99.  Warrants?^  §  n*  All  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treasurer 
must  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  clerk,  stat- 
ing the  particular  fund  or  appropriation  to  which  the  same  is  charge- 
able, and  the  person  to  whom  payable;  and  no  money  shall  be 
otherwise  paid  than  upon  such  warrants  so  drawn,  except  as  herein- 
after provided. 

100.  Special  assessment /tinds  kept  separate.^  §12.  All  moneys 
received  on  any  special  assessment  shall  be  held  by  the  treasurer  as 
a  special  fund,  to  be  applied  to  the  pa3'ment  of  the  improvement 
for  which  the  assessment  was  made,  and  said  money  shall  be  used 
for  no  other  purpose  whatever,  unless  to  reimburse  such  corpora- 
tion for  money  expended  for  such  improvement. 

CITY    COLLECTOR. 

loi.  His  diitics.'\  §  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector, 
when  one  is  appointed,  to  preserve  all  warrants  which  are  returned 
into  his  hands,  and  he  shall  keep  such  books  and  his  accounts  in 
such  manner  as  the  city  council  may  prescribe.  Such  warrants, 
books,  and  all  papers  pertaining  to  his  office,  shall  at  all  times  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  and  subject  to  the  examination  of  the  mayor, 
city  clerk,  any  member  of  the  council,  or  committee  thereof.  He 
shall  weekly,  and  oftener  if  required  by  the  council,  pay  over  to  the 
treasurer  all  moneys  collected  b}^  him  from  any  source  whatever, 
taking  such  treasurer's  receipt  therefor,  which  receipt  he  shall  im- 
mediately file   with   the  city  clerk;  but  the   city  clerk  shall,  at  the 


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time,  or  on  demand,  give  such  tax  collector  a  copy  of  any  such  re- 
ceipt so  filed. 

102.  He  shall  re-port^  etc. — f?iblication.'\  §14-  He  shall  make 
a  report,  in  writing,  to  the  council,  or  any  officer  designated  by  the 
council,  of  all  moneys  collected  by  him,  the  account  whereon  col- 
lected, or  of  any  other  matter  in  connection  with  his  office,  when 
required  by  the  council  or  by  any  ordinance  of  the  city.  He  shall 
also,  annually,  between  the  first  and  tenth  of  April,  file  with  the 
clerk  a  statement  of  all  the  moneys  collected  by  him  during  the 
year,  the  particular  warrant,  special  assessment  or  account  on  which 
collected,  the  balance  of  moneys  uncollected  on  all  warrants  in  his 
hands,  and  the  balance  remaining  uncollected  at  the  time  of  the 
return  on  all  warrants  which  he  shall  have  returned,  during  th'^ 
preceding  fiscal  year,  to  the  city  clerk.  The  city  clerk  shall  pub-» 
lish  or  post  the  same,  as  hereinbefore  required  to  be  done  in  regard 
to  the  annual  report  of  the  treasurer. 

103.  A^ot  to  detain  money — penalty. '\  §  i5-  The  collector  is 
hereby  expressly  prohibited  from  keeping  the  moneys  of  the  city  in 
his  hands,  or  in  the  hands  of  any  person  or  corporation,  to  his  use, 
beyond  the  time  which  may  be  prescribed  for  the  payment  of  the 
same  to  the  treasurer,  and  any  violation  of  this  provision  will  sub- 
ject him  to  immediate  removal  from  office. 

104.  Examination  of  his  books — paying  over^  §  16.  All  the 
city  collector's  papers,  books,  warrants  and  vouchers  may  be  ex- 
amined at  any  time  by  the  mayor  or  clerk,  or  any  member  of  the 
city  council;  and  the  collector  shall  every  two  weeks,  or  oftener  if 
the  city  council  so  direct,  pay  over  all  money  collected  by  him  from 
any  person  or  persons,  or  associations,  to  the  treasurer,  taking  his 
receipt  therefor  in  duplicate,  one  of  which  receipts  he  shall  at  once 
file  in  the  office  of  the  clerk. 

CITY    COMPTROLLER. 

105.  His  fozuers  and  duties^  §17.  The  city  comptroller  (if 
there  shall  be  any  city  comptroller  appointed,  if  not,  then  the  clerk) 
shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  all  the  officers  of  the  cor- 
poration charged  in  any  manner  with  the  receipt,  collection  or  dis- 
bursement of  corporation  revenues,  and  the  collection  and  return  of  all 
such  revenues  into  the  treasmy.  He  shall  have  the  charge,  custod}- 
and  control  of  all  deeds,  leases,  warrants,  vouchers,  books  and 
papers  of  any  kind,  the  custodv  and  control  of  which  is  not  herein 
given  to  any  other  officers;  and  he  shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  May,  in  each  year,  and  before  the  annual  appropriations  to 
be  made  by  the  city  council  or  the  board  of  trustees,  submit  to  the 


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city  council  or  board  of  trustees  a  report  of  his  estimates,  as  nearly 
as  may  be,  of  mone3's  necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  cor- 
poration during  the  current  tiscal  year.  He  shall,  in  said  report, 
class  the  different  objects  and  branches  of  expenditures,  giving,  as 
nearly  as  may  be,  the  amounrt  required  for  each;  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  such  a  report,  he  is  authorized  to  require  of  all  offi- 
cers their  statement  of  the  condition  and  expenses  of  their  respective 
offices  or  departments,  with  any  proposed  improvements  and  the 
probable  expense  thereof,  all  contracts  made  and  unfinished,  and 
the  amount  of  any  and  all  unexpended  appropriations  of  the  preced- 
ing year.  He  shall,  in  such  report,  show  the  aggregate  income  of 
the  preceding  fiscal  year,  from  all  sources,  the  amount  of  liabilities 
outstanding  upon  which  interest  is  to  be  paid,  the  bonds  and  debts 
pa3'able  during  the  year,  when  due  and  when  payable ;  and  in  such 
report  he  shall  give  such  other  information  to  the  council  or  board 
of  trustees  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  to  the  end  that  the  city  coun- 
cil or  board  of  trustees  may  fully  understand  the  money  exigencies 
and  demands  upon  the  corporation  for  the  current  year. 

1 06.  Council  may  define  the  duties — transfer  of  clerk" s  financial 
duties?^  §  18.  When  there  shall  be  appointed  in  any  city  a  comp- 
troller, the  city  council  may,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  confer  upon 
him  such  powers,  and  provide  for  the  performance  of  such  duties 
by  him,  as  the  city  council  shall  deem  necessary  and  proper;  and 
all  the  provisions  of  this  act  relating  to  the  duties  of  cit}^  clerk,  or 
the  powders  of  city  clerk  in  connection  with  the  finances,  the  treas- 
urer and  collector,  or  the  receipt  and  disbursements  of  the  moneys 
of  such  city,  shall  be  exercised  and  performed  by  such  comptroller, 
if  one  there  shall  be  appointed;  and  to  that  end  and  purpose,  wher- 
ever in  this  act  heretofore  the  word  "  clerk  "  is  used,  it  shall  be  held 
to  mean  "  comptroller ;  "  and  wherever  the  "  clerk's  ofiice  "  is  re- 
ferred to,  it  shall  be  held  to  mean  "  comptroller's  office." 

107.  Record  of  bonds  issued  by  city. ^  §  ^9-  The  comptroller, 
when  there  shall  be  a  comptroller,  and  if  not,  then  the  clerk,  shall 
keep  in  his  office,  in  a  book  or  books  kept  expressl}^  for  that  pur- 
pose, a  correct  list  of  all  the  outstanding  bonds  of  the  city,  showing 
the  number  and  amount  of  each,  for  and  to  whom  the  said  bonds  are 
issued;  and  when  any  city  bonds  are  purchased,  or  paid,  or  can- 
celled, said  book  or  books  shall  show  the  fact;  and  in  his  annual 
report  he  shall  describe,  particularly,  the  bonds  sold  during  the  year, 
and  the  terms  of  sale,  with  each  and  every  item  of  expense  thereof. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

108.  Further  duties  may  be  required?^  §  20.  The  collector  and 
treasurer,  and  all  other  officers  connected  with  the  receipt  and  ex- 


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penditure  of  money,  shall  perform  such  other  duties,  and  be  subject 
to  such  other  rules  and  recrulations  as  the  citv  council  or  board  of 
trustees  ma^',  from  time  to  time,  by  ordinance,  provide  and  establish. 

109.  Affcal  to  finance  committee?^  §  21.  In  the  adjustment  of 
the  accounts  of  the  collector  or  treasurer  with  the  clerk  (or  comp- 
troller if  there  shall  be  one),  there  shall  be  an  appeal  to  the  finance 
committee  of  the  council  or  board  of  trustees,  whose  decision  in  all 
matters  of  controv-ersy  arising  between  said  ofScers  shall  be  binding, 
unless  the  cit-'^  council  or  board  of  trustees  shall  otherwise  direct  and 
provide. 

no.  Whomay  affotnt  siihordinates?\  §22.  The  comptroller  (if 
there  shall  be  one),  the  clerk,  treasurer  and  collector,  shall,  severally, 
appoint  such  various  clerks  and  subordinates  in  their  respective 
offices  as  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  may  authorize,  and 
shall  be  held,  severally,  responsible  for  the  fidelit}-  of  all  persons  so 
appointed  by  them. 

III.  Foreign  insiirance  companies  —  license,  etc.  —  -penalties^ 
§  23.  All  corporations,  companies  or  associations  not  incorporated  un- 
der the  laws  of  this  State,  engaged  in  any  city  in  etlecting  fire  insurance, 
shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  the  sum  of  $2  upon  the  $100  of  the  net 
receipts  by  their  agency  in  such  city,  and  at  that  rate  upon  the 
amount  of  all  premiums  which  during  the  half  year  ending  on  every 
first  day  of  July  and  January,  shall  have  been  received  for  any  in- 
surance etiected  or  agreed  to  be  etiected  in  the  city  or  village,  by  or 
with  such  corporations,  companies  or  associations,  respectively. 
Every  person  who  shall  act  in  any  city  or  village  as  agent,  or  other- 
wise, for  or  on  behalf  of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  associa- 
tion, shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  and  January,  in 
each  year,  render  to  the  comptroller  (if  any  there  be,  if  not, 
to  the  clerk,)  a  full,  true  and  just  account,  verified  by  his  oath,  of 
all  premiums  which,  during  the  half  year  ending  on  every  first  day 
of  July  and  Januarv  preceding  such  report,  shall  have  been  received 
by  him,  or  any  other  person  for  him,  in  behalf  of  any  such  corpora- 
tion, company  or  association,  and  shall  specify  in  said  account  the 
amounts  received  for  fire  insurance.  Such  agents  shall  also  pay 
over  to  the  treasurer,  at  the  time  of  rendering  the  aforesaid  account, 
the  amount  of  rates  for  which  the  company  or  companies  repre- 
sented by  them  are  severally  chargeable  by  virtue  hereof.  If  such 
account  be  not  rendered  on  or  before  the  day  hereinbefore  designated 
for  that  purpose,  or  if  the  said  rates  shall  remain  unpaid  after  that 
day,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  an}^  corporation,  company  or  associa- 
tion so  in  default  to  transact  anv  business  of  insurance  in  any  such 
city  or  village,  until  the  said  requisitions  shall  have  been  fully  com- 


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plied  with ;  but  this  provision  shall  not  relieve  any  company  from 
the  payment  of  any  risk  that  may  be  taken  in  violation  hereof.  Any 
person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  indictment,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  in  any  court 
of  competent  jurisdiction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding 
$i,ooo,  or  imprisoned  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court.  Said  rates  may  also  be  recovered  of  such  cor- 
poration, company  or  association,  or  its  agent,  by  action  in  the  name 
and  for  the  use  of  any  such  city  or  village,  as  for  money  had  and 
received  for  its  use:  Provided,  that  this  section  shall  only  apply  to 
such  cities  and  villages  as  have  an  organized  fire  department,  or 
maintain  some  organization  for  the  prevention  of  fires. 

Article  VIII. 

THE    assessment    AND    COLLECTION    OF    TAXES. 

112.  Ordinance  levying  tax  —  liuiitation?\^  §  i.  The  city 
council  in  cities,  and  boards  of  trustees  in  villages,  may  levy  and 
collect  taxes  for  corporate  purposes  in  the  manner  following:  The 
city  council,  or  boards  of  trustees,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  annu- 
ally, on  or  before  the  third  (3d)  Tuesday  in  September,  in  each  year, 
ascertain  the  total  amount  of  appropriations  for  all  corporate  pur- 
poses legally  made  and  to  be  collected  from  the  tax  levy  of  that 
fiscal  year;  and,  by  an  ordinance,  specifying  in  detail  the  purposes  for 
which  such  appropriations  are  made,  and  the  sum  or  amount  appro- 
priated for  each  purpose,  respectively,  levy  the  amount  so  ascer- 
tained upon  all  the  property  subject  to  taxation  within  the  city  or 
village,  as  the  same  is  assessed  and  equalized  for  state  and  county 
purposes  for  the  current  year.  A  certified  copy  of  such  ordinance 
shall  be  filed  with  the  county  clerk  of  the  proper  county,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  ascertain  the  rate  per  cent,  which,  upon  the  total 
valuation  of  all  property  subject  to  taxation  within  the  city  or 
village,  as  the  same  is  assessed  and  equalized  for  state  and  county 
purposes,  will  produce  a  net  amount  not  less  than  the  amount  sa 
directed  to  be  levied;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  clerk 
to  extend  such  tax  in  a  separate  column  upon  the  book  or  books  of 
the  collector  or  collectors  of  state  and  county  taxes,  within  such  city 
or  village.  Provided,  the  aggregate  amount  of  taxes  levied  for  any 
one  (i)  year,  exclusive  of  the  amount  levied  for  the  payment  of  bonded 
indebtedness,  or  the  interest  thereon,  shall  not  exceed  the  rate  of 
two  (2)  per  centum  upon  the  aggregate  valuation  of  all  property 
within  such  citv  or  village,  subject  to  taxation  therein,  as  the  same 
was  equalized  for  state  and  county  taxes  of  the  preceding  year. 

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GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  39 

be  collected  and  enforced  in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  of- 
ficers as  state  and  county  taxes,  and  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  offi- 
cers collecting  the  same  to  the  treasm'er  of  the  city  or  village. 

114.  Time  of  ■paying  over ?^  §  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  of- 
ficer collecting  such  tax  to  settle  with  and  pay  over  to  such  treas- 
urer, as  often  as  once  in  two  weeks  from  the  time  he  shall  com- 
mence the  collection  thereof,  all  such  taxes  as  he  shall  then  have 
collected,  till  the  whole  tax  collected  shall  be  paid  over. 

115.  When  tax  levied  for  particular  ■purpose?\^  §  4.  When- 
ever any  city  or  village  is  required  to  levy  a  tax  for  the  payment  of 
any  particular  debt,  appropriation  or  liability  of  the  same,  the  tax 
for  such  purpose  shall  be  included  in  the  total  amount  assessed  by 
the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees,  and  certified  to  the  county 
clerk  as  aforesaid;  but  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  shall 
determine,  in  the  ordinance  making  such  assessment,  what  propor- 
tion of  such  total  amount  shall  be  applicable  to  the  payment 
of  such  particular  debt,  appropriation  or  liability ;  and  the  city  of 
village  treasurer  shall  set  apart  such  proportion  of  the  tax  collected 
and  paid  to  him  for  the  pa3auent  of  such  particular  debt,  appropri- 
ation or  liability,  and  shall  not  disburse  the  same  for  any  other  pur- 
pose until  such  debt,  appropriation  or  liabihty  shall  have  been  dis- 
charged. 

it6.  Uniformity ?\^  §  5.  All  taxes,  levied  or  assessed  by  any 
city  or  village,  except  special  assessments  for  local  improvements, 
shall  be  uniform  upon  all  taxable  property  and  persons  within  the 
limits  of  the  city,  and  no  property  shall  be  exempt  therefrom  other 
than  such  property  as  may  be  exempt  from  taxation  under  the  con- 
stitution and  general  laws  of  the  state. 

Article  IX. 

SPECIAL,    assessments    FOR    LOCAL    IMPROVEMENTS. 

117.  Pozvers  confer  red ?\^  §  i.  That  the  corporate  authorities 
of  cities  and  villages  are  hereby  vested  with  power  to  make  local 
improvement  by  special  assessment,  or  by  special  taxation,  or  both, 
of  contiguous  property,  or  general  taxation,  or  otherwise,  as  they 
shall  by  ordinance  prescribe. 

118.  Orditiancefor  Improvement^  ^  2.  When  any  such  city 
or  village  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  making  of  any  local 
improvement,  it  shall,  by  the  same  ordinance,  prescribe  whether  the 
same  shall  be  made  by  special  assessment  or  by  special  taxation  of 
contiguous  property,*  or  general  taxation,  or  both. 


40  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

1 19.  W/ic)i  ■proj[)crty  is  taken,  etc.'\  §  3.  Should  said  ordinance 
provide  for  improvements  which  require  the  taking  or  damaging  of 
property,  the  proceeding  for  making  just  compensation  therefor 
shall  be  as  follows: 

120.  Petition.'^  §  4.  Whenever  any  such  ordinance  shall  be 
passed  by  the  legislative  authority  of  any  such  city  or  village,  for 
the  making  of  an}^  improvement  mentioned  in  the  first  section  of 
this  act,  or  any  other  local  improvement  that  such  city  or  village  is 
authorized  to  make,  the  making  of  which  will  require  that  private 
property  be  taken  or  damaged  for  public  use,  such  city  or  village 
shall  file  a  petition  in  some  court  of  record  of  the  county  in  which 
such  city  is  situated,  in  the  name  of  the  city,  praying  that  "  the  just 
compensation  to  be  made  for  private  property  to  be  taken  or  aam- 
aged  for  the  improvement  or  purpose  specified  in  such  ordinance 
shall  be  ascertained  by  a  jury." 

121.  Form  of  ■pctition?\^  §5.  Such  petition  shall  contain  a  copy 
of  the  said  ordinance,  certified  by  the  clerk,  under  the  corporate 
seal;  a  reasonably  accurate  description  of  the  lots,  parcels  of  land 
and  property  which  will  be  taken  or  damaged,  and  the  names  of 
the  owners  and  occupants  thereof,  so  far  as  known  to  the  board  or 
officer  filing  the  petition,  and  where  any  known  owners  are  non- 
residents of  the  state,  stating  the  fact  of  such  non-residence. 

122.  Summons — fuhlication — notice?^  §6.  Upon  the  filing  of 
the  petition  aforesaid,  a  summons,  w^hich  may  be  made  returnable 
upon  any  day  in  term  time,  shall  be  issued  and  served  upon  the  per- 
sons made  parties  defendant,  as  in  cases  in  chancery.  And  in  case 
any  of  them  are  unknown,  or  reside  out  of  this  state,  the  clerk  of 
the  court,  upon  an  affidavit  being  filed  showing  such  fact,  shall  cause 
publication  to  be  made  in  some  newspaper  printed  in  his  county,  or, 
if  there  be  no  newspaper  published  in  his  county,  then  in  some 
newspaper  published  in  this  state,  containing  notice  of  the  pendency 
of  such  proceeding,  the  parties  thereto,  the  title  of  the  court,  and 
the  time  and  place  of  the  return  of  the  summons,  in  the  case,  and 
the  nature  of  said  proceeding;  such  publication  to  be  made  for  four 
weeks  consecutively,  at  least  once  in  each  week,  the  first  of  which 
shall  be  at  least  thirty  days  before  the  return  day  of  such  summons. 
Notices  so  given  by  publication  shall  be  sufficient  to  authorize  the 
court  to  hear  and  determine  the  suit,  as  though  all  parties  had  been 
sued  by  their  proper  names  and  had  been  personally  served. 

123.  Hearing— Jury l\  ^7.  Upon  the  return  of  said  summons, 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  the  business  of  the  court  will  permit,  the 
said  court  shall  proceed  to  the  hearing  of  such  petition,  and  shall 
impanel  a  jury  to  ascertain  the  just  compensation  to  be  paid  to  all 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  4 1 

of  such  owners  and  occupants  aforesaid  ;  but  if  any  defendant  or 
party  in  interest  shall  demand,  or  the  court  shall  deem  it  proper, 
separate  juries  may  be  impaneled  as  to  the  compensation  or  dam- 
ages to  be  paid  to  any  one  or  more  of  such  defendants  or  parties  in 
interest.  • 

124.  'Jtiry  to  ascertain  com-pcnsation — admitting  other  ■parties^ 
§  8.  Such  jury  shall  also  ascertain  the  just  compensation  to  be  paid 
to  any  person  claiming  an  interest  in  an}"  lot,  parcel  of  land  or  prop- 
erty which  may  be  taken  or  damaged  by  such  improvement,  whether 
or  not  such  person's  name,  or  such  lot,  parcel  of  land,  or  other 
property,  is  mentioned  or  described  in  such  petition:  provided,  such 
person  shall  first  be  admitted  as  a  part}-  defendant  to  said  suit  by 
such  court,  and  shall  file  a  statement  of  his  interest  in  and  descrip- 
tion of  the  lot,  parcel  of  land,  or  other  property  in  respect  to  which 
he  claims  compensation. 

125.  Viezving  -premises — 02viiership,etc.~\  ^  9.  The  court  may 
upon  the  motion  of  such  city  or  village,  or  of  any  person  claiming 
any  such  compensation,  direct  that  said  jury  (under  the  charge  of 
an  officer  of  the  court)  shall  view  the  premises  which  it  is  claimed 
by  any  party  to  said  proceeding  will  be  taken  or  damaged  by  said 
improvement,  and  in  any  case,  where  there  is  no  satisfactory  evi- 
dence given  to  the  jury  as  to  the  ownership  of,  or  as  to  the  extent 
of  the  interest  of  any  defendant  in  the  property  to  be  taken  or  dam- 
aged, the  jury  may  return  their  verdict  as  to  the  compensation  or 
damage  to  be  paid  for  the  property  or  part  of  property  to  be  taken 
or  damaged,  and  for  the  entire  interests  therein. 

126.  yiidgment — nczv  parties— further  proceedings.^  §  10. 
Upon  the  return  of  such  verdict,  the  court  shall  order  the  same  to 
be  recorded,  and  shall  enter  such  judgement  or  decree  thereon  as  the 
nature  of  the  case  may  require.  The  court  shall  continue  or  ad- 
journ the  cause,  from  time  to  time,  as  to  all  occupants  and  owners 
named  in  such  petition  who  shall  not  have  been  served  with  process, 
or  brought  in  by  publication,  and  shall  order  a  new  summons  to 
issue  and  new  publication  to  be  made  ;  and  upon  such  occupants  or 
owners  being  brought  into  court,  shall  impanel  a  jury  to  ascertain 
the  compensation  so  to  be  paid  to  such  defendant  or  defendants,  for 
private  property  taken  or  damaged  ;  and  like  proceeding  shall  be 
had  for  such  purpose  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  ascertaining 
of  compensation  to  other  owners. 

127.  Powers  0/ court. ^  §  i^*  The  court  shall  have  power,  at 
any  time,  upon  proof  that  any  such  owner  or  owners  named  in  such 
petition,  who  has  not  been  served  with  process,  has  ceased  to  be 
such  owner  or  owners  since  the  filing  of  such  petition,  to  impanel  a 


42  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

jury  and  ascertain  the  just  compensation  to  be  made  for  the  property 
(or  the  damage  thereto)  which  had  been  owned  by  the  person  or  per- 
sons so  ceasing  to  own  the  same;  and  the  court  may,  upon  any  find- 
ing or  findings  of  any  jur}-  or  juries,  or  at  any  time  during  the 
course  of  such  proceedings,  %nter  such  order,  rule,  judgment  or  de- 
cree as  the  nature  of  the  case  may  require. 

128.  Ozuncrshif— further  -powers  of  court?^  §12.  No  delay  in 
making  an  assessment  of  compensation  shall  be  occasioned  by  any 
doubt  or  contest  which  may  arise  as  to  the  ownership  of  the  prop- 
ert}^,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  as  to  the  interests  of  the  respective 
owners  or  claimants,  but  in  such  case  the  court  may  impanel  a  jury 
and  ascertain  the  entire  compensation  or  damage  that  should  be  paid 
for  the  property,  or  part  of  property,  and  the  entire  interests  of  all 
parties  therein,  and  may  require  adverse  claimants  to  interplead  so 
as  to  fully  determine  their  rights  and  interests  in  the  compensation 
so  ascertained.  And  the  court  may  make  such  order  as  may  be 
necessary  in  regard  to  the  deposit  or  payment  of  such  compensation, 

129.  Persons  under  disahUity?^  §  ^3-  When  it  shall  appear, 
from  said  petition  or  otherwise,  at  any  time  during  the  proceedings 
upon  such  petition,  that  any  infant  or  insane  or  distracted  person  is 
interested  in  any  property  that  is  to  be  taken  or  damaged,  the  court 
shall  appoint  a  guardian,  ad  litem,  for  such  infant  or  insane  or  dis- 
tracted person,  to  appear  and  defend  for  him,  her  or  them  ;  and  the 
court  shall  make  such  order  or  decree  as  it  shall  deem  proper  to 
protect  and  secure  the  interests  of  such  infant,  or- insane  or  distract- 
ed person,  in  such  property,  or  the  compensation  which  shall  be 
awarded  therefor. 

130.  yudgment — effect — appeal,  r/c]  §  14.  Any  final  judg- 
ment or  judgments,  rendered  by  said  court,  upon  any  finding  or 
findings  of  any  jury  or  juries,  shall  be  a  lawful  and  sutficient  con- 
demnation of  the  land  or  property  to  be  taken  upon  the  pa3'ment  of 
the  amount  of  such  finding  as  hereinafter  provided.  It  shall  be  final 
and  conclusive  as  to  the  damages  caused  by  such  improvement, 
unless  such  judgment  or  judgments  shall  be  appealed  from  ;  but 
no  appeal  or  writ  of  error  upon  the  same  shall  delay  proceedings 
under  said  ordinance,  if  such  city  or  village  shall  deposit,  as  directed 
by  the  court,  the  amount  of  the  judgment  and  costs,  and  shall  file  a 
bond  in  the  court  in  which  such  judgment  was  rendered,  in  a  sum 
to  be  fixed  and  with  security  to  be  approved  by  the  judge  of  said 
court,  which  shall  secure  the  payment  of  any  future  compensation 
which  may  at  any  time  be  finally  awarded  to  such  party  so  appeal- 
ing or  suing  out  such  writ  of  error,  and  his  or  her  costs. 

131.  Orderffor  possession.^     §  ^5-     The  court,  upon  proof  that 


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said  just  compensation  so  found  by  the  jury  has  been  paid  to  the 
person  entitled  thereto,  or  has  been  deposited  as  directed  by  the 
court  (and  bond  given,  in  case  of  any  appeal  or  writ  of  error),  shall 
enter  an  order  that  the  city  or  village  shall  have  the  right,  at  any 
time  thereafter,  to  take  possession  of  or  damage  the  property,  in 
respect  to  which  such  compensation  shall  have  been  so  paid  or  de- 
posited, as  aforesaid. 

132.  IVhoi  t7)iprove]ne)it  made  by  general  tax^^  %*^^'  When 
the  ordinance  under  which  said  improvement  is  ordered  to  be  made 
shall  provide  that  such  improvement  shall  be  made  by  general  tax- 
ation, the  cost  of  such  improvement  shall  be  added  to  the  general 
appropriation  bill  of  such  city  or  village,  and  shall  be  levied  and 
collected  with  and  as  a  part  of  the  general  taxes  of  such  city  or 
village. 

133.  Special  taxation,^  §  ^7*  When  said  ordinance,  under 
which  said  local  improvement  shall  be  ordered  shall  provide  that 
such  improvement  shall  be  made  by  special  taxation  of  contiguous 
property,  the  same  shall  be  levied,  assessed  and  collected  in  the  way 
provided  in  the  sections  of  this  act  providing  for  the  inode  of  mak- 
ing, levying,  assessing  and  collecting  special  assessments. 

SPECIAL   ASSESSMENT. 

134.  Hozu  made.^  §  i^-  When  the  ordinance  under  which  said 
local  improvement  is  ordered  to  be  made  shall  provide  that  such  im- 
provement shall  be  wholly  or  in  part  made  by  special  assessment,, 
the  proceedings  for  the  making  such  special  assessment  shall  be  in 
accordance  with  the  sections  of  this  act  [article]  from  18  to  51,. 
inclusive. 

135.  Ordinance  for — sidewalks — owner^  s  rights?^  §  ^9-  When- 
ever such  local  improvements  are  to  be  made  wholly  or  in  part  by 
special  assessment,  the  said  council  in  cities,  or  board  of  trustees  in 
villages,  shall  pass  an  ordinance  to  that  et^ect,  specifying  therein  the 
nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  such  improvement: 
Provided^  that  whenever  any  such  ordinance  shall  provide  onlj'  for 
the  building  or  renewing  of  any  sidewalk,  the  owner  of  any  lot  or 
piece  of  land  fronting  on  such  sidewalk  shall  be  allowed  fifteen 
days  after  the  time  at  which  such  ordinance  shall  take  effect  in 
which  to  build  or  renew  such  sidewalk  opposite  his  land,  and  there- 
by relieve  the  same  from  assessment:  Provided,  that  the  work  so 
to  be  done  shall  in  all  respects  conform  to  the  requirements  of  such 
ordinance. 

136.  Estiniate  of  cost.\     §  20.     The  city  coimcil  or  board  o£ 


44  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

trustees  shall  appoint  three  of  its  members,  or  any  other  three 
competent  persons,  who  shall  make  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the 
improvement  contemplated  by  such  ordinance,  including  labor,  ma- 
terials, and  all  other  expenses  attending  the  same,  and  the  cost  of 
making  and  levying  the  assessment,  and  shall  report  the  same  in 
writing  to  said  council  or  board  of  trustees. 

137.  Order  for  proceedings  in  co7irt.^  §  2^*  On  such  report 
being  mac^e,  and  approved  by  the  council  or  board  of  trustees,  as 
the  case  may  be,  it  may  order  a  petition  to  be  filed  by  such  officer 
as  it  shall  direct,  in  the  county  court  of  its  county,  for  proceedings 
to  assess  the  cost  of  such  improvement  in  the  manner  provided  in 
this  act. 

138.  Petition  to  court. ^  §  22.  The  petition  shall  be  in  the 
tiame  of  the  corporation,  and  shall  recite  the  ordinance  for  the  pro- 
posed improvement  and  the  report  of  such  commission,  and  shall 
pray  that  the  cost  of  such  improvement  may  be  assessed  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  by  law. 

139.  Ajy'pointnient  of  commissioners — oath.^  §  23.  Upon  the 
iiling  of  such  petition  the  court  shall  appoint  three  competent  per- 
sons as  commissioners,  who  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath,  in 
substance  as  follows,  to-wit: 

State  of  Illinois,  ) 

County.  ) 

We,  the   undersigned,  commissioners,  appointed  by  the  county  court  of 

county,  to  assess  the  cost  of (here  state  in  general  terms  the  improvement), 

do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be,)  that  we  will  a  true  and  impartial 
assessment  make  of  the   cost  of  said   improvement   upon  the  city  (or  village)   01 

and   the  property  benefited  by  such   improvement,  to  the  best  of  our 

ability,  and  according  to  law. 

140.  Duty  of  commissioners?^  §  24.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
commissioners  to  examine  the  locality  where  the  improvement  is 
proposed  to  be  made,  and  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land 
that  will  be  specially  benefited  thereby,  and  to  estimate  what 
proportion  of  the  total  cost  of  such  improvement  will  be  of 
benefit  to  the  public,  and  what  proportion  thereof  wall  be  of 
benefit  to  the  property  to  be  benefited,  and  apportion  the  same 
between  the  city  or  village  and  such  property,  so  that  each 
shall  bear  its  relative  equitable  proportion  ;  and  having  found 
said  amounts,  to  apportion  and  assess  the  amount  so  found  to  be 
of  benefit  to  the  property  upon  the  several  lots,  blocks,  tracts 
and  parcels  of  land  in  the  proportion  in  which  they  will  be  sever- 
ally benefited  by  such  improvement:  Provided^  that  no  lot,  block, 
tract  or  parcel  of  land  shall  be  assessed  a  greater  amount  than 
it  will  be  actuall}^  benefited:  And,  provided,  further,  i\\cxt  it  shall 
not  be  necessary  for  said  commissioners  to  examine  the  locality  ex- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  45 

cept  where  the  ordinance  provides  for  the  opening,  widening  or  im- 
provement of  streets  and  alleys. 

[§25,  repealed  by  act  approved  April  25,  1873. 

141.  Assessment  roll — return.^  §26.  They  shall  also  make,  or 
cause  to  be  made,  an  assessment  roll,  in  which  shall  appear  the 
names  of  the  owners,  so  far  as  known,  a  description  of  each  lot, 
block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land,  and  the  amount  assessed  as  special 
benefits  thereto,  and  in  which  they  shall  set  down  as  against  the  city 
or  village  the  amount  they  shall  have  found  as  public  benefit,  and 
certify  such  assessment  roll  to  the  court  by  which  they  were  ap- 
pointed, at  least  ten  days  before  the  first  day  of  the  term  at  which  a 
final  hearing  thereon  shall  be  had. 

142.  Notice  by  mail^  j)osting  and  fuhUcation?^  §27.  It  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  such  commissioners  to  give  notice  of  such  assess- 
ment, and  of  the  term  of  court  at  which  a  final  hearing  thereon  will 
be  had;  in  the  following  manner: 

First — -They  shall  send  by  mail  to  each  owner  of  premises 
assessed,  whose  name  and  place  of  residence  is  known  to  them,  a 
notice,  substantially  in  the  following  form: 

Mr Your  (here  give  a  short  description  of  the  premises)  is  assessed 

%.,.:..  for  public  improvement.     The  assesement  roll  will  be  returned  to  the 

term  of  the  county  court  of county. 


(Here  give  date.)  

Commissioners. 

Second — They  shall  cause  at  least  ten  days  notice  to  be  given, 
by  posting  notices  in  at  least  four  public  places  in  such  city  or 
village,  two  of  which  shall  be  in  the  neighborhood  of  such  pro- 
posed improvement;  and  when  a  daily  newspaper  is  published  in 
such  city  or  village,  by  publishing  the  same  at  least  five  successive 
days  in  such  daity  newspaper,  or  if  no  daily  newspaper  is  published 
in  such  city  or  village,  and  a  weekly  newspaper  is  pubhshed  there- 
in, then  at  least  once  in  each  week,  for  two  successive  weeks,  in  such 
weekly  newspaper,  or  if  no  daily  or  weekly  newspaper  is  published 
in  such  city  or  village,  then  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  county 
in  which  such  city  or  village  is  situated.  The  notice  may  be  sub- 
stantially as  follows: 

SPECI.\L   ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  all  persons  interested,  that  the  citv  council  (or  board 

of  trustees,  as  the  case  may  be,)  of having  ordered  that  (here  insert  the 

description  and  nature  of  improvements  substantially  as  in  ordinance,)  have  applied 

to  the  county  court  of county  for  an   assessment  of  the   cost  of  said 

improvements,  according  to  benefits;  and  an  assessment  thereof  having  been  made 


.46  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

and  returned  to  said  court,  the  final  hearing  thereon  will  be  had   at  the 

term  of  said  court,  commencing  on  the daj  of ,  A.  D.  18.  .     Ail 

persons  desiring  may  then  and  there' appear  and  make  their  defense. 

(Here  give  date.)  

Comiii!Ssio?iers. 

143.  Proof  of  notice.^  §  28.  On  or  before  the  final  hearing, 
the  affidavit  of  one  or  more  of  the  commissioners  shall  be  filed  in 
said  court,  stating  that  they  have  sent,  or  caused  to  be  sent,  by  mail, 
to  the  owners  whose  premises  have  been  assessed,  and  whose  name 
and  place  of  business  are  known  to  them,  the  notice  hereinbefore 
required  to  be  sent  by  mail  to  owners  of  premises  assessed.  They 
shall  also  cause  to  be  filed  the  affidavit  of  the  person  who  shall  have 
posted  the  notices  required  by  this  act  to  be  posted,  setting  forth 
\/hen  and  in  what  manner  the  same  were  posted.  Such  athdavits 
shall  be  received  as  frima  facie  evidence  of  a  compliance  with  this 
act  in  regard  to  giving  such  notices.  They  shall  also  file  a  certifi- 
cate of  publication  of  said  notice  in  like  manner  as  is  required  in 
other  cases  of  publication  of  notices. 

144.  ContimuDice  xvhcn  notice  is  not  in  ti'me?^  §  29.  If  ten  da3's 
shall  not  have  elapsed  between  the  first  publication  or  the  putting  up 
of  such  notices  and  the  first  day  of  the  next  term  of  such  court,  the 
hearing  shall  be  continued  until  the  next  term  of  court. 

145.  Objections — fudgineut  by  default.^  §30-  Any  person  in- 
terested in  any  real  estate  to  be  affected  by  such  assessment,  may 
appear  and  file  objections  to  such  report,  and  the  court  may  make 
such  order  in  regard  to  the  time  of  filing  such  objections  as  may  be 
made  in  cases  at  law  in  regard  to  the  time  of  filing  pleas.  As  to  all 
lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  to  the  assessment  of  which 
•  objections  are  not  filed  within  the  time  ordered  by  the  court,  default 
may  be  entered,  and  the  assessment  confirmed  by  the  court. 

146.  Hearing— Jury ^  §  S^*  On  the  hearing,  the  report  of  the 
commissioners  shall  be  competent  evidence,  and  either 'party  may 
introduce  such  other  evidence  as  may  tend  to  establish  the  right  of 
the  matter.  The  hearing  shall  be  conducted  as  in  other  cases  at 
law,  and  if  it  shall  appear  that  the  premises  of  the  objector  are 
assessed  more  or  less  than  they  will  be  benefited,  or  more  or  less 
than  their  proportionate  share  of  the  cost  of  the  improvement,  the 
jury  shall  so  find,  and  also  find  the  amount  for  which  such  premises 
ought  to  be  assessed,  and  judgment  shall  be  rendered  accordingly. 

147.  Precedence^  §32.  The  hearing  in  all  cases  arising  under 
this  act  shall  have  precedence  over  all  other  cases  in  such  court,  ex- 

..cept  criminal  cases. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  47 

148.  Court  may  modify,  etc.^  the  assessment?^  §  3vV  The  court 
before  which  any  such  proceeding  may  be  pending,  shall  have 
iiuthoritv,  at  any  time  before  '^xvA  adjournment  [judgment],  to  modif}-, 
alter,  change,  annul  or  contirm  any  assessment  returned,  as  afore- 
said, or  cause  an}^  such  assessment  to  be  recast  by  the  same  com- 
missioners whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  the  attainment  of  jus- 
tice, or  may  appoint  other  commissioners  in  the  place  of  all 
or  any  of  the  commissi|pners  first  appointed,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  such  assessment,  or  modif^'ing,  altering,  changing  or  recast- 
ing the  same,  and  may  take  all  such  proceedings  and  make  all  such 
orders  as  may  be  necessary  to  make  a  true  and  just  assessment  of 
the  cost  of  such  improvement,  according  to  the  principles  of  this  act, 
and  may  from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  necessary,  continue  the  applica- 
tion for  that  purpose  as  to  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  premises. 

149.  judgment  several — affeal,  ete. — //e«.]  §  34.  The  judg- 
ment of  the  court  shall  have  the  etiect  of  a  several  judgment  as  to 
each  tract  or  parcel  of  land  assessed,  and  any  appeal  from  such 
judgment  or  writ  of  error  shall  not  invalidate  or  delay  the  judgment, 
except  as  to  the  property  concerning  which  the  appeal  or  writ  of 
error  is  taken.  Such  judgment  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  property 
assessed,  from  the  date  thereof  until  payment  shall  be  made. 

150.  judgment  certified  to  eity  clerk— jil in g — warrant ?\  §  35- 
The  clerk  of  the  court  in  which  such  judgment  is  rendered  shall 
certify  the  assessment  roll  and  judgment  to  the  clerk  of  such  cit}^ 
or  village,  or  if  there  has  been  an  appeal  or  writ  of  error  taken  on 
ahy  part  of  such  judgment,  then  he  shall  certify  such  part  of  the 
judgment  as  is  not  included  in  such  appeal  or  writ  of  error.  The 
clerk  of  the  city  or  village  shall  file  such  certificate  in  his  office  and 
issue  a  warrant  for  the  collection  of  such  assessment. 

151.  Form  of  warrant?^  §  36.  The  warrant  in  all  cases  of 
assessment  under  this  act  shall  contain  a  cop}^  of  such  certificate  of 
the  judgment,  describing  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  or  parcels  of  land 
assessed,  and  the  respective  amounts  assessed  on  each  lot,  block, 
tract  or  parcel  of  land,  and  shall  be  delivered  to  the  officer  author- 
ized to  collect  such  special  assessments.  Such  warrant  shall  give 
sufficient  authority  to  collect  the  assessments  therein  specified. 

152.  Collector's  notice—form  of P^  §37'  The  collector  receiv- 
ing such  warrant  shall  immediately  give  notice  thereof  by  publish- 
ing such  notice  in  one  or  more  newspapers  in  such  city  or  village, 
if  such  newspaper  is  there;  and  if  there  is  no  such  newspaper,  then 
by  posting  four  copies  thereof  in  public  places  along  the  fine  of  the 
proposed  improvement.  Such  notice  may  be  substantially  in  the 
lollowinir  form: 


48  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

SPECIAL    ASSESSMENT    NOTICE.         SPECIAL    WARRANT    NO.    . 

Public  notice  is  hereby  given  that  tlie  (here  insert  title  of  court)  has  rendered 
judgment  for  a  special  assessment  upon  property  benefited  by  the  following  im- 
provement (here  insert  the  character  and  location  of  the  improvement  in  general 
terms)  as  will  more  fully  appear  from  the  certified  copy  of  the  judgment  on  file  in 
the  office  of  thj  clerk  of  the  city  (or  village)  of ;  that  a  warrant  for  the  col- 
lection of  such  assessments  is  in  the  hands  of  the  undersigned.  All  persons  inter- 
ested are  hereby  notified  to  call  and  pay  the  amounts  assessed,  at  the  collector's 
office,  (here  insert  location  of  office)  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  hereof. 

Dated  this day  of ,  A.  D.  18.  .        4 

CoUcctor. 

153.  Manner  of  collecting — oitrv  of  ■paynient?\^  ^  38.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  collector  into  whose  hands  the  warrant  shall  so 
come,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  call  upon  all  persons  resident  within 
the  corporation  whose  names  appear  on  the  assessment  roll,  or  the 
occupants  of  the  property  assessed,  and  personally,  or  by  written  or 
printed  notice  left  at  his  or  her  usual  place  of  abode,  inform  them 
of  such  assessment,  and  request  payment  of  the  same.  Any  such 
collector  omitting  so  to  do  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  $10  for 
every  such  omission,  but  the  validity  of  the  special  assessment,  or 
the  right  to  apply  for  and  obtain  I'udgir.ent  for  any  such  special  [as- 
sessment], shall  not  be  aflected  b}'  such  omission.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  such  collector  to  write  the  word  "  paid "  opposite  each 
tract  or  lot  on  which  the  assessment  is  paid,  together  with  the  name 
and  post  office  address  of  the  person  making  the  payment,  and 
date  of  payment. 

154.  Re  fort  of  delinquent  list  to  county  collector — evidence — dt- 
fense.^  ,  §  39.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector  of  special  as- 
sessments, within  such  time  as  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees 
may  by  ordinance  provide,  to  make  a  report  in  writing — to  the  gen- 
eral officer  of  the  county  authorized,  or  to  be  designated  by  the 
general  revenue  law  of  this  state,  to  apply  for  judgment  and  sell 
lands  for  taxes  due  the  county  and  state — of  all  the  lands,  town  lots 
and  real  property  on  which  he  shall  have  been  unable  to  collect 
special  assessments,  with  the  amount  of  special  assessments  due 
and  unpaid  thereon,  together  with  his  warrant,  or  with  a  brief 
description  of  the  nature  of  the  warrant  or  warrants  received  by 
him  authorizing  the  collection  thereof  ;  which  report  shall  be  ac- 
companied with  the  oath  of  the  collector  that  the  list  is  a  correct 
return  and  report  of  the  lands,  town  lots  and  real  propert}^  on  which 

the  special  assessments  levied  by  authority  of  the  city  of (or 

village  of ,  as  the  case  may  be,)  remain  due  and  unpaid  ;  that 

he  is  unable  to  collect  the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  and  that  he  has 
given  the  notice  required  by  law  that  said  warrants  had  been  re- 
ceived by  him  for  collection.  Said  report,  when  so  made,  shall  be 
■prima  facie  evidence  that  all  the  forms  and  requirements  of  the  law 
in  relation  to  making  said  return  have  been  complied  with,  and  that 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  49 

the  special  assessments  mentioned  in  said  report  are  due  and  unpaid. 
And,  upon  the  application  for  judgment  upon  such  assessment,  no 
defense  or  objection  shall  be  made  or  heard  which  might  have  been 
interposed  in  the  proceeding  for  the  making  of  such  assessment,  or 
the  application  for  the  confirmation  thereof. 

155.  Application  for  Judgment  —  tvhat  lazvs  govern.^  §  4®- 
When  said  general  officer  shall  receive  the  report  provided  for  in 
the  preceding  section,  he  shall  at  once  proceed  to  obtain  judgment 
against  said  lots,  parcels  of  land  and  property  for  said  special  as- 
sessments remaining  due  and  unpaid,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  or 
may  be  by  law  provided  for  obtaining  judgment  against  lands  for 
taxes  due  and  unpaid  the  county  and  state;  and  shall  in  the  same 
manner  proceed  to  sell  the  same  for  the  said  special  assessments  re- 
maining due  and  unpaid.  In  obtaining  said  judgment  and  making 
said  sale,  the  said  officer  shall  be  governed  by  the  general  revenue 
laws  of  this  state,  except  when  otherwise  provided  herein. 

156.  Return  of  sales — redemption.^  §41-  After  making  said 
sales,  the  list  of  lots,  parcels  of  land  and  property  sold  thereat 
shall  be  returned  to  the  office  of  the  county  clerk,  and  redemption 
may  be  made  as  provided  for  by  the  general  revenue  law  of  this 
state. 

157.  Penalty  when  lands  are  sold  for  tax,  etc.^  §  42-  If  the 
collector  shall  receive  any  moneys  for  taxes  or  assessments,  giving 
a  receipt  therefor  for  any  land  or  parcel  of  land,  and  afterwards  re- 
turn the  same  as  unpaid  to  the  state  officers  authorized  to  sell  lands 
for  taxes,  or  shall  receive  the  same  after  making  such  return,  and 
the  same  be  sold  for  tax  or  assessment  which  has  been  so  paid  and 
receipted  for  by  himself  or  his  clerks,  he  and  his  bond  shall  be  liable 
to  the  holder  of  the  certificate  given  to  the  purchasers  at  the  sale, 
for  double  the  amount  of  the  face  of  the  certificate,  to  be  demanded 
in  two  years  from  the  date  of  the  sale,  and  recovered  in  any  court 
having  jurisdiction  of  the  amount;  and  the  city  or  villiage  shall,  in 
no  case,  be  liable  to  the  holder  of  such  certificate. 

158.  Paying  over — compensation^  §43-  The  collector  or  col- 
lectors, and  the  general  officer  aforesaid,  to  whom  the  said  warrant 
shall  be  returned,  shall  pay  over  to  'the  city  or  village  treasurer  to 
which  it  shall  belong  all  moneys  collected  by  them,  respectively, 
upon  or  by  virtue  of  such  warrant,  or  upon  any  sale  for  taxes  or 
otherwise,  at  such  time  or  times,  and  in  such  manner  as  shall  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  shall  be  allowed  such  compensation 
for  their  services  in  the  collection  of  such  assessment  as  the  ordin- 
ances of  the  city  or  village  ma}^  provide,  except  when  such  com- 
pensation is  fixed  by  general  law. 

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50  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

159.  General  revoiiie  laws  a^ply?^  §  44-  The  general  revenue 
laws  of  this  state,  in  reference  to  proceedings  to  recover  judgments 
for  delinquent  taxes,  the  sale  of  property  thereon,  the  execution  of 
certificates  of  sale  and  deeds  thereon,  the  force  and  effect  of  such 
sales  and  deeds,  and  all  other  laws  in  relation  to  the  enforcement 
and  collection  of  taxes  and  redemption  from  tax  sales,  except  as 
herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  be  applicable  to  proceedings  to  col- 
lect such  special  assessment. 

160.  City  or  village  may  buy  in.^  §  45.  Any  city  or  village  in- 
terested in  the  collection  of  any  tax  or  special  assessment,  may  be- 
come a  purchaser  at  any  sale  of  real  or  personal  property  to  enforce 
the  collection  of  the  same,  and  may,  by  ordinance,  authorize  and 
make  it  the  duty  of  one  or  more  city  or  village  officers  to  attend 
such  sales,  and  l3id  thereat  in  behalf  of  the  corporation. 

161.  When  assessnieid  set  aside — new  assessment.^  §  4^-  '-^^  '^'^y 
assessment  shall  be  annulled  by  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees, 
or  set  aside  by  any  court,  a  new  assessment  may  be  made  and  re- 
turned, and  like  notice  given  and  proceedings  had,  as  herein  re- 
quired in  relation  to  the  first;  and  all  parties  in  interest  shall  have 
the  like  rights,  and  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  and  court 
shall  perform  like  duties  and  have  like  power  in  relation  to  any  sub- 
sequent assessment,  as  are  hereby  given  in  relation  to  the  first  as- 
sessment. 

162.  Supplemental  assessments.^  §47*  If,  in  any  case,  the  first 
assessment  prove  insufficient,  a  second  may  be  made  in  the  same 
manner,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  and  so  on,  until  sufficient  mone}'s 
shall  have  been  realized  to  pay  for  such  public  improvement.  If 
too  large  a  sum  shall,  at  any  time,  be  raised,  the  excess  shall  be 
refunded  ratably  to  those  by  whom  it  was  paid. 

163.  JVezv  assessments  against  delincpients  —  lien  —  limitation.^ 
§  48.  If,  from  any  cause,  any  city  or  village  shall  fail  to  collect 
the  whole  or  any  portion  of  any  special  assessment  which  may  be 
levied,  which  shall  not  be  canceled  and  set  aside  b}"^  the  order  of  any 
court,  for  any  public  improvement  authorized  to  be  made  and  paid 
for  by  special  assessment,  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  may, 
at  any  time  within  five  years  after  the  confirmation  of  the  original 
assessment,  direct  a  new  assessment  to  be  made  upon  the  delinquent 
property  for  the  amount  of  such  deficiency,  and  interest  thereon 
from  the  date  of  such  original  assessment — which  assessment  shall 
be  made,  as  near  as  may  be,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  herein  pre- 
scribed for  the  first  assessment.  In  all  cases  where  partial  payment 
shall  have  been  made  on  such  former  assessment,  they  shall  be 
credited   or   allowed   on   the   new   assessment  to   the   property  for 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  5 1 

which  they  were  made,  so  that  the  assessment  shall  be  equal  and 
impartial  in  its  results.  If  such  new  assessment  prove  ineffectual, 
either  in  whole  or  in  part,  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  may, 
at  any  time  within  said  period  of  five  years,  order  a  third,  and  so 
on,  to  be  levied  in  the  same  manner  and  for  the  same  purpose;  and 
it  shall  constitute  no  legal  objection  to  such  assessment  that  the 
property  ma}'  have  changed  hands,  or  been  encumbered,  subsequent 
to  the  date  of  the  original  assessment,  it  being  the  true  intent  and 
meaning'  of  this  section  to  make  the  cost  and  expense  of  all  public 
improvements,  to  be  paid  for  by  a  special  assessment,  a  charge  upon 
the  property  assessed  therefor,  for  the  full  period  of  live  years, 
from  the  confirmation  of  the  original  assessment,  and  for  such  longer 
period  as  ma}^  be  required  to  collect,  in  due  course  of  law,  any  new 
assessment  ordered  within  that  period. 

164.  Contracts-payahIcf7'om  assessments?^  §49-  All  persons  tak- 
ing any  contracts  with  the  city  or  village,  and  who  agree  to  be  paid 
from  special  assessments,  shall  have  no  claim  or  lien  upon  the  cit}- 
or  village  in  any  event,  except  from  the  collections  of  the  special 
assessments  made  for  the  work  contracted  for. 

165.  Ho-^v  contracts  let — affroval?^  §5°-  All  contracts  for  the 
making  of  any  public  improvement,  to  be  paid  for  in  whole  or 
in  part  by  a  special  assessment,  and  any  work  or  other  public 
improvement,  when  the  expense  thereof  shall  exceed  $500,  shall  be 
let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  in  the  manner  to  be  prescribed 
by  ordinance — such  contracts  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  or  pre- 
sident of  the  board  of  trustees:  Provided^  however^  any  such  con- 
tract may  be  entered  into  by  the  proper  officer  without  advertising 
for  bids,  and  without  such  approval,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
the  aldermen  or  trustees  elected. 

166.  X/W/.]  §51-  All  special  assessments  levied  by  any  city 
or  village  under  this  act,  shall,  from  the  date  of  assessment,  be  a 
lien  upon  the  real  estate  upon  which  the  same  may  be  imposed,  and 
such  lien  shall  continue  until  such  special  assessments  are  paid. 
And  the  same  proceedings  may  be  resorted  to  by  the  collector, 
upon  any  warrant  or  order  issued  or  made  for  the  collection  of 
special  assessments,  as  in  the  case  of  the  collection  of  state  and 
county  taxes  under  the  general  laws  of  tlie  state. 

167.  Collection  by  siiit?^  §  5 2-  At  any  time  after  the  same 
becomes  due,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  an}^  collector  thereof 
to  commence  suit  in  any  court  of  record,  in  the  corporate  name 
of  such  city  or  village,  against  any  person  or  persons,  for  the 
total  amount  of  special  assessments  which  such  person  or  persons 
are  liable  for  the  pa3'ment  of.     Such  suit  shall  be  commenced  by 


52  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

petition,  and  shall  state  the  several  amounts  of  the  special  assess- 
ments sought  to  be  recovered,  and  give  a  general  description  of  the 
warrant  or  warrants  issued  for  the  collection  thereof.  Upon  the 
tiling  of  the  petition  a  summons  shall  be  issued,  served  and  returned  as 
in  other  suits  in  such  court.  Upon  the  return  of  such  summons,  duly 
served,  the  court  shall  forthwith  proceed  to  the  hearing  of  said  pe- 
tition without  formal  pleadings,  and  may  render  judgment  for  all 
or  any  part  of  the  special  assessments,  as  the  right  and  justice  of 
the  case  may  require.  The  original,  or  a  certified  copy  (by  the 
clerk,  under  the  corporate  seal,)  of  such  warrant  or  warrants  and 
list  or  lists,  or  so  much  thereof  as  refers  to  the  special  assessments 
sought  to  be  recovered,  shall  be  -prima  facie  evidence  of  the  right  of 
said  collector  to  a  judgment  in  favor  of  such  corporation.  Execu- 
tion shall  issue  on  such  judgment  as  in  other  cases,  but  such  execu- 
tion may  be  first  levied  upon  and  collected  from  any  personal  pro- 
perty of  the  defendant;  or  the  court,  in  which  such  proceedings 
were  had,  may,  upon  complaint  of  the  city  or  village,  issue  a  scire 
facias  against  the  person  or  persons  liable  for  such  payment,  to 
show  cause  why  execution  should  not  issue  against  him  or  them  for 
the  amount  of  such  assessment;  and  if,  upon  the  return  of  such 
scire  facias^  good  cause  is  not  shown  why  execution  should  not 
issue,  the  court  may  award  execution  against  such  person  or  per- 
sons in  the  usual  form  of  execution  upon  judgments  at  law. 

1 68.  Sitpplciiicntal  petition  to  assess  benefits  in  condeiiiuation 
case.^  §  53-  Whenever  any  city  or  village  shall  apply  to  any  court 
for  the  purpose  of  making  just  compensation  for  property  taken  or 
damaged  by  such  proceedings  as  are  authorized  by  this  act,  such 
city  or  village  may  tile  in  the  same  proceeding  a  supplemental  pe- 
tition, praying  the  court  to  cause  that  an  assessment  be  made  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  the  amount  necessary  to  pay  the  compensa- 
tion and  damages  which  may  be  or  shall  have  been  awarded  for  the 
property  taken  or  damaged,  with  the  costs  of  the  proceeding.  The 
said  court  shall  have  power,  at  any  time  after  any  such  supplemen- 
tal petition  shall  have  been  filed,  to  appoint  three  commissioners  to 
make  such  assessment,  and  to  ascertain,  as  near  as  may  be,  the 
costs  incurred  to  the  time  of  such  appointment,  and  the  probable 
further  costs  of  the  proceedings,  including  therein  the  estimated 
cost  of  making  and  collecting  such  assessment,  and  shall  direct  such 
cost  to  be  included  by  such  commissioners  in  making  said  assess- 
ment. 'Like  proceedings  in  making  said  assessment  shall  be  had, 
and  the  assessment  shall  be  made,  collected  and  enforced  in  the 
same  manner,  as  near  as  may  be,  as  is  provided  in  this  article  in 
other  cases. 

169.  Adoption  of  this  article?^     §54*     Any  city  or  incorporated 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  53 

town  or  village  may,  if  it  shall  so  determine  by  ordinance,  adopt  the 
provisions  of  this  article  without  adopting  the  whole  of  this  act; 
and  where  it  shall  have  so  adopted  this  article,  it  shall  have  the 
right  to  take  all  proceedings  in  this  article  provided  for,  and  have 
the  benefit  of  all  the  provisions  hereof. 

Article    X. 

MISCELLANEOUS    PROVISIONS WATER. 

170.  Water — bo rrozu  money. ^  §  i.  The  city  council  or  board 
•of  trustees  shall  have  the  power  to  provide  for  a  supply  of  water 
by  the  boring  and  sinking  of  artesian  wells,  or  by  the  construction 
and  regulation  of  wells,  pumps,  cisterns,  reservoirs  or  water 
works,  and  to  borrow  money  therefor,  and  to  authorize  any 
person  or  private  corporation  to  construct  and  maintain  the 
same  at  such  rates  as  may  be  fixed  by  ordinance,  and  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  thirty  years;  also  to  prevent  the  unnecessar}- 
waste  of  water;  to  prevent  the  pollution  of  the  water,  and  injuries 
to  such  wells,  pumps,  cisterns,  reservoirs  or  water  works. 

171.  Acquiring  -proferty  for  zuatcr  works — -jurisdiction  over.'\ 
^  2.  For  the  purpose  of  establishing  or  supplying  water  works, 
any  city  or  village  may  go  beyond  its  territorial  limits,  and  may 
take,  hold  and  acquire  propert}^  by  purchase  or  otherwise;  shall 
have  power  to  take  and  condemn  all  necessary  lands  or  property 
therefor,  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  taking  or  injuring  private 
[property  for  public  uses;  and  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city  or  village 
to  prevent  or  punish  any  pollution  or  injury  to  the  stream  or  source 
of  water,  or  to  such  water  works,  shall  extend  live  miles  beyond  its 
corporate  limits,  or  so  far  as  such  water  works  may  extend. 

172.  Regulations — rates,  taxatioji,  etc.^  §3.  The  city  council 
or  board  of  trustees  shall  have  power  to  make  all  needful  rules  and 
regulations  concerning  the  use  of  water  supplied  by  the  water 
works  of  said  cit}^  or  village,  and  to  do  all  acts  and  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  construction,  completion,  management  or 
control  of  the  water  works,  and  for  the  levying  and  collecting  of 
any  water  taxes,  rates  or  assessments,  as  the  said  city  council  or 
board  of  trustees  may  deem  necessar}^  and  expedient;  and  such 
Avater  taxes,  rents,  rates  or  assessments  may  be  levied  or  assessed 
upon  any  lot  or  parcel  of  ground,  having  a  building  or  buildings 
thereon,  which  shall  abut  or  join  any  street,  avenue  or  alley  in  such 
•city  or  village  through  which  the  distributing  pipes  of  such  water 
works  (if  any)  of  said  city  or  village  are  or  may  be  laid,  which  can 
be  convenient!}-  supplied  with  water  from  said  pipes:  Provided, 
[whether]  the  water  shall  be  used  on  such  lot  or  parcel  of  ground 


54  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

or  not;  and  the  same,  when  so  levied  or  assessed,  shall  become  a 
continuing  lien  or  charge  upon  such  lot  or  parcel  of  ground,  build- 
ing or  buildings,  situated  thereon,  and  such  lien  or  charge  may  be 
collected  or  enforced  in  such  manner  'as  the  city  council  may,  by 
ordinance  prescribe.  And  the  corporate  authorities  may  levy  a 
general  tax  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  such  water 
works,  and  appropriate  money  therefor. 

173.  Ta.\-fa\cr  may  enforce  rights  in  name  of  city,  ctcA  ^  z|. 
A  suit  may  be  brought  by  an}^  tax-payer,  in  the  name  and  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city  or  village,  against  an}-  person  or  corporation,  to 
recover  any  money  or  property  belonging  to  the  city  or  village,  or 
for  any  money  which  may  have  been  paid,  expended,  or  released 
without  authority  of  law:  Provided,  that  such  tax-payer  shall  file  a 
bond  for  all  costs,  and  be  liable  for  all  costs  in  case  the  city  or  vil- 
lage be  cast  in  the  suit,  and  judgment  shall  be  rendered  accord- 
ingly. 

174.  Mafs — approval  of?\.  §  5.  The  city  council  or  board  of 
trustees  shall  have  power  to  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  any  map, 
plat,  or  subdivision  of  any  block,  lot,  sub-lot,  or  part  thereof,  or  of 
any  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  city  council 
or  board  of  trustees,  or  to  some  officer  to  be  designated  by  such 
council  or  board  of  trustees,  for  their  or  his  approval;  and  in  such 
cases  no  such  map,  plat  or  subdivision  shall  be  entitled  to  record  in 
the  proper  county,  or  have  any  validity  until  it  shall  have  been  so 
approved. 

175.  -Inhabitants  competent  as  Jurors,  etc.^  §  6.  No  person 
shall  be  an  incompetent  judge,  justice  or  juror,  by  reason  of  his 
being  an  inhabitant  or  freeholder  in  said  cit}-  or  village,  in  any  ac- 
tion or  proceeding  in  which  said  city  or  village  may  be  a  party  in 
interest. 

176.  Population — census?^  ^  7.  Whenever  in  this  act  any 
provision  thereof  is  based  upon  the  number  of  inhabitants,  [the 
number  of  inhabitants]  of  the  city  or  village  shall  be  determined 
bv  reference  to  the  latest  census  taken  by  authority  of  the  United- 
States  or  this  state,  or  of  such  city  or  village;  and  it  shall  be  the 
dutv  of  the  secretary  of  state,  upon  the  publication  of  any  state  or 
United  States  census,  to  certify  to  each  city  or  village  the  number 
of  inhabitants,  as  shown  by  such  census.  Any  city  or  village  may,, 
bv  ordinance,  provide  for  the  taking  of  a  census  of  the  population 
thereof,  in  order  to  determine  the  number  of  such  population  for 
anv  and  all  purposes  of  this  act.  And  the  several  courts  in  this 
state  shall  take  judicial  notice  of  the  population  of  any  city  or  vil- 
lage, as  the  same  may  appear  from  the  latest  federal,  state,  city  or 
village  census  so  taken. 


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177.  Municipal  year. '^     §8.      The    term    "municipal    year 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  the  period  elapsing  between  the  regular 
annual  elections,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  ordinance. 

178.  City  or  village  need  not  giz'C  a-ppeal  hond?^  §9.  When 
in  any  suit  the  cit}'  or  village  prays  an  appeal  from  the  judgment 
of  any  court  of  this  state  to  a  higher  court,  it  shall  not  be  required 
to  furn'sh  an  appeal  bond. 

Article  XL 

THE    ORGANIZATION    OF    VILLAGES. 
■^  Ht  :;:  *  "*  >!'  *  ♦  * 

179.  JX'o  incorporation  allozued  under  foi'mer  laxus?^  §1^*  After 
the  taking  elTect  of  this  act,  no  town  or  city  shall  become  incorpor- 
ated under  any  other  general  law  then  in  force  for  the  incorporation 
of  towns  or  cities. 

1 80.  Changing  from  city  to  village?^  That  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  ma3'or  and  common  council  of  any  city,  upon  the  petition 
of  one-fourth  of  the  legal  voters  thereof,  and  upon  ten  days  previous 
notice  of  such  application  by  the  city  clerk  published  in  some  news- 
paper printed  in  said  city.  Or  by  posting  such  notices  in  five  of  the 
most  public  places  within  said  city,  for  said  period  in  case  no  such 
newspaper  is  printed  in  said  city,  to  fix  the  time  and  call  an  election 
to  decide  whether  said  city  shall  be  organized  into  a  village.  That 
said  election  shall  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  sections  fifty 
(50),  lifty-six  (56),  and  fifty-seven  (57)  of  said  act,  and  the  legal 
voters  at  said  election  shall  vote  for  or  against  the  organization  of 
said  city  into  a  village,  and  the  tickets  shall  be  written  or  printed 
"  For  Village  Organization^''  or  "  Against  Village  Organiza- 
tion^'' and  if  there  shall  be  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  said 
election  in  favor  of  the  organization  of  said  city  into  a  village,  then 
said  city  shall  be  a  village  within  the  meaning  of  said  act  un- 
der its  former  name  so  changed,  and  shall  succeed  to  all  the 
rights  and  be  liable  for  all  the  debts  and  legal  liabilities  of  said 
city,  and  the  mayor  of  said  city  shall,  within  ten  da3-s  after  said 
election,  give  notice  of  the  time  and  place  for  the  election  of 
trustees,  as  near  as  may  be,  as  provided  for  under  section  one 
hundred  and  eighty-four  (184)  and  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
five  (185)  of  said  act,  who  shall  hold  their  otiices  until  the  next 
regular  election.  Provided^  that  after  one  election  shall  have  taken 
place,  no  other  election  for  a  like  purpose  until  one  year  shall  have 

.elapsed.     [This  section  added  to  the  above  act  by  amendment  ap- 
proved May  29,  1879.] 


56  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 


Miscellaneous  Statutes. 


ACTIONS  TO  RECOVER    FINES  AND  PENALTIES HOW    BROUGHT. 

AN  ACT  entitled  "  An  act  in  regard  to  suits  by  incorporated  cities  and  villages, 
and  to  enforce  penalties  and  recover  fines  for  violating  the  ordinances 
thereof."     [Approved  May  31,  1879.     In  force  July  1,  l&TD.] 

181.  Suits — how  brought^  ctc?^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Peo- 
■plc  of  the  State  of  Illinois  represented  in  the  General  Assembly, 
That  all  actions  to  recover  any  fine,  or  to  enforce  any  penalty,  un- 
der any  ordinance  of  any  city  or  village  in  this  state,  shall  be 
brought  in  the  corporate  name  of  the  city  or  village,  as  plaintiff',  and 
no  prosecution,  recovery  or  acquittal  for  the  violation  of  any  such 
ordinance  shall  constitute  a  defense  to  any  other  prosecution  of  the 
same  party,  for  any  other  violation  of  any  such  ordinance,  although 
the  different  causes  of  action  existed  at  the  same  time,  and,  if 
united,  would  not  have  exceeded  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court  or 
magistrate. 


BONDS. 


AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  approved  April  27,  1877,  entitled  "  An  act  to  amend  an 
act  entitled  an  act  relating  to  county  and  city  debts,  and  to  provide  for  the  pay- 
ment thereoi",  by  taxation,  in  such  counties  and  cities,  approved  February  18, 
18G5,  and  to  amend  the  title  thereof" 

182.  JVezu  bonds  may  be  issued  for  indebtedness  in  place  of  old 
ones.'\  §  I.  That  in  all  cases  where  any  county,  city,  town,  town- 
ship, school  district,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  has  issued  bonds 
or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  for  money,  or  has  contracted 
debts,  which  are  the  binding,  subsisting  legal  obligations  of  such 
county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, and  the  same,  or  any  portion  thereof,  remain  outstanding 
and  unpaid,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  proper  corporate  authorities  of 
any  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other 
municipal  corporation,  upon  the  surrender  of  any  such  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  or  any  number  or  portion  thereof, 
to  issue,  in  Heu  or  place  thereof,  to  the  owners  or  holders  of  the 
same,  new  bonds  prepared  as  hereinafter  directed,  and  for  such 
amounts,  upon  such  time  not  exceeding  twenty  3''ears,  payable  at 
such  place,  and  bearing  such  rate  of  interest,  not  exceeding  seven 
per  centum  per  annum,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  with  the  owners  or 
holders  of  such  outstanding  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness: Provided^  that  bonds  issued  under  this  act,  to  mature  within 
five  years  from  their  date,  may  bear  interest  not  to  exceed  eight  per 
cent,  per  annum.     And  it  shall   also  be  lawful  for  the  proper  cor- 


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porate  authorities  of  any  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school 
district,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  to  cause  to  be  thus  issued, 
such  new  b3nds,  and  sell  the  same  to  raise  money  to  purchase  or 
retire  any  or  all  of  such  outstanding  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  in- 
debteiness;  the  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  such  new  bonds  to  be  ex- 
pended, under  the  direction  of  the  corporate  authorities  aforesaid, 
in  the  purchase  or  retiring  of  the  outstanding  bonds  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness  of  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school 
district,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  and  for  no  other  purpose 
whatever.  All  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  issued 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  show  upon  their  face  that 
they  are  issued  under  this  act,  and  the  purpose  for  which  they  are 
issued,  and  shall  be  of  uniform  design  and  st3de,  throughout  the 
state,  to  be  prescribed  by  the  state  auditor,  whose  imperative  duty 
it  shall  be  to  devise  and  prepare  such  uniform  style  and  draft  adapted 
to  the  classes  of  bonds  herein  provided  for,  namely:  The  first  class 
to  consist  of  bonds,  of  which  only  the  interest  is  payable  annually; 
the  second  class  to  consist  of  those  of  which  the  interest  and  five 
per  centum  of  the  principal  are  to  be  paid  annually;  and  the  third 
class  to  consist  of  a  graduated  series,  the  first  grade,  made  payable, 
principal  and  interest,  at  the  end  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue; 
the  second  at  the  end  of  two  years,  and  thus  to  the  end  of  the 
series,  the  class  to  be  issued  being  at  the  option  of  the  legal  voters 
expressed  as  herein  provided.  In  any  case,  the  new  bonds,  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness,  authorized  to  be  issued  by  this  act,  shall 
not  be  for  a  greater  sum,  in  the  aggregate,  than  the  principal  and 
accrued  or  earned  interest  unpaid  of  such  outstanding  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness.  And  when  such  new  bonds,  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  shall  have  been  issued,  in  order  to 
be  placed  on  the  market  and  sold  to  obtain  proceeds  with  which  to 
retire  outstanding  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  state  auditor,  on  the  request  of  the  corporate 
authorities  issuing  them,  and  at  the  expense  of  the  corporation  in 
whose  behalf  the  issue  is  thus  made  to  negotiate  the  same,  at  not 
less  than  par  value,  and  on  the  best  terms  which  can  be  obtained: 
Provided^  always,  that  any  such  county,  cit}^,  town,  township,  school 
district  or  other  municipal  corporation  issuing  bonds  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  may,  through  its  corporate  authorities  duly  author- 
ized, negotiate,  sell  or  dispose  of  said  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  at 
not  less  than  their  par  value  without  the  intervention  of  the  auditor 
of  state:  A)id  Provided^  further.  That  no  new  bonds,  or  other 
•evidences  of  indebtedness,  shall  be  issued  under  this  act,  unless  the 
same  shall  be  first  authorized,  as  hereinafter  provided,  by  a  vote  of 
a  majority  of  the  legal  voters  of  such  county,  city,  town,  township, 
school  district,  or  other  municipal  corporation  voting  at  some  general 
election,  or  special  election  held  for  that  purpose. 


5b  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

183.  Valuation  of  taxable  -profcrty  to  he  indorsed  on  bond.\ 
§  2.  In  all  cases  where  any  county,  city,  town,  township,  school 
district,  or  other  municipal  corporation  shall  issue  any  bonds  or  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness,  under  this  act,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
county  clerk  of  such  county,  or  other  officer  to  whom,  or  to  whose 
office,  the  assessment  rolls  for  state  taxation  of  the  property  within 
such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other  municipal 
corporation,  are  or  shall  be  returnable,  within  five  days  after  the 
total  value  of  the  property  subject  to  taxation  therein  shall  be 
returned  to  him,  to  make  out  and  transmit  to  the  auditor  of  public 
accounts,  to  be  tiled  in  his  office,  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  total 
value  of  all  taxable  property,  of  every  nature  and  description, 
within  such  count}^,  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other 
municipal  corporation,  as  exhibited  b}"  such  assessment.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  auditor  of  public  accounts  to  place  on  the 
back  of  all  new  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  issued 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  a  certificate  setting  forth  an  aggre- 

■  gate  statement  of  the  amount  of  valuation  of  the  taxable  property 
of  the  municipal  corporation  issuing  such  new  bonds,  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness;  said  certificate  specifically  distinguishing 
the  value  of  real  estate  and  personal  propert}^,  and  being  based  on 
the  return  provided  for,  in  this  section,  or,  if  there  should  be  no  such 
return  made  by  the  county  clerk  to  the  state  auditor,  then  based 
on  an  affidavit  made  by  the  officials  of  the  corporation  issuing  the 
bonds. 

184.  Election — notice^  §  3.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  cor- 
porate authorities  of  any  such  municipal  corporation,  or  officers  au- 
thorized by  law  to  call  elections  therein,  on  the  petition  of  ten  legal 
voters,  resident  therein,  to  submit  to  the  voters  thereof,  at  any  gen- 
eral or  special  election,  the  question  of  issuing  bonds  under  this  act, 
by  posting  a  notice  in  ten  of  the  most  public  places  therein,  and  by 
publishing  the  same  in  the  nearest  newspaper,  twenty  days -before 
said  election,  which  notice  shall  state  the  number  and  amount  of 
bonds  proposed  to  be  issued  ;  the  kind  or  class  thereof  as  specified 
in  the  first  section  of  the  act  of  1865  as  hereby  amended,  and  as 
also  amended  by  the  said  act  of  1877;  the  amount  of  each;  the 
rate  of  interest,  under  the  limitation  of  this  amendatory  act;  when 
and  where  payable;  for  what  purpose  issued,  and  the  time  and 
place  when  and  where  said  election  will  be  held.  And  upon  li\'e 
petition  and  notice  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  corporate  authorities^ 
or  officers,  to  submit  the  question  of  issuing  bonds  under  this  act, 
at  a  special  election,  which  shall  be  held  and  conducted  in  like  man- 
ner as  other  elections  therein.  The  ballots  shall  read  "  For  issuing 
the  bonds,"  or,  "  Against  issuing  the  bonds."  If  a  majorit}^  of  the 
votes  cast  be  for  issuing  the  bonds,  the  same  shall  be  issued  in  con- 


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GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  59" 

formity  to  the  specifications  of  said  notice.  Nothing"  contained  in 
this  act,  or  in  the  acts  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  shall  be  held 
to  repeal,  or  in  any  "wise  affect  the  power  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  to 
issue  new  bonds  of  said  city  conferred  by  an  act  of  the  general 
assembly,  approved  February  13,  1865,  amending  the  charter  of 
said  city,  nor  to,  in  anywise  affect  any  other  law  which  authorizes 
municipal  corporations  to  issue  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, and  which  does  not  provide  for  the  registration  thereof. 

185.  J^cgisirat/o)i.~\  §  4.  Upon  the  surrender  of  any  bond, 
or  other  evidence  of  indebtedness,  under  this  act,  the  same  shall  be 
endorsed  canceled,  and  shall  from  time  to  time,  be  destroyed,  under 
the  direction  of  the  authority  issuing  the  same.  Upon  the  issuing 
of  any  new  bond,  or  evidence  of  indebtedness,  the  clerk,  or  other 
officer  having  custody  of  the  records  of  the  fiscal  matters  of  such 
county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district  or  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, as  the  case  may  be,  shall  make  registration  thereof  in  a 
book  to  be  kept  in  his  office  for  that  purpose,  showing  the  date, 
amount,  number,  class,  date  of  maturity,  rate  of  interest  and  place 
of  pa3'ment  of  such  new  bond,  or  other  evidence  of  indebtedness, 
and  the  description  of  the  bond  or  evidence  of  indebtedness,  for 
which,  or  for  the  purchasing  or  retiring  of  which,  the  same  was 
given,  as  nearly  as  practicable.  On  presentation  of  any  such  new 
bond  or  evidence  of  indebtedness,  issued  under  this  act,  at  the  office 
of  the  auditor  of  public  accounts,  for  registration,  the  said  audi- 
tor shall  cause  the  same  to  be  registered  in  his  office,  in  a  book  to  be 
kept  for  that  purpose;  such  registration  shall  show  the  date,  amount, 
number,  class,  date  of  maturity,  rate  of  interest,  time  when  such  inter- 
est is  pa3^able,  and  place  of  pa3aTient  of  the  principal  and  interest  of 
such  bond  or  other  evidence  of  indebtedness,  under  what  act,  by  what 
authority,  for  what  purpose  and  by  what  county,  city,  town,  to\\'nship,. 
school  district,  or  other  jnunicipal  corporation  issued,  and  the  name  of 
the  person,  or  persons,  presenting  the  same  for  registration,  and  for  such 
registration  the  auditor  shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of  twenty-five  cents, 
and  the  auditor  shall,  under  his  seal  of  office,  certify  upon  such  bond 
the  fact  of  such  registration  for  which  the  auditor  shall  be  entitled 
to  a  fee  of  twenty-five  cents,  such  fees  to  be  paid  by  the  person  or 
persons  desiring  such  registration  and  certificate.  No  bonds  issued 
under  this  act  shall  be  entitled  to  registration  in  the  office  of  the 
state  auditor,  until  a  sworn  certificate  shall  have  been  filed  with  him, 
showing  that  all  the  requirements  of  this  act,  have  been  fully  com- 
plied w'ith,  in  their  issue.  In  the  case  of  county  bonds,  such  affi- 
da^■its  shall  be  made  by  the  chairman  of  the  county  board.  In  case 
of  township  bonds,  b}'  the  supervisor  of  such  township.  In  case 
of  city  bonds,  by  the  mayor  of  such  city;  in  case  of  town  or  village 
bonds,  by  the  chairman  of  the  town  oi*  village  board;    and  in   case 


6o  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

of  school  district  bonds,  by  each  of  the  directors  of  such  school 
district.  Said  certificate  shall  set  forth  the  djite  of  the  election  at 
which  the  people  authorized  the  issuance  of  the  bonds,  and  shall 
state  the  class,  date,  number,  amount,  rate  of  interest  and  date  of 
maturity  of  the  bonds,  the  aggregate  equalized  value  of  real  prop- 
erty, and  the  aggregate  equalized  value  of  personal  property  as- 
sessed in  such  locality,  for  the  previous  year,  •together  with  any 
•other  information  in  relation  thereto,  which  may  be  demanded  by 
the  auditor  of  public  accounts. 

1 86.  Ajiditoi' to  certify  rate  rcqiured?^  §5.  When  the  bonds, 
•or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  of  any  county,  city,  town,  town- 
ship, school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation,  shall  be  so  regis- 
tered, the  auditor  of  public  accounts  shall  annually  ascertain  the 
amount  of  principal  and  interest  due  and  accrued,  and  to  accrue, 
for  the  current  year,  on  all  such  bonds  and  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness, so  registered  in  his  office,  and  shall  upon  the  basis  of  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  valuation  of  property  to  be  transmitted  to  him,  as 
aforesaid,  or,  in  case  no  such  certificate  shall  be  transmitted  to  him 
or  filed  in  his  office,  then  upon  the  basis  of  the  total  valuation  of  the 
property  in  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district  or 
other  municipal  corporation,  for  the  year  next  preceding,  estimate 
and  determine  the  rate  per  centum,  upon  the  valuation  of  such 
property,  requisite  to  meet  and  satisfy  the  said  interest,  or  interest 
and  principal,  as  the  case  may  be,  together  with  the  ordinary  cost 
to  the  state,  of  the  collection  and  disbursement  of  the  same,  to  be 
■estimated  by  the  auditor  and  state  treasurer,  and  shall  make  and 
transmit  to  the  county  clerk  of  such  county,  or  of  the  count}"  in 
which  such  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other  municipal 
corporation  is  situated,  or  to  the  officer  or  authority  whose  duty  it 
is,  or  may  be,  to  prepare  the  estimates  and  books  for  the  collection 
•of  state  taxes  in  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district 
or  other  municipal  corporation,  a  certificate  setting  forth  such  esti- 
mated requisite  per  centum  for  such  purposes,  to  be  filed  in  his 
office;  and  the  said  per  centum  shall  thereupon  be  deemed  added  to 
and  a  part  of  the  per  centum  which  is  or  may  be  levied,  or  pro- 
■vided  by  law,  for  the  purposes  of  state  revenue,  and  shall  be  so 
■treated  by  such  clerk,  officer  or  authorit}-  in  making  such  estimates 
and  books  for  the  collection  of  state  taxes  ;  and  the  said  taxes  shall 
be  collected  with  the  state  taxes,  and  all  laws  relating  to  the  state 
revenue  shall  apply  thereto,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided ; 
Provided,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  county  collector  at  any 
"time  before  settlement  with  the  state  treasurer  to  pav  from  such 
taxes,  any  coupons  that  are  due  for  interest  that  may  be  presented 
•for  payment,  and  to  pay  from  any  surplus,  not  required  for  interest 
purposes,  the  principal  of  any  such  bond  that  may  be  presented  for 


GOVERXMEXT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6x 

payment,  whether  due  or  not,  and  in  settlement  with  the  state  treas- 
urer the  county  collector  shall  be  credited  with  such  paid  coupons 
and  bonds  the  same  as  money. 

187.  State  custodian — collection— fay  me  nt?\^  §  6.  The  state 
shall  be  deemed  the  custodian  only  of  the  tax  so  collected,  and  shall 
not  be  deemed,  in  an^^  manner,  liable  on  account  of  such  bonds,  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness  ;  but  the  tax  and  funds  so  collected 
shall  be  deemed  pledged  and  appropriated  to  the  payment  of  the 
principal  and  interest  of  the  registered  bonds,  and  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, to  satisfy  which,  the  same  is  hereinbefore  provided  to 
be  collected,  as  aforesaid,  and  such  new  bonds  and  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, issued  under  the  authority  hereof,  shall  be  deemed  se- 
cured and  provided  for,  in  virtue  and  faith  hereof,  until  fully  satis- 
fied. The  state  shall  annually  collect  and  apply  the  said  fund  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  interest,  or  interest  and  portion  of  the  princi- 
pal, as  the  case  may  be,  of  such  registered  bonds,  or  evidences  of 
indebtedness,  of  any  such  count}^,  city,  town,  township,  school  dis- 
trict, or  other  municipal  corporation,  to  the  extent  the  same  is  herein 
contemplated  to  be  derived  from  such  tax,  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  interest  on  the  bonds  of  the  state  is,  or  may  be  collected,  or 
paid,  and  in  like  monej-s  as  shall  be  receivable  in  payment  of  state 
taxes;  and  moneys  so  paid  upon  the  principal  of  any  such  bonds,  or 
evidences  of  indebtedness,  shall  be  endorsed  thereon,  and  due  re- 
ceipts therefor  shall  be  taken  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  auditor 
of  public  accounts,  or  state  treasurer,  and  interest  coupons,  or  bonds 
or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  so  paid,  shall  be  returned  to  one 
of  said  officers,  and  shall  be  canceled  and  returned  to  the  corporate 
authorities  of  the  municipality  which  issued  the  same,  in  the  manner 
now  provided  by  law. 

188.  IIozv  money  disbursed.^  §  7.  The  state  may,  out  of  such 
fund,  first  retain  or  satisfy  the  ordinarv  cost  to  the  state,  of  the  col- 
lection and  disbursement  thereof  ;  and  in  case  of  the  non-present- 
ment of  any  such  bond,  or  evidence  of  indebtedness,  or  interest 
coupon  of  any  such  count}',  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or 
other  municipal  corporation,  for  payment,  at  the  times  and  when 
and  where  the  interest  on  the  state  debt  is,  or  mav  be  paid,  then,  on 
the  beginning  of  the  next  year,  the  moneys  by  reason  thereof  un- 
disbursed, together  with  any  surplus  for  any  cause  remaining,  shall 
be  carried  to  the  fund  of  such  county,  city,  town,  township,  school 
district  or  other  municipal  corporation  of  the  current  or  ensuing 
year,  and  be  considered  by  the  auditor  in  making  his  next  estimate 
for  taxation  therein  for  such  year  under  this  act,  and  shall  be  ap- 
plied accordingly.  All  laws  relating  to  the  payment  of  interest  on 
the  state  debt,  or  the  cancellation  of  the  evidences  thereof,  not  in- 


62  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

consistent  with  this  act,  shall  apply  to  the  receipt,  custody  and  dis- 
bursement of  the  taxes  and  funds  provided  by  this  act. 

189.  W/ieii  registered  bonds  mature  and  are  not  -paid^  §  8. 
Upon  the  maturity  of  such  registered  bond,  or  other  evidence  of  in- 
debtedness, and  the  non-payment  thereof  by  the  county,  cit}^  town, 
township,  school  district,  or  other  municipal  corporation  issuing  the 
same,  the  holder  thereof  may  cause  the  same  to  be  registered  in  the 
office  of  the  auditor,  as  a  matured  or  unsatisfied  bond,  or  evidence 
of  indebtedness,  and  thereupon,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the 
payment  of  the  principal  thereof,  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  of 
such  principal,  annually,  and  of  the  interest  thereon  in  arrear,  and 
for  the  current  year  to  accrue,  together  with  the  cost  to  the  state  of 
the  collection  and  disbursement  thereof,  as  aforesaid;  the  same  pro- 
ceedings in  all  respects,  shall  be  had  as  is  hereinbefore  provided,  for 
the  payment  of  the  interest  on  such  bonds  and  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness, by  the  collection  of  an  annual  tax  sufficient  for  the  purposes  in 
the  section  contemplated;  and  the  same  shall  be  collected  and  ap- 
plied, as  aforesaid,  to  such  purpose,  from  year  to  3^ear,  until  the  full 
satisfaction  thereof,  when  such  bonds  or  evidences  of  indebtedness 
shall  be  canceled  and  returned,  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

190.  Entry  of  payment?^  ^  9.  Upon  the  payment  of  anv  such 
registered  bond,  or  evidence  of  indebtedness,  and  presentation  thereof 
to  the  auditor,  he  shall  cause  due  entry  thereof  to  be  made  in  his 
office. 

191.  Fees — collector^  hond^  §  ^O-  There  shall  be  allowed  to 
the  officers  collecting  and  paying  over  the  taxes  authorized  to  be 
collected  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  same  fees,  or  compen- 
sation, as  is  or  may  be  allowed  by  law  for  collecting  and  paying 
over  state  taxes,  and  where  such  tax  is  levied,  the  bonds  of  the  col- 
lectors thereof  shall  be  increased  in  proportion  to  the  estimated 
amount  of  such  tax  to  be  collected. 

192.  Bonds — by  ^vhoni  executed?^  §  11.  All  bonds  issued 
under  this  act  shall  be  executed  on  behalf  of  the  municipalities  issu- 
ing the  same,  by  the  following  named  officers,  viz:  On  behalf  of 
counties  under  the  township  organization  laws  of  this  state,  by  the 
chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  and  the  clerk  of  the  county 
court  attesting  the  same  with  his  signature  and  official  seal.  On  be- 
half of  counties  not  under  township  organization,  by  the  acting 
chairman  of  the  board  of  count}"  commissioners,  together  with  the 
clerk  of  the  county  court  attesting  the  same  with  his  signature  and 
official  seal.  On  behalf  of  cities,  by  the  mayor  and  cit}"  clerk,  to- 
gether with  the  seal  of  the  city ;  on  behalf  of  towns  organized  under 
the  township  organization  law  of  this   state,  by  the  supervisor  or 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITV    OF    CHICAGO.  63 

supervisors  of  such  town  (as  the  case  may  be)  and  the  town  clerk 
■of  such  towns.  On  behalt  of  all  other  municipalities  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  by  the  president,  chairman,  or  chief  executive  officer 
thereof,  toirether  with  the  clerk  or  secretarv  thereof.  Provided,  that 
nothine:  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  the 
officers  herein  mentioned  to  issue  bonds  under  this  act,  except  upon 
a  majority  vote  of  the  voters,  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  counties,  cities,  townships,  school  districts,  and  other  municipal 
corporations,  to  take  up  and  cancel  outstanding  bonds  and  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness,  and  fund  the  same.     [Approved  and  in  force  March  20,  1872.] 

193.  JVezu  bonds  for  old  indebtedness?^  §  i.  Beit  enacted  by  tlic 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly, 
That  in  all  cases  where  any  count}',  city,  town,  township,  school  dis- 
trict, or  other  municipal  corporation,  have  issued  bonds  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness  for  money,  on  account  of  any  subscription 
to  the  capital  stock  of  any  railroad  company,  or  on  account  of,  or  in 
aid  of  any  public  buildings  or  other  public  improvement,  or  for  any 
other  purposes  which  are  now  binding  or  subsisting  legal  obligations 
against  any  county,  cit}',  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other 
municipal  corporations,  and  remaining  outstanding,  and  which  are 
properly  authorized  by  law,  the  proper  authorities  of  any  such  county, 
city,  town,  township,  school  district  or  other  municipal  corporations 
may,  upon  the  surrender  of  an}-  such  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness,  or  any  number  thereof,  issue  in  place  or  in  lieu  thereof 
to  the  holders  or  owners  of  the  same,  new  bonds  or  other  evidences 
of  indebtedness,  in  such  form,  for  such  amount,  upon  such  time,  not 
■exceeding  the  term  of  twenty  years,  and  drawing  such  rate  of  inter- 
est, not  exceeding  ten  per  cent.,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  with  such 
holders  or  owners;  and  such  new  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, so  issued,  shall  show  on  their  face  that  they  are  issued 
under  this  act:  Provided,  that  the  issue  of  such  new  bonds  in  lieu  of 
such  indebtedness,  shall  first  be  authorized  b}'  a  vote  of  a  majority 
■of  the  legal  voters  of  such  count}-,  city,  town,  township,  school  dis- 
trict or  other  municipal  corporation,  voting  either  at  some  annual  or 
special  election  of  such  municipal  corporation;  And,  provided, 
further,  that  such  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  shall 
not  be  issued  so  as  to  increase  the  aggregate  indebtedness  of  such 
municipal  corporation  beyond  five  per  centum  on  the  value  of  the 
taxable  property  therein — to  be  ascertained  bv  the  last  assessment 
for  state  and  county  taxes,  prior  to  the  issuing  of  such  bonds  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act,  or  in  the 
act  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  shall  be  held  to  repeal  or  in  any- 
wise atTect  the  power  of  the  city  of  Chicago  to  issue  new  bonds  to  an 
amount  sufficient  to  retire  and  satisfv  maturing  bonds  of  said  citv, 


64  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    iMUNICIPAL. 

conferred  by  section  38  of  an  act  of  the  general  assembly,  approved 
February  13,  1863,  amending  the  charter  of  said  city. 

194.  Emergency. ^  ^  2.  Whereas,  some  counties,  cities,  town- 
ships and  other  municipal  corporations  in  this  state,  have  outstanding 
bonds  and  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  that  will  soon  fall  due,  and 
are  without  any  remedy  for  renewing  or  funding  the  same,  therefore 
this  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


OFFICIAL  BONDS. 

AN  ACT  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  official  bonds.     [Approved  March  13, 1874. 

In  force  July  1, 1874] 

195.  When  additional  or  new  bonds  may  be  required?^  §1.  Be 
it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Asscinblv,  That  all  official  bonds  required  by  law  to  be  given 
by  any  public  otiicer,  or  public  emplo3'e,  including  executors,  admin- 
istrators, guardians  and  conservators,  in  this  state,  shall  be  signed 
and  sealed  by  any  said  officer,  employe,  executor,  administrator, 
guardian  or  conservator  and  his  securities,  and  acknowledged  before 
some  officer  authorized  by  law  to  take  acknowledgments  of  instru- 
ments under  seal,  which  said  acknowledgments  shall  be  substantially 
in  the  following  form: 

State  of | 

County  of \ 

I, hereby  certify  that Avho  are  each  personally  known  to  me 

to  be  the  same  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  foregoing  instrument, 
appeared  before  me  this  day  in  person  and  acknowledged  that  they  signed,  sealed 
and  delivered  said  instrument  as  their  free  and  voluntary  act  for  the  uses  and  pur- 
poses therein  set  forth. 

Given  under  my  hand  and seal  this day  of A.  D 

Which  acknowledgment  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  as  priina- 
facie  evidence  that  the  instrument  was  signed,  sealed  and  acknowl- 
edged in  the  manner  therein  set  forth,  and  such  acknowledgments 
shall  have  the  same  force  and  efiect  as  evidence  in  all  legal  proceed- 
ings, as  that  given  to  acknowledgments  of  deeds  of  conveyance  of 
real  estate.  That  all  public  officers  or  employes  who  are  compelled 
to  give  official  bonds  may  be  required  by  the  court,  officer,  or  board, 
whose  duty  it  is  to  take  or  approve  such  bonds,  to  give  additional 
surety  or  new  bonds  whenever  the  security  of  the  original  bond  has 
become  insufficient  by  the  subsequent  insolvency,  death  or  removal 
of  the  sureties  or  any  of  them,  or  when  for  any  cause  any  such  bond 
shall  be  deemed  insufficient.  An}'  officer  or  employe  failing  to  give 
bond  when  required,  pursuant  to  this  section,  within  ten  days  after 
he  is  notified  in  writing  of  such  request,  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
vacated  his  office. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  65 

196.  Release  of  sureties?^  §  ^o-  When  a  surety  upon  the 
official  bond  of  any  state  officer  or  agent,  county,  town,  city,  village, 
incorporated  town  or  other  public  officer,  or  the  heir,  executor  or 
administrator  of  such  suret}',  desires  to  be  released  from  such  bond, 
he  may  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  officer  upon  whose  bond  he  is 
surety  that  he  desires  to  be  so  released,  and  that  such  officer  give  a 
new  bond  with  sufficient  sureties  within  ten  days  after  receiving  such 
notice,  and  may  within  five  days  after  the  service  of  such  notice 
deliver  a  copy  of  the  same,  with  an  affidavit  showing  the  time  and 
manner  of  service,  to  the  court,  officer,  or  board  authorized  to  ap- 
prove the  bonds  of  such  officers.  And  if  such  officer  shall  not 
within  ten  davs  after  receiving  such  notice,  or  within  such  further 
time,  not  exceeding  twenty  days,  as  the  court,  officer  or  board  shall 
allow,  give  a  new  bond  with  sufficient  security,  approved  as  required 
by  law,  his  office  shall  become  vacant,  and  the  vacancy  shall  be 
filled  as  provided  by  law. 

197.  Effect  of  new  bond ^  §  i^-  ^^  a  new  bond  shall  be  given 
by  any  officer,  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  sections  of  this  act,  then 
the  former  sureties  shall  be  entirely  released  and  discharged  from  all 
liabilities  incurred  by  any  such  officer  in  consequence  of  business 
which  may  have  come  to  hand  from  and  after  the  time  of  the  ap- 
proval of  the  said  new  bond,  and  the  sureties  to  the  new  bond  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  liable  for  all  the  official  delinquencies  of  said 
officer,  whether  of  omission  or  commission,  which  may  occur  after 
the  approval  of  the  new  bond  as  aforesaid ;  but  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  operate  as  a  release  of  the  sureties 
of  any  of  the  aforesaid  officers,  for  liabilities  incurred  previous  to  the 
filing  of  a  new  bond,  as  required  in  the  foregoing  sections  of  this  act. 

198.  When  effects  to  be  delivered  to  sm'eties.^  §^2.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  such  officer,  if  he  shall  fail  to  give  bond  as  provided  for 
in  this  act,  forthwith  to  deliver  over  to  his  sureties  all  books, 
moneys,  vouchers,  papers,  and  every  description  of  property  what- 
ever pertaining  to  his  office,  and  the  said  sureties  may,  at  any  time 
after  said  failure  to  file  said  bond,  maintain  an  action  of  replevin,  or 
other  appropriate  action,  to  recover  such  property,  money  or  effects 
from  their  said  principal. 

199.  Suit  on  bond — executors,  ctc.~\^  §  ^3-  Whenever  the  con- 
dition of  the  bond  of  any  public  officer  shall  be  violated,  suit  may 
be  instituted  on  such  bond,  and  prosecuted  to  final  judgment  against 
such  officer,  and  any  or  all  of  the  sureties,  or  against  one  or  more  of 
them,  jointly  and  severallv,  without  first  establishing  the  liability  of 
the  principal  by  obtaining  judgment  against  him  alone.  The  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  extend  to  the  official  bonds  of  executors, 
administrators,   guardians  and   conservators,   and  in  suits  thereon  it 

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66  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUxNTCIPAL 

shall  not  be  necessary  to  a  recovery  that  a  devastavit  should  have 
previously  been  established  against  the  principal. 

200.  Execution — lien?^  '  §  14.  Execution  may  issue  on  any 
judgment  so  rendered  as  in  ordinary  cases,  but  the  officer  executing 
the  same  shall  not  levy  upon  the  property  of  the  sureties  until  he 
shall  fail  to  find  sufficient  property  of  the  principal  to  satisfy  such 
'^'xecution:  Provided^  hozvever,  the  judgment  and  execution  shall  be 
a  lien  upon  the  property  of  the  sureties  as  in  ordinary  cases. 


SALOON  BONDS. 

AN  ACT  to  pro\ide  for  the  licensing  of,  and  against  the  evils  arising  from  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquors.     [Approved  March  30,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 


20I.  Bend — hozv  taken — S2iit  on.'^  §  5.  No  person  shall  be 
licensed  to  keep  a  dram  shop,  or  to  sell  intoxicating  liquors,  by  any 
county  board,  or  the  authorities  of  any  city,  town  or  village,  unless 
he  shall  first  give  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  $3,000,  payable  to  the 
people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  with  at  least  two  good  and  sufficient 
sureties,  free  holders  of  the  county  in  which  the  license  is  to  be 
granted,  to  be  approved  by  the  officer  who  may  be  authorized  to 
issue  the  license,  conditioned  that  he  will  pa}'  to  all  persons  all  dam- 
ages that  they  may  sustain,  either  in  person  or  property,  or  means 
of  support,  by  reason  of  the  person  so  obtaining  a  license  selling  or 
giving  away  intoxicating  liquors.  The  officer  taking  such  bond 
may  examine  any  person  ofiered  as  security  upon  any  such  bond, 
under  oath,  and  require  him  to  subscribe  and  swear  to  his  statement 
in  regard  to  his  pecuniary  ability  to  become  such  security.  Any  bond 
taken  pursuant  to  this  section  may  be  sued  upon  for  the  use  of  any 
person,  or  his  legal  representatives,  who  may  be  injured  by  reason 
of  the  selling  or  giving  away  any  intoxicating  liquor  by  the  person 
so  licensed,  or  b}^  his  agent  or  servant. 


BRIDGES. 


AN  ACT  to  enable  cities  and  villages  to  build,  acquire  and    maintain  bridges  and 
ferries  outside  of  their  corporate  limits  and  to  control  the  same.     [Apj^roved  and 
•    in  force  ISIaj  5,  1879.] 

202.  May  constmct  ferries  and  hridgxs?^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by 
the  People  of  the  'State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  As- 
sembly, That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  cit}'  or  village  within  this 
state  to  build  or  acquire  by  purchase,  lease  or  gift,  and  to  maintain, 
ferries  and  bridges,  and  the  approaches  thereto,  not  exceeding  four 
acres  of  land  for  each  ferry  or.  bridge  within  the  corporate  limits, 
or  at  any  point  within  five  miles  of  the  corporate  limits  of  such  city 


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GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  67 

or  village.  That  all  such  ferries  and  bridges  shall  be  free  to  the 
public,  and  that  no  toll  shall  ever  be  collected  by  any  such  city  or 
village  authority. 

203.  Control  by  city?^  §  2.  Every  bridge  and  ferry  so  owned 
or  controlled  by  such  city  or  village,  and  the  approaches  thereto, 
when  outside  the  corporate  limits,  shall  be  subject  to  the  municipal 
control  and  ordinances  of  such  city  or  village,  the  same  to  all  in- 
tents and  purposes,  and  in  effect  as  though  such  bridge  or  ferry  and 
the  approaches  thereto,  were  situated  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
such  city  or  village,  and  in  such  case,  the  county  ma}"  assist  in  the 
construction  of  said  bridge,  as  is  now  provided  by  law. 

204.  Emergency?^  §  3.  Whereas,  certain  cities  in  this  state  have 
built  bridges  outside  of  their  corporate  limits,  over  which  they  have 
no  police  control;  therefore  an  emergency  exists,  and  this  act  shall 
be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  manner  of  travel  upon  bridges,  the  whole  or  a  part  of 
which  are  owned  or  controlled  bj  cities,  villages  and  towns  of  this  state,  and  to 
provide  for  the  enforcing  of  the  same.     [Approved  and  in   force  May  13,  1879.] 

205.  Penalty  for  fast  driving,  etc?\^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Asse/nbly, 
That  whoever  shall  ride  or  drive  faster  than  a  walk,  over  any  bridge 
in  this  state,  owned  or  controlled,  either  the  whole  or  a  part  thereof, 
by  any  city,  village  or  town  of  this  state,  shall,  for  each  offense,  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  nor  less  than  one  dollar; 
Provided,  that  a  notice  shall  be  posted  on  such  bridge,  warning 
against  riding,  or  driving,  on  such  bridge  faster  than  a  walk,  such 
fine  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  or 
police  magistrate  of  the  county  where  the  offense  is  committed,  upon 
sworn  complaint  in  writing,  upon  which  a  warrant  for  the  arrest  of' 
the  offender  shall  issue,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  constable 
of  the  county,  and  every  marshal,  policeman  and  police  constable, 
and  all  other  officers  of  such  cit}^,  village  or  town,  owning  or  con- 
trolling the  whole  or  in  part  such  bridge,  having  the  power  to  make 
arrests,  whenever  aforesaid  offense  is  committed  in  the  view  of 
such  officer  or  officers,  to  forthwith  take  in  custody  the  person  or 
persons  so  committing  aforesaid  offense,  and  bring  him  or  them  be- 
fore an}^  justice  of  the  peace  or  police  magistrate  of  the  count}-,  to 
be  dealt  with  according  to  law,  and  such  officer  so  taking  in  cus- 
tody such  offender,  or  any  officer  of  such  city,  villagd  or  town, 
owning  or  controlling  the  whole  or  a  part  of  such  bridge  where 
such  offense  is  committed,  may  make  the  complaint  upon  which 
warrant  shall  issue  against  the  olTender,  all  fines  collected  under  this 
act,  shall  be  paid  into    the    common    school  fund   of  the   county. 

Whereas,  the  law  is  inadequate  for  the  protection  of  bridges  which 


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68  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

are  owned  or  controlled,  the  whole  or  part  thereof,  by  cities,  vil- 
lages and  towns  of  this  state,  therefore  an  emergency  exists,  and  this 
act  shall  take  elTect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

CEMETERIES. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  removal  of  cemeteries.    [Approved  April  24,  1873.    In 

force  July  1,  1878.]  , 

206.  When  cemetery  may  be  removed — ex^ense?^'  §  i.  Be  if 
enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Jllinois,  represented  in  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  That  whenever  any  cemetery  shall  be  embraced 
within  the  limits  of  an}^  town  or  city,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  corpo- 
rate authorities  thereof,  if,  in  their  opinion,  an}'  good  cause  exists  why 
such  cemetery  should  be  removed,  to  cause  the  remains  of  all  per- 
sons interred  therein  to  be  removed  to  some  other  suitable  place: 
Provided,  said  corporate  authorities  shall  have  first  obtained  the 
assent  of  the  trustees  or  other  persons  having  the  control  or  owner- 
ship of  said  cemetery,  or  a  majority  thereof :  And,  provided  fur- 
ther, that  when  such  cemetery  is  owned  by  one  or  more  private  parties,, 
or  private  corporation  or  chartered  society,  the  corporate  authorities- 
of  such  town  or  city  may  require  the  removal  of  such  cemetery  to 
be  done  at  the  expense  of  such  private  parties,  or  private  corpora- 
tion or  chartered  society,  if  such  removal  be  based  upon  their  appli- 
cation. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  cities  and  villages  to  establish  and  regulate  cemeteries.     [Ap- 
proved March  24,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 

207.  Pozuer  of  city  or  village  to  establish — acquire  lands.^  §  i. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly,  That  any  city,  village,  or  township  in  this  state, 
may  establish  and  maintain  cemeteries  within  and  without  its  corpo- 
rate limits,  and  acquire  lands  therefor,  by  purchase,  condemnation, 
or  otherwise;  and  may  lav  out  lots  of  convenient  size  for  families;, 
and  may  sell  lots  for  famil}-  burying  ground,  or  to  individuals  for 
burial  purposes. 


CITY CHANGING  NAME. 

AN  ACT    to  enable  anv   city,  town  or  village  in   tliis   state  to  change  its  name. 
[Approved  March  7,  1872.     In  force  July  1, 1872.] 

208.  Petition,]^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That  whenever  a 
petition,  signed  by  the  qualified  electors  of  an}^  city,  incorporated 
town  or  incorporated  village  of  this  state,  equal  in  number  to  one- 
half  of  those  who  voted  for  the  officers  therein  at  the  last  election, 
shall  be  presented  to  the  corporate  authorities  of  such  city,  town  or 
village,  pra3'ing  that  the  name  of  such  city,  town  or  village  may  be 
changed,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  corporate  authorities  to  make 
such  change  in  the  manner  hereinafter  prescribed. 


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GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  69 

209.  Proceedings?^  §  2.  Previous  to  the  presentation  of  the 
petition  in  the  preceding  section  mentioned,  the  name  proposed  to 
te  given  to  such  city,  town  or  village  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  secretary  of  state,  to  be  there  retained  for  the  period  of  at  least 
sixty  days,  and  upon  appHcation,  the  secretary  of  state  shall,  at  any 
time  after  the  filing  of  such  name,  grant  a  certificate,  stating  that 
such  name  has  not  been  given  to  any  other  city,  incorporated  town, 
or  incorporated  village,  or  municipality  in  this  state,  if  such  be  the 
fact;  but  if  such  name  has  been  adopted  by  any  other  city,  town, 
village  or  municipality,  as  appears  from  information  in  his  office,  the 
secretary  of  state  shall  so  notify  the  party  or  parties  making  such 
application,  in  which  case  another  name  shall  be  filed  in  his  office, 
which  name  shall  likewise  remain  for  the  like  period  of  sixty  days; 
and  no  petition  shall  be  acted  upon  by  said  corporate  authorities 
unless  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  secretary  of  state,  set- 
ting forth  that  such  name  has  not  been  adopted  elsewhere  in  this 
state. 

210.  Duties  of  secretary  of  state.^  §3.  The  secretary  of  state 
shall,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  communi- 
cate with  the  clerks  of  the  several  counties  of  this  state,  and  ascer- 
tain the  names  of  all  the  cities,  towns,  villages  or  other  municipal 
corporations  therein,  and  arrange  such  names  in  alphabetical  order 
for  convenient  reference.  Such  lists  of  names  shall  be  kept  filed 
in  his  office,  and  shall  be  changed  whenever  a  change  of  names 
^hall  be  efiected  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

211.  Time  of  hearing  to  be  fixed — notice?^  §  4.  At  any  meet- 
ing of  the  corporate  authorities  of  any  city,  incorporated  town  or 
incorporated  village,  after  the  presentation  of  the  petition  herein 
provided,  such  corporate  authorities  shall  fix  the  time  when  such 
petition  shall  be  considered,  and  order  notice  of  the  presentation 
thereof  to  be  given,  by  publishing  such  notice  for  three  successive 
weeks  in  some  newspaper  having  a  general  circulation  in  such  city, 
town  or  village.  Such  notice  shall  state  that  a  change  of  the  name 
of  such  city,  town  or  village  has  been  prayed  for,  and  the  time  when 
action  on  said  petition  will  be  had,  at  which  time  remonstrances,  if 
any,  will  be  heard. 

212.  Hearing  -petition  and  remonstrances?^  §5.  At  the  time 
fixed  in  the  notice  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section,  or  if,  from 
any  cause,  action  thereon  is  not  taken,  such  petition  praying  for  a 
change  of  name  shall  be,  with  all  remonstrances,  heard  at  any  sub- 
sequent meeting  of  the  corporate  authorities  of  any  such  city,  town 
or  village;  and  if  said  corporate  authorities  are  satisfied  that  such 
change  of  name  is  necessary  and  proper,  they  shall  thereupon  make 
an  order  changing  the  name  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  and  adopt- 
ing the  name  pra}-ed  for  in  such  petition. 


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213.  Order  fled  zvith  secretary  of  state — notice?^  §6.  If  said 
change  of  name  is  made,  said  ■  corporate  authorities  shall  cause  a 
copy  of  the  order  making  such  change  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  secretary  of  state,  who  shall  thereupon  make  known  the  fact  of 
such  change,  by  publication  in  some  newspaper  of  the  county  in 
which  such  city,  town  or  village  is  situated,  and  also  in  some  news- 
paper in  the  city  of  Chicago;  and  all  the  courts  of  this  state  shall 
take  judicial  notice  of  the  change  thus  made. 

214.  Rights  saved.'j  ^  7,  Nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall 
afTect  the  rights  or  privileges  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  or  those 
of  any  person,  as  the  same  existed  before  such  change  of  name. 
And  all  proceedings  pending  in  any  court  or  place  in  favor  of  or 
against  said  city,  town  or  village,  may  be  continued  to  final  con- 
summation under  the  name  in  which  the  same  was  commenced. 

215.  When  change  void.]^  ^  8.  If  the  name  of  any  such  city, 
town  or  village  shall  be  changed  contrary  to  or  without  complying 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  such  change  shall  be  void;  and  all 
proceedings  instituted  or  acts  done  in  such  name  as  changed,  shall 
be  void  and  held  for  naught  in  the  courts  of  this  state. 

216.  Name  of  iciiiiicorporated  tozvn,  etci\  §  9.  When  the 
plat  of  any  unincorporated  town  or  village  shall  be  placed  upon 
record  in  any  county  of  this  state,  the  circuit  court  of  said  county 
shall  have  power,  at  an}^  regular  term  of  said  court,  to  change  the 
name  of  such  unincorporated  town  or  village,  upon  the  petition  of  a 
majority  of  the  legal  voters  residing  within  the  limits  of  such  town 
or  village:  Provided^  no'ixca  of  the  proposed  change  of  name  shall 
be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  secretar}-  of  state,  as  provided  in  section 
two  of  this  act. 


CITY    COURTS. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  courts  of  record  in  cities/     [Approved  March  2G,  1874.     In 

force  July  1,  1874.] 

217.  Style  of  court — jiirisdictioii.^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly, 
The  several  courts  of  record  now  existing  in  and  for  cities,  and  such 
as  may  hereafter  be  established  by  law,  in  and  for  any  city  in  this 
state,  shall  severally  be  styled  "  The  City  Court  of  (name  of  city)," 
and  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  with  the  circuit  courts  with- 
in the  city  in  which  the  same  may  be,  in  all  civil  cases,  and  in 
all  criminal  cases,  except  treason  and  murder,  and  in  appeals  from 
justices  of  the  peace  in  said  city;  and  the  course  of  proceedings 
and  practice  in  such  courts  shall  be  the  same  as  in  the  circuit  courts^ 
so  far  as  may  be. 


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2 1 8.  Seal.^  §  2.  Such  courts  shall  have  a  seal,  and  may, 
from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  necessar}^,  renew  the  same ;  .  the 
expense  of  such  seal,  and  renewing  the  same,  shall  be  paid  by  the 
city  in  which  such  court  is  or  may  be  established. 

219.  Place  of  holdiiigl^  §  3.  Such  court  shall  be  held  at  such 
place  in  said  city  as  may  be  provided  by  the  corporate  authorities 
thereof;  but  if  such  place  shall  become  unfit,  or  if  no  place  shall  be 
provided  by  such  authorities,  the  court  may,  by  an  order  to  be  entered 
of  record,  adjourn  to  or  convene  at  a  suitable  place  for  the  holding 
of  a  court  within  said  city,  and  at  such  place  ma}"  hold  said  court 
until  a  suitable  place  therefor  be  furnished  by  such  corporate  au- 
thorities, the  expense  whereof  shall  be  borne  by  said  city. 

220.  Stationery?^  §  4.  i\ll  blanks,  books,  papers,  stationery 
and  furniture  necessary  to  the  keeping  of  a  record  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  such  court,  and  the  transaction  of  the  business  thereof,  shall 
be  furnished  the  officers  of  such  court  b}'  the  corporate  authorities, 
at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

221.  Election  and  qualification  of  judges  — -pozvers  —  vacancy?^ 
§  5.  The  judges  of  such  courts,  respective!}^,  shall  be  elected  by 
the  qualified  voters  of  such  city  in  the  same  manner  that  the  city 
officers  of  such  city  are  elected,  but  not  at  the  same  time,  and  shall 
hold  their  offices  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  their  succes- 
sors are  elected  and  qualified.  They  shall  qualify  and  be  com- 
missioned in  the  same  manner,  be  vested  with  the  same  powers  and 
perform  the  same  duties  as  circuit  judges,  and  be  styled  "  Judge  of 
the  City  Court  of  (name  of  city)."  Vacancies  in  such  office  shall 
be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term,  at  a  special  election,  to  be  called 
and  held  by  the  same  authority  and  in  the  same  manner  that  other 
city  elections  may  be  held,  where  such  unexpired  term  exceeds  one 
year;  but  where  the  sam.e  does  not  exceed  one  year,  such  vacancy 
shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  governor. 

222.  Exchange^  etc.'\  §  6.  Such  judges,  with  like  privileges 
as  circuit  judges,  may  interchange  with  each  other,  and  with  the 
judges  of  circuit  courts,  and  may  hold  court  for  each  other,  and 
perform  each  other's  duties  when  they  find  it  necessary  or  convenient. 

223.  Cle?-h.^  §  7.  There  shall  be  elected,  in  like  m.anner  as 
judges  are  elected,  for  each  of  such  courts,  a  clerk,  who  shall  hold 
his  office  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall  be 
elected  and  qualified.  He  shall  be  commissioned,  have  the  same 
powers,  perform  the  same  duties,  be  subject  to  the  same  liabilities, 
and  be  entitled  to  like  fees  as  are  now,  or  may  hereafter,  from  time 
to  time,  be  provided  by  law  in  regard  to  circuit  clerks,  in  the  county 
in  which  such  city  may  be  situate.     Vacancies  in  such  ofiice  shall 


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be  filled,  for  the  unexpired  term,  at  a  special  election,  to  be  called 
and  held  by  the  same  authority  and  in  the  same  manner  that  other 
city  elections  may  be  held,  where  such  unexpired  term  exceeds  one 
year;  but  where  the  same  does  not  exceed  one  year,  such  vacancy 
shall  be  filled  by  the  court:  Provided,  That  a  clerk,  pro  tempore, 
may  be  appointed  by  the  judge  thereof,  when  necessary. 

224.  Duties  of  sheriff — state's  attorney.^  §  8.  The  sherifi' 
and  state's  attorney  of  the  county  in  which  such  city  may  be  situate, 
shall  each  perform  the  same  duties  in  said  court,  and  in  respect 
thereto  and  the  process  thereof,  and  have  the  same  powers,  be 
subject  to  the  same  liabilities  and  penalties,  and  be  entitled  to  the 
same  fee's  as  in  the  circuit  court  of  such  county;  and  the  sheriff' 
shall  appoint  one  or  more  deputies  for  such  court,  for  the  convenience 
of  the  business  therein,  who  shall  reside  in  the,  city  where  such 
court  is  established;  and  the  judge  of  such  court  shall  have  power 
to  appoint  a  state's  attorney,  pro  tempore,  in  any  of  the  cases  where 
the  circuit  court  or  the  judge  thereof  may  appoint. 

225.  Master  in  chancery.^  §  9.  A  master  in  chancery  for  such 
court  shall  be  appointed  by  the  judge  thereof,  who  shall  hold  his 
office  for  the  same  time,  qualify  in  the  same  manner,  be  subject  to 
the  same  habilities,  have  the  same  powers,  perform  the  same  duties, 
and  be  entitled  to  the  same  fees  and  compensation  with  respect  to 
said  court  and  matters  therein,  as  other  masters  in  chancery. 

226.  Terms  of  court. ^  §  10.  There  shall  be  two  or  more 
regular  terms  of  such  court  in  each  year,  to  be  held  at  such  times 
as  may  be  fixed  by  an  order  of  the  court,  from  time  to  time,  and 
entered  of  record,  which  •  order  shall  be  published  in  some  news- 
paper published  in  such  city  at  least  forty  days  before  holding  the 
first  term  of  court  under  the  same;  and  said  order  shall  not  be 
changed  subsequently,  except  by  an  order  of  court  entered  of 
record  at  the  term  preceding  said  change,  and  published  in  a  like 
manner.  Special  terms  may  be  called  and  held  in  the  same  manner, 
and  with  like  effect  as  special  terms  of  the  circuit  courts,  and  subject 
to  the  same  limitations:  "  Povided,  That  in  the  cit}'  of  Chicago, 
should  such  a  court  be  established  therein,  there  shall  be  held  a 
term  of  such  court  every  month  in  the  year,  commencing  upon  the 
first  Monday  of  each  month,  and  no  order  of  court  or  publication 
shall  be  necessary  in  order  to  hold  such  terms. 

227.  Adjourn'ment,  etc.^  §  i^*  'The  same  rules  in  regard  to 
the  adjournment  of  such  courts  upon  the  non-attendance  of  a  judge 
thereof,  as  are  or  may  be  provided  by  law  in  regard  to  circuit 
courts,  shall  apply  to  such  courts;  and  the  said  city  courts,  and  the 
judges  thereof,  shall  have  the  same  power,  with  respect  to  adjourn- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  73 

ments,  as  the  circuit  courts  and  the  judges  thereof  now  or  hereafter 
may  have  by  law,  and  the  adjournment  of  a  term  in  such  courts  shall 
have  the  like  effect  of  an  adjournment  in  the  circuit  courts. 

228.  A;ppcals  from  justices  of  the  ^eacc— certiorari?^  §  12. 
Appeals  may  be  taken  from  the  judgment  of  justices  of  the  pe^ce  or 
poHce  magistrates  in  such  city  to  the  city  court,  and  writs  of  certior- 
ari may  issue  to  remove  causes  from  before  such  officers  to  the  city 
court,  and  there  be  heard  and  determined,  as  in  like  cases  in  the 
circuit  court. 

229.  Recognizances — city  prison,  etc.^  §  I3-  All  recognizances 
taken  by  any  justice  of  the  peace,  police  magistrate,  or  other  otlicer 
in  the  cit}',  in  criminal  cases,  when  the  offense  is  committed  in  the 
city,  except  treason  and  murder,  may  be  made  returnable  to  the 
city  court  of  such  city;  and  in  all  such  cases  the  defendant  shall  be 
temporarily  detained  in  the  city  prison  or  bridewell,  instead  of  the 
county  jail. 

230.  Venue?^  §  14.  Change  of  venue  from  city  courts,  for 
the  same  causes  and  in  the  same  manner,  may  be  taken  as  from  cir- 
cuit courts,  and  the  cases  sent  to  the  circuit  court  of  the  county,  or 
to  some  other  convenient  court  of  record,  where  the  cause  com- 
plained of  does  not  exist. 

231.  Writs — orders — -Judgments^  etc. — lien  after  transcri ft  filed 
in  circuit  court. ^  §  ^5-  'T'he  writs  and  process  of  city  courts  shall 
be  issued  and  executed  in  the  same  manner,  and  shall  have  the  same 
force  and  effect,  except  as  limited  by  this  act,  as  the  writs  and  proc- 
ess of  circuit  courts.  Orders,  judgments  and  decrees  of  city  courts 
shall  have  the  same  force,  be  of  the  same  effect,  and  be  executed  and 
enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  the  judgments,  orders  and  decrees  of 
circuit  courts;  but  such  judgments  and  decrees  shall  be  a  lien  upon 
real  estate  in  such  city,  and  the  county  wherein  such  city  is  situate, 
only  after  a  certified  transcript  of  the  same  shall  have  been  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  circuit  clerk  of  the  county;  which  transcript  shall 
contain  the  names  of  the  parties  to  the  suit,  the  kind  of  action,  the 
amount  of  the  judgment,  or  the  general  nature  and  efiect  of  the  de- 
cree, as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  term  and  time  at  which  the  suit 
was  disposed  of. 

232.  Transcript  hook?^  §  16.  The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court 
of  the  county  shall  provide  and  keep  in  hi?  office,  for  each  city  court 
in  his  county,  a  well -bound  book  or  books,  for  entering  therein  an 
alphabetical  docket  of  all  judgments  and  decrees  rendered  in  said  city 
courts,  as  is  now  required  by  law  for  docketing  judgments  ^nd  de- 
crees rendered  in  the  circuit  court;  and  shall  forthwith,  aftei  ine  fifing 
of  any  such   certificate,  enter  the   same  therein,  together  with  the 


74  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

hour,  day,  month  and  year  of  the  filing  of  such  certificate,  and  the 
general  number  thereof. 

233.  Transcript  fees  ?\^  §  ^7-  •'■'^  addition  to  the  fees  now  allowed 
by  law,  the  clerk  of  the  said  city  courts  shall  be  allowed  to  charge 
and  receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  each  certified  transcript,  as  afore- 
said, and  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  shall  be  allowed  to  charge  and 
receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  filing  and  entering  the  same. 

234.  Appeals — error.]  §18.  Appeals  may  be  taken  and  writs- 
of  error  prosecuted  from  city  courts  to  the  supreme  court,  the  same 
as  in  like  cases  from  circuit  courts. 

235.  J^ees  of  Jurors — Jwzv  paid.^  §  19.  The  fees  of  the  grand 
and  petit  jurors  of  such  courts  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury 
of  the  city  in  which  such  courts  are  respectively  situated,  upon  the 
certificate  of  the  clerk  of  the  respective  courts. 

236.  Courts  conti)iued^  §  20.  The  several  courts  of  record 
now  established  in  and  for  cities,  are  hereb}'  continued,  under  the 
name  and  style  of  "  the  city  court  of  (name  of  city),"  with  all  the 
powers  and  jurisdiction  conferred  by  this  act. 

237.  Courts — Iwzv  established. ^^  §21.  A  city  court,  consisting 
of  one  or  more  judges,  not  exceeding  five,  and  not  exceeding  one 
judge  for  every  fifty  thousand  inhabitants,  may  be  organized  and 
established  under  this  act  in  any  city  which  contains  at  least  three 
thousand  inhabitants,  whenever  the  common  or  city  council  shall 
adopt  an  ordinance  or  resolution,  to  submit  the  question  whether  such 
court  shall  be  established,  consisting  of  one  or  more  judges,  not  ex- 
ceeding five,  as  may  be  specified  in  such  ordinance  or  resolution  ta 
the  qualified  voters  of  such  city,  and  two-thirds  of  the  votes  cast  at 
the  election  shall  be  in  favor  of  the"  establishment  of  such  court. 
Where  such  court  is  established  with  more  than  one  judge,  each 
judge  may  hold  a  separate  branch  thereof  at  the  same  time,  and  when 
holding  such  separate  branch,  each  judge  may  exercise  all  the  powers- 
vested  in  such  courts.  Such  election  shall  be  held  and  conducted, 
the  returns  thereof  made  and  canvassed,  and  the  result  declared  in 
the  same  manner  as  other  city  elections.  To  discontinue  and  dises- 
tablish any  such  court,  precisely  the  same  modes  of  procedure  shall 
be  requisite  and  necessar}^,  and  be  resorted  to,  as  for  the  organization 
of  said  court.  In  the  event  of  the  discontinuance  and  disestablish- 
ment of  any  such  court,  the  clerk  thereof  shall  transfer  and  deliver 
to  the  circuit  court  of  the  county  in  which  such  city  court  is  situated, 
all  records,  judgments,  and  processes  in  possession  of  himself,  or  of 
any  other  ofiicer  of  said  citv  court,  and  the  circuit  court  shall  there- 
upon acquire,  and  be  vested  with  jurisdiction  in  the  cases  to  which 
said  judgments  or  process  relates. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  75- 

238.  Election  of  judgx and  clerk ^  §22.  Whenever  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  city  court  shall  be  authorized,  as  provided  in  the  fore- 
going section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporate  authorities  to- 
order  an  election  forjudge  and  clerk:  and  when  the  judge  and  clerk 
shall  be  duly  elected,  qualitied  and  commissioned,  such  court  shall  be 
deemed  organized  and  established  according  to  law. 

AN  ACT  concerning  fees  and  salaries,  and   to  classify  the  several   counties  of  this 
state  ^\•ith  reference  thereto.     [Approved  March  29,  1872.     In  force  July  1, 1872.J 


239.  'Judges  of  city  courts?^  §  5.  Judges  of  inferior  courts  of 
record  in  towns  and  cities  shall  be  allowed,  and  receive  in  lieu  of  all 
other  fees,  perquisites  or  benefits  whatsoever,  in  cities  or  towns  hav- 
ing a  population  not  exceeding  five  thousand  (5,000)  inhabitants, 
five  hundred  dollars  ($500);  and  in  cities  or  towns  having  more 
than  five  thousand  (5,000)  inhabitants,  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,- 
500),  to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  or  town  treasury:  Provided,  That 
in  cities  having  a  population  of  one  hundred  thousand  (100,000)  or 
more,  the  citv  or  common  council  may  give  such  additional  com- 
pensation, to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  or  town  treasury,  to  the  judge 
or  judges  of  such  court,  as  shall  be  deemed  reasonable,  not  exceed- 
ing a  sum  sufficient  to  make  the  entire  salary  five  thousand  dollars 
($5,000),  which  additional  compensation  shall  be  fixed  prior  to  the 
election  of  such  judge  or  judges,  and  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  an- 
nual appropriation  ordinance  of  each  year,  and  shall  not  be  in- 
creased or  diminished  during  the  term  of  office  of  such  judge  or 
judges.  ''=■  *  *  *  *  *  * 

240.  Prosecuting  attorneys  of  city  courts.^  §  6.  That  each 
prosecuting  attorney  of  such  inferior  courts,  other  than  the  state's 
attornev,  shall  be  allowed  and  received  in  full  compensation  for  all 
services  rendered  as  prosecuting  attorney  of  such  court,  an  annual 
salar}-  of  $-50,  to  be  paid  by  the  town  or  city. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  county  board'?  in  counties  under  township  organization  to 
organize  certain  territory  situated  therein  as  a  town.  [Approved  5lay  23,  1877. 
In  force  July  1,  1877.] 

241.  Territory  of  city  organized  as  tozcn.^  §  i.  Pe  it  enacted 
by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General 
Assenidly,  That  the  count}'  board,  in  any  county  under  township 
organization,  mav  provide  that  the  territory  embraced  within  any 
citv  in  such  countv  shall  be  orijanized  as  a  town:  Provided,  such 
territory  shall  have  a  population  of  not  less  than  three  thousand. 
And  provided,  the  citv  council  in  such  city  shall,  by  resolution,  re- 
quest such  action  by  the  county  board. 

242.  Tozvn   in   tV/i'.J     §  2.     The  territory  of  any  city  now  or— 


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ganized,  within  the  limits  of  an}^  county  under  township  organization, 
and  not  situated  within  any  town,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  town. 

243.  Election  of  officers.^  §  3,  All  town  officers  within  any 
town  organized  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  elected  at  the  annual  charter 
election  of  such  city.  All  general  elections  held  in  such  city  and 
town,  shall  be  held  at  the  same  voting  places  as  the  city  elections, 
wath  judges  and  clerks  appointed  in  like  manner  as  for  the  city 
elections. 

244.  Pozvers  exercised  by  council?^  §  4.  The  powers  vested 
in  such  town  shall  be  exercised  by  the  city  council. 

245.  What  city  council  may  -provide?^  §  5.  The  city  council 
in  such  city  and  tow^n  may,  by  ordinance,  provide  that  the  otHcers 
of  city  and  town  clerk  shall  be  united  in  the  same  person;  that  the 
election  of  highway  commissioners  shall  be  discontinued;  that  the 
offices  of  supervisor  and  poormaster  shall  be  separated,  and  the 
poormaster  appointed  by  the  city  council. 

246.  May  regulate  the  number  of  <.  justices^  §  6.  The  city 
council  in  such  city  and  town  may,  from  time  to  time,  regulate  the 
number  of  justices  of  the  peace,  police  magistrates  and  constables 
to  be  elected  within  such  city  and  town;  but  the  number  elected  to 
either  of  such  offices  shall  not  exceed  the  number  allowed  by  law 
to  other  tow^ns  of  like  population. 

247.  Vacancies^  §  7.  Vacancies  in  an}'  of  the  town  offices 
within  such  city  and  town  may  be  tilled  by  the  city  council. 


CRIMINAL    CODE. 


AN  ACT  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  criminal  jurisprudence.     [Approved  March 
27,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  187-4.] 


248.  Duty  of  officers.']  §  2.  It  shall  be  the  dut}- of  evei'y  sher- 
iff", coroner,  constable,  and  every  marshal,  policeman,  or  other  officer 
of  any  incorporated  city,  town  or  village,  having  the  power  of  a 
sheriff  or  constable,  when  any  criminal  offense  or  breach  of  the 
peace  is  committed  or  attempted  in  his  presence,  forthwith  to  ap- 
prehend the  oliender  and  bring  him  before  some  justice  of  the  peace, 
to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law;  to  suppress  all  riots  and  unlaw- 
ful assemblies,  and  to  keep  the  peace,  and  without  delay  to  serve  and 
execute  all  warrants,  writs,  precepts  and  other  process  to  him  law- 
fully directed. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  77 

ELECTIONS. 

AN  ACT  to  pro\  ide  for  the  time  of  opening  and  closing  the  polls  during  elections 
of  cities,  towns  .and  villages  in  this  state.  [Approved  May  29,  1879.  In  force 
July  1,  187!).] 

249.  Time  of  openi]ig  and  closing  folls?^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by 
the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  As- 
semhl\\  That  in  all  city,  town  or  village  elections,  in  this  State,  the 
polls  shall  remain  open  from  eight  (8)  o'clock,  a.  m.,  until  seven  (7) 
o'clock,  p.  M.,  any  law  in  any  special  charter  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  elections,  and  to  fix  the  time  for  holding  the  same,  in  cities 
having  the  same  territory  as  an  organized  township.  [Approved  May  6,  1879. 
In  force  July  1,  1879.] 

250.  Elect  ions. \  §1.  Be  it  enacted  h\  the  People  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Asseniblv,  That  hereafter  the 
regular  charter  election  for  the  election  of  city  officers  of  any  city 
having  the  same  territorv  as  an  organized  township,  shall  take  place 
on  the  same  day  provided  bv  law  for  the  township  election,  to  wit: 
On  the  first  Tuesday  of  April,  anvthing  in  the  charter  of  such  city 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and  such  charter  and  township 
elections  may  be  conducted  in  all  respects  as  provided  in  and  by  an 
act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  amend  section  seven  (7)  of  article  seven  of 
an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  township  or- 
ganization," approved  and  in  force  March  4,  1874;  'Approved  and  in 
force  March  9,  1877.  Provided,  that  this  act  shall  not  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  require  any  citv  to  hold  its  charter  election  oftener  than 
its  charter  may  prescribe. 


EVIDENCg;. 

AN  ACT  in  regard  to  evidence  and  depositions   in  civil   cases.     [Approved  March 
29,1872.     In  force  July  1,  1872.] 

H:  ^  :}:  ^  -Jf  ^  '  :■;  -^  * 

251.  Records,  etc.,  of  cities,  etc. — hoiv  certified^  §  i4-  The 
papers,  entries,  records  and  ordinances,  or  parts  thereof,  of  any 
cit}',  village,  to\^'n  or  county,  mav  be  proved  by  a  copy  thereof, 
certified  under  the  hand  of  the  clerk  or  the  keeper  thereof,  and  the 
corporate  seal,  if  there  be  any;  if  not,  under  his  hand  and  private 
seal. 

*  H^  H;  :i:  *  H:  *  *  * 

252.  Forni  of  certificate?^  ^16.  The  certificate  of  any  such 
clerk  of  a  court,  city,  village,  town,  countv,  or  secretary,  clerk, 
cashier,  or  other  keeper  of  any  such  papers,  entries,  records  or  or- 
dinances, shall*  contain  a  statement  that  such  person  is  the  keeper  of 
the  same,  and  if  there  is  no  seal,  shall  so  state. 


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253.  Sworn  copies?]^  §  ^8.  Any  such  papers,  entries,  records 
and  ordinances,  maybe  proved  by  copies  examined  and  sworn  to  by 

•  credible  witnesses. 

254,  Penalty?^  §  ^P-  If  an}^  such  officer,  clerk,  secretary,  cash- 
ier, justice  of  the  peace,  or  other  person  authorized  to  certify  copies  of 
any  papers,  entries,  records  or  ordinances,  shall  knowingly  make  a 
.false  certificate,  he  shall  be  punishable  in  the  same  manner  as  if  he 

were  guilty  of  purjury. 


HOUSES    OF    CORRECTION. 

AN  ACT  to  establish  houses  of  correction,  and  autliorize  the  confinement  ol  con- 
victed persons  therein.     [Approved  April  25,  1871.] 

255.  Cities  may  establish.']  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People 
.of  .the  State  of  J/Iinois,  represented  in  the   General  Assembly,  That 

it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  municipal  authorities,  of  any  city  within 
this  state  to  establish  a  house  of  correction,  which  shall  be  used  for 
the  confinement  and  punishment  of  criminals,  or  persons  sentenced 

■  or  committed  thereto  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  anv  law"  of 
this  state,  or  ordinance  of  any  city  or  village,  authorizing  the  con- 

.finement  of  convicted  persons,  in  any  such  house  of  correftion. 

256.  Inspectors  —  appointment  —  term  of  office.]  §  2.  The 
management    and    direction    of    any   house    of    correction    already 

•established,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  established  in  any  such  city, 
shall  be  under  the  control  and  authority  of  a  board  of  inspectors, 
to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose  as  in  this  section  directed.  The 
mayor  of  said  city  shall,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  be  a  member  of 
said  board,  who,  together  with  three  persons  to  be  appointed  by 
the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  legislative 
authority  of  said  city,  shall  constitute  the  said  board  of  inspectors. 
The  term  of  office  for  the  appointed  members  of  said  board  shall 
be  three  years,  but  the  members  first  appointed  shall  hold  their 
•  office,  respectively,  as  shall  be  determined  by  lot  at  the  first  meet- 
ing of  said  board,  for  one,  two  and  three  .years  from  and  after  the 
first  Monday  in  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  187 1,  and  thereafter 
one  member  shall  be  appointed  each  year  for  the  full  term  of  three 
years. 

257.  Rules  —  employes  —  appropriations^  §  3.  That  when- 
ever a  board  of  inspectors  have  been  organized  as  in  section  second 
of  this  act  directed,  they  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  estab- 
lish and  adopt  rules  for  the  regulation  and  discipline  of  the  said 
house  of  correction,  for  which  they  have  respectively  been  ap- 
pointed, and,  upon  the  nomination  of  the  superintendent  thereof,  to 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  79 

appoint  the  subordinate  officers,  guards  and  employes  thereof  ;  to 
fix  their  compensation  and  prescribe  their  duties  generally;  to  make 
all  such  by-laws  and  ordinances  in  relation  to  the  management  and 
government  thereof  as  thev  shall  deem  expedient.  No  appropria- 
tion of  money  shall  be  made  by  the  said  board  of  inspectors  for  any 
purpose  other  than  the  ordinary  and  necessary  expenses  and  repairs 
■of  said  institution,  except  with  the  sanction  of  the  legislative  au- 
thority of  said  city. 

258.  Compensation  and  duties  of  inspectors — records?^  ^  4. 
Said  inspectors  shall  serve  without  fee  or  compensation.  There 
shall  be  a  meeting  of  the  entire  board,  at  the  house  of  correction, 
once  in  every  three  months,  when  they  shall  fulh'  examine  into  its 
management  in  every  department,  hear  and  determine  all  complaints 
or  questions  not  within  the  province  of  the  superintendent  to  deter- 
mine, and  make  such  further  rules  and  regulations  for  the  good 
government  of  said  house  of  correction  as  to  them  shall  seem 
proper  and  necessary.  One  of  said  appointed  inspectors  shall  visit 
the  said  house  of  correction  once,  at  least,  in  each  month.  All  rules, 
regulations  or  other  orders  of  said  board  shall  be  recorded  in  a  book  to 
be  kept  for  that  purpose,  which  shall  be  deemed  a  public  record, 
and,  with  the  other  books  and  records  of  said  house  of  correction, 
shall  be  at  all  times  subject  to  the  examination  of  any  member  or 
committee  of  the  legislative  authority,  the  comptroller,  treasurer, 
corporation  counsel  or  attorney  of  any  such  cit}'. 

259.  Books — quarterly  statement — accounts?^  §5.  The  books 
of  said  house  of  correction  shall  be  so  kept  as  to  clearly  exhibit  the 
state  of  the  prisoners,  the  number  received  and  discharged,  the 
number  employed  as  servants  or  in  cultivating  or  improving  the 
premises,  the  number  employed  in  each  branch  of  industry  carried 
on,  and  the  receipts  from,  and  expenditures  for,  and  on  account  of, 
each  department  of  business,  or  for  irrtprovement  of  the  premises. 
A  quarter)}'  statement  shall  be  made  out,  which  shall  specifv 
minutely,  all  receipts  and  expenditures,  from  whom  received  and  to 
whom  paid,  and  for  what  purpose;  proper  vouchers  for  each,  to  be 
audited  and  certified  by  the  inspectors,  and  submitted  to  the  comp- 
troller of  said  city,  and  by  him  to  the  legislative  authority  thereof, 
for  examination  and  approval.  The  accounts  of  said  house  of  cor- 
rection shall  be  annually  closed  and  balanced  on  the  first  day  of 
January  of  each  year,  and  a  full  report  of  the  operations  of  the 
preceding  year  shall  be  made  out  and  submitted  to  the  legislative 
authority  of  said  city,  and  to  the  governor  of  the  state,  to  be  by 
him  transmitted  to  the  general  assembly. 

260.  Further  reports  —  removal  of  of^cers,  etc.\  ^  6.  The 
legislative   authority  of  said  city  may  require  such  further   reports 


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and  exhibits  of  the  condition  and  management  of  such  institution  as 
to  them  shall  seem  necessary  and  proper,  and  may,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  mavor,  remove  any  inspector  of  said  institution.  But 
any  subordinate  officer  or  emplo3'e  may  be  removed  by  the  superin- 
tendent at  his  discretion,  but  immediately  upon  the  removal  of  such 
officer  or  emplove,  he  shall  report  to  said  board  the  name  of  the 
person  removed,  and  the  cause  of  such  removal. 

261.  Duties  of  superintendent — aff  ointment — term  of  office — - 
deputy.^  §  7.  The  superintendent  of  the  said  house  of  correction 
shall  have  entire  control  and  management  of  all  its  concerns,  sub- 
ject to  the  authoritv  established  by  law,  and  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions adopted  for  its  government.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  obey  and 
carry  out  all  written  orders  and  instructions  of  the  inspectors  not 
inconsistent  with  the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  relating  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  said  institution.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor 
by  and  with  the  consent  of  said  board  of  inspectors,  and  shall  hold 
his  office  for  four  vears  and  until  his  successor  shall  have  been  duly 
appointed  and  qualified,  but  he  may  be  removed  by  the  inspectors- 
at  any  time,  when  in  their  judgment  it  shall  be  advisable.  He 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  manner  in  which  said  house  of  correc- 
tion is  managed  and  conducted.  He  shall  reside  at  said  house  of 
correction,  devote  all  his  time  and  attention  to  the  business  thereof, 
and  visit  and  examine  into  the  condition  and  management  of  every 
department  thereof  and  of  each  prisoner  therein  confined,  daily. 
He  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  and  direction  in  regard  to- 
the  discipline,  police  and  business  of  said  house  of  correction.  The 
deputy  superintendent  of  said  house  of  correction  shall  have  and 
exercise  the  powers  of  the  superintendent  in  his  absence,  so  far  as 
relates  to  the  discipline  thereof  and  the  safe  keeping  of  prisoners. 

262.  Count V  max  use  house  of  correction^  §  8.  The  board  of 
supervisors  or  commissioners 'of  an}-  county,  and  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  anv  village  or  town,  in  any  county  in  this  state,  in  which  a 
house  of  correction  is  established,  shall  have  full  power  and  au- 
thorit}'  to  enter  into  an  agreement  with  the  legislative  authority  of 
such  citv,  or  with  anv  authorized  agent  or  oflicer  in  behalf  of  such 
city,  to  receive  and  keep  in  said  house  of  correction  any  person  or 
persons  who  mav  be  sentenced  or  committed  thereto,  by  any  court 
or  magistrate,  in  anv  of  said  counties,  whenever  such  agreement 
shall  have  been  made,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors or  commissioners  for  any  county  in  behalf  of  which  such 
agreement  shall  have  been  made,  or  of  the  trustees  of  the  village 
or  town,  in  behalf  of  which  such  agreement  has  been  made,  as 
the  case  may  be,  to  give  public  notice  thereof,  in  some  newspaper 
printed  and  published  within  said  county,  for  a  period  not  less  than 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  »I 

four  weeks,  and  such  notice  shall  state  the  period  of  time  for  which 
such  agreement  will  remain  in  force. 

263.  Coniimtment.^  §  9.  In  counties,  towns  and  villages  hav- 
ing such  agreement  with  any  such  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
court,  police  justice,  justice  of  the  peace,  or  other  magistrate  in  such 
county,  town  or  village,  by  whom  any  person,  for  any  crime  or  mis- 
demeanor, punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail,  shall  be 
convicted,  to  commit  such  person  to  the  said  house  of  correction,  in 
lieu  of  committing  him  to  the  county  jail,  village  or  town  calaboose, 
there  to  be  received,  and  kept  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  and 
the  discipline  of  said  house  of  correction.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  such  court,  police  justice,  justice  of  the  peace,  or  other  magis- 
trate, by  a  warrant  of  commitment,  duly  issued,  to  cause  such  per- 
son so  sentenced,  to  be  forthwith  conveyed  by  some  proper  officer 
to  said  house  of  correction. 

264.  Conveying  convict  to  house  of  correction— fees?\^  §  i*^-  -^^ 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff,  constable  or  other  officer  in  and  for 
any  county  having  such  agreement  with  any  such  city  to  whom  any 
warrant  of  commitment  for  that  purpose  may  be  directed  by  any 
court,  justice  or  magistrate  aforesaid,  in  such  county,  to  convey 
such  person  so  sentenced  to  the  said  house  of  correction,  and  there 
deliver  such  person  to  the  keeper  or  other  proper  officer  of  said 
house  of  correction,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  receive  such  person 
so  sentenced,  and  to  safely  keep  and  employ  such  person  for  the 
term  mentioned  in  the  warrant  of  commitment,  according  to  the 
laws  of  said  house  of  correction;  and  the  officers  thus  conveying 
and  so  delivering  the  person  or  persons  so  sentenced  shall  be  allowed 
such  fees,  as  compensation  therefor,  as  shall  be  prescribed  or  allowed 
by  the  board  of  supervisors  or  commissioners  of  the  said  county. 

265.  Application  0/ other  lazvs,  etc.^  §  ^^-  -^^^  provisions  of 
law  and  ordinances  authorizing  the  commitment  and  confinement  of 
persons  in  jails,  bridewells  and  other  city  prisons,  are  hereby  made 
applicable  to  all  persons  who  may  or  shall  be,  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  sentenced  to  such  house  of  correction. 

266.  House  of  Shelter ?\^  §  ^--  ^^  shall  be  lawful  for  the  in- 
spectors of  any  such  house  of  correction  to  establish  in  connection 
with  the  same  a  department  thereof,  to  be  called  a  house  of  shelter, 
for  the  more  complete  reformation  and  education  of  females.  The 
inspectors  shall  adopt  rules  and  regulations  by  which  any  female 
convict  may  be  imprisoned  in  one  or  more  separate  apartments  of 
the  said  house  of  correction,  or  of  the  department  thereof  called  the 
house  of  shelter.  The  superintendent  of  said  house  of  correction 
shall  appoint,  by  and  with  the   advice  of  the  board  of  inspectors,  a 

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matron  and  other  teachers  and  employes  for  the  said  house  of 
shelter,  whose  compensation  shall  be  fixed  and  provided  for  as  in 
this  act  provided  for  the  officers  and  other  employes  of  the  said 
.house  of  correction. 

267.  jE^xpcnscs.'\  §  13.  The  expenses  of  maintaining  any  such 
"house  of  correction  over  and  above  all  receipts  for  the  labor  of 
persons  confined  therein,  and  such  sums  of  money  as  may  be  re- 
ceived from  time  to  time  by  virtue  of  an  agreement  with  a  county, 
as  in  this  act  contemplated,  shall  be  audited  and  paid  from  time  to 
time  by  the  legislative  authority  of  such  city,  and  shall  be  raised, 
levied  and  collected  as  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  said  city. 

268.  United  States  convicts.^  §  14.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
inspectors  of  any  such  house  of  correction  to  enter  into  an  agree- 
ment with  any  officer  of  the  United  States  authorized  therefor,  to 
receive  and  keep  in  such  house  of  correction  any  person  sentenced 
thereto,  or  ordered  to  be  imprisoned  therein,  by  any  court  of  the 
United  States,  or  other  federal  oflicer,  until  dis(^harged  by  law. 

269.  Bridewell  changxd  to  house  of  correction?^  §  ^5-  That 
in  any  such  city  having,  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  act,  established 
a  bridewell  for  the  confinement  of  convicted  persons,  such  institu- 
tion shall,  immediately  upon  the  appointment  of  the  inspectors  in 
this  act  contemplated,  be  known  and  denominated  as  the  house  of 
correction  of  the  city  in  which  it  is  located. 

270.  Salary  of  superintendent — record  of  conduct — good  tinie?^ 
■§  16.  The  superintendent  of  any  such  house  of  correction  shall 
-receive  a  salary  per  annum,  to  be  fixed  by  the  legislative  authority 
■of  such  city,  to  be  paid  quarterly'.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  a 
record  of  each  and  all  infractions  of  the  rules  and  discipline  of  said 
house  of  correction,  with  the  names  of  each,  the  convict  offending, 
and  the  date  and  character  of  each  offense,  and  every  convict  sen- 
tenced or  committed  for  six  months  or  more,  whose  name  does  not 
appear  upon  such  record,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  deduction  of  three 
da3'^s  per  month  from  his  or  her  sentence,  for  each  month  he  or  she 
shall  continue  to  obey  all  the  rules  of  said  house  of  correction. 

271.  Oath — bon.d.~\  §  17.  The  inspectors  of  any  such  house 
■of  correction  and  the  superintendent  thereof,  shall,  before  they  enter 
■on  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take  and  subscribe  the 
usual  oath  of  office.  Said  inspectors  and  superintendent  shall  sev- 
erally give  bond  to  such  city  with  sureties,  and  in  a  penal  sum  such 
as  may  be  required  by  the  legislative  authority  thereof,  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  their  duties. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  Sj 

HOUSES    OF    ILL-FAME. 

AN  ACT  to  prevent  the  licensing  of  houses  of  ill-fame,  and  the  official  inspection 
or  medical  examination  of  the  inmates  thereof,  in  the  incorporated  cities,  towns 
and  villages  of  this  state.     [Approved  and  in  force  March  27,  1874.  ] 

272.  LiccusJug  and  medical  ins-pedi 011  forbidden?^  §  i.  Be  it 
enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  corporate  authori- 
ties of  any  city,  town  or  village  in  this  state  to  grant  a  Hcense  to  any 
person,  male  or  female,  to  keep  what  is  known  as  a  house  of  ill-fame 
or  house  of  prostitution.  And  it  shall  be  unlaw^ful  for  any  board  of 
health  (or  any  member  or  employe  of  the  same)  now  existing,  or 
which  may  hereafter  exist  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  to  interfere 
in  the  management  of  any  house  of  ill-fame  or  house  of  prostitution, 
or  to  provide  in  any  manner  for  the  medical  inspection  or  examina- 
tion of  any  inmate  of  the  same. 

273.  Emergency?^  §  2.  Whereas,  the  legislative  authorities  of 
certain  cities  in  this  state  are  about  to  license  houses  of  ill-fame, 
therefore  an  emergency  exists  why  this  act  should  take  effect  imme- 
diately :  therefore,  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


INSURANCE    COMPANIES. 

AN  ACT  to  incorporate  and  to  govern  fire,  marine  and  inland  navigation  insurance 
companies  doing  business  in  the  state  of  Illinois.  [Approved  March  11,  18(39. 
In  force  July  1,  1869.] 

274.  Tax  on  net  receipt s.A^  §  30.  Every  agent  of  any  insur- 
ance company,  incorporated  by  the  authority  of  any  other  state  or 
government,  shall  return  to  the  proper  officer  of  the  county,  town 
or  municipality  in  w^hich  the  agency  is  established,  in  the  month  of 
May,  annually,  the  amount  of  the  net  receipts  of  such  agency  for 
the  preceding  year,  which  shall  be  entered  on  the  tax  Hsts  of  the 
county,  town  and  municipality,  and  subject  to  the  same  rate  of  tax- 
ation, for  all  purposes  —  state,  county,  town  and  municipal  —  that 
other  personal  property  is  subject  to  at  the  place  where  located; 
said  tax  to  be  in  lieu  of  all  towai  and  municipal  licenses;  and  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed: 
Provided,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  construed 
to  prohibit  cities  having  an  organized  fire  department  from  levying 
a  tax,  or  hcense  fee,  not  exceeding  two  per  cent.,  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  their  respective  charters,  on  the  gross  receipts  of 
such  agenc}^  to  be  applied  exclusively  to  the  support  of  the  fire 
department  of  such  city.  [As  amended  by  act,  approved  May  31, 
1879.     I^  force  July  i,  1879.] 


84  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL. 

JURISDICTION    OF    CITIES. 

AN  ACT  to  extend  the  jurisdiction  of  towns  and  cities  on  any  river  within  or  on 
the  borders  of  tliis  state,  for  the  purpose  of  police  regulations.  [Approved  and 
in  force  Feb.  15,  18G5.] 

275.  To  enforce  ordinances  on  boats^  etc?\^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted 
by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General 
Assembly,  That  cities  and  towns  on  any  river  within  or  on  the  bor- 
ders of  this  state,  shall  have  the  right  to  extend  and  enforce  their 
ordinances  so  as  to  include  any  boat  or  other  floating  structure, 
which  shall  be  kept  within  two  miles  of  the  city  or  town  limits,  as  a 
place  for  drinking  spirituous  liquors,  or  for  gaming,  or  for  the  pur- 
pose of  prostitution:  Provided,  no  authority  shall  be  given  by  this 
law,  beyond  what  the  law  now  authorizes,  to  interfere  with  any 
steamer  or  other  boat,  the  usual  business  of  which  is  the  carrying 
of  freight  or  passengers. 


JURISDICTION  OF  JUSTICES. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  jurisdiction  of  justices  of  the  peace  in  civil  cases.    [Ap- 
proved April  1,  1873.     In  force  July  1,  1873.] 

***:(:**:};  :iJ^ 

276.  City  ordinances,'^  §  14-  Justices  of  the  peace  shall  have 
jurisdiction  in  all  cases  for  violation  of  the  ordinances  of  cities,  towns 
or  villages. 

LIBRARIES. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  cities,  incorporated  towns  and  townships  to  establish  and 
maintain  free  public  libraries  and  reading-rooms.  [Approved  and  in  forca 
March  7,  1873.] 

277.  Establishment  by  city — tax — fund.\  §  i.  Be  it  enacted 
by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General 
Assembly,  That  the  city  council  of  each  incorporated  city  shall  have 
power  to  establish  and  maintain  a  public  library  and  reading-room 
for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  inhabitants  of  such  city,  and  may  levy 
a  tax  of  not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  the  dollar,  annually,  and  in  cities 
of  over  one  hundred  thousand  inhabitants,  not  to  exceed  one-fifth 
of  one  mill  annually,  on  all  the  taxable  property  in  the  city,  such 
tax  to  be  levied  and  collected  in  like  manner  with  other  general 
taxes  of  said  city,  and  to  be  known  as  the  "  Library  Fund." 

278.  Directors.^  §  2.  When  any  city  council  shall  have 
decided  to  establish  and  maintain  a  public  library  and  reading-room, 
under  this  act,  the  mayor  of  such  city  shall,  with  the  approval  of 
the  city  council,  proceed  to  appoint  a  board  of  nine  directors  for  the 
same,  chosen  from  the  citizens  at  large  with  reference  to  their  fitness 
for  such  office;  and  not  more  than  one  member  of  the  city  council 
shall  be  at  any  one  time  a  member  of  said  board. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  85 

279.  Term  of  office — rcmovali\  §  3.  Said  directors  shall  hold 
office  one-third  for  one  year,  one-third  for  two  years,  and  one-third 
for  three  years,  from  the  first  of  July  following  their  appointment, 
and  at  their  first  regular  meeting  shall  cast  lots  for  the  respective 
terms;  and  annually  thereafter  the  mayor  shall,  before  the  first  of 
July  of  each  year,  appoint  as  before  three  directors,  to  take  the 
place  of  the  retiring  directors,  who  shall  hold  office  for  three  years, 
and  until  their  successors  are  appointed.  The  mayor  may,  by  and  wdth 
the  consent  of  the  city  council,  remove  any  director  for  misconduct 
or  neglect  of  duty. 

280.  Vacancies — comfensation?^  §  4.  Vacancies  in  the  board 
of  directors,  occasioned  by  removals,  resignation,  or  otherwise,  shall 
be  reported  to  the  city  council,  and  be  filled  in  like  manner  as  origi- 
nal appointments,  and  no  director  shall  receive  compensation  as 
such. 

281.  Organization — ■pozuers  of  directors— fnnds?^  §  5.  Said 
•directors  shall,  immediately  after  appointment,  meet  and  organize  by 
the  election  of  one  of  their  number  president,  and  b}^  the  election  of 
such  other  officers  as  they  may  deem  necessary.  They  shall  make 
and  adopt  such  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  for  their  own  guid- 
ance and  for  the  government  of  the  library  and  reading-room  as 
may  be  expedient,  not  inconsistent  with  this  act.  They  shall  have 
the  exclusive  control  of  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  collected  to 
the  credit  of  the  library  fund,  and  of  the  construction  of  any  library 
building,  and  of  the  supervision,  care  and  custody  of  the  grounds, 
rooms  or  buildings  constructed,  leased,  or  set  apart  for  that  purpose: 
Provided^  that  all  moneys  received  for  such  library  shall  be  depos- 
ited in  the  treasury  of  said  city  to  the  credit  of  the  Hbrary  fund,  and 
shall  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from  other  moneys  of  such  city, 
and  drawn  upon  by  the  proper  officers  of  said  city,  upon  the  prop- 
erly authenticated  vouchers  of  the  library  board.  Said  board  shall 
have  power  to  purchase  or  lease  grounds,  to  occupy,  lease  or  erect 
an  appropriate  building  or  buildings  for  the  use  of  said  library;  shall 
have  power  to  appoint  a  suitable  librarian  and  necessary  assistants, 
and  fix  their  compensation,  and  shall  also  have  power  to  remove  such 
appointees;  and  shall,  in  general,  carry  out  the  spirit  and  intent  of 
this  act,  in  establishing  and  maintaining  a  public  library'  and  reading- 
room. 

282.  Who  may  use  Iil)ra)y.'\  §  6.  Every  library  and  reading- 
room,  established  under  this  act,  shall  be  forever  free  to  the  use  of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  city  where  '  located,  always  subject  to  such 
reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as  the  library  board  mav  adopt,  in 
order  to  render  the  use  of  said  library  and  reading-room  of  the 
greatest  benefit  to  the  greatest  number;   and  said   board   vawx  ex- 


86  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

elude  from  the  use  of  said  library  and  reading-room  any  and  all 
persons  who  shall  willfully  violate  such  rules.  And  said  board  may 
extend  the  privileges  and  use  of  such  library  and  reading-room  to 
persons  residing  outside  of  such  city  in  this  state,  upon  such  terms 
and  conditions  as  said  board  may  from  time  to  time  by  its  regula- 
tions prescribe. 

283.  Refort  of  direct 07' s.^  §  7.  The  said  board  of  directors  shall 
make,  on  or  before  the  second  Monday  in  June,  an  annual  report 
to  the  city  council,  stating  the  condition  of  their  trust  on  the  first  day 
of  June  of  that  year,  the  various  sums  of  money  received  from  the 
library  fund  and  from  other  sources,  and  how  such  moneys  have 
been  expended,  and  for  what  purposes;  the  number  of  books  and 
periodicals  on  hand,  the  number  added  by  purchase,  gift,  or  other- 
wise, during  the  year;  the  number  lost  or  missing;  the  number  of 
visitors  attending;  the  number  of  books  loaned  out,  and  the  general 
character  and  kind  of  such  books;  with  such  other  statistics,  infor- 
mation and  suggestions  as  they  may  deem  of  general  interest.  All 
such  portions  of  said  report  as  relate  to  the  receipt  and  expendi- 
ture of  money,  as  well  (as)  the  number  of  books  on  hand,  books  lost 
or  missing,  and  books  purchased,  shall  be  verified  by  affidavit. 

284.  Penalties.^  §  8.  The  city  council  of  said  city  shall  have 
power  to  pass  ordinances  imposing  suitable  penalties  for  the  pun- 
ishment of  persons  committing  injury  upon  such  library,  or  the 
grounds,  or  other  property  thereof,  and  for  injury  to  or  failure  to 
return  any  book  belonging  to  such  library. 

285.  Do)iatio}is.^  §  9.  Any  person  desiring  to  make  dona- 
tions of  money,  personal  property  or  real  estate  for  the  benefit  of 
such  library,  shall  have  the  right  to  vest  the  title  to  the  money  or 
real  estate  so  donated  in  the  board  of  directors  created  under  this 
act,  to  be  held  and  controlled  by  such  board,  when  accepted,  accord- 
ing to  the  terms  of  the  deed,  gift,  devise  or  bequest  of  such  prop- 
erty; and  as  to  such  property  the  said  board  shall  be  held  and  con- 
sidered to  be  special  trustees. 

Sections  10  and  11  refer  to  libraries  in  incorporated  towns. 

286.  Emergency?\^  §  12.  Whereas,  all  the  libraries  of  Chi- 
cago were  destroyed  by  the  recent  fire  in  that  city,  and  large  dona- 
tions of  books  have  been  made  to  found  a  free  library,  and  whereas 
no  suitable  building  or  organization  exists  to  receive  or  preserve 
them,  therefore  an  emergency  exists  that  this  law  shall  take  effect 
immediately :  therefore  this  act  shall  take  efiect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  87 

MARKETING    PRODUCTS. 

AN  ACT  for  the  protection  of  farmers,  fruit  growers,  vine  growers  and  gardeners. 
[Approved  January  l;j,  1872.     In  force  July  1,  1872.] 

287.  Farmer^  etc.,  may  sell  products  luithoiit  license. '\  §  i.  JBe 
it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly,  That  every  farmer,  fruit  and  vine  grower,  and 
gardener,  shall  have  an  undisputed  right  to  sell  the  produce  of  his 
farm,  orchard,  vineyard  and  garden  in  any  place  or  market  where 
such  articles  are  usually  sold,  and  in  any  quantity  he  may  think 
proper,  without  paying  any  staie,  county  or  city  tax,  or  license,  for 
doing  so,  any  law,  city  or  town  ordinance  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing: Provided,  that  the  corporate  authorities  of  any  such  city, 
town  or  village  may  prohibit  the  obstruction  of  its  streets,  alleys  and 
public  places  for  any  such  purpose:  And^  provided  further,  that 
nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  the  sale  of 
spirituous,  vinous  or  malt  Hquors,  contrary  to  laws  which  now  are 
or  hereafter  may  be  in  force  prohibiting  the  sale  thereof. 


MAYOR  S    BILL. 

AN  ACT  concerning  the  appointment  and  removal  of  city  officers  in  all  cities  in 
this  state,  conferring  additional  powers  and  duties  upon  mayors,  and  concerning 
appropriation  bills  or  ordinances  that  may  be  passed  in  such  cities.  [Approved 
and  in  force  April  10,  1875.] 

288.  Power  of  mayor  and  council — repeal ?\  Si.  Beit  enacted 
by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois  represented  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly. 

(Section  one  of  this  act  is  repealed  by  act  approved  May  28,  1879.) 

289.  Approval  and  veto  of  ordinances.\  ^  2.  All  ordinances 
passed  by  the  city  council  shall,  before  they  take  effect,  be  deposited 
in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk,  and  if  the  mayor  approves  thereof,  he 
shall  sign  the  same,  and  such  as  he  shall  not  approve  he  shall  return, 
to  the  council,  with  his  objections  thereto,  in  writing,  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  council  occuring  not  less  than  five  davs  after 
the  passage  thereof.  Such  veto  may  extend  to  any  one  or  more 
items  or  appropriations  contained  in  an}.^  ordinance,  and  in  case  the 
veto  only  extends  to  a  part  of  such  ordinance,  the  residue  thereof 
shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force;  but  in  case  the  mayor  shall  fail  to 
return  any  ordinance  with  his  objections  thereto,  by  the  time  afore- 
said, he  shall  be  deemed  to  have  approved  such  ordinance,  and  the 
same  shall  take  effect  accordingly. 

290.  Passage  over  mayor's  veto.']  §3.  Upon  the  return  of  any 
ordinance  by  the  mayor,  the  vote  by  which  the  same  was  passed  shall 
be  reconsidered  by  the  council;  and  if,  after  such  reconsideration,  two- 


bo  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the  city  council  shall  agree,  by 
yeas  and  nays,  to  pass  the  same,  it  shall  go  into  effect,  notwithstand- 
ing the  mayor  may  refuse  to  approve  thereof.  The  vote  to  pass 
the  same  over  the  mayor's  veto  shall  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and 
■entered  on  the  journal. 

291.  Emergency.^  §  4.  Whereas,  the  legislative  authorities 
in  many  cities  pass  their  appropriation  bills  before  the  first  day  of 
July  next,  and  mayors  have  no  power  to  veto  a  part  of  such  appro- 
priation or  ordinance,  wherefore  an  emergency  exists;  therefore,  this 
act  shall  take  effect,  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


OFFICERS  OF  CITIES. 

AN  ACT  to  prevent  fraudulent  and  corrupt  practices  in  the  making  or  accepting 
of  official  appointments  and  contracts  bj  public  officers.  [Approved  April  9, 
1873.     In  force  July  1,  1873.] 

292.  Aldermen  of  cities — trustees  of  villagcs.\  ^  2.  That  it 
shall  be  and  is  hereby  declared  unlawful  for  any  alderman  of  any 
city,  or  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  any  village  of  this  state, 
during  the  term  of  office  for  which  he  is  elected,  to  accept  or  be 
appointed  to  or  hold  any  office,  by  the  appointment  of  the  mayor  or 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  thereof;  and  any  and  all  such 
election  or  appointment  shall  be  absolutely  null  and  void. 

293.  JVot  to  be  interested  in  contracts — not  to  act  as  attorney  to 
•procure — bribery ^^  ^  3.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  now 
or  hereafter  holding  any  office,  either  by  election  or  appointment, 
under  the  constitution  of  this  state,  to  become  in  any  manner  inter- 
ested, either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  his  own  name  or  in  the  name 
of  any  other  person  or  corporation,  in  any  contract,  or  the  perform- 
ance of  any  work  in  the  making  or  letting  of  which  such  officer 
may  be  called  upon  to  act  or  vote.  And  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for 
any  such  officer  to  represent,  either  as  agent  or  otherwise,  any  per- 
son, company  or  corporation,  in  respect  of  any  application  or  bid 
for  any  contract  or  work  in  regard  to  which  such  officer  ma}'  be 
•called  upon  to  vote.  Nor  shall  any  such  officer  take  or  receive,  or 
offer  to  take  or  receive,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money  or 
■other  thing  of  value,  as  a  gift  or  bribe,  or  a  means  of  inffuencing 
his  vote  or  action  in  his  official  character ;  and  any  and  all  contracts 
made  and  procured  in  violation  hereof,  shall  be  null  and  void. 

294.  Penalty ^^  §  4.  Any  alderman,  member  of  a  board  of 
trustees,  supervisor  or  county  commissioner,  or  person  now  or  here- 
after holding  any  office,  either  by  election  or  appointment  under  the 
constitution  of  this  state,  or  any  law  now   or  hereafter  in   force  in 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  ^9 

this  state,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding 
sections,  shall  be  deemed  j^uilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  convic- 
tion thereof  may  be  punished  by  confinement  in  the  penitentiary  for 
a  term  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  five  years  or  fined  in  a 
sum  not  less  than  $200  nor  more  than  $1,000,  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court  before  which  such  conviction  shall  be  had;  and 
in  addition  thereto,  any  ofhce  or  official  position  held  by  an}'  person 
or  persons  so  convicted  shall,  by  the  fact  of  such  conviction,  become 
vacant,  and  shall  be  so  declared  as  part  of  the  judgment  of  court; 
and  the  person  or  persons  so  convicted  shall  be  disqualified  from 
holding  any  office  or  position  of  trust  and  confidence  in  this  state  for 
the  period  of  two  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  such  convic- 
tion. ' 


OFFICERS RESIGNATIONS    AND    VACANCIES. 

AN  ACT  in  regard  to  elections,  and  to  provide  for   filling  vacancies  in  elective  ofl[i- 
ces.     [Approved  April  3,  1873.     In  force  July  1,  1873.] 

295.  Of  elective  officers.^  §  124.  Resignations  of  elective 
offices  shall  be  made  to  the  officer,  court  or  county  board  author- 
ized by  law  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  such  office  by  appointment,  or  to 
order  an  election  to  fill  such  vacancy. 

296.  When  office  becomes  vacant.^  §  125.  Every  elective  office 
shall  become  vacant  on  the  happening  of  either  of  the  following 
events,  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  such  office. 

F'irst — ^The  death  of  the  incumbent. 

Second — His  resignation. 

Third — His  becoming  insane. 

Fourth — His  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  state;  or,  if  the 
office  is  local,  his  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  district,  county, 
town  or  precinct  for  which  he  was  elected. 

Fifth — His  conviction  of  an  infamous  crime,  or  of  any  ofl'ense 
involving  a  violation  of  official  oath. 

Sixth — His  removal  from  office. 

Seventh — His  refusal  or  neglect  to  take  his  oath  of  office,  or  to 
give  or  renew  his  official  bond,  or  to  deposit  or  file  such  oath  or 
bond  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

Eighth — The  decision  of  a  competent  tribunal  declaring  his 
election  void. 

297.  Who  may  determine  when  vacancy  exists^^  §  126.  When- 
ever it  is  alleged  that  a  vacancy  in  anv  office  exists,  the  officer,  court, 
or  county  board,  whose  duty  it  is  to  fill  the  vacancy  by  appointmenf, 
or  to  order  an  election  to  fill  such  vacancy,  shall  have  power  to  de- 
termine whether  or  not  the  facts  occasioning  such  vacancy  exist. 


pO  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

OFFICERS SALARIES  OF. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  the  corporate  authoities  of  cities  to  establish  and  fix  the  salaries 
of  city  officers.     [Approved  and  in  force  April  2<3,  1873.] 

298.  VVhoi  to  he  fixed — not  changed  during  term?^  §  i.  Be  it 
enacted  by  tJie  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  7'epresented  in  the  General 
Assembly:  It  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  common  councilor 
legislative  authority  of  any  city  in  this  state  to  establish  and  fix  the 
amount  of  salary  to  be  paid  any  and  all  city  officers,  as  the  case  may 
be,  except  members  of  such  legislative  body,  in  the  annual  appro- 
priation bill  or  ordinance  made  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the 
annual  expenses  of  any  such  city,  or  by  some  ordinance  prior  to  the 
passage  of  such  annual  appropriation  bill  or  ordinance;  and  the  sal- 
aries or  compensation  thus  fixed  or  established,  shall  neither  be  in- 
creased nor  diminished  by  the  said  common  council  or  legislative 
authority  of  any  such  city,  after  the  passage  of  said  annual  appro- 
priation bill  or  ordinance,  during  the  year  for  which  such  appropri- 
ation is  made,  and  no  extra  compensation  shall  ever  be  allowed  to 
any  such  officer  or  employe  over  and  above  that  provided  in  man- 
ner aforesaid. 

299.  Emergency?\^  §  2.  Whereas,  the  corporate  authorities 
of  certain  cities  in  this  state  have  no  power  to  establish  or  fix  the 
salaries  of  their  city  officers  in  certain  cases,  whereby  an  emergency 
exists  requiring  this  act  to  take  immediate  effect :  therefore,  this  act 
shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


OIL  INSPECTION. 

AN  ACT  to  revise  the   law   in   relation   to  oil  inspection.     [Approved  March  13, 
1874.     In  force  Juiy  1, 1874.J 

300.  Appointment  of  inspectors — term  of  office — deputies?]^  §  i. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in 
the  General  Assembly,  That  the  mayor  of  any  city,  with  the  approval 
of  the  city  council,  and  the  board  of  trustees  of  any  village  or  town 
may,  and  on  the  petition  of  any  five  inhabitants  thereof  shall  appoint 
one  or  more  inspectors  for  the  inspection  of  coal  oil,  naptha,  gasoline, 
benzine  and  other  mineral  oils  or  fluids,  the  product  of  petroleum, 
and  fix  their  compensation,  to  be  paid  by  the  party  requiring  their 
services.  Every  such  inspector  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year  and 
until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed 
from  "office.  He  may  appoint  deputies,  for  whom  he  shall  be  respon- 
sible, and  who  shall  take  the  same  oath  and  be  liable  to  the  same 
penalties  as  the  inspector. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  pi 

301.  Oath — bond — suit  on.~\  §2.  Every  such  inspector,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the 
following  oath: 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be,)  that  I  will  support  the  con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  that 
I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of  oil  inspector,  according  to  the 
best  of  my  ability. 

He  shall  also  execute  a  bond  payable  to  the  people  of  the  state, 
in  such  sum  as  shall  be  required  by  the  city  council  or  board  of 
trustees,  with  one  or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  or 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  his  office.  Any  person  aggrieved  by  the 
misconduct  or  neglect  of  such  inspector  may  maintain  suit  thereon 
for  his  own  use. 

302.  Inspector  to  test?^  §  3.  Upon  the  application  of  any 
manufacturer,  refiner  or  producer  of,  or  any  dealer  in,  any  such  oil 
or  fluid,  or  of  any  officer  or  person  to  test  any  such  oil  or  fluid,  such 
inspector  shall  test  the  same  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  by  applying 
.the  fire  test,  as  indicated  and  determined  by  J.  Tagliabue's  pyrometer, 
or  some  other  instrument  or  means  equally  accurate,  with  which  he 
shall  have  provided  himself  at  his  own  expense. 

303.  Test — casks  marked — inspector  not  to  trade  in  oi/.^  §  4. 
If  the  oils  or  fluids  so  tested  will  not  ignite  or  explode  at  a  tempera- 
ture less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  degrees  Fahrenheit,  the  inspector 
shall  mark,  plainly  and  indelibly,  on  each  cask,  barrel  or  package 
"Approved,  fire  test  being.  .  .  . ;"  but  if  said  oils  or  fluids  will  ignite 
at  a  temperature  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  degrees  Fahrenheit, 
as  aforesaid,  then  the  inspector  shall  mark  on  each  cask,  barrel  or 
package    "Condemned    for    illuminating    purposes;    fire-test  being 

"     Said  inspector,  while  in  office,  shall  not  buy,  sell,  bargain 

or  trade,  directl}-  or  indirectly,  in  any  of  the  said  oils  or  fluids. 

304.  /Record  kept,  and  open  to  examination^^  ^  5.  He  shall 
also,  within  twentv-four  hours  after  making  anv  inspection,  make  a 
full  and  fair  entrv  thereof  in  a  record  book  to  be  kept  for  that  pur- 
pose, which  shall  be  open  to  all  persons  wishing  to  examine  the  same. 

305.  Penalty  for  misconduct  in  office?^  ^  6.  Any  such  in- 
spector or  deputy  who  shall  falsely  brand  an}-  package,  cask  or  bar- 
rel, or  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  deceit,  misconduct  or  culpable  negli- 
gence in  the  performance  of  any  of  his  official  duties,  shall  be  fined 
not  exceeding  $200,  and  be  liable  to  the  party  injured  for  all  dam- 
ages occasioned  thereby. 

306.  Penalty  for  neglect  to  give  notice  oj",  or  selling'  oil  not  in- 
spected- -counterfeit  brands,  etc  A      §  7.     Any  manufacturer,  refiner 


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92  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

or  producer  of,  or  any  dealer  in  coal  oil,  naptha,  gasoline,  benzine, 
■or  other  mineral  oil  or  fluid,  the  product  of  petroleum,  in  any  city, 
village  or  town  in  which  such  inspector  is  appointed,  who  shall 
neglect  to  give  notice  to  such  inspector,  of  any  such  oil  or  fluid  in 
his  possession  not  already  inspected  by  some  authorized  inspector  of 
this  state,  within  two  days  after  the  same  is  made  or  refined  by  him 
or  received  into  his  possession,  or  shall  offer  any  such  oil  or  fluid  for 
sale  before  the  same  has  been  so  inspected,  or  shall  sell  or  attempt 
to  sell  to  any  person,  for  illuminating  purposes,  any  such  oil  which 
is  below  the  approved  standard  —  that  is,  having  igniting  point  less 
than  one  hundred  and  fifty  degrees  Fahrenheit,  as  indicated  and 
determined  in  the  manner  herein  provided,  or  shall  use  any  package, 
cask,  barrel  or  other  thing  having  the  inspection  brand  thereon,  the 
■oil  or  fluid  therein  not  having  been  inspected,  or  shall  counterfeit 
.any  brand,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  $200,  and  be  liable  to  the 
party  injured  for  all  damages  occasioned  thereby,  and  all  the  casks, 
barrels  or  packages  so  falsely  used,  and  their  contents,  shall  be 
forfeited,  and  may  be  seized  and  sold. 

307.  J^iiics,  hoiv  recovered  and  disposed  of?^  §  8.  The  fines 
herein  provided  may  be  recovered  in  the  name  of  the  people  of  the 
state  of  Illinois,  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  county  where 
the  offense  is  committed,  and  when  collected,  one-half  shall  be  paid 
to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
all  casks,  barrels  and  packages,  and  the  contents  thereof  seized,  as 
herein  provided,  shall  be  paid  into  the  city,  village  or  town  treasury. 


ORDINANCES — PUNISHMENT  POR  VIOLATION  OY. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  punishment  of  persons  violating  any  of  the  ordinance* 
of  the  several  cities  and  villages  in  this  state.  [Approved  and  in  force  April  1^ 
1870.] 

308.  Arrest — imprisonment — zvorkhonsei]  §  i.  Be  it  enacted 
■by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  As- 
sembly^ That  in  aW  actions  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  any 
city  or  village  organized  under  any  general  or  special  law  of  this 
state,  the  first  process  shall  be  a  summons:  Provided^  however^  that 
a  warrant  for  the  arrest  of  the  offender  may  issue  in  the  first  in- 
stance, upon  the  affidavit  of  any  person  that  any  such  ordinance  has 
been  violated,  and  that  the  person  making  the  complaint  has  reason- 
able grounds  to  believe  the  party  charged  is  guilty  thereof  ;  and 
any  person  arrested  upon  such  warrant,  shall,  without  unnecessary 
delay,  be  taken  before  the  proper  officer,  to  be  tried  for  the  alleged 
offense.  Any  person  upon  whotn  any  fine  or  penalty  shall  be 
imposed  may,  upon  the  order  of  the  court  or  magistrate  before 
whom  the  conviction  is  had,  be  committed  to  the  county  jail  or  the 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  93 

calaboose,  city  prison,  work-house,  house  of  correction,  or  other 
place  provided  by  such  cities  or  villages  by  ordinance  for  the  incar- 
ceration of  such  offenders  until  such  line,  penalty,  and  cost  shall  be 
fully  paid:  Provided,  that  no  such  imprisonment  shall  exceed  six- 
months  for  any  one  oflense.  The  city  council  or  board  of  trustees 
of  any  such  cities  or  villages  shall  have  power  to  provide  by  ordi- 
nance that  every  person  so  committed  shall  be  required  to  work  at 
such  labor  as  his  or  her  strength  will  permit,  within  and  without 
such  prison,  work-house,  house  of  correction  or  other  place  provided 
for  the  incarceration  of  such  offenders,  not  to  exceed  ten  hours  each 
working  day;  and  for  such  work  the  person  so  employed,  or  worked, 
shall  be  allowed,  exclusive  of  his  or  her  board,  the  sum  of  fifty 
cents  for  each  days  work  on  account  of  such  fine  and  costs. 

309.  Repeal.^  §  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent 
with  the  foregoing  section  are  hereby  repealed. 

310.  Etnergency.^  §  3.  Whereas,  In  some  of  the  cities  and 
villages  in  this  state,  there  is  no  authority  for  the  imprisonment  of 
offenders  in  work-houses  or  houses  of  correction,  and  requiring 
such  offenders  to  work,  therefore,  an  emergency  is  declared  to  exist, 
and  this  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


PLATS    TO    BE    RECORDED,  ETC. 

AN  ACT  to  revise  the  law  in   relation   to  plats.     [Approved  March  21,  1874.     In 

force  July  1,  1874.] 


311.  Plats  of  highivays^  etc.,  to  he  made  and  recorded.'^  §  9. 
Whenever  any  highway,  road,  street,  alley,  public  ground,  toll-road, 
railroad  or  canal  is  laid  out,  located,  opened,  widened  or  extended, 
or  the  location  thereof  altered,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commis- 
sioners, authorities,  officers,  persons  or  corporations,  public  or  pri- 
vate, laying  out,  locating,  opening,  widening,  extending  or  altering 
the  same,  to  cause  a  plat  thereof  showing  the  width,  courses  and 
extent  thereof,  and  making  such  reference  to  known  and  established 
corners  or  monuments  that  the  location  thereof  may  be  ascertained, 
to  be  made,  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  the  county 
in  which  the  premises  taken  or  used  for  the  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  are  situated,  within  six  months  after  such  highway,  road, 
street,  alley,  public  ground,  toll-road,  railroad  or  canal  is  laid  out, 
located,  opened,  widened  or  extended,  or  the  location  thereof  altered ; 
and  when  any  highway,  road,  street,  alley,  public  ground,  toll-road, 
railroad  or  canal  is  vacated,  the  order,  ordinance  or  other  declara- 
tion vacating  the  same  shall  be  in  like  manner  recorded.  This  act 
shall  not  be  construed  to  alter  or   atlect   any  law  specifically  provid- 


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STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 


ing  for  the  recording  of  any  such  plat,  or  to  require  the  same  to  be 
recorded  sooner  than  is  so  specifically  provided;  except  that  any 
requirements  to  record  such  plat  in  any  other  place  than  is  pro- 
vided herein  shall  not  excuse  the  parties  from  complying  with  this 
act.  Whoever  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  this  section 
shall  forfeit  $25,  and  the  like  sum  for  every  month  he  shall  continue 
in  such  refusal  or  neglect  after  conviction  therefor,  to  be  recovered 
before  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  county,  in  the  name  of  the 
county,  one-half  to  the  use  of  the  county  and  the  other  half  to  the 
use  of  the  person  complaining. 


POLICE    AND    FIREMEN  S    RELIEF    FUND, 

AN  ACT  to  amend  "  An  Act  for  the  relief  of  disabled  members  of  the  police  and 
fire  departments  in  cities  and  villages,"  approved  May  24,  1877.  In  force 
July  1,  1877.     [Approved  May  10,  1871).     In  force  July  1,  1879.] 

312.  How  fund  crcated?\^  ^  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of 
the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  "  That  an 
act  for  the  relief  of  disabled  members  of  the  police  and  fire  depart- 
ments in  cities  and  villages,"  approved  May  24,  1877,  in  force  July 
I,  1877,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

That  one-fourth  of  all  the  rates,  taxes  and  hcense  fees  which  are 
or  may  be  hereafter  required  by  law  to  be  paid  by  corporations, 
companies,  or  associations,  not  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  this 
state,  engaged  in  any  village  or  city  in  this  state,  effecting  fire  insur- 
ance, and  all  moneys  received  from  fines  inflicted  upon  members  of 
the  police  and  fire  departments  for  a  violation  of  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  the  service,  and  all  fines  recovered  because  of  conviction 
for  a  violation  of  the  fire  ordinances,  and  all  moneys  accruing  from 
the  sale  of  unclaimed  stolen  property,  shall  be  set  apart  by  the  treas- 
urer of  the  city  or  village,  to  whom  the  same  shall  be  paid,  as  a  fund 
for  the  relief  of  disabled  members  of  the  police  and  fire  departments 
of  such  city  or  village. 

313.  Mayor,  etc.,  trustees  offund?^  §  2.  The  mayor  or  president 
■of  the  board  of  trustees,  the  superintendent  or  chief  officer  of  the  police 
department,  the  fire  marshal  or  chief  officer  of  the  fire  department, 
and  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on  police  and  fire  and  water,  of 
the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  of  the  city  or  village,  with  the 
comptroller  (if  there  be  one)  or  city  clerk  and  treasurer,  shall  consti- 
tute and  be  a  board  by  the  name  of  the  trustees  of  the  police  and 
firemen's  relief  fund,  and  the  treasurer  of  the  city  or  village,  shall  be 
custodian  of  the  funds  of  said  police  and  firemen's  relief  fund.  The 
■said  board  shall  select  from  their  number  a  president  and  secretary. 

314.  Board  to  control  fluid .^^     §3.     The  said  board  shall  have 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  95 

the  exclusive  control  and  management  of  the  fund  mentioned  in  the 
first  section  of  this  act,  and  of  all  money  donated,  paid,  or  assessed 
for  the  relief  of  disabled  policemen  or  firemen,  and  shall  have  the 
power  to  assess  each  and  every  member  of  the  police  and  fire  de- 
partments of  such  city  or  village,  including  all  such  persons  who 
having  become  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  this  fund  while  such  mem- 
bers of  said  poHce  and  fire  departmemts,  have  not  forfeited  their 
rights  to  share  in  such  benefits  after  leaving  such  departments,  as 
hereinafter  provided,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5.00) 
per  annum,  which  shall  be  received  and  held  by  the  treasurer  of  said 
relief  fund,  in  Hke  manner  as  the  other  moneys  herein  provided,  to 
be  paid  to  him;  and  any  person  who,  having  become  entitled  to  the 
benefits  of  this  fund,  shall  not  within  one  month  after  notice  in 
writing  to  him  from  said  board  of  the  assessment  against  him,  pay 
the  same,  shall  not  be  entitled  to,  or  receive  any  benefits  secured  to 
him  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  unless  he  shall  make  written 
application  to  the  trustees  of  the  fund  to  become  a  member  thereof, 
and  shall  have,  by  a  majority  vote  of  said  trustees,  been  admitted  to 
membership  in  said  organization,  and  upon  his  making  pa3-ment  of 
all  dehnquent  assessments  due  by  him  accruing  during  his  member- 
ship in  such  police  or  fire  department.  The  said  board  may  make 
all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  its  government  in  the  discharge 
•of  its  duties,  and  shall  hear  and  decide  all  applications  for  relief  under 
this  act,  and  its  decisions  on  such  applications  shall  be  final  and  con- 
clusive, and  not  subject  to  review  or  reversal  except  by  the  board: 
Provided^  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  render  the  payment  of 
any  sum  of  money  or  annuity  which  may  be  awarded  b}'  the  board, 
obligatory  on  the  board,  or  chargeable  against  it  as  a  legal  right; 
but  the  board  may,  at  any  time  in  its  discretion,  order  that  such  sums 
of  money  or  annuity  shall  be  reduced,  or  that  payment  of  the  same 
shall  not  be  made.  The  board  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  of 
all  its  meetings  and  proceedings. 

315.  Treasurer  to  give  bond  for  fiind?^  §  4.  The  treasurer 
of  the  board  shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  fund  in  the  first  section  of 
this  act  mentioned,  and  of  all  moneys  donated,  paid,  or  assessed 
towards  or  on  account  of  the  relief  fund  hereby  created,  and  shall 
secure  and  safely  keep  the  same,  subject  to  the  control  and  direction 
of  the  board,  and  shall  keep  his  books  and  accounts  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board,  and  the  same  shall  always 
be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  board,  or  any  member  thereof. 
The  treasurer  shall,  within  ten  days  after  his  election  or  appoint- 
ment, execute  a  bond  to  the  city  or  village,  as  the  case  may  be,  with 
good  and  sutiicient  securities,  in  such  penal  sum  as  the  board  may 
direct,  to  be  approved  by  the  board,  conditional  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  his  otfice,  and  that  he  will  safely  keep  and 


g6  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL. 

well  and  truly  account  for  all  moneys  and  property  which  may  come 
to  his  hands  as  such  treasurer,  and  that  on  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  office,  he  will  surrender  and  deliver  over  to  his  successor  all 
unexpended  moneys  and  all  property  which  may  have  come  to  his 
hands  as  such  treasurer.  Such  bond  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  clerk  of  such  city  or  village,  and  in  case  of  a  breach  of  the  same, 
or  the  conditions  thereof,  suit  may  be  brought  on  the  same,  in  the 
name  of  such  city  or  village,  for  the  use  of  said  board,  or  of  any 
person  or  persons  injured  by  such  breach. 

316.  Warratits  drawn  on  i7'eastireri\  ^5.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  mayor  and  clerk,  or  the  comptroller,  if  there  be  one,  and  the 
officer  or  officers  of  such  city  or  village,  who  are  or  may  be  author- 
ized by  law,  to  draw  warrants  upon  the  treasurer  of  such  city  or 
village,  upon  request  made  in  writing  by  said  board,  to  draw  war- 
rants upon  the  treasurer  of  such  city  or  village,  payable  to  the  treas- 
urer of  said  board,  for  the  fund  set  apart  by  such  city  or  village 
treasurer,  as  prescribed  by  the  first  (i)  section  hereof. 

317.  Permayient  disability — deaths  annuity.^  §6.  When,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  board,  a  sufficient  amount  shall  have  accumulated 
in  said  fund  to  justify  the  application  thereof  to  the  use  for  which  the 
same  is  hereby  created,  if  any  member  of  the  police  or  fire  depart- 
ments, while  in  the  actual  performance  of  duty  or  other  person  en- 
titled to  the  benefits  of  this  fund,  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be- 
come permanently  disabled,  so  as  to  render  proper  his  retirement 
from  membership,  a  sum  not  exceeding  six  hundred  dollars  ($600) 
per  annum,  or  such  less  sum  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  the 
fund  will  justify,  shall  be  paid  to  such  member  out  of  said  fund;  or 
if  any  member,  while  in  the  actual  discharge  of  duty,  shall  be  killed, 
or  shall  die  from  the  immediate  effects  of  an  injury  received  by  him 
while  in  such  discharge  of  duty,  or  shall  die  after  ten  years  service 
in  the  police  or  fire  departments,  and  shall  leave  a  widow,  or  if  no 
widow,  any  child  or  children  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16)  years,  a 
sum  not  exceeding  six  hundred  ($600)  dollars  per  annum,  or  such 
less  sum  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  the  condition  of  the  fund 
will  justify,  shall  be  paid  to  such  widow  so  long  as  she  shall  remain 
unmarried,  or  to  such  child  or  children  while  under  the  age  of  six- 
teen years. 

318.  Who  may  obtain  benefits?\  §  7.  Any  person  who  shall 
have  served  in  either  the  police  or  fire  departments  of  said  city  or 
village  for  the  full  term  of  ten  (10)  years,  and  shall  have  paid  into  the 
fund  hereby  provided  for,  all  assessments  regularl}^  made  upon  him 
by  the  board  of  trustees,  as  required  by  this  act,  and  the  regulations 
of  the  said  board  of  trustees,  passed  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  and 
shall  have  complied  with  all  the  rules  and  regulations  lawfully  estab- 


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lished  by  the  board  of  trustees,  in  the  same  manner  as  if  such  per- 
son was  an  active  member  in  said  police  or  tire  department,  may 
continue  his  membership  in  this  organization,  and  be  entitled  to  the 
benefits  of  this  fund,  after  he  shall  have  ceased  to  be  a  member  in 
either  said  police  or  fire  department,  by  complying  with  all  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  relative  to  the  payment  of  assessments,  etc.,  the 
same  as  prior  to  his  ceasing  to  be  a  member  of  said  departments, 
and  the  wudow  or  children  of  such  person  shall  be  entitled  to  all 
benefits  hereby  secured  to  other  members  of  this  organization. 

319.  How  mojiey  ■paid  otit?^  §8.  All  moneys  ordered  to  be 
paid  from  said  rehef  fund,  to  any  person  or  persons,  shall  be  paid  by 
the  treasurer  of  said  board  only  upon  warrants  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent of  the  board  and  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  and  no  war- 
rant shall  be  drawn  except  by  order  of  the  board,  duly  entered  in 
the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board.  In  case  the  said  relief 
fund,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall,  by  order  of  the  said  board,  or  other- 
wise, be  deposited  in  any  bank,  or  loaned,  all  interest  on  money 
which  may  be  paid,  or  agreed  to  be  paid,  on  account  of  any  such 
loan  or  deposit,  shall  belong  to  and  constitute  a  part  of  said  fund. 
Provided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  as  author- 
izing  the  said  treasurer  to  loan  the  said  fund,  or  any  part  thereof, 
unless  so  authorized  by  said  board. 

320.  Repeal. '\  §  9.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts,  or  amendments 
thereto,  heretofore  enacted,  and  in  any  manner  conflicting  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  are  hereby  expressly  repealed. 


POLICE    MAGISTRATES. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  election  of  police  magistrates  in  to^vns,  cities  and  villages 
where  the  same  are  not  now  provided  for  by  law.  [Approved  and  in  force  April 
13,  1875.] 

321.  £^ lection  and  term  of  office — -Jurisdictio?!.^  §1.  Be  it  en- 
acted by  the  People  of  the  State  irf  Illinois,  represented  in  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly.,  That  all  towns,  cities  and  villages  in  the  state  which 
have  been  incorporated  under  charters  granted  by  special  acts,  or 
under  a  general  act,  when  the  law  under  which  they  are  incorpor- 
ated does  not  authorize  the  election  of  a  police  magistrate,  be 
and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  elect  one  police  magistrate  at 
the  first  annual  election  of  town,  city  or  village  officers  that  shall 
occur  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  quadrennially  thereafter. 
Such  police  magistrates  shall  hold  their  offices  for  the  same  term,  be 
commissioned  and  qualified,  and  have  the  same  jurisdiction  and  fees, 
as  police  magistrates  of  villages  have  under  the  general  law  for  the 
incorporation  of  cities  and  villages. 

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98  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

322.  Enicrgxncy?^  ^  2.  As  the  first  annual  election  of  town, 
city,  and  village  officers  in  many  of  the  towns,  cities  and  villages  in 
this  state  by  this  act  authorized  to  elect  a  police  magistrate,  wall  oc- 
cur before  the  first  day  of  July  next,  after  the  adjournment  of  this 
General  Assembly;  therefore  an  emergency  exists  requiring  this  act 
to  take  effect  immediately,  therefore  this  act  shall  take  efiect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  its  passage:  Provided^  that  the  election  for 
police  magistrates  in  cities  that  have  one  or  more  police  magistrates, 
elected  under  a  former  organization  as  a  town  or  city,  shall  not  be 
held  until  the  term  for  which  said  police  magistrate  or  magistrates 
were  elected  has  expired. 


PUBLIC    BUILDINGS. 

AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  means  of  egress  from  public  buildings.     [Approved  ISIarch 
28,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 

323.  Doors,  to  of  en  outward. \  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois.,  represeiited  in  the  General  Assembly, 
That  all  public  buildings  now  in  process  of  construction,  or  here- 
after to  be  built  or  constructed,  which  may  or  shall  be  used  for 
churches,  school  houses,  operas,  theatres,  lecture  rooms,  hotels, 
public  meetings,  town  halls,  or  which  may  or  shall  be  used  for  any 
purpose  whereby  a  collection  of  people  may  be  assembled  together 
lor  religious  worship,  amusement  or  instruction,  shall  be  so  built 
and  constructed;  that  all  doors  leading  from  the  main  hall  or  place 
where  said  collection  of  people  may  be  assembled,  or  from  the  prin- 
cipal room  which  may  be  used  for  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid, 
shall  be  so  swung  upon  their  hinges  and  constructed  that  such  doors 
shall  open  outward;  and  that  all  means  of  egress  for  the  public  from 
the  main  hall  or  principal  room,  and  from  the  building,  shall  be  by 
means  of  doors  which  shall  open  outwards  from  the  main  hall  or 
building. 

324.  Penalty.^  §  2.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  $100,  nor  more  than  $1,000. 

325.  When  ■public  buildings  may  be  closed.^  §  3.  That  in  all 
cities  and  towns  having  a  population  of  two  thousand  inhabitants, 
and  upwards,  the  mayor,  or  other  corporate  authorities  of  said  town 
or  cit}',  shall  be  empowered  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  close  and 
prohibit  all  public  buildings,  hereafter  erected,  from  lleing  used  in 
\dolation  of  this  act. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  99 

PUBLIC    PARKS. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  park  commissioners  or  corporate  authorities  to  take,  regulate, 
control  and  improve  public  streets  leading  to  public  parks;  to  pay  for  the  im- 
pro\ement  thereof,  and  in  that  behalt'  to  make  and  collect  a  special  assessment, 
or  special  tax  on  contiguous  property.     [Approved  and  in  force  April  9,  1879.] 

326.  Drives  to  fublic -paries?^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Peo fie 
of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly^  That 
every  board  of  park  commissioners  shall  have  power  to  connect  any 
public  park,  boulevard  or  drive-way  under  its  control,  with  any  part  of 
any  incorporated  city,  town  or  village,  by  selecting  and  taking  any 
connecting  street  or  streets  or  parts  thereof,  leading  to  such  park : 
Provided,  that  the  streets  so  selected  and  taken,  so  far  as  taken, 
shall  lie  within  the  district  or  territor}-,  the  property  of  which  shall 
be  taxable  for  the  maintenance  of  such  park:  And  provided  further^ 
that  the  consent  of  the  corporate  authorities  having  control  of  any 
such  street  or  streets  so  far  as  selected  and  taken,  and  also  the 
consent  in  writing  of  the  owners  of  a  majority  of  the  frontage  of 
the  lots  and  lands  abutting  on  such  street  or  streets,  so  far  as  taken, 
shall  be  first  obtained:  And  provided  further,  that  such  connection 
or  improvement,  shall  embrace  onl}-  such  street  or  streets,  as  are 
necessary  to  form  one  continuous  improvement. 

327.  Taxes — special  assessments,  etc.^  §  2.  That  such  board 
of  park  commissioners  or  such  corporate  authorities,  as  are  by  law 
authorized  to  levy  taxes  or  assessments  for  the  maintenance  of  such 
parks,  shall  have  power  to  improve  such  street  or  streets  in  such 
manner  as  the}-^  may  deem  best;  and  for  that  purpose  they  are 
hereby  authorized  to  pay  for  the  improvement  thereof,  and  from 
time  to  time,  to  levy  or  cause  to  be  levied  and  collected  a  special 
tax  or  assessment  on  contiguous  property  abutting  upon  such  street 
so  improved,  for  a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  the  estimated  cost 
of  such  first  improvement  or  improvements,  as  shall  be  ordered  and 
estimated  by  such  board  of  park  commissioners,  but  not  for  any 
subsequent  repair  thereof.  And  to  that  end  such  board  or  corporate 
authorities  shall  have  all  the  power  and  authority  now  or  hereafter 
granted  to  them  respectively,  relative  to  the  levy,  assessment  and 
collection  of  taxes  or  assessments  for  corporate  purposes.  And 
such  special  taxes  or  assessments  as  are  hereby  authorized,  may  be 
divided  into  not  exceeding  four  annual  installments,  bearing  interest 
at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  date  of  confirmation 
until  paid;  and  the  said  assessment  or  installments  thereof  shall  be 
collected  and  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  by  law 
for  the  collection  and  enforcement  of  other  taxes  or  assessments, 
for,  or  on  account  of  such  corporate  bodies,  or  boards,  as  aforesaid, 
so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable. 

328.  Control  by  park  commissioners?^     §3.     Such  park  boards 


lOO  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

shall  have  the  same  power  and  control  over  the  parts  of  streets 
taken  under  this  act,  as  are  or  may  be  by  law  vested  in  them  of 
and  concerning  the  parks,  boulevards  or  driveways  under  their 
control. 

329.  Reversion  to  cor' f  orate  authorities — zvhen?^  §  4.  In  case 
any  such  streets  or  parts  thereof,  shall  pass  from  the  control  of  any 
such  park  board,  the  power  and  authority  over  the  same,  granted 
or  authorized  by  this  act  shall  revert  to  the  proper  corporate 
authorities  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  respectively  as  aforesaid. 

330.  City^  etc.^  may  grant  control  to  -park  commissioners^^ 
§  5.  Any  city,  town  or  village  in  this  state,  shall  have  full  power 
and  authority  to  invest  any  of  such  park  boards  with  the  right  to 
control,  improve  and  maintain  any  of  the  streets  of  such  city,  town 
or  village,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

331.  Emergency?^  §  6.  Whereas^  There  is  a  necessity  for  the 
immediate  consiruction  of  the  improvements  contemplated  in  this 
act,  therefore  an  emergency  exists  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


RAILROADS. 

AN   ACT  in  relation   to  fencing  and   operating  railroads.     [Approved   March   31, 
1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 

*H«*  ****** 

332.  Speed  through  cities,  etc. —  damages.^  §  24.  Whenever 
any  railroad  corporation  shall  by  itself  or  agents,  run  any  train,  loco- 
motive engine,  or  car,  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  in  or  through  the 
incorporated  Hmits  of  any  city,  town  or  village,  than  is  permitted  by 
any  ordinance  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  such  corporation  shall 
be  liable  to  the  person  agrieved  for  all  damages  done  the  person  or 
property  by  such  train,  locomotive  engine  or  car;  and  the  same 
shall  be  presumed  to  have  been  done  by  the  negligence  of  said  cor- 
poration or  their  agents;  and  in  addition  to  such  penalties  as  may  be 
provided  by  such  city,  town  or  village,  the  person  aggrieved  by  the 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  have  an  ac- 
tion against  such  corporation,  so  violating  any  of  the  provisions  to 
recover  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200),  to  be  recovered  in  any  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction;  said  action  to  be  an  action  of  debt,  in  the  name 
of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  for  the  use  of  the  person  ag- 
grieved ;  but  the  court  or  jury  trying  the  case  may  reduce  said  pen- 
alty to  any  sum,  not  less,  however,  than  fifty  dollars  ($50),  where 
the  offense  committed  by  such  violation  may  appear  not  to  be  mali- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  lOI 

cious  or  willful:  Provided^  that  no  such  ordinance  shall  limit  the 
rate  of  speed,  in  case  of  passenger  trains,  to  less  than  ten  miles  per 
hour,  nor  in  an}^  other  case  to  less  than  six  miles  per  hour. 

*  *  M:  *****  * 

333.  Flagmen — shelter.']  §  35-  In  all  cases  where  the  pub- 
lic authorities  having  charge  of  any  street  over  which  there  shall  be 
a  railroad  crossing,  shall  notify  any  agent  of  the  corporation  own- 
ing, using  or  operating  such  railroad,  that  a  flagman  is  necessary  at 
such  crossing,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  railroad  company,  within 
sixty  daj'S  thereafter,  to  place  and  retain  a  flagman  at  such  crossing, 
w^ho  shall  perform  the  duties  usually  required  of  flagmen ;  and  such 
flagman  is  hereby  empowered  to  stop  an}'-  and  all  persons  from 
crossing  a  railroad  track,  when,  in  his  opinion,  there  is  danger  from 
approaching  trains  or  locomotive  engines;  and  any  railroad  com- 
pany refusing  or  neglecting  to  place  flagmen,  as  required  by  this 
section,  shall  be  liable  to  a  line  of  $100  per  day  for  every  day  they 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so;  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of 
such  public  authorities  having  charge  of  such  street,  to  enforce  the 
payment  of  such  fine,  by  suit,  in  the  name  of  the  town  or  munici- 
pal corporation  wherein  such  crossing  shall  be  situate,  before  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in  the  county,  and  the  prosecuting 
attorney  shall  attend  to  the  prosecution  of  all  suits  as  directed  by 
said  public  authorities.  All  the  mone3'S  collected  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  town  or 
municipal  corporation  in  whose  name  such  suits  shall  have  been 
brought:  Provided,  that  when  any  railroad  company  is  required  to 
keep  a  flagman  at  a  crossing,  it  shall  have  the  right  to  erect  and 
maintain  in  the  highway  or  street  crossed  a  suitable  house  for  the 
shelter  of  such  flagman,  the  same  to  be  so  located  as  to  create  the 
least  obstruction  to  the  use  of  such  street  or  highway,  and  aftbrd 
the  best  view  of  the  railroad  track  in  each  direction  from  such 
crossing. 

REGISTRATION    OF    ELECTORS. 

AN  ACT  for  the  registry  of  electors  and  to  prevent  fraudulent  voting.     [Approved 
and  in  force  February  15,  1865.] 

334.  Board  of  registration — meeting — register?^  §  i.  Be  it 
enacted  by  t/ie  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  That  the  persons  authorized  by  law,  or  appointed  pur- 
suant to  any  town  or  city  ordinance,  to  act  as  judges  or  inspectors 
of  elections  in  any  town,  cit}-  or  ward,  or  other  election  district  or 
precinct  in  this  state,  shall  constitute  a  '  Board  of  Registry '  for 
their  respective  towns,  cities,  wards,  districts  or  precincts,  and  shall 
meet  on  Tuesday,  three  weeks  preceding  any  state  election,  at  nine 
o'clock  A.  M.,  and  proceed  to  make  a  list,  as  hereinafter  prescribed,' 


I02  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

of  all  persons  qualified  and  entitled  to  vote  at  the  ensuing  election, 
in  the  election  district  of  which  they  are  judges  or  inspectors; 
which  list,  when  completed,  shall  constitute  and  be  known  as  the 
'  Register '  of  electors  of  said  election  district.  In  election  districts 
in  towns  which  lie  wholly  within  the  limits  of  an  incorporated  city, 
a  register  of  electors  shall  be  made  for  all  elections,  whether  gen- 
eral, special,  local  or  municipal,  in  the  same  manner  as  herein  pro- 
vided in  the  case  of  state  elections. 

335.  Manner  of  making-  register^  etc. — -first  meeting?^  §2.  Said 
registers  shall  each  contain  a  list  of  the  persons  so  qualified  and  entitled 
to  vote  in  said  election  district,  alphabetically  arranged,  according  to 
their  respective  surnames,  so  as  to  show,  in  one  column,  the  name  in 
full  length,  and  in  another  column,  in  cities,  the  residence,  by  the 
number  of  the  dwelling,  if  there  be  a  number,  and  the  name  of  the 
street  or  other  location  of  the  dwelling  place  of  each  person.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  enter  in  said  lists  the  names  of  all 
persons  residing  in  their  election  district,  whose  name  appears  on 
the  pole  list  kept  in  said  district  at  the  last  preceding  election — in 
cities  the  number  of  the  dwelling  and  the  name  of  the  street  or 
other  location,  if  the  same  shall  be  known  to  or  can  be  ascertained 
by  such  board — and  for  this  purpose  said  board  are  authorized  to 
take  from  the  office  in  which  they  are  filed  the  poll  lists  made  and 
filed  by  the  judges  or  inspectors  of  such  district,  at  the  election 
held  next  prior  to  the  making  of  such  register.  In  making  said 
list,  the  board  shall  enter  thereon,  in  addition  to  the  names  on  the 
poll  list,  the  names  of  all  other  persons  who  are  well  known  to 
them  to  be  electors  in  said  district;  and  the  names  of  all  persons  on 
the  poll  list  who  have  died  or  removed  from  the  district  shall  be 
omitted  from  the  register.  The  said  board  shall  complete,  as  far  as 
practicable,  the  said  register  on  the  day  of  their  meeting,  aforesaid, 
and  shall  make  two  copies  thereof,  and  certify  the  register  and  each 
of  the  copies  to  be  a  true  list  of  the  voters  in  their  district,  so  far  as 
the  same  are  known.  Within  two  days  thereafter,  the  said  original 
list,  together  with  the  list  taken  from  the  office,  as  aforesaid,  shall 
be  filed  by  said  board  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  of  the  town 
in  which  said  election  district  may  be;  but  in  counties  not  adopting 
township  organization,  said  list  shall  be  filed  with  the  judges  or  in- 
spectors of  election  of  the  proper  district,  or  if  such  election  district 
is  in  a  city,  then  it  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  of 
said  city.  And  one  copy  of  said  list  shall  be  kept  by  one  of  said 
judges  or  inspectors,  and  carefully  preserved  by  him  for  their  use 
on  the  day  or  days  hereinafter  mentioned,  for  the  revision  and  cor- 
rection of  the  same.  One  copy  of  said  list  shall,  immediately  after 
its  completion,  be  posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  where  the  last 
preceding  election  in  said  district  was  held,  and  be  accessible  to  any 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  IO3 

elector  who  may  desire  to  examine  the  same  or  make  copies  thereof. 
Any  person  who  shall  take  down,  tear  down,  or  deface  any  list,  so 
posted,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  tine  of  $50,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for 
the  term  of  sixty  days,  or  by  both  line  and  imprisonment. 

336.  JVetu  election  districts.'^  §  3.  In  case  a  new  election  dis- 
trict shall  be  formed  by  the  organization  of  a  new  town,  or  by  the 
division  of  any  town  or  ward,  or  the  incorporation  of  a  city  or 
town,  the  judges  or  inspectors  of  the  election  in  the  new  district 
thus  formed,  may  make  their  registry  of  electors  on  the  da}'  pre- 
scribed by  this  act,  in  such  manner  as  a  majority  of  them  may  di- 
rect, and  for  that  purpose  may  make  a  list,  or  cause  to  be  made  a 
certified  copy  of  the  poll  list  or  lists  of  the  district  in  which  such  new 
district  is  situated,  or  they  may  dispense  with  such  list  or  lists,  and 
proceed  to  make  a  register  of  electors,  from  the  best  means  at  their 
command.  Said  lists  shall  only  embrace  the  names  of  such  per- 
sons as  are  known  to  them  to  be  electors  in  their  district,  and 
shall  be  posted  up,  and  copies  thereof  made,  as  prescribed  in  the 
preceding  section,  and  shall  be  corrected  in  the  same  manner  that 
other  lists  are  corrected. 

337.  Revision  register — second  meeting:^  ^  4.  The  said  board 
shall  again  meet  on  Tuesday  of  the  week  preceding  the  said  elec- 
tions, in  their  respective  election  districts,  at  the  place  designated  for 
holding  the  polls  of  the  election,  for  the  purpose  of  revising,  cor- 
recting and  completing  said  lists;  and  for  this  purpose,  in  cities, 
they  shall  meet  at  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  remain  in  ses- 
sion until  nine  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  in  other  districts  they  shall  meet 
at  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  remain  in  session  until  four 
o'clock  P.  M. 

338.  Proceedings  open — corrections^  etcl\  §  5.  The  proceed- 
ings of  said  board  shall  be  open,  and  all  persons  residing  and  en- 
titled to  vote  in  said  district  shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  by  said 
board,  in  relation  to  corrections  or  additions  to  said  register.  One 
of  the  lists  so  kept  by  the  judges  or  inspectors,  as  aforesaid,  shall 
be  used  by  them,  on  the  day  or  days  of  making  corrections  or  ad- 
ditions, for  the  purpose  of  completing  the  registry  for  such  district. 

339.  Revising  register — addition  of  nezu  names.]  ^  6.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  board,  at  their  meeting  for  revising  and  correcting 
said  lists,  to  erase  therefrom  the  name  of  any  person  inserted 
therein,  who  shall  be  proved  by  the  oath  of  two  legal  voters  of 
said  district,  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  board,  to  be  non-resident  of 
said  district,  or  otherwise  not  entitled  to  vote,  in  said  district,  at  the 
election  then  next  to  be  held.     Any  elector  residing  in  said  district. 


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and  entitled  to  vote  therein,  may  appear  before  said  board,  and  re- 
quire his  name  to  be  recorded  on  said  alphabetical  list.  Any  per- 
son so  requiring  his  name  to  be  so  entered  on  said  lists,  shall  make 
the  same  statement  as  to  the  street  and  number  thereof,  and  where 
he  resides,  required  by  the  provisions  of  this  act  of  persons  oftering 
their  votes  at  elections,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties 
for  refusing  to  give  such  information,  or  for  falsely  giving  the  same, 
and  shall  also  be  subject  to  challenge,  either  by  the  judges  or  in- 
spectors, or  either  of  them,  or  by  any  other  elector  whose  name  ap- 
pccirs  on  said  alphabetical  list;  and  the  same  oaths  may  be  admin- 
istered by  the  judges  or  inspectors  as  now  provided  in  case  of  per- 
sons offering  to  vote  at  an  election;  and  in  case  no  challenge  is 
made  of  any  person  requiring  his  name  to  be  entered  on  said  alpha- 
betical list,  or  in  case  of  challenge,  if  such  person  shall  make  oath 
that  would  entitle  him  to  vote  in  case  of  challenfje  at  an  elec- 
tion,  then  the  name  of  any  such  person  shall  be  added  to  the  alpha- 
betical poll  list  of  the  last  preceding  year. 

340.  Copies  of  register — -filing — deliver  to  judges — voting — 
swearing  in  vote,  etc.'^  ^  7.  After  said  lists  shall  have  been  fully  com- 
pleted, the  said  board  shall,  within  three  days  thereafter,  cause  two 
copies  of  the  same  to  be  made,  each  of  which  shall  be  certified  by 
them  to  be  a  correct  list  of  the  voters  of  their  district ;  one  of  which 
shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  of  towns,  and  in  the 
office  of  city  clerks  of  cities;  and  one  of  which  copies  shall  be  de- 
livered to  said  judges  or  inspectors.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  judges  or  inspectors  so  receiving  such  list,  carefully  to  pre- 
serve the  said  list  for  their  use  on  election  day,  and  to  designate  two 
of  their  number,  at  the  opening  of  the  polls,  to  check  the  name  of 
every  voter  voting  in  such  district  whose  name  is  on  the  register. 
No  vote  shall  be  received  at  any  state  election  in  this  state,  if  the 
name  of  the  person  otTering  to  vote  be  not  on  the  said  register 
made  on  the  Tuesday  preceding  the  election,  unless  the  person  ofier- 
ing  to  vote  shall  furnish  to  the  judges  of  the  election  his  affidavit,  in 
writing,  stating  therein  that  he  is  an  inhabitant  of  said  district,  and 
entitled  to  vote  therein  at  such  election,  and  prove  by  the  oath  of  a 
householder  and  registered  voter  of  the  district  in  which  he  offers 
to  vote,  that  he  knows  such  person  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  dis- 
trict, and  if  in  any  city,  giving  the  residence  of  such  person  within 
said  district.  The  oath  may  be  administered  by  one  of  the  judges 
or  inspectors  of  the  election,  at  the  poll  where  the  vote  shall  be 
offered,  or  by  any  other  person  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  but 
no  person  shall  be  authorized  to  receive  compensation  for  adminis- 
tering the  oath.  Said  oath  shall  be  preserved,  and  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  town  or  city  clerk,  or  in  case  there  be  no  clerk,  then 
said  oath  shall  be  filed  with  and  preserved  by  the  judges  or  inspect- 


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ors  of  the  proper  district.  Any  person  may  be  challenged,  and  the 
same  oaths  shall  be  put  as  now  are  or  hereafter  may  be  prescribed 
by  law. 

341.  Entry  on  register  by  clerks — non-registered  voter — pen- 
alty ?^  §  8.  The  clerks  at  each  poll,  in  addition  to  the  duties  now 
prescribed  by  law,  shall  enter  on  the  poll  list  kept  by  them,  in  col- 
umns prepared  for  that  purpose,  opposite  the  name  of  each  person 
voting,  the  same  statement  or  minute  as  hereinbefore  required  of 
the  board  in  making  the  registry ;  but  such  entry  is  not  to  be  made 
by  them  if  the  registry  contains  correctly  the  name  and  residence 
of  such  voter;  and  in  all  cases  said  clerk  shall  enter  in  a  column 
opposite  the  name  of  each  person  not  registered,  the  words  "  not 
registered."  In  cities,  every  elector,  at  the  time  of  oftering  his  vote, 
shall  truly  state  the  street  in  which  he  resides,  and  if  the  house, 
lodging  or  tenement  in  which  he  resides,  is  numbered,  the  number 
thereof.  And  the  clerks  of  the  polls,  in  case  the  name  of  such 
elector  is  not  registered,  shall  truly  enter  in  the  appropriate  col- 
umn of  the  poll  Hst,  opposite  the  name  of  the  elector,  the  street  in 
which  the  elector  resides,  and  the  number,  in  case  the  house,  lodg- 
ing or  tenement  is  numbered;  and  if  the  same  is  not  numbered, 
then  the  clerk  shall  enter  "  not  numbered  "  in  the  column  of  the 
poll  list  for  entering  the  number.  In  case  of  refusal  to  make  the 
statement  as  aforesaid,  the  vote  of  such  an  elector  shall  not  be  re- 
ceived. Any  person  who  shall  willfully  make  any  false  statement 
in  relation  thereto,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  with  a  fine  of  $50,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  county  jail  in  the  county  for  a  period  of  ten  days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

342.  Poll  list  and  register  to  be  Jiled^^  §  9.  After  the  can- 
vass of  the  votes,  one  of  said  poll  lists  and  said  register  so  kept  and 
checked,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  attached  together,  and  shall,  on  the 
following  da}',  be  tiled  in  the  town  or  city  clerk's  otiice  (as  the  case 
may  be)  in  which  said  district  may  be,  or  in  case  there  be  no  such 
clerk,  then  such  poll  lists  and  register  shall  be  filed  with  and  pre- 
served by  the  judges  or  inspectors,  to  be  used  by  the  board  of  re- 
gistry in  making  the  list  of  voters  at  the  next  state  election ;  the 
other  of  said  poll  hsts  and  registers,  so  kept  and  checked,  shall  be 
returned  to  the  ofiice  of  the  county  clerk  in  the  county  in  which 
said  district  may  be,  at  the  same  time  the  returns  of  the  election 
are  made. 

[§  10  is  repealed  by  act  March  27,  1874.J 

343.  Registers  open  to  inspection.^  §  ^^'  T'he  registers  shall 
at  all  times  be  open  to  public  inspection,  at  the  office  of  the  author- 
ities in  which  they  shall  be  deposited,  without  charge. 


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344.  Compensation?^  §  12.  That  the  members  of  the  board 
of  registration  shall  each  receive  $2  per  day  for  each  day  actually 
employed  in  the  making  and  completion  of  the  registry,  not  exceed- 
ing two  days,  to  be  paid  to  them  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  in 
which  they  are  paid  their  other  fees. 

345.  Preserving  order i\  §  13-  The  said  board  shall  have 
and  exercise  the  same  power  in  preserving  order  at  their  meetings, 
under  this  act,  as  are  given  to  judges  or  inspectors  of  elections  for 
preserving  order  on  election  days;  and  vacancies  in  said  board  shall 
be  filled  in  the  same  manner  that  vacancies  are  now  filled  at  elec- 
tions. 

346.  Fraudulent  registration.,  false  swearing,  ete.^  §  14.  Any 
person  who  shall  cause  his  name  to  be  registered  in  more  than  one 
election  district,  or  who  shall  cause  his  name  to  be  registered, 
knowing  that  he  is  not  a  qualified  voter  in  the  district  where 
said  registry  is  made,  or  who  shall  falsely  personate  any  registered 
voter,  and  any  person  causing,  aiding  or  abetting  any  person,  in 
any  manner,  in  either  of  said  acts,  shall  be  punished,  for  each 
and  every  ofi'ense,  by  imprisonment  in  the  state  prison  for  not  less 
than  one  year.  All  intentional  false  swearing  before  said  board  of 
registration  shall  be  deemed  willful  and  corrupt  perjury,  and,  on 
conviction,  punished  as  such.  If  any  member  or  officer  of  said 
board  shall  willfully  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  be 
guilty  of  any  fraud  in  the  execution  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  he 
shall  be  punished  for  each  and  every  oftense,  by  imprisonment  in 
the  state  prison  for  not  less  than  one  year. 

[§§  15  and  16  are  repealed  by  implication,  the  acts  to  which  they 
refer  being  repealed.     §  17  was  only  of  temporary  effect.] 

347.  Blanks  to  be  furnished.^  §18.  The  necessary  blanks 
for  making  the  registers  required  by  law,  shall  be  prepared  by  the 
secretary  of  state,  and  transmitted  to  the  persons  entitled  to  receive 
them,  in  the  same  manner  that  blank  returns  of  elections  are  now 
transmitted. 

[■^  19  is  repealed  by  implication,  the  act  to  which  it  refers  being 
repealed.] 

348.  Time  act  takes  effect.^  §  20.  This  act  shall  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


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REVENUE. 

AN  ACT  for  the  assessment  of  property  and   for   the   levy  and   collection  of  taxes. 

[Approved  March  30,  1873.     In  force  July  1,  1872.] 
*  :ic  *  *  :!--  ;|;  :iJ  H;  * 

349.  Certificate  of  rates.'\  §  122.  The  proper  authorities  of 
towns,  townships,  districts,  and  incorporated  cities,  towns,  and  vil- 
lages, collecting  taxes  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  annu- 
ally, on  or  before  the  second  Tuesday  in  August,  certify  to  the 
county  clerk  the  several  amounts  which  they  severally  require  to  be 
raised  by  taxation,  anything  in  their  respective  charters,  or  in  acts 
heretofore  passed  by  the  general  assembly  of  this  state,  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 

350.  Return  of  delinquent  sfecial  assessment?^  §  i7^*  When 
any  special  assessment  made  by  any  city,  town  or  village,  pursuant 
to  its  charter,  or  by  any  corporate  authorities,  commissioners  or-per- 
sons,  pursuant  to  law,  remain  unpaid  in  whole  or  in  part,  return 
thereof  shall  be  made  to  the  county  collector  on  or  before  the  tenth 
day  of  March  next  after  the  same  shall  have  become  pavable,  in 
like  forms  as  returns  are  made  for  delinquent  land  tax.  County  col- 
lectors shall  collect,  account  for,  and  pay  over  the  same  to  the 
authorities  Or  persons  having  authorit}-  to  receive  the  same,  in  like 
manner  as  they  are  required  to  collect,  account  for  and  pay  over 
taxes.  The  county  collector  may,  upon  return  of  delinquent  special 
assessments  to  him,  transfer  the  amounts  thereof  from  such  returns 
to  the  tax  books  in  his  hands,  setting  down  therein,  opposite  the  re- 
spective tracts,  or  lots,  in  proper  columns  to  be  prepared  for  that 
purpose,  the  amounts  assessed  against  such  tract  or  lot. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  collection  of  taxes  and  special  assessments.     [Approved 
and  in  force  May  2,  1873.] 

351.  City  may  buy  in  at  sale?\  §  3.  Any  incorporated  citv, 
town  or  village,  or  corporate  authorities,  commissioners,  or  persons 
interested  in  any  such  special  assessment  or  installment  thereof,  may 
become  purchaser  at  any  sale,  and  mav  designate  and  appoint  some 
officer  or  person  to  attend  and  bid  at  such  sale  on  its  behalf. 


SCHOOLS. 

AN  ACT  to  establish  and  maintain  a  system  of  free  schools.     [Approved  April  1, 

1872.     In  force  July  1,  1872.] 
******  =5:  >ic  :i; 

352.     Liabilities    of  officers    convertini^-  funds.\     §  73-     If  any 
county  superintendent,  trustee  of  schools,  township  treasurer,  direc- 


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tor  or  any  other  person  intrusted  with  the  care,  control,  manage- 
ment or  disposition  of  any  school,  college,  seminary  or  township 
fund  for  the  use  of  any  county,  township,  district  or  school,  shall 
convert  such  funds,  or  any  portion  thereof,  to  his  own  use,  he  shall 
be  liable  to  indictment,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  in  not  less 
than  double  the  amount  of  money  converted,  and  imprisoned  in  the 
county  jail  not  less  than  one,  nor  more  than  twelve  months,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  court. 

353.  Realty  of  school  officers  held.^  §  75.  The  real  estate 
of  county  superintendents,  of  township  treasurers,  and  all  other 
school  officers,  and  of  securities  of  each  of  them,  shall  be  bound  for 
the  satisfaction  and  payment  of  all  claims  and  demands  against  said 
superintendents  and  treasurers  and  other  officers,  as  such,  from  the 
date  of  issuing  process  against  them,  in  actions  or  suits  brought  to 
recover  such  claims  or  demands,  until  satisfaction  thereof  be  ob- 
tained; and  no  sale  or  alienation  of  real  estate  by  any  superintend- 
ent, treasurer  or  other  officer,  or  security  aforesaid,  shall  defeat 
the  lien  created  by  this  section,  but  all  and  singular  such  real  estate 
held,  owned  or  claimed  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  liable  to  be  sold  in  sat- 
isfaction of  any  judgment  which  may  be  obtained  in  such  actions 
or  suits. 

35^.  Officers  responsible  for  losses.  §  77.  County  superin- 
tendents, trustees  of  schools,  directors  and  township  treasurers, 
or  either  of  them,  and  any  other  officer  having  charge  of  school 
funds  or  property,  shall  be  responsible  for  all  losses  sustained 
by  any  county,  township  or  school  fund,  by  reason  of  any  failure  on 
his  or  their  part  to  perform  the  duties  required  of  him  or  them  by 
this  act,  or  by  any  rule  or  regulation  authorized  to  be  made  by  this 
act;  and  each  and  every  one  of  the  officers  aforesaid  shall  be  liable 
for  any  such  loss  sustained  as  aforesaid,  and  the  amount  thereof  may 
be  recovered  in  a  civil  action  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction 
thereof,  at  the  suit  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  for  use  of  the  county, 
township  or  fund  injured;  and  the  amount,  when  collected,  shall  be 
paid  to  the  proper  officer,  for  the  benefit  of  said  county,  township  or 
fund  injured. 

355.  JVo  costs  taxed  against  school  officers.'\  §  78.  No  justice 
of  the  peace,  probate  justice,  constable,  clerk  of  an}-  court,  or  sheriff', 
shall  charge  any  costs  in  any  suit,  where  any  agent  of  any  school 
fund,  suing  for  the  recover}'  of  the  same,  or  any  interest  due  there- 
on, is  plaintitl,  and  shall  be  unsuccessful  in  such  suit. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  lOp 

356.  Special  lazv  may  be  abandoned.']  Any  city,  incorporated 
town,  township  or  district  in  which  the  free  schools  are  now  man- 
aged under  any  special  act,  may,  by  a  vote  of  its  electors,  cease  to 
control  such  schools  under  such  special  act,  and  become  a  part  of 
the  school  township  in  which  it  is  situated,  and  subject  to  the  control 
of  the  trustees  thereof  under  and  according  to  the  provisions  of  this 
act. 

357.  Vote — orgamzatio7i  under  general  law. '\  Upon  petition  of 
fifty  voters  of  such  city,  town,  township  or  district,  presented  to  the 
board  having  the  control  and  management  of  schools  in  such  city, 
town,  township  or  district,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  board,  at  the 
next  ensuing  election  to  be  held  in  such  city,  town,  township  or  dis- 
trict, to  cause  to  be  submitted  to  the  voters  thereof,  giving  not  less 
than  fifteen  days'  notice  thereof  by  posting  not  less  than  five  notices 
in  the  most  public  places  in  such  city,  town,  township  or  district,  the 
question  of  "  Organization  under  the  Free  School  Law ;"  and  if  it 
shall  appear,  on  a  canvass  of  the  returns  of  said  election,  that  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  are  "  For  Organization  under 
the  Free  School  Law,"  then  at  the  next  ensuing  regular  meeting  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  township  or  townships  in  which  such 
city,  incorporated  town,  township  or  district  is  situated,  said  trustees 
shall  proceed  to  re-district  the  township  or  townships  as  aforesaid,  in 
such  manner  as  shall  suit  the  wishes  and  convenience  of  a  majority 
of  the  inhabitants  in  their  respective  townships,  and  to  make  division 
of  funds  and  other  property  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  33  of 
this  act,  and  at  the  next  ensuing  election  of  director,  directors,  or  a 
board  of  education,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  elected  in  each  of 
the  new  districts  so  formed,  as  provided  in  section  42  of  this  act. 

358.  Pozvers  of  board  in  cities  oy  100,000  inhabitants?^  In  cities 
having  a  population  exceeding  one  hundred  thousand  inhabitants, 
the  board  of  education  shall  have  charge  and  control  of  the  public 
schools  in  such  cities,  and  shall  have  power,  with  the  concurrence  of 
the  city  council— 

First — To  erect  or  purchase  buildings  suitable  for  school  houses, 
and  keep  the  same  in  repair. 

Second — To  buy  or  lease  sites  for  school  houses,  with  the  neces- 
sary grounds. 

Third — -To  issue  bonds  for  the  purpose  of  building,  furnishing 
and  repairing  school  houses,  for  purchasing  sites  for  the  same,  and 
to  provide  for  the  payment  of  said  bonds;  to  .borrow  money  for 
school  purposes  upon  the  credit  of  the  city. 

The  board  of  education  shall  have  power — 

First — To  furnish  schools  with  the  necessary  fixtures,  furniture 
and  apparatus. 


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Second — To  maintain,  support  and  establish  schools,  and  supply 
the  inadequacy  of  the  school  funds,  for  the  salaries  of  school  teach- 
ers, from  school  taxes. 

Third — To  hire  buildings  or  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  board. 

Fourth — To  hire  buildings  or  rooms  for  the  use  of  schools. 

Fiftli — To  employ  teachers,  and  fix  the  amount  of  their  com- 
pensation. 

Sixth — To  prescribe  the  school  books  to  be  used,  and  the  studies 
in  the  different  schools. 

Seventh — To  lay  off  and  divide  the  city  into  school  districts,  and 
from  time  to  time  to  alter  the  same  and  create  new  ones,  as  circum- 
stances may  require,  and  generally  to  have  and  possess  all  the  rights, 
powers  and  authority  required  for  the  proper  management  of  schools, 
with  power  to  enact  such  ordinances  as  may  be  necessary  or  deemed 
expedient  for  such  purpose. 

359.  Pozuers  denied  city  council?^  Schools  in  such  cities  shall 
be  governed  as  hereinafter  stated,  and  no  power  given  to  the  board 
shall  be  exercised  by  the  city  council. 

360.  Candidates  for  teachers — government  and  discipline  oj 
schools.^  The  board  of  education  shall  have  the  entire  superin- 
tendence and  control  of  the  schools,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to 
examine  all  persons  offering  themselves  as  candidates  for  teachers, 
and  when  found  well  qualified,  to  give  them  certificates  thereof  gra- 
tuitously; to  visit  all  the  public  schools  as  often  as  once  a  month; 
to  inquire  into  the  progress  of  scholars,  and  the  government  of  the 
schools ;  to  prescribe  t-he  method  and  course  of  discipline  and  in- 
struction in  the  respective  schools,  and  to  see  that  they  are  main- 
tained and  pursued  in  the  proper  manner;  to  prescribe  what  studies 
shall  be  taught,  what  books  and  apparatus  shall  be  used. 

361.  Ex^idsion  of  ^iifil — removal  of  teacher^  They  shall 
have  power  to  expel  any  pupil  who  may  be  guilty  of  gross  disobe- 
dience or  misconduct,  and  to  dismiss  and  remove  any  teacher,  when- 
ever in  their  opinion  he  or  she  is  not  qualified  to  teach,  or  whenever 
from  any  cause  the  interests  of  the  schools  may,  in  their  opinion, 
require  such  removal  or  dismission. 

362.  Apportionment  of  scholars^  They  shall  have  power  to 
apportion  the  scholars  to  the  several  schools.  .  ^ 

363.  By-lazus,  rules  and  regulations^  It  shall  be  their  duty  to 
estabUsh  all  such  by-laws,  rules  aud  regulations  for  the  government, 
and  for  the  estabhshment  and  maintenance  of  a  proper  and  uniform 
system  of  discipline  in  the  several  schools,  as  may,  in  their  opinion, 
be  necessary. 


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364.  Teachers?^  They  shall  determine  from  time  to  time  how 
■many  and  what  class  of  teachers  may  be  employed  in  each  of  the 
public  schools,  and  employ  such  teachers  and  fix  their  compensa- 
tion. 

365.  School  property — siipplies?^  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  board  to  take  charge  of  the  school  houses,  furniture,  ground 
and  other  property  belonging  to  the  school  districts,  and  see  that  the 
same  are  kept  in  good  condition  and  not  suffered  to  be  unnecessarily 
injured  or  deteriorated,  and  also  to  provide  fuel  and  such  other 
necessaries  for  the  schools  as  in  their  opinion  may  be  required  in 
the  school  houses  or  other  property  belonging  to  said  districts. 

366.  President — secretary — officers — record?\^  The  said  board 
shall  appoint  a  president  and  secretary,  the  president  to  be  appointed 
from  their  own  number,  and  shall  appoint  such  other  officers  and 
employes  as  such  board  shall  deem  necessary,  and  shall  prescribe 
their  duties  and  compensation  and  terms  of  office;  and  the  said 
board  shall  provide  well-bound  books,  at  the  expense  of  the  school- 
tax  fund,  in  which  shall  be  kept  a  faithful  record  of  all  their  pro- 
ceedinfTS. 

367.  Teas  and  nays?\^  The  yeas  and  na3's  shall  be  taken,  and 
entered  on  the  records  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  upon  all 
questions  involving  the  expenditure  of  money. 

368.  Pozvers  exercised  only  at  meetings.^  None  of  the  powers 
herein  conferred  upon  the  board  of  education  shall  be  exercised  by 
them  except  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board. 

369.  Suggestions  to  city  coiincUi\  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
hoard  to  report  to  the  cit}-  council,  from  time  to  time,  an}^  suggestions 
that  they  deem  expedient  or  requisite  in  relation  to  the  schools  and 
the  school  fund,  or  the  management  thereof,  and  generally  to  recom- 
mend the  establishment  of  such  schools  and  districts. 

370.  Report?^  The  board  of  education  shall  prepare  and  pub- 
lish an  annual  report,  which  shall  include  the  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures of  each  school,  specifying  the  source  of  such  receipts,  and  the 
object  of  such  expenditures. 

371.  Furnish  information  to  city  council. ~\  They  shall  also 
communicate  to  the  city  council,  from  time  to  time,  such  information 
within  their  possession  as  may  be  required. 

372.  Leases — loans — conveyances — sale,  etc?\  They  shall  have 
power  to  lease  school  property  and  to  loan  moneys  belonging  to  the 
school  fund:  but  all  conveyances  of  real  estate  shall  be  made  to  the 
city  in  trust  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  no  sale  of  real  estate  or  in- 


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terest  therein  used  for  school  purposes  or  held  in  trust  for  schools, 
shall  be  made  except  by  the  city  council,  upon  the  written  request 
of  such  board  of  education. 

373.  School  funds  subject  to  order  of  hoard.'^  All  moneys 
raised .  by  taxation  for  school  purposes  or  received  from  the  state 
common  school  fund,  or  from  any  other  source  for  school  purposes, 
shall  be  held  by  the  city  treasurer  as  a  special  fund  for  school  pur- 
poses, subject  to  the  order  of  the  board  of  education,  upon  warrants 
to  be  countersigned  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk;  but  said  board  of 
education  shall  not  add  to  the  expenditures  for  school  purposes  any- 
thing over  and  above  the  amount  that  shall  be  received  from  the 
state  common  school  fund,  the  rental  of  school  lands,  and  the  amount 
annually  appropriated  for  such  purposes.  If  said  board  shall  so 
add  to  such  expenditure,  the  city  shall  not,  in  any  case,  be  liable 
therefor. 

374.  Number  and  appointment  of  member s.~\  From  and  after 
the  time  this  act  shall  take  effect,  the  board  of  education  in  such 
cities  shall  consist  of  fifteen  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor 
by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  common  council,  five  of 
whom  shall  be  appointed  for  the  term  of  one  year,  five  for  the  term 
of  two  years,  and  five  for  the  term  of  three  years;  and  at  the  expi- 
ration of  the  term  of  any  members  of  said  board,  their  successors 
shall  be  appointed  in  like  manner. 

375.  Vacancy.^  Any  vacancy  which  may  occur  shall  be  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  the  mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  common 
council,  for  the  unexpired  term. 

376.  Residence  qnalif  cation^  Any  person  having  resided  in 
such  city  more  than  five  years  next  preceding  his  appointment,  shall 
be  eligible  to  said  office. 

377.  JVo  tax  levy  by  authority  of  board?\^  Nothing  herein  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  any  board  of  education  to  levy  or 
collect  taxes,  or  to  require  the  city  council  to  levy  and  collect  any 
tax  upon  the  demand  or  under  the  direction  of  such  board  of  educa- 
tion. 

AN  ACT  to  protect  colored   children  in  their  rights  to  attend  public  schools.     [Ap- 
jjroved  March  34,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 

378.  JVo  exclusion  for  color. ^  §  i.  I^e  it  enacted  by  the  Peo- 
ple of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly, 
That  all  directors  of  schools,  boards  of  education,  or  other  school 
officers  whose  duty  it  now  is,  or  may  be  hereafter,  to  provide,  in 
their  respective  jurisdictions,  schools  for  the  education  of  all  chil- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  II 3 

dren  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  are  prohibited 

from  excluding,   directly   or   indirectly,  any  such  child  from  such 
school  on  account  of  the  color  of  such  child. 


SEWERAGE. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  cities,  towns  and  villages  to  contract  with  each  other  for  sewer- 
age.    [Approved  May  14,  1879.     In  force  July  1,  1879.] 

379.  May  contract  for  sezuerag-e,  etc.^  ^  i.  Be  it  enacted  by 
the  People  of  the  Slate  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly, That  whenever  any  city,  or  incorporated  town  or  village,  shall 
be  adjacent  or  contiguous  to  any  other  city  or  incorporated  town 
or  village,  they  shall  be  authorized  to  contract  with  each  other  upon 
such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  them,  to  allow  and  per- 
mit the  one  the  use  and  benefit  of  any  sewer  or  drain,  or  of  any 
system  of  sewerage  or  drainage  heretofore  constructed,  or  which 
may  be  hereafter  constructed  by  the  other,  and  further  that  any  such 
sewer  or  drain  or  system  of  sewerage  or  drainage  constructed  or 
which  may  hereafter  be  constructed  by  the  one,  may  be  extended 
or  furnished  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  other,  and  they  may  by  con- 
tract with  each  other  provide  for  the  joint  construction  of  any  sewer 
or  drain  by  the  municipalities  so  contracting,  and  for  the  common 
use  thereof  by  the  inhabitants  of  such  municipalities. 

380.  I/oza  contract  made?\^  §  2.  The  contract  contemplated 
in  section  one  of  this  act  may  be  made  by  ordinance  or  resolution 
duly  enacted  or  passed  by  the  common  council,  board  of  trustees, 
or  other  proper  legislative  authority  of  the  city  or  incorporated 
town  or  village  proposing  such  contract,  and  ratified  or  assented  to 
by  ordinance  or  resolution  duly  enacted  or  passed  by  the  common 
council,  board  of  trustees,  or  other  proper  legislative  authority  of 
the  city  or  incorporated  town  or  village  confirming  or  agreeing  to 
such  contract,  and  eveiy  such  contract,  when  ratified  or  confirmed 
by  the  proper  corporate  authorities  of  the  municipal  corporations 
who  are  parties  thereto,  shall  be  in  all  respects  valid  and  binding. 


SIDEWALKS. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  additional  means  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks  in  cities, 
towns  and  villages.     [Approved  April  15,  1875.     In  force  July  1,  1875.] 

381.  Sidezualks  by  taxation.']  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That  in 
addition  to  the  mode  now  authorized  by  law,  any  city  or  incorpor- 
ated town  or  village  may,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  construction 
of  sidewalks  therein,  or  along  or  upon  any  street,  or  part  of  street 

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1 14  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL. 

therein,  and  may,  by  such  ordinance,  provide  for  the  payment  of  the 
whole  or  any  part  of  the  cost  thereof,  by  special  taxation  of  the  lot, 
lots,  or  parcels  of  land  touching  upon  the  line  where  any  such  side- 
walk shall  be  ordered,  and  such  special  taxation  may  be  either  by  a 
levy  upon  any  lot  of  the  whole,  or  any  part  of  the  cost  of  making 
any  such  sidewalk  in  front  of  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land,  or  by  levy- 
ing the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  cost  upon  each  of  the  lots  or  par- 
cels of  land  touching  upon  the  line  of  such  sidewalk,  pro  rata  upon 
each  of  said  lots  or  parcels,  according  to  their  respective  values — 
the  values  to  be  determined  by  the  last  preceding  assessment  there- 
of, for  the  purpose  of  state  and  county  taxation ;  or  the  whole  or  any 
part  of  the  cost  thereof  may  be  levied  upon  such  lots  or  parcels  of 
land,  in  proportion  to  their  frontage  upon  such  sidewalks,  or  in  pro- 
portion to  their  superficial  area,  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance, 
ordering  the  laying  down  of  such  sidewalk;  and  in  case  such  ordi- 
nance shall  only  require  the  payment  of  a  part  of  the  cost  of  such 
sidewalk  to  be  paid  by  a  special  tax  as  aforesaid,  then  the  residue  of 
such  cost  shall  be  paid  out  of  any  fund  of  such  city,  town,  or  village, 
raised  by  general  taxation  upon  the  property  thereof,  and  not  other- 
wise appropriated, 

382.  What  ordijiance  may  provide.^  §2.  Said  ordinance  shall 
define  the  location  of  such  proposed  sidewalk  with  reasonble  cer- 
tainty, shall  prescribe  its  width,  the  materials  of  which  it  shall  be 
constructed,  and  the  manner  of  its  construction,  and  may  provide 
that  the  materials  and  construction  shall  be  under  the  supervision 
of,  and  subject  to,  the  approval  of  some  officer  or  board  of  officers 
of  such  city,  town,  or  village,  to  be  designated  in  such  ordinance. 
Said  ordinance  shall  be  published  as  required  by  law  for  other  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  tow'n,  or  village,  and  may  require  all  owners  of 
lots  or  parcels  of  land  touching  the  line  of  said  proposed  sidewalk, 
to  construct  a  sidewalk  in  front  of  their  respective  lots  or  parcels, 
in  accordance  with  the  specifications  of  said  ordinance,  within  thirty 
days  after  such  publication,  and  in  default  thereof,  said  materials  to 
be  furnished  and  sidewalk  constructed  by  said  city,  town,  or  village, 
and  the  cost,  or  such  part  thereof  as  may  be  fixed  in  said  ordinance, 
may  be  collected  from  the  respective  owners  of  said  lots  or  parcels 
of  land  as  hereinafter  provided. 

383.  1)1  case  ozvncr  neglects  to  construct.^  ^3.  In  case  of  the 
default  of  anv  lot  owner  or  owners  to  construct  the  sidewalks,  as  re- 
quired by  ordinance,  and  the  same  shall  be  constructed  by  the  city, 
town,  or  village,  the  cost  thereof,  or  such  part  of  the  cost  thereof 
as  may  have  been  fixed  by  said  ordinance,  may  be  recovered  of  the 
owners  so  in  default  by  an  action  of  debt  in  the  name  of  the  city, 
town  or  village,  against  such  owners  respectively,  in  any  court  of 


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'GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  II5 

competent  jurisdiction,  or  upon  the  completion  of  the  work  by  such 
city,  town,  or  village.  Such  ordinance  may  provide  that  a  bill  of 
the  cost  of  such  sidewalk,  showing  in  separate  items  the  cost  of 
grading,  materials,  laying  down,  and  supervision,  shall  be  filed  in 
the  othce  of  the  clerk  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  certified  to  by 
the  officer  or  board  designated  by  said  ordinance  to  take  charge  of 
the  construction  of  said  sidewalk,  together  with  a  list  of  the  lots  or 
parcels  of  land  touching  upon  the  line  of  said  sidewalk,  the  names 
of  the  owners  thereof,  and  the  frontage,  superficial  area,  or  assessed 
\'alue  as  aforesaid,  according  as  said  ordinance  may  provide  for  the 
levy  of  said  costs  by  frontage,  superficial  area,  or  assessed  value; 
Avhereupon  said  clerk  shall  proceed  to  prepare  a  special  tax  list 
against  said  lots  or  parcels,  and  the  owners  thereof,  ascertaining  by 
computation  the  amount  of  special  tax  to  be  charged  against  each  of 
said  lots  or  parcels  and  the  owners  thereof,  on  account  of  the  construc- 
tion of  said  sidewalk,  according  to  the  rule  fixed  for  the  levy  of  such 
special  tax  by  said  ordinance,  which  special  tax  list  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  said  clerk,  and  said  clerk  shall  thereupon  issue  warrants  di- 
rected to  such  officer  as  may  be  designated  in  such  ordinance,  for 
the  collection  of  the  amount  of  special  tax  so  ascertained  and  ap- 
pearing from  said  special  tax  list  to  be  due  from  the  respective  ow- 
ners of  the  lots  or  parcels  of  land  touching  upon  the  line  of  said 
sidewalk;  and  such  officer  shall  proceed  to  collect  such  warrants  in 
the  same  manner  as  constables  are  authorized  to  collect  executions, 
and  make  return  thereof,  together  with  the  moneys  collected,  to  the 
■clerk  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  within  sixty  da3's  from  the  date 
of  their  issue,  and  in  case  an}-  such  warrant  shall  be  returned,  as  to 
the  whole  or  any  part  thereof,  "  no  property  found,"  other  warrants 
may  issue,,  and  proceedings  by  garnishment  may  be  resorted  to, 
as  in  cases  of  garnishment  in  aid  of  the  collection  of  judgments  at 
law,  and  all  moneys  so  collected  and  paid  over  to  said  clerk  shall 
be,  by  him,  immediately  paid  over  to  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  town, 
or  villa  fje. 

384.  S fecial  tax — duty  of  clerk — report. A^  §  4.  Upon  fail- 
ure to  collect  such  special  tax  as  heretofore  provided  in  this  act,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk,  within  such  time  as  such  ordinance 
may  provide,  to  make  report  of  all  such  special  tax,  in  writing,  to 
such  general  officer  of  the  county  as  may  be  authorized  by  law  to 
apply  for  judgment  against,  and  sell  lands  for  taxes  due  county  or 
state,  of  all  the  lots  or  parcels  of  land  upon  which  such  special  tax 
shall  be  so  unpaid,  with  the  names  of  the  respective  owners  thereof, 
so  far  as  the  same  are  known  to  said  clerk,  and  the  amount  due  and 
unpaid  upon  each  tract,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  ordinance  or- 
dering the  construction  of  said  sidewalk,  which  report  shall  be  ac- 
companied by  the  oath  of  the  clerk  that  the  Hst  is  a  correct  return 


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of  the  lots  and  parcels  of  land  on  which  the  special  tax  levied  by- 
authority  of  said  city,  town,  or 'village,  for  the  cost  or  partial  cost 
(as  the  case  may  be)  of  the  sidewalk  in  said  ordinance  specified, 
remains  due  and  unpaid,  and  that  the  amounts  therein  stated  as  due 
and  unpaid  have  not  been  collected,  nor  any  part  thereof.  Said  re- 
•  ports,  when  so  made,  shall  be  -prima  facie  evidence  that  all  the  forms 
and  requirements  of  the  law  in  relation  to  making  such  return  have 
been  complied  with,  and  that  the  special  tax,  as  mentioned  in  said 
report,  is  due  and  unpaid. 

385 .  General  officer  to  obtain  judgment — by  zvhat  lazvs  governed.'^ 
§  5.  When  said  general  officer  shall  receive  the  aforesaid  report, 
he  shall  at  once  proceed  to  obtain  judgment  against  said  lots  or 
parcels  of  land  for  said  special  tax  remaining  due  and  unpaid,  in 
the  same  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law  for  obtaining  judg- 
ment against  lands  for  taxes  due  and  unpaid  to  the  county  and 
state,  and  shall  in  the  same  manner  proceed  to  sell  the  same  for  the 
said  special  tax  due  and  unpaid.  In  obtaining  said  judgment  and 
making  said  sale,  the  said  officer  shall  be  governed  by  the  general 
revenue  laws  of  the  state,  except  when  otherwise  provided  herein, 
and  said  general  laws  shall  also  be  applicable  to  the  execution  of 
certificates  of  sale,  and  deeds  thereon,  and  the  force  and  efi'ect  of 
such  sales  and  deeds;  and  all  other  laws  in  relation  to  the  enforce- 
ment and  collection  of  taxes,  and  redemption  from  tax  sales,  shall 
be  applicable  to  proceedings  to  collect  such  special  tax,  except  as 
herein  otherwise  provided. 

386.  H7ien  constructed  by  ozuner  may  obtain  ordcri\  §  6. 
Whenever  payment  of  the  costs  of  any  such  sidewalk  is  required 
to  be  made  in  part  by  special  tax,  and  in  part  out  of  any  general 
fund  of  such  cit}^,  town  or  village,  and  the  owner  of  any  such  lot 
or  parcel  of  land  shall  construct  such  sidewalk  in  accordance  with 
the  ordinance  providing  for  its  construction,  such  owner  shall  file 
with  the  clerk  of  such  city,  town,  or  village,  an  itemized  statement 
of  the  cost  of  such  sidewalk  so  constructed,  by  him  verified  by 
affidavit,  together  with  a  certificate  of  the  officer  or  board  directed 
by  such  ordinance  to  superintend  the  construction  thereof,  that  such 
sidewalk  has  been  constructed  and  fully  completed  by  such  owner 
in  accordance  with  such  ordinance,  and  the  council  of  such  city, 
town  or  village  shall  thereupon,  at  its  first  meeting  thereafter,  allow 
and  order  to  be  issued  to  such  owner,  an  order  on  the  treasurer  of 
such  city,  town,  or  village,  for  the  cost  of  the  construction  of  such 
sidewalk,  less  the  amount  of  special  tax  chargeable  to  the  lot  or 
parcel  of  land  of  such  owner  on  the  line  of  which  such  sidewalk 
has  been  so  constructed. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  II7 

LABOR    ON    STREETS. 

AN  ACT  providing  for  lalrar  on  the  streets  and  alleys  of  all  cities  and  villages  in 
this  state.     [Approved  May  Jjl,  1879.     In  force  July  1,  1879] 

387.  Labor  on  streets,  etc.^  §  i.  ^e  it  enacted  by  the  People 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That 
the  city  council  in  all  cities,  and  the  president  and  board  of  trustees 
in  all  villages  in  this  state,  may  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to  re- 
quire every  able  bodied  male  inhabitant  of  any  such  city  or  village, 
above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  under  the  age  of  fifty  years, 
(excepting  paupers,  idiots,  lunatics,  and  such  others  as  are  exempt 
by  law,)  to  labor  on  the  streets  and  alleys  of  any  such  city  or  village, 
not  more  than  two  (2)  days  in  each  year;  but  such  ordinance  shall 
provide  for  commutation  of  such  labor  at  seventy-five  cents  per 
day. 

388.  Fines  and  -penaltiesT^  §  2.  Any  such  city  council,  or 
president  and  board  of  trustees  of  any  such  village  shall  have  pow- 
er, by  ordinance,  to  provide  such  fines  and  penalties  as  may  be  nec- 
essary to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act. 


VACATION  OF  STREETS. 

AN  ACT  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  the   vacation  of  streets  and  alleys.     [Ap- 
proved March  24,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.] 

389.  Three  fourths  vote  required — damages?^  §  i.  Be  it  en- 
acted by  the  Peo-ple  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  Gener- 
al Assembly,  That  no  city  council  of  any  city,  or  board  of  trustees 
of  any  village  or  town,  whether  incorporated  by  special  act  or  un- 
der any  general  law,  shall  have  power  to  vacate  or  close  an}^  street 
or  alley,  or  any  portion  of  the  same,  except  upon  a  three-fourths 
majority  of  all  the  aldermen  of  the  city  or  trustees  of  the  village  or 
town  authorized  by  law  to  be  elected;  such  vote  to  be  taken  by 
ayes  and  noes,  and  entered  on  the  records  of  the  council  or  board. 
And  when  property  is  damaged  by  the  vacation  or  closing  of  any 
street  or  alley,  the  same  shall  be  ascertained  and  paid  as  provided 
b)^  law. 

390.  Rights  of  adjoining  ozc'ners.'\  §  2.  When  any  street, 
alley,  lane  or  highw^a}^,  or  any  part  thereof,  has  been  or  shall  be  va- 
cated under  or  by  virtue  of  any  act  of  this  state  or  by  order  of  the 
cit}'  council  of  an}^  city  or  trustees  of  any  village  or  town,  or  by  the 
commissioners  of  highways,  county  board,  or  other  authority  au- 
thorized to  vacate  the  same,  the  lot  or  tract  of  land  immediately  ad- 
joining on  either  side  shall  extend  to  the  central  line  of  such  street, 
alley,  lane  or  highway  or  part  thereof  so  vacated,  unless  otherwise 
specially  provided  in  the  act,  ordinance  or  order  vacating  the  same, 


lib  .  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

unless  in  consequence  of  more  of  the  land  for  such  street,  alley, 
lane  or  highway  having  been  contributed  from  the  land  on  one  side 
thereof  than  the  other,  such  division  is  inequitable,  in  which  case 
the  street,  alley,  lane  or  highway  so  vacated  shall  be  divided  accord- 
ing to  the  equities  of  the  adjoining  owners. 


TAXES. 


AN  ACT  in   regard   to  the  assessment  and  collection   of  municipal  taxes.     [Ap- 
proved Maj  23,  1877.     In  force  July  1,  1877.] 

391.  Hoiv  may  he  assessed  and  collected ^^  ^  i.  Be  it  enacted 
hv  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  As- 
sembly^ That  all  cities,  villages,  and  incorporated  towns  in  this  state, 
whether  organized  under  the  general  law  or  special  charters,  sliall 
assess  and  collect  their  taxes  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  article 
eight  (8)  of  the  act  entitled,  "  An  act  to  provide  for  the  incorpora- 
tion of  cities  and  villages,"  approved  April  10,  1872,  and  in  the  man- 
ner provided  for  in  the  general  revenue  laws  of  this  state;  and  all 
acts,  or  parts  of  acts,  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  are 
hereby  repealed. 

[Note. — This  act  in  effect  repeals  that  of  April  15,  1873.] 


REBATE  AND  REDUCTION  OF  TAXES,  ETC. 

AN  ACT  to  prevent  the  unjust  collection,  by  incorporated  cities  and  towns,  of  taxes 
levied  upon  property  destroyed  by  fire,  and  to  authorize  the  common  council  of 
such  cities,  or  board  of  trustees  of  such  towns,  to  change  or  amend  appropria- 
tion bills,  to  pass  new  appropriation  bills,  to  reduce  taxes  and  special  assess- 
ments in  certain  cases,  and  to  discontinue  special  improvements.  [Approved 
and  in  force  Jan.  18,  1872.] 

392.  Rebate  ivhen  property  destroyed?^  §  i.  Beit  enacted  by 
the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly, That  whenever,  in  any  incorporated  city  or  town  in  this  state,  any 
property  listed  or  assessed  for  municipal  taxation,  shall  have  been 
or  shall  hereafter  be  destroyed  by  fire,  in  whole  or  in  part,  before 
the  levy  of  the  municipal  taxes  of  such  city  thereon,  or  before  the 
municipal  taxes  levied  thereon  shall  have  been  collected,  it  shall  and 
may  be  lawful  for  the  mayor  of  such  city  or  town — ^if  there  be  no 
mayor,  then  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  the  city  comp- 
troller, if  there  should  be  one ;  and  if  not,  then  the  city  clerk  or  town 
clerk,  and  the  tax  commissioner,  if  there  should.be  one;  if  not,  then 
the  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  of  the  city  council,  or  board 
of  trustees — to  rebate  or  remit  so  much  of  such  tax  or  taxes,  so 
levied  upon  such  property,  as  in  their  opinion  should  be  rebated  or 
remitted  by  reason  of  such  property  having  been,  in  whole  or  ia 
part,  destroyed  by  fire. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  II9 

393.  Reduce  or  release  tax  or  assessment. \  §  2.  That  when- 
ever, in  any  incorporated  city  or  town  in  this  state,  any  large  por- 
tion of  the  taxable  property  of  such  city  shall  have  been  or  shall 
hereafter  be  destroyed  by  fire,  so  as  to  seriously  impair  or  aflect  the 
ability  of  the  property  owners  of  such  city  or  town  to  pay  taxes  or 
special  assessments  thereon,  and  an  appropriation  bill  has  been  made 
or  passed,  or  special  improvements  ordered  before  such  fire,  and 
the  tax  or  assessment  for  the  payment  or  raising  of  the  same  has 
not  been  levied  or  collected,  it  may  be  lawful  for  the  city  council  or 
board  of  trustees  of  any  such  town  to  alter,  revise,  change,  reduce 
or  vacate,  or  repeal  such  appropriation  bill,  or  any  part  of  the  same, 
and  to  order  the  discontinuance  of  said  special  improvements,  or  any 
of  the  same,  or  to  reduce  the  amount  of  taxes  or  special  assessments 
ordered  to  be  levied,  or  assessed,  or  collected  for  any  general  or 
special  purpose,  and  to  pass  a  new  appropriation  bill;  which  new 
appropriation  bill  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if  the  same 
had  been  passed  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  charter  of  any 
such  city  or  such  corporate  town. 

394.  Emergency?^  §  3.  Whereas.,  a  large  amount  of  property 
listed  for  taxation  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  in  other  cities  and 
towns  of  this  state,  has  been  destroyed  by  fire  before  the  taxes 
thereon  have  been  paid,  w^hich  taxes  it  would  be  unjust  to  collect,  it 
is  declared  that  an  emergency  exists  that  this  law  go  into  force  im- 
mediately, and  therefore  it  is  enacted  that  this  law  shall  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


SEWERAGE    AND    WATER    TAXES. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  levy  and  collection  of  taxes  for  sewerage  and  water 
works  in  the  cities  of  this  state  that  may  have  established  a  system  of  sewerage 
and  water  works  for  such  city.     [Approved  and  in  force  April  23,  1871.] 

395.  Sewerage  fund  tax^\  §  i.  Beit  enacted  hy  the  Peofle 
of  the  State  of  Illinois.,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That 
the  legislative  authority  of  any  such  city  which  now  has  or  may 
hereafter  have  established  a  system  of  sewerage  for  such  city,  shall 
have  power  annually,  to  levy  and  collect  a  tax  upon  the  taxable  real 
and  personal  estate  of  any  such  city,  not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  a 
dollar,  for  the  extension  and  laying  of  sewers  therein 'and  the  main- 
tenance of  such  sewers,  which  tax  shall  be  known  as  "  The  Sewer- 
age Fund  Tax,"  and  shall  be  levied  and  collected  in  the  same  man- 
ner that  other  general  taxes  of  any  such  city  are  levied  and  collected; 
Provided,  however,  that  the  board  of  public  works  of  such  city,  if 
any,  or  the  head  of  the  sewer  department  of  such  city,  shall  first 
certify  to  such  legislative  authority  the  amount  that  will  be  neces- 
sary for  such  purpose. 


I20  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

396.  Water  fund  tax ?\^  §2.  The  legislative  authority  of  any 
such  city  which  now  has  or  which  may  hereafter  have  established 
water  works,  for  the  supply  of  water  to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  shall 
have  power  to  annually  levy  and  collect  a  tax  upon  the  taxable  real 
and  personal  estate  of  any  such  city,  not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  the 
dollar,  for  the  extension  of  water  mains  or  pipes  therein  and  the 
maintenance  of  such  water  works,  which  tax  shall  be  known  as 
"  The  Water  Fund  Tax,"  and  shall  be  levied  and  collected  in  the 
same  manner  that  other  general  taxes  of  any  such  city  are  levied 
and  collected;  Provided^  however^  that  the  board  of  public  works  of 
such  city,  if  any,  or  the  head  of  the  water  department  of  such  city, 
shall  first  certify  to  such  legislative  authority  the  amount  that  will 
be  necessary  for  such  purposes,  and  shall  further  certify  that  the 
revenue  or  income  from  such  water  works  will  be  insufficient  there- 
for. 

397.  Emergency?^  §  3.  W/icreas,  the  health  and  good  govern- 
ment of  such  cities  require  that  they  severally  possess  the  power 
and  authority  conferred  by  this  act  upon  such  cities,  and  the  officers 
thereof,  without  any  delay,  it  is  hereby  declared  that  an  emergency 
exists  that  this  law  should  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


SURPLUS    FUND    OF    TAX. 

AN  ACT  to  prohibit  any  city,  town  or  village  in  this  state  from  receiving  from  the 
countj'^  treasury  a  greater  proportion  of  the  surplus  fund  or  tax  than  shall  be  re- 
ceived by  any  other  citv,  town  or  village  within  the  same  county.  [Approved 
May  4,  1877,  and  in  force  July  1,  1877.] 

398.  Pro-portion  of  tax ?^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of 
the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That  no 
city,  town  or  village  within  any  county  in  this  state,  shall  be  entitled 
to  or  shall  receive  from  the  county  treasury  of  such  county  any 
greater  proportion  of  surplus  of  all  taxes  which  ma}^  be  collected  for 
county  purposes,  than  any  other  city,  town  or  village  within  the 
county. 

399.  Drazvbaclc — amount  city,  etc.,  may  receive?^  §  2.  Nor 
shall  any  sucK  city,  town  or  village  be  entitled  to,  or  receive  from 
the  county  treasury  any  greater  drawback  of  its  proportion  of  the 
taxes  paid  into  the  county  treasury,  by  reason  of  any  appropriation 
by  the  county  board,  out  of  the  county  treasury,  for  the  making 
and  repairing  of  roads  and  highways,  the  building  and  repairing  of 
bridges  in  such  county,  without  any  such  cit}^,  town  or  village  with- 
in such  county,  than  is  now  allowed  by  law  to  all  other  cities,  towns 
and  villages  within  the  same  county.  Any  acts,  or  parts  of  acts, 
conflicting  with  this  act,  are  hereby  repealed. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  121 

TELEGRAPH  COMPANIES. 

AN  ACT  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  telegraph  companies.     [Approved  March 
24,  1874.     In  force  July  1,  1874.J 

Zfi  Jjj  ^  rf.  »!»  *t>  JjC  5j»  SJi 

400.  Consent  necessary  to  erect  -poles,  etc.,  on  roads,  streets, 
etc., — record — alteration?]^  §  4.  No  such  company  shall  have  the 
right  to  erect  any  poles,  posts,  piers,  abutments,  wires  or  other  fix- 
tures of  their  lines  along  or  upon  any  road,  highway  or  public 
ground,  outside  of  the  corporate  limits  of  a  city,  town  or  village, 
without  the  consent  of  the  county  board  of  the  county  in  which 
such  road,  highway,  or  public  ground  is  situated,  nor  upon  any 
street,  alley  or  other  highway  or  public  ground,  within  any  incor- 
porated city,  town  or  village,  without  the  consent  of  the  corporate 
authorities  of  such  city,  town  or  village.  The  consent  herein  re- 
quired must  be  in  writing,  and  shall  be  recorded  in  the  recorder's 
office  of  the  county.  And  such  county  board,  or  the  city  council, 
•or  board  of  trustees  of  such  city,  town  or  village,  as  the  case  may 
be,  shall  have  power  to  direct  any  alteration  in  the  location  or  erec- 
tion of  any  such  poles,  posts,  piers  or  abutments,  and  also  in  the 
height  of  the  wires,  having  first  given  the  company  or  its  agent 
opportunity  to  be  heard  in  regard  to  such  alteration. 


ANNEXING  AND  EXCLUDING  TERRITORY. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  annexing  and  excluding  territory  to  and  from  cities 
towns  and  villages,  and  to  unite  cities,  towns  and  villages.  [Approved  April 
10,  1872.     In  force  July  1,  1872.] 

401.  Petition  to  be  annexed — annexing?^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by 
the  Peofle  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  re-presented  in  the  General 
Assembly,  That  on  petition,  in  writing,  signed  by  not  less  than  three- 
fourths  of  the  legal  voters,  and  by  the  owners  of  not  less  than 
three  fourths  (in  value)  of  the  property  in  any  territory  contiguous 
to  any  city  or  incorporated  village  or  town,  and  not  embraced 
within  its  limits,  the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  of  said  cit}', 
village  or  town  (as  the  case  may  be)  may,  by  ordinance,  annex  such 
territory  to  such  city,  village  or  town,  upon  filing  a  copv  of  such 
ordinance,  with  an  accurate  map  of  the  territory  annexed  (duly 
certified  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  or  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  village  or  town),  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of 
deeds  in  the  county  where  the  annexed  territor}^  is  situated,  and 
having  the  same  recorded  therein  :  Provided,  that  no  portion,  less 
than  the  whole  of  an  incorporated  city,  town  or  village,  shall  be 
annexed  to  another  incorporated  city,  town  or  village,  except  in  the 
mode  provided  in  this  act  for  the  annexation  of  the  whole  of  an  in- 
corporated city,  town  or  village,  to  another  city,  town  or  village. 


122  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

402.  Annexing  one  corporation  to  another ^^^  ^2.  Any  incorpo- 
rated city,  village  or  town  may  be  annexed  to  another  incorporated 
city,  village  or  town,  by  ordinance  passed  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
all  the  aldermen  or  trustees  elect  of  each  corporation  desiring  an- 
nexation: Provided,  such  annexation  shall  not  affect  or  impair  any 
rights  or  liabilities  either  in  favor  of  or  against  such  corporations; 
and  suits  founded  upon  such  rights  and  liabilities  may  be  com- 
menced, and  pending  suits  may  be  prosecuted  and  carried  to  final 
judgments  and  execution,  the  same  as  if  such  annexation  had  not 
taken    place.       In    making    such    annexation,    the    corporations    so 

•  uniting  may,  by  ordinance,' fix  the  terms  of  the  annexation,  which 
shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  a  binding  contract:  Provided^ 
however,  that  no  such  ordinance  shall  be  of  any  binding  force  or 
effect  until  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  legal  voters  of  such  city, 
town  or  village,  at  a  general  election  thereof,  and  adopted  by  a 
majorit}^  of  all  the  voters  voting  thereon  at  such  election,  notice  of 
which  shall  be  given  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as 
required  for  the  election  of  the  officers  of  such  city,  town  or  vil- 
lage: And, -provided,  also  that  the  vote  shall  be  by  ballot,  which, 
shall  be  "  for  union  ordinance,"  or  "  against  union  ordinance,"  and 
shall  be  received,  canvassed  and  returned  the  same  as  ballots  for 
municipal  officers  of  such  city,  town  or  village. 

403.  Proceedings  by  corporation  to  annex  territory?^  §3.  When 
any  incorporated  city,  village  or  town  shall  desire  to  annex  any  con- 
tiguous territory  thereto,  and  the  same  shall  not  have  been  petitioned 
for  as*  provided  in  section  one  of  this  article,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  city  council  or  board  of  trustees  of  such  city,  village  or  town 
by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  aldermen  or  trustees  elect,  by  or- 
dinance or  resolution,  to  authorize  the  mayor  of  such  city  or  the 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  village  or  town,  to  pe- 
tition the  circuit  court  of  the  count}'  in  which  the  territory  desired 
to  be  annexed  or  a  major  part  thereof  is  situated,  praying  such  an- 
nexation to  be  made.  The  petition  shall  contain  a  copy  of  such  or- 
dinance or  resolution,  and  an  accurate  map  of  the  territory  which  it 
is  desired  to  annex,  showing  all  such  subdivisions  that  shall  have 
been  made  therein.  Such  petition  shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of 
the  court  at  least  ten  days  before  tlie  first  day  of  the  term  at  which 
it  is  proposed  to  be  heard  :  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  authorize  said  petition  to  be  filed  unless  the  territory 
so  sought  to  be  annexed  (except  territory  intervening  between  a 
city  and  town,  or  two  or  more  cities  or  towns,  desiring  to  become 
united  under  this  act),  shall  contain  an  actual  resident  population  of 
at  least  one  hundred  and  fifteen  inhabitants  to  each  section  or  frac- 
tional part  of  a  section   so  sought  to  be  annexed  —  which   said  fact 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 23 

shall  be  alleged  in  said  petition,  and  proved  on  the  hearing  thereof, 
the  same  as  any  other  allegation  in  said  petition. 

404.  Notice  o/froccedings.']  §  4.  When  it  shall  be  determined 
to  present  such  petition,  the  ma3'or  or  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  (as  the  case  may  be)  shall  cause  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  where  and  when  the  petition  will  be  or  has  been  hied,  and  at 
what  term  of  court  the  hearing  thereof  will  be  had,  and  setting 
forth  the  boundaries  or  a  general  description  of  the  territory  pro- 
posed to  be  annexed — to  be  given  by  publication  at  least  once  in 
each  week,  for  two  successive  weeks,  in  some  newspaper  published 
in  the  county  where  the  petition  is  filed  or  to  be  filed  (or,  if  no 
newspaper  is  pubhshed  in  such  county,  then  in  the  nearest  news- 
paper published  in  this  state),  and  by  posting  up  notices  at  least 
fourteen  days  before  such  time  of  hearing,  in  at  least  three  of  the 
most  public  places  in  the  territory  proposed  to  be  annexed,  and  a 
like  number  in  the  city,  village  or  town  to  which  it  is  desired  to 
annex  such  territory. 

405.  Objections  to  annexation — trial.']  §  5.  The  legal  voters 
resident  upon  the  territory  thus  proposed  to  be  annexed,  or  any  of 
them,  or  an}-  owner  of  land  therein,  or  any  voter  of  such  city,  vil- 
lage or  town,  may  appear  at  such  hearing  and  show  cause  why 
such  annexation  should  not  be  made;  and  the  court,  or  a  jury  im- 
paneled for  that  purpose  (no  member  of  the  jury  so  impaneled 
shall  be  a  resident  of  the  corporation  or  territory  to  be  annexed, 
nor  of  the  town  nor  towns  in  which  said  corporation  or  territory 
may  be  situated),  shall  hear  all  competent  evidence  that  may  be 
offered  by  either  party;  and  the  court  may  continue  the  hearing 
from  time  to  time,  for  any  cause,  and  make  all  proper  orders  in  re- 
gard to  the  hearing,  giving  of  notices  and  other  disposition  of  the 
case. 

406.  Finding — costs.,  etc?^  §6.  If,  upon  the  hearing,  the  court 
or  the  jury  shall  find  that  such  territory  ought  to  be  annexed  to 
such  city,  village  or  town,  and  can  be  so  done  without  injustice  to 
the  inhabitants  or  persons  interested,  the  court  shall  so  order.  If 
the  court  or  jury  shall  find  against  the  petitioners,  the  petition  shall 
be  dismissed  at  the  cost  of  the  petitioners;  and  no  subsequent  pe- 
tition shall  be  presented  for  the  annexation  of  an}^  of  the  territory 
embraced  in  such  petition,  within  one  year  from  the  time  of  enter- 
ing such  order  :  Provided.,  that  new  trials  may  be  granted  as  in 
other  jury  cases. 

407.  Proceedings  by  owner  to  he  annexed^  §  7.  When  not 
less  than  a  majority  in  number  of  the  legal  voters  or  the  owner  or 
owners   of   any  tract   or   tracts  of    land,  contiguous   to   any  incor- 


124  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

porated  city,  village  or  town,  shall,  by  petition,  in  writing,  signed 
by  them,  and  tiled  in  the  circuit  court  of  the  county  where  such 
territory  or  a  major  part  thereof  is  situated,  pray  to  be  annexed  to 
such  city,  village  or  town,  the  like,  proceedings  may  be  had  thereon, 
and  with  the  like  effect,  as  in  case  of  a  petition  by  a  city,  village  or 
town:  Pi'ovidcd,  a  copy  of  the  notice  required  to  be  given  shall  be 
left  with  the  mayor  of  such  city,  or  president  of  such  village  or 
town,  at  least  ten  days  before  such  petition  is  heard. 

408.  Proceedings  to  disconnect?^  §  8.  Whenever  a  majority 
of  the  legal  voters  of  any  territory  within  any  city,  town  or  village, 
and  being  upon  the  border  and  within  the  boundary  thereof,  shall 
petition  the  circuit  court  of  the  county  in  which  such  city,  town  or 
village  is  situated,  praying  to  be  disconnected  therefrom,  such  peti- 
tion shall  be  filed  wdth  the  clerk  of  the  court  at  least  ten  days  before 
the  first  day  of  the  term  at  which  it  is  proposed  to  be  heard,  and 
like  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  is  required  by  sections  four,  five 
and  six  of  the  act  for  the  annexation  of  territory  to  such  city,  town 
or  village:  Provided,  \h.?A.  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  only 
apply  to  lands  not  laid  out  into  city  or  town  lots  or  blocks. 

4  09.  Maf  and  ordinance  recorded?^  §  9.  When  any  territory 
is  annexed  to  any  city,  village  or  town,  as  provided  in  this  act,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  of  the  city,  or  the  president  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  village  or  town,  (as  the  case  may  be,)  to 
cause  an  accurate  map  of  such  added  territory,  together  with  the 
ordinance  for  the  annexation,  certified  by  such  mayor,  and  if  a 
decree  or  order  of  the  court  has  been  made  therefor,  a  copy  of  the 
same,  to  be  filed  for  record  and  recorded  in  the  recorder's  office  for 
the  county  in  which  such  added  territory  is  situated.  If  territory  is 
disconnected  or  excluded  from  any  city,  village  or  town,  a  copy  of 
the  ordinance  or  decree  therefor  shall  be  so  filed  for  record  and  re- 
corded. 

410.  School  districts?]^  §  10.  All  school  districts,  and  other 
corporations  incorporated  for  school  purposes,  under  special  acts 
of  the  legislature,  desiring  to  annex  or  disannex  territory,  may  pro- 
ceed under  the  provision  of  this  act. 

411.  'Judicial  notice.\  §  n-  All  courts  in  this  state  shall  take 
judicial  notice  of  cities,  towns  and  villages,  and  of  the  changes  of 
their  territory,  made  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

AX    ACT    in  relation   to  tlie  disconnection   of  Territory  from   Cities  and  Villages 
[Approved  and   in  force  May  2!),  1879.] 

412.  Disconnecting  territory?^  §1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Peo- 
■ple  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That 


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whenever  the  owners  representing  a  majority  of  the  area  of  land  of 
any  territory  within  any  city  or  village,  and  being  upon  the  border 
and  within  the  boundary  thereof,  and  not  laid  out  into  city  or  village 
lots  or  blocks,  shall  petition  the  city  council  of  such  city,  or  the 
trustees  of  such  village,  pra3-ing  the  disconnection  of  such  territory 
therefrom;  such  petition  shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk  of  such 
city,  or  the  president  of  the  trustees  of  such  village,  accompanied 
with  a  certificate  of  the  countv  clerk,  showing  that  all  city  taxes  or 
assessments  due  up  to  the  time  of  presenting  such  petition  are  fully 
paid,  at  least  ten  davs  before  the  meeting  of  such  city  council,  or 
trustees,  at  which  it  is  proposed  to  present  such  petition,  and  the 
city  clerk  of  such  city,  or  president  of  the  trustees  of  such  village, 
shall  present  such  petition  to  the  city  council  or  trustees,  as  the  case 
may  be,  and  upon  such  presentation,  the  city  council  of  such  city, 
or  trustees  of  such  village,  may,  by  ordinance,  to  be  passed  by  a 
majority  of  the  members  elected  to  such  city  council  or  board  of 
village  trustees,  disconnect  the  territory  described  in  such  petition 
from  such  city  or  village:  Provided^  hozvcver,  that  the  territory  so 
disconnected,  shall  not  thereby  be  exempted  from  taxation,  for  the 
purpose  of  paying  any  indebtedness  contracted  by  the  corporate 
authorities  of  such  city  or  village,  while  such  territory  was  within 
the  limits  thereof,  and  remaining  unpaid,  but  the  same  shall  be  as- 
sessed and  taxed  for  the  purpose  of  paying  such  indebtedness,  the 
same  as  if  such  territory  had  not  been  disconnected,  until  such  indebt- 
edness, is  fully  paid. 

413.  Ordinance  recorded.^  §  2.  A  copy  of  the  ordinance  dis- 
connecting territory  from  any  city  or  village,  certified  by  the  clerk 
of  such  citv,  or  president  of  the  trustees  of  such  village,  shall  be  filed 
for  record  and  recorded  in  the  recorder's  office  of  the  county  in 
which  such  disconnected  territory  is  situated,  and  another  copy  of 
such  ordinance,  so  certified,  shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the 
county  court  of  the  county  in  which  such  disconnected  territory  is 
situated. 

•  414.  Judicial  noticed  §  3.  x\ll  courts  in  this  state  shall  take 
judicial  notice  of  cities  and  villages,  and  of  the  changes  made  in  their 
territory,  under  this  act. 

415.  Rcfeal.\  §  4.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with 
this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

416.  Etnergency^     §  5.      Whereas^  there   is  no  valid  law    in 

k force  in  this  state  enabling  cities  and  villages  to  decrease  their  cor- 
porate limits,  and  special  legislation  therefor  by  the  general  assembly 
is  forbidden  by  the  constitution  of  this  state,  therefore  an  emergency 


126  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

exists  why  this  act  should  take  effect  immediately;  therefore  this 
act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


WARRANTS  DRAWN  UPON  TREASURER. 

AN  ACT  to  pro^■ide  for  the  manner  of  issuing  -warrants  upon  tlie  treasurer  of  any 
county,  township,  citj,  school  district  or  other  municipal   corporation.     [Ap- 
proved May  31,  1879.     In  tbrce  July  1,  ISTD.J 

/\iy.  When  zvar rants  may  he  drawn ?^  §  i.  Be  it  enacted  by 
the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  represented  in  the  General  As- 
sembly, That  warrants  payable  on  demand,  shall  hereafter  be  drawn 
and  issued  upon  the  treasurer  of  this  state  or  of  any  county,  town- 
ship, cit}^,  school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation,  or  against 
any  funds  in  his  hands,  only  when  at  the  time  of  the  drawing  and 
issuing  of  such  warrants,  there  shall  be  sufficient  money  in  the  ap- 
propriate fund  in  the  treasury  to  pay  said  warrants. 

418.  Issued  in  anticipation  of  taxes.']  §  2.  That  whenever 
there  is  no  money  in  the  treasury  of  any  county,  township,  city, 
school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation  to  meet  and  defra}^  the 
ordinary  and  necessary  expenses  thereof,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
proper  authorities  of  any  county,  township,  city,  school  district,  or 
other  municipal  corporation,  to  provide  that  warrants  may  be 
drawn  and  issued,  against  and  in  anticipation  of  the  collection  of 
any  taxes,  already  levied  by  said  authorities  for  the  payment-  of  the 
ordinary  and  necessary  expenses  of  any  such  municipal  corporation 
to  the  extent  of  seventy-five  per  centum  of  the  total  amount  of  any 
said  tax  levy;  Provided,  that  warrants  drawn  and  issued  under  the 
provisions  of  this  section,  shall  show  upon  their  face  that  they  are 
payable  solely  from  said  taxes  when  collected,  and  not  otherwise, 
and  shall  be  received  by  any  collector  of  taxes  in  payment  of  the 
taxes  against  which  they  are  issued,  and  which  taxes,  against  which 
said  warrants  are  drawn  shall  be  set  apart  and  held  for  their  pay- 
ment. 


WATER    WORKS. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  laying  of  ^vater  supply  pipe  by  bonds  and  special  as- 
sessment, payable  in  installments.     [Approved  and  in  force  March  17,  1874.] 

419.  Ponds — assessments  -payable  in  installnients.^  §  i.  Be  it 
enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly,  That  whenever  the  corporate  authorities  of  any 
city,  town  or  village  shall  provide,  b}^  ordinance,  for  the  laying  of 
water  supply  pipes,  to  be  paid  for  b}^  a  special  assessment  to  be  made 
under  the  provisions  of  article  nine  of  the  act  of  the  General  Assem- 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 27 

"bly,  entitled  "  An  act  to  provide  for  the  incorporation  of  cities  and  vil- 
lages," approved  April  lo,  A.  D.  1872,  such  corporate  authorities  may, 
in  their  discretion,  provide  in  such  ordinance,  or  by  an  ordinance  to  be 
adopted  at  any  time  prior  to  the  issuance  of  the  warrant  to  the  col- 
lector for  the  collection  of  such  assessment,  that  the  amount  of 
the  estimated  cost  of  such  improvement  shall  be  provided  for  in 
the  following  manner,  to  wit:  That  bonds  of  the  city,  town  or  vil- 
lacre,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  issued  for  such  portion  of  the  esti- 
mated cost  of  such  improvement  as  shall  be  apportioned  to  the  cit}-, 
town  or  village  as  public  benelit,  payable  at  such  time  or  times, 
within  twenty  years,  as  may  be  provided  by  said  ordinance,  or  it 
may  in  such  ordinance  be  provided  that  all  or  any  portion  of  the 
amount,  so  apportioned  as  public  benefits,  may  be  made  by  general 
taxation  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  contained  in  said  article 
nine,  and  that  the  portion  of  said  estimated  cost  which  shall  be  as- 
sessed upon  property  specially  benefited  shall  be  payable  in  such 
annual  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  in  number,  as  may  in  such 
ordinance  be  prescribed:  Provided^  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
authorize  any  city,  town  or  village  to  issue  such  bonds  to  an  amount, 
including  all  existing  indebtedness,  in  excess  of  the  charter,  statu- 
tory or  constitutional  limitation  of  the  indebtedness  of  such  city,  town 
or  village. 

420.  When  installment s  -paxahle — interest?]^  §  2.  Whenever 
such  corporate  authorities  shall  have  provided  by  ordinance  for  the 
making  of  such  iinprovement  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  section  i 
of  this  act,  the  first  installment  of  the  amount  assessed  upon  prop- 
erty specially  benefited  shall  be  payable  immediately  upon  the  issu- 
ance, by  the  clerk  of  such  cit}-,  town  or  village,  of  his  warrant  to 
the  collector,  and  the  subsequent  installments  shall  be  pa3'able  an- 
nually thereafter,  with  interest  until  paid,  at  such  rate -as  shall  be 
prescribed  in  such  ordinance,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent,  per  annum. 

421.  Affiles  to  assessments  already  ordered?^  §  3.  This  act 
shall  apply  to  assessments  already  ordered  for  the  purpose  set  forth 
in  section  i  of  this  act,  and  to  the  ordinances  in  relation  thereto,  as 
well  as  to  ordinances  hereafter  to  be  adopted. 

422.  EmergencyT^  §  4.  Whereas,  certain  cities,  towns  and 
villages  are  about  to  lay  w'ater  supply  pipe,  and  are  desirous  of 
availing  themselves  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  therefore  an  emer- 
gency is  declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


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128  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

AN  ACT  to  enable  cities  and  villages  to  contract  for  a  supply  of  water  for  public 
use,  and  to  lev}'  and  collect  a  tax  to  pay  for  water  so  supplied.  [Approved  April 
9,    1872.     In  force  July  1,  1872. J 

423.  Power  to  coiilract for  2vatcr.\  ^  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the 
Pco-pJe  of  the  State  of  Illinois^  re-presented  in  the  General  Assembly ^ 
That  in  all  cities  and  villages  where  water  works  may  hereafter  be 
constructed  by  an  incorporated  company,  the  city  or  village  author- 
ities in  such  cities  and  villages  may  contract  with  such  incorporated 
company  for  a  supply  of  water  for  public  use,  for  a  period  not  ex- 
ceeding thirty  years. 

424.  Tax  A  §  2.  Any  such  city  or  village  so  contracting  may 
levy  and  collect  a  tax  on  all  taxable  property  within  such  city  or 
village,  to  pay  for  the  water  so  supplied. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I2( 


PROVISIONS 


OF    THE    FORMER    CHARTER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


Chapter  L 

BOUNDARIES. 

425.  Corf  orate  -po-versT^  §  i.  The  inhabitants  of  all  that  dis- 
trict of  country  in  the  county  of  Cook  and  state  of  IlHnois,  contained 
within  the  limits  and  boundaries  hereinafter  prescribed,  shall  be  a 
body  politic  under  the  name  and  style  of  the  City  of  Chicago;  and 
by  that  name  sue  and  be  sued,  complain  and  defend,  in  any  court; 
make  and  use  a  common  seal,  and  alter  it  at  pleasure ;  and  take  and 
hold,  purchase,  lease  and  convey  such  real  and  personal  or  mixed 
estate  as  the  purposes  of  the  corporation  may  require,  within  or 
without  the  limits  aforesaid. 

426.  Corporate  limits.^  §  2.  The  corporate  limits  and  juris- 
diction of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  embrace  and  include,  within  the 
same,  all  of  township  thirty-nine  north,  range  fourteen  east  of  the  third 
principal  meridian,  and  all  of  sections  thirt3'-one,  thirty-two  thirty- 
three,  and  fractional  section  thirty-four,  in  township  fortv,  north  range 
fourteen,  east  of  the  third  principal  meridian,  together  wath  so  much 
of  the  waters  and  bed  of  Lake  Michigan  as  lies  within  one  mile  of 
the  shore  thereof  and  east  of  the  territory  aforesaid. 

427.  Divisions.^  §3.  All  that  portion  of  the  aforesaid  territory 
lying  north  of  the  center  of  the  main  Chicago  river  and  east  of  the 
center  of  the  north  branch  of  said  river,  shall  constitute  the  uVorth 
Division  oi  said  city;  all  that  portion  of  the  aforesaid  territory  lying 
south  of  the  center  of  the  main  Chicago  river  and  south  and  east  of 
the  center  of  the  south  branch  of  said  river  and  of  the  IlHnois  and 
Michigan  canal,  shall  constitute  the  South  Division  of  said  citv;  and 
all  that  portion  of  the  aforesaid  territory  lying  w'est  of  the  center  of 
the  north  and  south  branches  of  said  river  and  of  the  Illinois  and 
Michigan  canal,  shall  constitute  the  West  Division  of  said  city.  (Act 
February  13,  1863.) 


130  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

428.  Boiindarics  extended.^  §  i.  That  the  territorial  limits  of 
the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  extended  as  follows: 
That  part  of  section  thirty  (30),  township  forty  (40),  north  of  range 
fourteen  (14)  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal  meridian,  which  lies  west 
of  the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river;  section  twenty-five  (25), 
township  forty  (40)  north  of  range  thirteen  (13)  east  of  the  third 
(3d)  principal  meridian,  except  that  part  of  said  section  lying  east  of 
the  center  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river;  sections  twenty- 
six  (26),  thirty-five  (35)  and  thirty-six  (36)  in  township, forty  (40) 
north  of  range  thirteen  (13)  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal  meridian; 
sections  one  (i),  two  (2),  eleven  (11),  twelve  (12),  thirteen  (13), 
fourteen  (14),  twenty-three  (23),  twenty-four  (24),  twenty-five  (25) 
and  twenty-six  (26)  in  township  thirty-nine  (39)  north  of  range 
thirteen  (13)  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal  meridian;  and  that  part 
of  section  thirty-five  (35)  and  thirty-six  (36)  in  township  thirty-nine 
(39)  north  of  range  thirteen  (13)  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal 
meridian,  lying  north-west  of  the  center  of  the  Illinois  and  Michigan 
canal,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  added  to  said  city,  and  shall  constitute 
a  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city  and  of  the  town  of  West 
Chicago;  and  the  said  added  or  new  territory  shall  cease  to  be  a 
part  of  the  several  towns  to  which  it  now  belongs  or  appertains; 
and  the  outside  boundary  of  the  west  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago 
as  hereby  established,  shall  be  the  outside  boundary  of  the  several 
wards  of  said  city  which  now  extend  to  the  present  city  limits.  (Act 
February  27,  1869.) 

429.  Teri'itory  except cd.'\  ^  i.  That  the  act  entitled  "  An  act 
to  amend  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  create  a  board  of 
park  commissioners,  and  authorize  a  tax  in  the  town  of  West  Chi- 
cago, and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  Februar}^  27th,  A.  D.  1869, 
including  the  afiirmance  of  the  propositions  specified  in  the  first 
clause  of  the  twentieth  section  of  said  act,  but  excluding  the  remainder 
of  said  section,  relating  to  the  holding  of  an  election  now  past,  shall 
be  and  is  hereby  re-enacted  and  confirmed,  and  shall  be  in  full  force 
and  effect  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  except  as  hereinafter  specified: 
Provided,  that  the  four  added  sections  of  land  from  the  town  of 
Jefierson,  in  said  act  specified,  viz:  section  twenty-five  (25),  twenty- 
six  (26),  thirt3^-five  (35)  and  thirty-six  (36)  in  township  forty  (40) 
north  of  range  thirteen  (13)  east,  shall  not  become  a  part  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  or  of  the  town  of  West  Chicago;  nor  shall  the  juris- 
diction of  said  city  be  extended  over  the  same,  but  the  same  shall 
remain  a  part  of  the  town  of  Jefierson,  the  same  as  if  this  act  had 
not  been  passed.     (Act  March  10,  1869.) 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I3I 

Chapter  III, 

POWERS  AND    DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

430.  Corporation  counsel  and  city  attorney. \  ^  2.  The  cor- 
poration counsel  of  said  city  and  the  cit}^  attorney,  shall  devote  them- 
selves exclusively  to  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  and  shall 
have  their  office  in  such  place  as  shall  be  provided  by  the  common 
council.  Neither  of  said  officers  shall  be  emplo3'ed  in  any  other 
business  than  that  which  relates  to  the  duties  of  their  offices  respect- 
i\ely,  during  the  terms  for  which  they  were  chosen.  (Act  Febru- 
ary 16,  1865.) 

431.  Their  djities.'\  §  7.  The  counsel  to  the  corporation  shall 
be  the  chief  officer  of  the  law  department  of  the  city.  He  shall, 
with  the  assistance  of  the  city  attorney  and  subject  to  the  directions 
of  the  comptroller,  conduct  all  the  law  business  of  the  corporation 
and  of  the  departments  thereof,  and  all  other  law  business  in  which 
the  city  shall  be  interested,  when  so  ordered  by  the  corporation. 
Said  officers  shall  hold  their  office  in  such  place  as  the  city  may  pro- 
vide, and,  when  required,  shall  furnish  written  opinions  upon  sub- 
jects submitted  to  them  by  the  mayor  or  common  council,  or  any 
other  department  of  the  municipal  government.  The  city  attorney 
shall  keep  a  docket  of  all  the  cases  to  which  the  city  may  be  a  party 
in  any  court  of  record,  in  which  shall  be  briefly  entered  all  steps 
taken  in  each  cause,  and  which  shall,  at  all  times,  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  mayor,  comptroller,  or  any  committee  of  the  com- 
mon council.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  said  officers  to  draft  all 
ordinances,  bonds,  contracts,  leases,  conveyances,  and  such  other 
instruments  of  writing  as  may  be  required  by  the  business  of  the 
city;  to  examine  and  inspect  tax  and  assessment  rolls,  and  all  pro- 
ceedings in  reference  to  the  levying  and  collection  of  taxes  and 
assessments ;  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  tht  charter  and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

432.  Officers — transfer  of  fa-per  shy.,  to  successor?^  §  i^-  If  any 
person,  having  been  an  officer  in  said  cit}",  shall  not,  within  ten  days 
after  notification  and  request,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all 
property,  papers  and  eflects  of  every  description  in  his  possession 
belonging  to  said  city,  or  appertaining  to  the  office  he  held,  he  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  for  the  use  of  the  city,  one  hundred  dollars,  besides 
all  damages  caused  by  his  neglect  or  refusal  so  to  deliver.  And 
such  successor  shall  and  may  recover  possession  of  the  books,  papers 
and  property  appertaining  to  his  office,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
the  laws  of  this  state. 


132  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    ISIUXICIPAL 

433.  Board  of  education — no  salary. 1^  §-2.  No  member  of  the 
board  of  guardians  of  the  reform  school,  or  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion, shall  receive  any  compensation  for  any  services  he  mav  .per- 
form; nor  shall  any  teacher,  agent  or  employe  of  either  board  sell, 
dispose  of,  or  be  interested  in  any  articles  purchased,  or  work  done., 
for  the  school  or  schools.  Nor  shall  he  be  interested  in  any  contract,, 
loan,  or  anything  else  whereby  he  may  receive  any  commission, 
interest,  or  other  profits  from  the  fund  appropriated  to  the  reform 
school  or  public  schools,  under  the  penalty  of  having  his  office  imme- 
diately declared  vacant  by  the  common  council.  (Act  February  13, 
1863.) 


Chapter  IV. 

THE  COMMON  COUNCIL.       ITS  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 

43/|.  To  control  Ji nances — general  ^ozvers?\^  §  8.  The  common 
council  shall  have,  subject  to  the  provisions  hereinafter  contained,  the 
general  management  and  control  of  the  finances  and  all  the  prop- 
erty, real,  personal  and  mixed,  belonging  to  the  corporation,  and 
shall  likewise  have  power  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city,  by 
ordinance. 

First.  To  lease  the  wharfing  privileges  of  the  river,  at  the 
ends  of  streets,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  usual  in 
the  leasing  of  other  real  estate,  reserving  such  rents  as  may  be 
agreed  upon,  and  employing  such  remedies  in  case  of  non-perform- 
ance of  any  covenants  in  such  lease,  as  are  given  by  law  in  other 
cases.  But  no  buildings  shall  be  erected  thereon;  nor  shall  a  lease 
for  a  longer  period  than  three  years  at  any  time  be  executed;  and 
the  owner  or  owners  of  the  adjoining  lot  or  lots  shall,  in  all  cases, 
have  the  preference  in  leasing  such  propert}";  and  a  free  passage 
over  the  same  for  all  persons  with  their  baggage,  shall  be  reserved 
in  such  lease ;  Provided.,  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed 
as  to  impair  or  prejudice  any  rights  which  any  person  may  have 
acquired  by  the  acceptance  of  any  proposition  heretofore  made  by 
said  city  respecting  the  wharfing  privileges. 

Second.  To  remove  and  prevent  all  obstructions  in  the  waters, 
which  are  public  highwaj'-s  in  said  city,  and  to  widen,  straighten  and 
deepen  the  same. 

Third.  To  prevent  and  punish  forestalling  and  regrating,  and 
to  prevent  and  restrain  every  kind  of  fraudulent  device  and  practice. 

Totirth.  To  restrain  and  prohibit  all  descriptions  of  gaming  and 
and  fraudulent  devices,  and  all  pla3dng  of  dice,  cards  and  other  games 
of  chance,  with  or  without  bettincr. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 33 

Fifth.  To  regulate  the  selling  or  giving  away  of  an}'  ardent 
spirits,  by  any  shop-keeper,  trader  or  grocer,  to  be  drunk  in  any  shop, 
store  or  grocery,  outhouse,  yard,  garden,  or  other  place  within  the 
city. 

Sixth.  To  forbid  the  selling  or  giving  away  of  ardent  spirits  or 
other  intoxicating  liquors,  to  any  child,  apprentice  or  servant,  with- 
out the  consent  of  his  or  her  parent,  guardian,  master  or  mistress. 

Seventh.  To  license,  regulate  and  restrain  tavern-keepers,  gro- 
cers and  keepers  of  ordinaries  or  victualing  or  other  houses  or  places 
for  the  selling  or  giving  away  wines  and  other  liquors,  whether  ar- 
dent, vinous  or  fermented. 

Eighth.  To  Hcense,  tax,  regulate,  suppress  and  prohibit  billiard 
tables,  pin  alleys,  nine  or  ten  pin  alleys,  and  ball  alleys. 

A^inth.  To  hcense,  regulate  and  suppress  hackmen,  draymen, 
carters,  porters,  omnibus  drivers,  cabmen,  carmen,  and  all  others, 
whether  in  the  permanent  employment  of  any  individual,  firm,  or 
corporation,  or  otherwise,  who  may  pursue  like  occupations,  with 
or  without  vehicles,  and  prescribe  their  compensation. 

Tenth.  To  tax,  hcense  and  regulate  auctioneers,  distillers, 
brewers  and  pawn-brokers,  and  all  keepers  or  proprietors  of  junk- 
shops  and  places  for  the  sale  or  purchase  of  second-hand  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise. 

Eleventh.  To  hcense,  tax,  regulate  and  suppress  hawkers  and 
peddlers. 

Twelfth.  To  regulate,  license,  suppress  and  prohibit  all  exhibi- 
tions of  common  showmen,  shows  of  every  kind,  concerts  or  other 
musical  entertainments  by  itinerant  persons  or  companies,  exhibi- 
tions of  natural  or  artificial  curiosities,  caravans,  circuses,  theatrical 
performances,  and  all  other  exhibitions  and  amusements. 

Thirteenth.  To  authorize  the  mayor,  or  other  proper  officer  of 
the  city,  to  grant  and  issue  licences,  and  direct  the  manner  of  issu- 
ing and  registering  thereof,  and  the  fees  to  be  paid  therefor:  Pro- 
vided., that  no  Kcense  shall  be  granted  for  more  than  one  year;  and 
that  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  shall  be  required  to  be  paid 
for  any  hcense  under  this  act,  and  the  fee  for  issuing  the  same  shall 
not  exceed  one  dollar,  but  no  license  for  the  sale  of  wines  or  other 
liquors,  ardent,  vinous  or  fermented,  at  wholesale  or  retail,  or  by 
inn-keepers  or  others,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  less  than  fifty  dollars. 
Bond  may  be  taken  on  the  granting  of  license,  for  the  due  observ- 
ance of  the  ordinances  or  rejjulations  of  the  common  council. 

Fourteenth.  To  prevent  any  riot  or  noise,  disturbance  or  dis- 
orderly assemblage. 

Ffteenth.  To  suppress  and  restrain  disorderlv  houses  and  gro- 
ceries, and  houses  of  ill-fame,  and  to  authorize  the  destruction  and 
demolition  of  all  instruments  and  devices  used  for  the  purpose  of 
gaming. 


134  STATUTES    REL  VTING    TO    THE    ^rUNICIPAL, 

Sixteenth.  To  compel  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  grocery^ 
cellar,  tallow-chandler  shop,  soap  factory,  tannery,  stable,  barn,  privy, 
sewer,  or  other  unwholsome,  nauseous  house  or  place,  to  cleanse, 
remove  or  abate  the  same,  from  time  to  time,  as  often  as  may  be  ne- 
cessary for  the  health,  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  inhabitants  of 
said  city. 

Seventeenth.  To  direct  the  location  and  management  of,  and  reg- 
ulate and  license  breweries,  tanneries  and  packing  houses,  and  to 
direct  the  location,  management  and  construction  of,  and  regulate,, 
license,  restrain,  abate,  and  prohibit,  within  the  city  and  the  dis- 
tance of  four  miles  therefrom,  distilleries,  slaughtering  establishments, 
establishments  for  steaming  or  rendering  lard,  tallow,  otlal  and 
such  other  substances  as  can  or  may  be  rendered;  and  all  establish- 
ments or  places  where  any  nauseous,  offensive  or  unwholesome 
business  may  be  carried  on:  Provided^  that  for  the  purposes  of  this 
section,  the  Chicago  river  and  its  branches,  to  their  respective 
sources,  and  the  land  adjacent  thereto,  or  within  one  hundred  rods 
thereof,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city. 

Eighteenth.  To  establish  and  regulate  markets  and  other  pub- 
lic buildings,  and  provide  for  their  erection  and  determine  their  loca- 
tion. 

JVineteenth.  To  regulate  and  license  or  prohibit  butchers,  and 
to  revoke  their  licenses  for  malconduct  in  the  course  of  trade,  and 
to  regulate,  license  and  restrain  the  sale  of  fresh  meats  and  veget- 
ables in  the  city,  and  restrain  and  punish  the  forestalling  of  poultry, 
fruit  and  eggs. 

Ttventieth.  To  direct  and  prohibit  the  location  and  manage- 
ment of  houses  for  the  storing  of  gunpowder  or  other  combustible 
and  dangerous  materials  within  the  city. 

Tzuenty -first.  To  regulate  the  keeping  and  conveying  of  gun- 
powder and  other  combustible  and  dangerous  materials,  and  the  use 
of  candles  and  lights  in  barns,  stables  and  out-houses. 

Tzuenty-second.  To  prevent  horse  racing,  immoaerate  riding  or 
driving  in  the  streets,  and  to  authorize  persons  immoderately  riding 
or  driving,  as  aforesaid,  to  be  stopped  by  any  person;  and  punish  or 
prohibit  the  abuse  of  animals;  to  compel  persons  to  fasten  their 
horses,  oxen  or  other  animals,  attached  to  vehicles  or  otherwise, 
while  standing  or  remaining  in  the  street. 

Tzueidy-tJiird.  To  prevent  the  encumbermg  of  the  streets,  side- 
walks, lanes,  alleys,  public  grounds,  wharves  and  docks,  wdth  car- 
riages, carts,  sle'ghs,  sleds,  wheel-barrows,  boxes,  lumber,  timber, 
firewood,  posts,  av^  nings,  signs,  or  any  substance  or  material  what- 
ever. 

Tzventy-Jourth,  To  regulate  and  determine  the  times  and  places 
of  bathing  and  swimming  in  the  canals,  rivers,  harbors  oi    other 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1^5 

waters,  in  and  adjoining  said  city,  and  to  prevent  any  obscene  or 
indecent  exhibition,  exposure  or  conduct. 

Tzventy-pfth.  To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants,  mendicants, 
street  beggers  and  prostitutes. 

l\venty-sixih.  To  restrain  and  regulate,  or  prohibit  the  running 
at  large  of  cattle,  horses,  mules,  swine,  sheep,  goats  and  geese,  and 
to  authorize  the  distraining,  impounding  and  sale  of  the  same  for  the 
penalty  incurred,  and  the  cost  of  the  proceedings;  and  also  to  im- 
pose penalties  on  the  owners  of  any  such  animals,  for  a  violation  of 
any  ordinances  in  relation  thereto. 

Twenty -seventh.  To  prevent  and  regulate  the  running  at  large 
of  dogs;  to  tax  and  to  authorize  the  destruction  of  the  same  when 
at  large,  contrary  to  the  ordinance. 

Tiuenty-eighth.  To  prevent  and  regulate  the  rolling  of  hoops, 
playing  of  ball,  hying  of  kites,  or  any  other  amusements  or  practice 
having  a  tendency  to  annoy  persons  passing  in  the  streets,  or  on  the 
sidewalks,  or  to  frighten  teams  and  horses. 

Tzuenty-ninth.  To  make  regulations  to  prevent  the  introduction 
or  spread  of  contagious  diseases  into  the  city;  to  make  quarantine 
laws,  and  enforce  the  same  within  the  city  and  not  to  exceed  fifteen 
miles  beyond  the  city  bounds. 

Thirtieth.  To  control  and  regulate  the  streets  and  alleys,  and 
to  remove  and  abate  any  obstructions  and  encroachments  therein. 

Thirty-first.  To  compel  all  persons  to  keep  the  snow,  ice  and 
dirt  from  the  side-walks,  in  front  of  the  premises  owned  or  occupied 
by  them. 

Thirty-second.  To  prevent  the  ringing  of  bells,  blowing  of  horns 
and  bugles,  crying  of  goods,  and  all  other  noises,  performances  and 
devices  tending  to  the  collection  of  persons  on  the  streets  or  side- 
walks, by  auctioneers  or  others,  for  the  purpose  of  business,  amuse- 
ment or  otherwise. 

Thirty-third.  To  abate  and  remove  nuisances,  and  punish  the 
authors  thereof  b}^  penalties,  line  and  imprisonment,  and  to  define 
and  declare  what  shall  be  deemed  nuisances,  and  authorize  and 
direct  the  summary  abatement  thereof;  but  nothing  in  this  act  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  oust  any  court  of  jurisdiction  to  abate  and  re- 
move nuisances  in  the  streets,  or  any  other  parts  of  said  city,  or 
within  its  jurisdiction,  by  indictment  or  otherwise. 

TJiirty-foiirth.  To  license,  regulate  and  restrain  runners  for 
boats  and  stages,  cars  and  public  houses. 

Thirty-fifth.  To  regulate  the  burial  of  the  dead  and  registration 
of  births  and  deaths;  to  direct  the  returning  and  keeping  of  bills  of 
mortalitv,  and  to  impose  penalties  on  physicians,  sextons  and  others, 
for  any  default  in  the  premises. 

Thirty-sixth.     To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  keeping  of  any  lum- 


136  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

ber  yard,  and  the  placing,  piling,  or  selling  lumber,  limber,  wood  or 
other  combustible  material  within  the  lire  limits  of  said  city. 

Thirty-seventh.  To  regulate  the  measuring  and  inspecting  of 
lumber,  shingles,  timber,  posts,  staves  and  heading,  and  all  building 
materials,  and  appoint  one  or  more  inspectors. 

Thirty-eighth.  To  regulate  the  place  and  manner  of  selling 
pickled  and  other  fish. 

Thirty -ni7ith.  To  regulate  the  weighing  and  place  and  manner 
of  selling  hay;  and  the  cutting  and  sale  of  ice,  and  to  restrain  the 
sale  of  such  ice  as  is  impure. 

Fortieth.  To  regulate  the  measuring  of  wood,  and  the  weigh- 
ing and  selling  of  coal,  and  the  place  and  manner  of  selling  the 
same. 

Forty-first.  To  regulate  the  inspection  of  flour,  meal,  pork, 
beef,  and  other  provisions,  and  salt  to  be  sold  in  barrels,  hogsheads, 
and  other  packages. 

Forty -second.  To  regulate  the  inspection  of  whiskey  and  other 
liquors,  to  be  sold  in  barrels,  hogsheads  and  other  vessels. 

Forty-third.  To  appoint  inspectors,  weighers,  gangers,  and 
regulate  their  duties  and  prescribe  their  fees. 

Forty-fourth.  To  regulate  the  sale  of  bread  within  said  city, 
and  prescribe  the  weight  of  bread  in  the  loaf,  and  the  quality  of  the 
same. 

Forty-fifth.  To  regulate  public  pumps,  wells  and  cisterns,  hy- 
drants and  reservoirs,  and  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  waste  of 
water. 

Forty-sixth.     To  establish  and  regulate  public  pounds. 

Forty -seventh.    To  erect  lamps,  and  regulate  the  lighting  thereof. 

Forty-eighth.     To  regulate  and  license  ferries. 

Forty-ninth.  _  To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  use  of  locomotive 
engines  within  the  city,  and  require  railroad  cars  to  be  propelled  by 
other  power  than  that  of  steam;  to  direct  and  control  the  location 
of  railroad  tracks,  and  to  require  railroad  companies  to  construct, 
at  their  own  expense,  such  bridges,  tunnels  or  other  conveniences,  at 
public  railroad  crossings,  as  the  common  council  may  deem  neces- 
sary; also  to  regulate  the  running  of  horse-railway  cars,  the  laying 
down  of  tracks  for  the  same,  the  transportation  of  passengers  thereon, 
and  the  kind  of  rail  to  be  used. 

Fiftieth.  To  erect  and  establish,  either  within  or  without  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city,  a  bridewell  or  house  of  correction,  and  pur- 
chase grounds  therefor,  pass  all  necessary  ordinances  for  the  regu- 
lation thereof,  and  appoint  a  keeper  and  as  many  assistants  as  may 
be  necessary.  In  the  said  bridewell  or  house  of  correction,  shall  be 
confined  all  vagrants,  stragglers,  idle  or  disorderly  persons  who  may 
be  committed  thereto,  by  any  criminal  court  or  magistrate  in  and  for 


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GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I37 

the  city,  and  all  persons  sentenced  to  said  bridewell  or  house  of  cor- 
rection, by  any  criminal  court  or  magistrate  in  and  for  the  city,  for 
any  assault  and  battery,  petit  larceny  or  other  misdemeanor  punish- 
able by  imprisonment  in  any  county  jail;  and  all  persons  confined 
therein  may  be  kept  at  labor  or  in  solitary  confinement. 

Fifty-first.  To  require  every  merchant,  retailer,  trader  and  deal- 
er in  merchandise  or  property  of  any  description  which  is  sold  by 
measure  or  weight,  to  cause  their  weights  and  measures  to  be  sealed 
by  the  city  sealer,  and  to  be  subject  to  his  inspection ;  the  standard  of 
which  weights  and  measures  shall  be  comformable  to  those  now 
established  by  law. 

Fifty-second.  Exclusively  to  erect  and  construct,  or  to  permit  or 
cause  or  procure  to  be  erected  and  constructed,  float,  pivot  or  draw 
bridges,  over  the  navigable  waters  within  the  jurisdiction  of  said 
city,  and  keep  the  same  in  repair;  said  bridges  to  have  draws  of 
suitable  width. 

Fifty-third.  To  preserve  the  harbor;  to  prevent  any  use  of  the 
same,  or  any  act  in  relation  thereto,  inconsistent  with,  or  detrimental 
to  the  public  health,  or  calculated  to  render  the  waters  of  the  same, 
or  any  part  thereof,  impure  or  offensive,  or  tending  in  any  degree  to 
fill  up  or  obstruct  the  same;  to  prevent  and  punish  the  casting  or 
depositing  therein  any  earth,  ashes  or  other  substance,  filth,  logs  or 
floating  matter;  to  prevent  and  remove  all  obstructions  therein,  and 
punish  the  authors  thereof;  to  regulate  and  prescribe  the  mode  and 
speed  of  entering  and  leaving  the  harbor,  of  passing  the  bridges, 
and  of  coming  to,  and  departing  from,  the  wharves  and  streets  of 
the  city,  by  steamboats,  canal  boats,  and  other  crafts  and  vessels, 
and  the  disposition  of  the  sails,  yards,  anchors  and  appurtenances 
thereof,  while  entering,  leaving,  or  abiding  in  the  harbor,  and  to  re- 
gulate and  prescribe  by  such  ordinances,  or  through  their  harbor 
master  or  other  authorized  officer,  such  location  of  every  canal  boat, 
steamboat,  or  other  craft  or  vessel,  or  float,  and  such  changes  of 
station  in,  and  use  of,  the  harbor,  as  may  be  necessary  to  promote 
order  therein,  and  the  safety  and  equal  convenience,  as  near  as  may 
be,  of  all  such  boats,  vessels,  crafts  and  floats;  and  to  impose  penal- 
ties not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  any  offense  against  any 
such  ordinance;  and  by  such  ordinance  charge  such  penalties,  to- 
gether with  such  expenses  as  may  be  incurred  by  the  city  in  en- 
forcing this  section,  upon  the  steamboat,  canal  boat,  or  other  vessel, 
craft  or  float.  The  harbor  of  the  city  shall  include  the  piers  and  so 
much  of  Lake  Michigan  as  lies  within  the  distance  of  one  mile  into 
the  lake,  and  the  Chicago  river  and  its  branches  to  their  respec- 
tive sources. 

Fifty  fourth.  To  control,  regulate,  repair,  amend  and  clear  the 
streets  and  alleys,  bridges,  side  and  cross   walks,  and  open,  widen, 


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Straighten  and  vacate  streets  and  alleys,  and  establish  and  alter 
the  grade  thereof,  and  prevent  the  encumbering  of  the  streets, 
in  any  manner,  and  protect  the  same  from  any  encroachment  and 
injury. 

Fifty-ffth.  To  direct  and  regulate  the  planting  and  preserving 
ornamental  trees  in  the  streets  and  public  grounds. 

Fifty-sixth.  To  till  up,  drain,  cleanse,  alter,  relay,  repair  and  re- 
gulate any  grounds,  yards,  barns,  slips,  cellars,  private  drains,  sinks 
and  privies,  direct  and  regulate  their  construction  and  cause  the  ex- 
penses to  be  collected  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

Fifty-seventh.  To  erect  and  establish  one  or  more  pest  houses, 
hospitals  or  dispensaries,  and  control  and  regulate  the  same. 

Ffty -eighth.  To  abate  all  nuisances  which  are  or  may  be  injurious 
to  the  public  health,  in  any  manner  they  may  deem  expedient. 

Fifty-ninth.  To  do  all  acts  and  make  all  regulations  which  may 
be  necessary  or  expedient,  for  the  preservation  of  health,  and  the 
suppression  of  disease. 

Sixtieth.  To  prevent  any  person  from  bringing,  depositing  or 
having  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  any  dead  carcass,  or  any  other 
unwholesome  substance,  and  to  require  the  removal  or  destruction 
by  any  person  who  shall  have,  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  upon 
or  near  his  premises,  any  such  substance,  or  any  putrid  or  un- 
sound beef,  pork  or  fish,  hides  or  skins  of  any  kind;  and,  on  his 
default,  to  authorize  the  removal  or  destruction  thereof  by  some 
officer  of  the  city. 

Sixty-frst.  To  authorize  the  taking  up  and  to  provide  for  the 
safe  keeping  and  education,  for  such  periods  of  time  as  may  be  deemed 
expedient,  of  all  children  who  are  destitute  of  proper  parental  care 
and  growing  up  in  mendicancy,  ignorance,  idleness  and  vice. 

Sixty-second.  To  lease  or  purchase,  improve  and  maintain  suit- 
able grounds,  either  within  or  without  the  corporate  limits  of  said 
cit3'%  for  a  house  of  refuge  and  correction,  to  erect  buildings  there- 
on, and  adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  there- 
of, and  the  punishment  of  juvenile  offenders  therein,  as  may,  from 
time  to  time,  be  deemed  expedient. 

Sixty-third.  To  authorize  the  arrest,  fine  and  imprisonment 
in  the  city  bridewell  or  house  of  correction,  as  vagrants,  of  all  per- 
sons, who  not  having  visible  means  to  maintain  themselves,  are 
without  employment,  idly  loitering  or  rambling  about,  or  staying  in 
groceries,  drinking  saloons,  houses  of  ill-fame  or  houses  of  bad  re- 
pute, gambling  houses,  railroad  depots  or  fire-engine  houses,  or  who 
shall  be  found  trespassing  in  the  night  time  upon  the  private  prem- 
ises of  others,  or  begging,  or  placing  themselves  in  the  streets  or 
other  throughfares  or  public  places  to  beg  or  receive  alms;  also 
keepers,  exhibitors  or  visitors  at  any  gaming  table,  gambling  house. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I  39~ 

house  of  fortune-telling,  places  for  cock-fighting,  or  other  places  of 
device;  and  all  persons  who  go  about  for  the  purpose  of  gaming 
or  watch-stufiing,  or  who  shall  have  in  their  possession  any  article 
or  thing  used  for  obtaining  money  under  false  pretenses,  or  who 
shall  disturb  any  place  where  pulDhc  or  private  schools  are  held, 
either  on  week  day  or  Sabbath,  or  places  where  religious  worship 
is  held. 

Sixty-fourth.  To  make,  publish,  ordain,  amend  and  repeal  all 
such  ordinances,  by-laws  and  poHce  regulations,  not  contrary  to 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  for  the  good  government  and  order 
of  the  city,  and  the  trade  and  commerce  thereof,  as  may  be  ne- 
cessary or  expedient  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers  vested  in  the 
common  council,  or  anv  officer  of  said  city,  by  this  act;  and  en- 
force observance  *  of  all  rules,  ordinances,  by-laws,  and  police  and 
other  regulations,  made  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  by  penalties  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  any  ofiense  against  the  same. 
The  common  council  may  also  enforce  such  rules,  ordinances,  by- 
laws and  pohce  and  other  regulations,  as  aforesaid,  by  punishment 
of  fine  or  inprisonment  in  the  county  jail,  bridewell,  or  house  of  cor- 
rection, or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  magistrate  or  court  before 
which  conviction  may  be  had:  Provided,  such  fine  shall  not  exceed 
five  hundred  dollars,  nor  the  imprisonment  six  months. 

435.  Cemeteries — Regulation  of.']  §  9.  The  common  council 
is  hereby  authorized  to  purchase,  for  said  city,  such  tracts  of  land 
without  the  cit}^  limits,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing^  cemeteries 
for  the  interment  of  the  dead  therein,  as  they  may  think  necessary, 
which  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  under  any  law  of  this  state; 
and  they  are  also  authorized  and  empowered  to  pass  and  enforce 
such  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  with  regard  to  the  improve- 
ment, preservation,  laying  out,  and  ornamenting  the  same,  and  the 
sale  of  burial  places  or  lots  for  the  interment  of  the  dead  therein,  as 
they  may  deem  proper.  The  ground  or  grounds  so  laid  out  shall 
be  placed  under  the  superintendence  of  the  board  of  public  works 
of  said  city,  and  the  lots  which  may  be  laid  out  and  sold  shall,  with 
the  appurtenances,  forever  be  exempt  from  execution  and  attach- 
ment. As  soon  as  said  grounds  are  regulated  and  laid  out,  a  map 
or  plat  thereof  shall  be  made  out  by  the  board  of  public  works,  and 
a  copy  thereof  filed  in  the  comptroller's  oflice,  who  shall  have  charge 
of  the  sale  and  disposition  of  all  lots  therein,  under  the  ordinances 
and  regulations  of  the  common  council.  The  proceeds  of  such  sales 
shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury,  and  be  credited  and  charged  on 
the  books  of  the  treasury  department  to  a  "  cemetery  fund  "  to  be 
kept  distinct  from  all  other  funds  of  said  city.  The  said  common 
council  is  also  fullv  empowered  and  authorized  to  provide  for  the 
punishment,  by  ordinance,  of  all  persons  who  shall,  without  said  city 


140  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

1  . 

limits,  be  guilty  of  any  violation  of  the  regulations,  rules  and  ordi- 
nances, established  by  said  city  in  relation  to  such  cemeteries;  and 
.such  violations  may  be  punished  by  fine  and  imprisonment,  as  in 
other  cases,  by  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  within  said  city, 
and  all  process  issued  for  the  arrest  of  any  person  or  persons  guilty 
of  such  violation,  may  be  executed  without  said  city  limits,  by  any 
officer  or  constable  thereof,  the  same  as  if  such  offense  had  been 
■committed  within  the  boundaries  of  the  corporation.  (Act  Febru- 
.ary  13,  1863.) 

436.  Liquor  licenses — fower  to  revoke.^  §  34.  Licenses  to 
sell  liquor  shall  not  be  granted  to  any  person  but  the  party  in  actual 
possession  of  the  premises  in  which  liquor  shall  be  sold;  and  no 
license  shall  be  granted  to  females,  except  upon  the  recommendation 
■of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  committee  on  licenses  of  said 
city;  and  the  mayor  of  said  city  may,  in  his  discretion,  revoke  all 
licenses  held  in  violation  of  this  section,  and  all  licenses  held  or 
granted  to  any  person  who  may  be  convicted  of  gambling,  immor- 
ality, or  keeping  a  disorderly  house.  And  no  license  shall  hereafter 
be  issued  or  granted  to  any  person  convicted  as  aforesaid,  except 
upon  the  recommendation  of  not  less  than  six  reputable  household- 
ers, living  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  applicant,  and  the  board  of 
police.     (Act  February  15,  1865.) 

437.  Vacation  of  streets  and  alleys.^  §  ^'^-  The  vacating  or 
closing  of  any  street  or  alley,  or  portion  of  the  same,  in  said  city, 
shall  be  ordered  onl}-  by  the  vote  of  at  least  three-fourths  of  all  the 
aldermen  authorized  by  law  to  be  elected;  such  vote  shall  be  taken 
by  ayes  and  noes,  and  entered  on  the  record  of  the  common  council. 

438.  Lot  lines  to  extend  to  central  line  of  streets?^  §  i.  That 
when  any  street,  square,  lane,  alley,  highway,  or  part  thereof,  shall 
liave  been,  or  may  hereafter  be,  vacated  under  or  by  virtue  of  any 
act  or  acts  of  this  state,  the  lot  or  tract  immediately  adjoining  shall 
•extend  to  the  central  line  of  any  such  street,  square,  lane,  alley,  high- 
wa}',  or  part  thereof,  so  vacated,  unless  otherwise  specially  provided 
in  the  act  vacating  the  same:  Provided^  that  the  common  council  of 
any  city  in  this  state  shall  not  have  power  to  vacate,  or  order  closed, 
any  street  or  alley,  or  portion  of  the  same,  unless  such  vacation  shall 
be  ordered  upon  the  vote  of  at  least  three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen 
of  said  city,  authorized  by  law  to  be  elected:  such  vote  to  be  taken 
by  ayes  and  noes,  and  entered  on  the  records  of  the  common  coun- 
cil.    (Act  February  16,  1865.) 

439.  Further  general  ^owers^  §  i.  The  common  council  of 
the  citv  of  Chicago  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance: 

First.  To  prevent  the  interment  of  the  dead  witnin  tne  present 
or  future  limits  of  the  city. 


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Second.  To  provide  for  the  vacation  of  the  several  cemeteries 
in  said  city  by  the  purchase  and  extinguishment  of  the  titles  of  lot 
owners,  or  otherwise. 

Third.  To  purchase  grounds  and  erect  thereon  a  city  hall,  and 
provide  for  the  payment  thereof  by  the  issuing  and  negotiating  of 
the  bonds  of  said  cit}^,  or  by  the  levy  and  collection  of  taxes,  or 
partly  by  both:  Provided.,  however.,  that  no  such  levy  shall  in  any 
one  year  exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed  value  of  the 
real  and  personal  estate  in  the  city,  made  taxable  by  the  laws  of  this 
state. 

Fourth.  To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  regulation  of  sta- 
tionary steam  engines  and  boilers. 

Fifth.  To  appropriate  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars 
($10,000)  in  any  one  year  from  the  city  treasury  for  celebrating  the 
Fourth  of  July,  for  funeral  occasions,  and  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
entertaining  official  visitors  of  sister  cities:  Provided^  hozuever,  such 
order  or  appropriation  shall  be  passed  only  by  the  votes  of  at  least 
three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  such  vote  to  be  entered  by 
ayes  and  noes  on  the  records  of  the  common  council. 

Sixth.  To  prescribe,  regulate  and  control  the  time  or  times^ 
manner  and  speed  of  all  boats,  crafts  and  vessels  passing  the  bridges 
over  the  Chicago  river  and  its  branches. 

Seventh.  To  control  and  regulate  the  construction  of  buildings, 
chimneys  and  stacks,  and  to  prevent  and  prohibit  the  erection  or 
maintenance  of  any  insecure  or  unsafe  buildings,  stack,  wall  or  chim- 
ney, in  said  city,  and  to  declare  them  to  be  nuisances,  and  to  pro- 
vide for  their  summary  abatement. 

Eighth.  To  cause  the  seizure  and  destruction,  or  other  dispo- 
sition of  tainted  or  unwholesome  meat,  butter,  vegetables,  fruit  or 
provisions. 

Ninth.  To  authorize  the  use  of  the  streets  and  alleys  in  said 
city  by  railroad  companies,  or  cit}^  railway  companies,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  laying  tracks  and  running  cars  thereon :  Provided^  hozvever., 
permission  or  authority  shall  not  be  given,  nor  shall  any  such  grant 
or  permission  already  given  be  extended,  unless  by  vote  at  least  [of] 
three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  such  votes  to  be  entered 
by  ayes  and  noes  on  the  records  of  the  council:  And  provided, 
further,  that  no  grant,  consent,  contract  or  permission  heretofore 
given  or  made,  or  hereafter  to  be  made  or  given,  shall  in  anv  case 
be  extended  until  within  one  year  of  the  expiration  of  such  grant, 
consent,  contract  or  permission:  And  provided, further,  that  in  case 
of  a  veto  by  the  mayor,  any  such  grant  or  permission  shall  receive 
the  votes  of  three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  to  take  efiect 
as  an  act  or  law  of  the  corporation. 

Tenth.     To  direct,  regulate  and  prohibit  the  location  and  man- 


142  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

agement  of  houses  for  the  storing  of  gunpowder,  or  other  com- 
bustible material,  within  the  cit}'  and  within  one  mile  of  the  limits 
thereof. 

Eleventh.  To  declare  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  hall,  the- 
atre, opera-house,  church,  school-house,  or  building  of  an}-  kind  what- 
soever, to  be  used  for  the  assemblage  of  people,  unless  the  same  is 
provided  with  ample  means  for  the  safe  and  speedy  egress  of  the 
persons  therein  assembled,  in  case  of  alarm. 

Tzvelfth.  To  control,  regulate  or  prohibit  the  use  of  steam 
whistles  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

Thirteenth.  To  provide  for  the  borrowing,  from  time  to  time, 
a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  the 
aggregate,  to  pa}'  existing  debts  incurred  by  said  city  for  sewerage 
works,  and  to  increase  the  sewerage  works  of  said  city:  Provided, 
hozuever,  the  said  loan  or  loans  shall  be  made  in  strict  conformity 
W'ith  the  provisions  of  chapter  sixteen  of  the  act  of  1863,  to  w^hich 
this  is  an  amendment. 

fourteenth.  To  direct  and  require  the  board  of  public  works  to 
let  the  cleaning  of  the  streets,  alleys,  lanes  and  highways,  or  ordinary 
repairs  on  the  same,  or  an}'  part  thereof,  to  the  lowest  reliable  and 
responsible  bidder  or  bidders.  The  said  letting  and  contracts  to  be 
in  all  respects  governed  by  the  provisions  of  the  law  in  regard  to 
the  letting  of  contracts  for  improving  the  streets:  Provided,  how- 
ever, it  shall  require  tw^o-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected  to  pass 
any  such  ordinance,  such  vote  to  be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes,  and 
entered  on  the  records  of  the  council. 

Fifteenth.  To  direct  and  authorize  the  board  of  health  to  let 
the  scavenger  work,  night  or  day,  or  both,  to  the  lowest  reliable  and 
responsible  bidder  or  bidders,  or  in  case  a  proper  contract  cannot  be 
made,  to  authorize  said  board  to  do  said  w^ork.  Such  letting  to  be 
governed  in  all  respects,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  by  the  provisions  of 
the  charter  in  reference  to  the  letting  of  street  improvements. 

Sixteenth.  To  regulate  or  prohibit  the  carr}'ing  or  wearing  by 
any  person  under  his  clothes,  or  concealed  about  his  person,  any 
pistol,  or  colt,  or  slung  shot,  or  cross  knuckles,  or  knuckles  of  lead, 
brass,  or  other  metal,  or  bowie  knife,  dirk  knife,  or  dirk  or  dagger, 
or  any  other  dangerous  or  deadly  weapons,  and  to  provide  for  the 
confiscation  or  sale  of  such  weapons. 

Seventeenth.  To  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any  grounds  here- 
tofore purchased  for  a  bridewell  or  house  of  correction. 

Eighteenth.  To  purchase  grounds,  either  within  or  without  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city,  and  erect  the  necessary  buildings 
thereon  for  a  city  bridewell  or  house  of  correction. 

Nineteenth.  To  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  same  by  the 
levy  and  collection  of  taxes,  or  the  issue  and  negotiation  of  bonds, 
or  partly  by  both. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I43 

Twentieth.  To  adopt  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  said  institution,  and  the  proper  discipline  of  the  in- 
mates thereof,  and  also  to  purchase  all  materials,  tools  and  machinery 
necessary  to  secure  the  most  beneficial  results  from  the  labor  of  said 
inmates. 

Twenty-first.  To  require  the  superintendent,  warden  or  keeper 
to  keep  such  book  or  books  of  account  as  shall  fully,  and  in  detail, 
show  all  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  said  institution,  and  to 
require  a  report  of  the  condition  thereof,  from  time  to  time. 

Tzvcnty -second.  The  common  council  shall  have  power  to  require 
the  board  of  police  commissioners  to  detail  a  sufficient  number  of  men 
from  the  police  force  of  the  city  to  take  charge  of  the  public  pounds 
of  said  city,  and  to  properly  enforce  the  pound  ordinances  thereof, 
and  to  provide  for  the  election  of  one  or  more  pound-keepers,  and 
to  provide  for  the  payment  of  such  pound-keepers,  either  by  salary 
•or  fees,  or  partly  by  both,  and  to  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regu- 
lations for  the  enforcement  of  any  pound  ordinance  of  said  city. 

Tzuenty -third.  To  allow  dummies  or  steam  engines  to  be  used 
•on  the  street  railways  of  said  city,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions 
as  said  common  council  may  by  contract  with  said  railway  companies 
determine. 

Twenty-fourth.  That  the  common  council  shall  have  power  and 
authority  to  regulate  and  control  the  slaughtering  of  all  animals  in 
the  cit}^  or  within  four  miles  thereof,  intended  for  consumption  or 
exposed  for  sale  in  the  city,  and  to  enforce,  by  additional  ordinances, 
any  regulation,  contract  or  law  heretofore  made  on  the  subject. 

Tzuenty --fifth.  To  adjust  and  settle  with  property  owners  any 
differences  arising  by  reason  of  any  changes  made  in  the  dock  lines, 
by  the  council,  on  the  Chicago  river  or  its  branches,  if  in  its  discre- 
tion the  same  may  be  deemed  just  and  proper. 

Tzuenty -sixth.  To  make,  publish,  ordain,  amend  and  repeal  all 
such  ordinances,  by-laws  and  police  regulations,  not  contrary  to  the 
constitution  of  this  state,  for  the  good  government  and  order  of  the 
•city  and  the  trade  and  commerce  thereof,  as  may  be  necessary  or 
expedient  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers  vested  in  the  common 
•council,  or  of  any  officer  of  said  city,  by  this  act,  and  enforce  observ- 
ance of  all  rules,  ordinances,  by-laws,  police,  sanitary  and  other  reg- 
ulations made  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  or  the  act  to  which  this  is  an 
amendment,  the  amendments  thereto,  or  any  other  act  concerning  said 
•cit}^,  by  punishment,  fine  or  imprisonment  in  the  bridewell  or  house 
of  correction,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  magistrate  or  court 
before  which  conviction  may  be  had:  Provided,  hozucver^  such  fine 
.shall  not  exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  nor  the  imprisonment  two  years. 

Twenty-seventh.  To  prohibit  the  piling  of  lumber  within  the  fire 
limits,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  (x^ct 
March  9,  1867.) 


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144  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL, 

440.  Additional -power  as  to  use  of  horse  raihvays?\^  §1.  That 
the  twenty-third  article  of  section  one  of  chapter  five  of  an  act  enti- 
tled "  An  act  supplementary  to  an  act  to  reduce  the  charter  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  and  the  several  acts  amendatory  thereof,  into  one 
act,  and  to  revise  the  same,"  approved  February  13th,  1863,  and  the 
several  amendments  thereto,  approved  March  9th,  1867,  be,  and 
hereby  is,  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  "To  allow  dummies  or 
steam  engines  to  be  used  on  the  street  railways  of  said  city,  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  said  common  council  may  by  contract 
with  said  railway  companies  determine."     (Act  March  10,  1869.) 


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Chapter  V, 

TREASURY    DEPARTMENT. 

44  T.  Issue  of  nezv  in  ^lace  of  maturing  honds.\  §  38.  When- 
ever any  of  the  bonds  of  the  city,  which  may  have  been  hereto- 
fore, or  may  hereafter  be,  lawfully  issued  shall  become  due,  the  com- 
mon council  may  authorize  the  mayor  and  comptroller  to  issue  new 
bonds  to  an  amount  sufficient  to  retire  and  satisfy  the  same,  running 
either  ten  or  twenty  years,  bearing  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding 
seven  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  payable, 
principal  and  interest,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  (Act  February  13, 
1S63.) 


.  Chapter  VL 

BOARD    OF    PUBLIC    WORKS. 

442.  Attachment  VS.  non-resident  property  ozuners  for  damages 
— ^roceedings?\^  ^  2.  Whenever,  in  any  case,  injury  shall  be  sus- 
tained by  any  individual,  in  consequence  of  any  defect  in  or  obstruc- 
tion upon  any  sidewalk  along  the  premises  of  a  non-resident  owner, 
whose  duty  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be  to  keep  the  same,  at  all  times 
in  a  good  and  thorough  state  of  repair,  and  a  suit  for  damages  be 
commenced  against  the  city,  the  city  of  Chicago  may  attach  such 
premises,  and  hold  the  same  to  abide  the  judgment  in  the  case,  and 
in  case  of  a  judgment  being  had  therefor  against  the  city,  the  city 
may  proceed,  under  such  attachment,  against  said  premises  in  the 
same  manner  as  provided  by  law  for  creditors  against  non-resident 
debtors,  and  the  judgment  against  the  city  shall  be  prima  facie  evi- 
dence in  such  suit  or  proceeding:  Provided,  however,  that  such  non- 
resident owner  may,  by  filing  a  bond  as  in  other  cases  of  attachment, 
obtain  a  release  of  such  premises  from  such  attachment,  and  in  case 
of  such  owner  desiring  a  release  of  such  premises,  before  the  deter- 
mination of  such  suit  against  the  city,  he  may  do  so  upon  giving  and 
executing  his  bond,  with  security  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  for 
the  amount  of  damage  claimed,  conditioned  to  hold  harmless  the  city 
against  whatever  judgment  ma}'  be  rendered  in  the  case. 

443.  Barriers  and  lights  to  -prevent  accidents — clause  in  con- 
tracts?\^  §  3.  Whenever  anv  board  or  officer  of  the  city  shall  let 
any  work  or  improvement  which  shall  require  the  digging  up,  use 
or  occupancy  of  any  street,  alley,  highway,  or  public  grounds  of 

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146  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

said  city,  there  shall  be  inserted  in  said  contracts  substantial  cov- 
enants requiring  such  contractor,  during  the  night  time,  to  put  up 
and  maintain  such  barriers  and  lights  as  will  effectually  prevent  the 
happening  of  any  accident  in  consequence  of  such  digging  up,  use 
■or  occupancy  of  said  street,  alley,  highway  or  public  grounds,  for 
which  the  citv  might  be  liable,  and  also  such  other  covenants  and 
■conditions  as  experience  has  or  may  prove  necessaiy  to  save  the 
city  harmless  from  damages.  And  also  to  provide,  in  such  con- 
tracts, that  the  party  contracting  with  the  city  shall  be  liable  for  all 
damages  occasioned  by  the  digging  up,  use  or  occupancy  of  the 
street,  allev,  highwa}',  or  public  grounds,  or  which  may  result  there- 
from, or  which  may  result  from  the  carelessness  of  such  contractor, 
his  agents,  employes,  or  workmen, 

444.  Bond  of .  indemnity  from  contractors.']^  §4.  Whenever 
any  work  or  improvement  is  let  b}^  contract  to  any  person  or  per- 
sons, firm  or  corporation,  the  board  or  officers  of  the  city  letting 
the  same  shall,  in  all  cases,  take  a  bond  from  such  person,  persons, 
or  firm  or  corporation,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  in  such 
amount  as  shall  not  onty  be  adequate  to  insure  the  performance  of 
the  work  in  the  time  and  manner  required  in  such  contract,  but  also 
to  save  and  indemnify,  and  keep  harmless  the  said  city  against  all 
liabilities,  judgments,  costs  and  expenses  which  may  in  anywise 
come  against  said  city  in  consequence  of  the  granting  of  such  con- 
tract, or  which  may  in  anywise  result  from  the  carelessness  or  neg- 
lect of  said  person,  firm  or  corporation,  or  his  or  its  agents,  em- 
ployes or  workmen,  in  an^^  respect  whatever;  and  in  every  such 
case  where  judgment  is  recovered  against  the  cit}'  by  reason  of  the 
carelessness  or  negligence  of  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  so 
contracting,  or  his,  their  or  its  agents,  employes  or  workmen,  and 
when  due  notice  has  been  given  of  the  pendency  of  such  suit,  such 
judgment  shall  be  conclusive  against  such  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion, and  his,  or  their,  or  its  sureties  on  such  bond,  not  only  as  to 
the  amount  of  damages,  but  as  to  their  liability.  (Act  March  9, 
1867.) 

445.  A^o  oficer  to  receive  interest  on  city  funds?^  §  -7-  ^'^'^ 
member  or  officer  of  said  board,  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  and  no 
member  of  the  common  council,  shall  either  directly  or  indirectly 
receive  any  interest  or  profit  whatever  on  account  of  the  deposit  of 
any  of  the  funds  belonging  to  the  city;  nor  shall  any  member  or 
officer  of  said  board,  or  officer  of  said  city,  or  any  member  of  the 
common  council,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  make  use  of  or  borrow 
any  of  said  funds  for  his  own  private  benefit  or  advantage.  (Act 
.February  13,  1863.)         ****** 


GOVERXMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I47 

Chapter  VIL 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS. 
*  *  -^  :i:  *  *  *  *  * 

446.  Owners  and  occupants  responsible  for  safe  condition  of 
sidcxvalk.'\  §  29.  Nothing  in  the  preceding  sections  contained  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  relieve  the  owners  or  occupants  of  real  estate 
from  the  duty  of  keeping  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjacent  to 
their  respective  premises,  at  all  times,  in  a  safe  condition,  and  in  a 
good  and  thorough  state  of  repair;  but  such  duty  is  hereby  ex- 
pressly enjoined  and  imposed  upon  all  such  owners  and  occupants; 
and  if  at  any  time  any  injury  shall  be  sustained  by  any  individual, 
or  the  city  shall  be  subjected  to  any  damages  in  consequence  of  any 
defect  in  any  sidewalk,  or  its  being  out  of  repair,  the  owner  or  occu- 
pant of  the  adjacent  premises,  whose  duty  it  is  to  make  repairs, 
shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  therefor,  and  the  same  may  be 
recovered  by  suit  in  any  court  of  general  jurisdiction.  If  the 
owner  be  a  non-resident,  proceedings  may  be  commenced  against 
property  by  attachment,  as  in  other  cases  of  attachment  under  the 
laws  of  the  state. 


447.  Injury  to  -public  property 7\  §  41.  Any  person  or  per- 
sons who  shall  injure  or  destroy  any  bridge,  the  construction  of 
which  may  have  been  heretofore  or  may  be  hereafter  authorized 
or  permitted  to  be  built  by  the  common  council,  or  any  public 
buildings  or  other  property  belonging  to  said  city,  or  shall  cause  or 
procure  the  same  to  be  injured  or  destroyed,  or  who  shall  wantonly 
spoil  or  damage  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk,  public  square  or  ground, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense,  to  be  recovered  by  the  city  in  an  action  of  debt,  and 
may  be  imprisoned  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court  before  whom  such  conviction  may  be  had,  and 
such  person  or  persons  shall  also  be  liable  in  a  civil  action  at  the 
suit  of  the  city  for  the  damages  occasioned  by  such  injury  or  de- 
struction.    (Act  February  13,  1863,) 


Chapter  XIL 

THE    POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 

448.  Powers  of  policemen  to  enter  buildings — take  charge  of  stolen 
property — serve  process. \  §  12.  The  members  of  the  police  force 
of  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  shall  possess,  m  every  part  of  the  county 


T48  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

.of  Cook,  all  the  common  law  and  statutory  powers  of  constables, 
except  for  the  service  of  civil  process,  and  any  warrant  for  search 
or  arrest,  by  any  magistrate  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  may  be  executed 
in  any  part  of  the  county  of  Cook,  by  any  member  of.  the  police 
force  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago  without  any  backing  or  indorse- 
ment of  the  said  warrant,  and  according  to  the  terms  thereof.  The 
superintendent,  deputy  superintendent,  or  any  captain  of  police,  liav- 
ing  just  cause  to  suspect  that  any  felony  has  been,  or  is  being,  or  is 
about  to  be  committed  within  any  building,  or  on  board  of  any  ship, 
boat  or  vessel  within  the  said  city  of  Chicago  or  county  of  Cook, 
may  enter  the  same  at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  night,  to  take  all 
necessary  measures  for  the  effectual  prevention  or  detection  of  all 
felonies,  and  may  take,  then  and  there,  into  custody  all  persons  sus- 
pected of  being  concerned  in  such  felonies,  and  also  may  take  charge 
of  all  property  which  he  or  they  shall  have  then  and  there  just  cause 
to  suspect  has  been  stolen.  The  members  of  said  police  force  may 
also  serve  or  execute  any  process,  civil  or  criminal,  issued  by  the 
police  court  of  said  city,  or  either  of  the  justices  thereof. 

*  H:  *  *  :i:  *  *  :K  * 

449.  Penalty^  assaulting  elector  or  police  officer. \  §28.  It  shall 
be  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail, 
not  less  than  one  year  nor  exceeding  two  years,  for  any  person,  with- 
out justifiable  or  excusable  cause,  to  use  personal  violence  upon  an}' 
elector  in  said  city  of  Chicago  while  attending  the  polls  upon  any 
election  day,  or  upon  any  member  of  the  police  force  thereof  when 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty;  or  for  any  such  member  to  neglect 
making  any  arrest  for  an  offense  against  the  law  of  the  state,  com- 
mitted in  his  presence,  or  for  any  person,  not  a  member  of  the  poUce 
force,  to  falsely  represent  himself  as  being  such  member  with  a 
fraudulent  design.     (Act  February  13,  1863.) 

450.  Assiiniing police  -power — -penalty ^^  §  5.  It  shall  be  a  misde- 
meanor, punishable  by  a. fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  nor  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars,  for  any  person  not  holding  an  appointment  from 
the  board  of  police,  either  as  regular  or  special  policeman,  to  assume 
to  act  as  a  policeman  in  any  capacity  within  the  city  of  Chicago. 
(Act  March  15,  1869.) 

451.  Penalty .,  unlawfully  zuearing  star.]^  §  6.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  other  than  a  police  officer  or  patrolman  to 
wear  a  star,  or  other  similar  device,  like  that  of  a  policeman,  under 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars.     (Act  March  9,  1867.) 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I49 

Chapter  XIIL 

THE    POLICE    COURT. 

452.  Court  in  each  division — deputy  cle?'ks.\  §  3.  The  com- 
mon council  shall  have  power  to  provide  for  the  holding  of  a  police 
court  in  each  division  of  said  city;  to  designate  a  justice  of  the  peace 
to  hold  each  of  said  courts;  to  hx  places  for  holding  them,  and  to 
provide  for  the  appointment  of  a  sufficient  number  of  deputy  police 
court  clerks  for  the  same.  ******* 
(Act  February  i6,  1865.) 

453.  Suits  in  the  corporate  name — tawftd  to  declare  in  debt.\ 
§  5.  All  actions  brought  to  recover  any  penalty  or  forfeiture  in- 
curred under  this  act,  or  the  ordinances,  by-laws,  or  police  regula- 
tions made  in  pursuance  of  it,  shall  be  brought  in  the  corporate 
name.  It  shall  be  lawful  to  declare,  generall}-,  in  debt  for  such  pen- 
alty or  forfeiture,  stating  the  clause  of  this  act,  or  the  by-laws  or 
ordinances  under  which  the  penalty  or  forfeiture  is  claimed,  and  to 
give  the  special  matter  in  evidence  under  it.  (Act  February  13, 
1863.) 

454.  Remission  of  fines — mayor  may  release  from  house  of  cor- 
rection?^ ^  7.  Neither  the  ma^'or  or  common  council  shall  remit 
any  tine  or  penalty  imposed  upon  any  person  for  the  violation  of  the 
laws  or  ordinances  of  said  city,  unless  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen 

authorized  to  be  elected  shall  v^ote  for  such  release  or  remission.      * 
********* 

455.  Salary  of  police  justices— fees  to  be  relinquished  and  paid 
into  treasury?^  §  8.  The  said  justices  shall  be  compensated  by  sal- 
ary, to  be  fixed  by  the  common  council,  for  doing  the  business  of  said 
police  court,  in  lieu  of  all  other  compensation  or  fees  whatever  accru- 
ing from  the  business  to  be  disposed  of;  and  the  said  justices,  so 
designated,  shall  not  enter  upon  their  duties,  nor  be  appointed  to  hold 
such  court,  as  justices  of  the  peace  aforesaid,  unless  they  first  sign 
and  execute  an  express  relinquishment  in  writing  in  favor  of  the  city, 
of  all  other  fees,  emoluments  or  compensation  whatever,  than  what 
may  be  provided  by  a  salary,  to  be  fixed  as  aforesaid,  by  the  com- 
mon council;  and  such  express  relinquishment  shall  be  tiled  in  the 
comptroller's  office;  and  all  justices'  fees  and  costs,  collected  in  all 
actions  brought  for  said  city,  under  the  city  charter,  shall  be  paid  into 
the  city  treasury  as  other  revenue  of  the  city. 

*  *  *  ^i:  *  *  *  *  * 

456.  Clerk  to  prosecute,when?\  §  13-  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  police  court  clerk  to  see  that  all  cases  are  properly  prosecuted 


150  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

before  said  police  court,  in  the  absence  of  the  city  attorney,  and  no 
poHce  ofhcer  shall  conduct  any  prosecution.  He  shall  take  care  that 
said  fines,  penalties,  forfeitures,  fees,  judgments  and  executions  are 
collected  in  all  cases  as  speedily  as  may  be,  and  the  police  justices 
shall,  so  far  as  is  possible,  aid  said  clerk  in  the  collection  thereof. 

457.  Clerk  to  report  daily — ^ay  over  moneys  daily. A  ^14.  Tlie 
said  police  court  clerk  shall,  at  the  close  of  every  day,  make  a  written 
report  to  the  comptroller,  containing  the  name  and  number  of  each  case 
disposed  of  during  the  day,  in  which  the  city  is  a  party,  and  its  final 
disposition ;  the  names  of  all  witnesses  in  each  case,  to  whom  certifi- 
cates for  witness  fees  have  been  issued,  with  the  amount  of  each  fee ; 
and  also  the  amount  of  all  such  fines,  fees,  penalties  and  forfeitures 
as  he  may  have  collected  during  said  day.  He  shall  also  specify  in 
his  said  report  the  number  of  cases  pending;  the  number  of  cases  in 
which  any  fine,  forfeiture  or  penalty  has  been  inflicted,  and  the  amount 
thereof;  and  also  the  amount  of  mone3's  outstanding,  to  be  collected 
in  such  cases,  and  the  state  of  each  case  respectively;  and,  upon 
making  each  and  every  such  statement,  he  shall  verify  the  same  by 
oath,  taken  before  some  competent  officer,  that  such  statement  is  a 
full,  fair  and  complete  statement  of  the  moneys  received  and  collected 
by  him  during  said  day,  and  of  all  matters  required  by  law  to  be  em- 
braced in  said  report.  He  shall  also  pay  over  to  the  city  treasurer, 
at  the  close  of  every  day,  all  moneys  received  and  collected  by  him 
as  such  clerk,  and  shall  file  his  receipt  therefor  with  the  said  comp- 
troller. 

458.  Failure  to  report  and ^ay  over — penalty?^  §^5-  Incase 
of  the  failure  of  such  clerk  to  make  such  report  and  pay  over  said 
moneys  daily,  as  herein  required,  a  notice  shall  be  served  on  him  by 
the  comptroller,  that,  within  three  days,  he  is  required  to  make  such 
returns,  and  pay  over  all  moneys  received,  and,  in  case  of  the  failure 
of  said  clerk  to  pay  over  said  moneys  and  make  such  report  to  the 
satisfaction  of  said  comptroller,  he  shall  be  suspended  and  removed 
from  office,  by  the  mayor,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  common  coun- 
cil, and  thereupon  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  common  council,  shall  appoint  his  successor  to  fill  the  vacancy 
during  the  unexpired  term. 

459.  Prosecuting  attorney — duties  of?^  ^  16.  The  common 
council,  if  it  think  proper  may,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  prosecuting  attorne}^  for  said  poHce  court,  to  manage  all 
city  cases  before  it,  and,  in  such  case,  may  provide  for  his  compen- 
sation by  a  salary.  In  case  of  the  appointment  of  such  prosecuting 
attorney  of  the  poHce  court,  he  shall  prosecute  all  cases  before  it,  and 
also  superintend  the  collection  of  fees,  fines,  forfeitures,  judgments 
and  executions,  and  keep  a  docket  thereof,  and  file  a  monthly  report 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I5T 

of  the  number  of  all  cases  commenced,  and  all  cases  disposed  of,  with 
the  names  of  parties  sued,  and  the  amount  of  fines,  fees  and  forfeit- 
ures collected,  with  the  number  of  cases  where  moneys  are  uncol- 
lected, and  the  amount  thereof,  and  file  such  reports  in  the  city  comp- 
troller's office. 

460.  Council  may  prescribe  other  duties  of  clerk  and  frosecuting^ 
attorney ?\^  §  i7-  The  clerk  of  the  poHce  court  and  police  prosecut- 
ing attorney  (if  any),  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  ordinance  of  the  common  council. 

461.  Sessions  of  court  held  in  one  -place — zvhen  may  he  changed?^ 
§  18.  The  sessions  of  the  police  court  shall  be  held  in  but  one  place, 
where  all  examinations  upon  criminal  charges  before  the  justices 
thereof  shall  be  had;  and  where,  also,  all  other  business  of  every  kind 
coming  before  the  justices  of  said  pohce  court,  shall  be  transacted;, 
and  the  place  of  holding  said  court  shall  not  be  changed  without  a 
vote  of  the  common  council. 


Chapter  XV. 

CHICAGO    WATER    WORKS. 
^  Hs  ******  * 

462.  Aqueducts^  etc. — pozver  to  construct.']  §  lO.  The  city  of 
Chicago  shall  have  the  power  to  construct  such  aqueducts  along  the 
shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  or  in  the  highways,  or  elsewhere  in  said 
Cook  county,  and  to  construct  such  pumping  w^orks,  break-waters,, 
subsiding-basins,  filter  beds  and  reservoirs,  and  to  lay  such  water 
mains,  and  to  make  all  other  constructions  in  said  county,  as  shall 
be  necessary  in  obtaining  from  Lake  Michigan  a  sufficient  and 
abundant  supply  of  pure  water  for  said  c\X.y. 

463.^  Pozver  to  extend  pipes  into  lake — erect  piers.,  etc.'j  §  ii- 
Said  city  shall  have  the  power  to  extend  aqueducts  or  inlet  pipes 
into  Lake  Michigan,  so  far  as  may  deemed  necessar}^  to  insure  a 
supply  of  pure  w^ater,  and  to  erect  a  pier  or  piers  in  the  navigable 
waters  of  said  lake,  for  the  making,  preserving,  and  working  of  said- 
pipes  or  aqueducts  :  Provided,  that  such  piers  shall  be  furnished 
with  a  beacon  light,  which  shall  be  hghted  at  all  such  seasons  and 

hours  as  the  light  on  the  pier  at  the  entrance  of  Chicago  river. 

He  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * 

464.  Ponds — record  to  he  heft  hy  comptroller.]  §  ^7*  ^^  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller  of  the  city  of  Chicago  to  keep  such 


152  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

a  record  of  all  bonds,  now  or  hereafter  to  be  issued  for  the  water 
supply  of  said  city,  as  shall  at  all  times  exhibit  the  number  and 
amount  of  such  bonds  outstanding,  the  rate  of  interest,  and  when 
and  where  the  principal  and  interest  are  payable. 

465.  Property — penalty  for  injuring — polluting  water — pen- 
alty?^ §  33.  If  any  person  shall  willfully  do,  or  cause  to  be  done, 
any  act  whereby  any  work,  material  or  property  whatever,  con- 
structed, provided  or  used  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  elsewhere, 
by  the  said  board,  or  by  any  person  acting  under  their  authority,  for 
the  purpose  of  procuring  or  keeping  a  supply  of  water,  shall  in  any 
manner  be  injured,  or  if  any  person  shall  willfully  pollute  the  water, 
such  person  shall  be  subject  to  indictment,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars, 
or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court.     (Act  February  13,  1863.) 


Chapter  XVL 

CHICAGO    SEWERAGE    WORKS. 

466.  Record  of,  to  he  heft  by  comptroller ^^  §  20.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  comptroller  of  the  city  of  Chicago  to  keep  such  a 
record  of  all  bonds,  now  or  hereafter  to  be  issued  for  the  sewerage 
of  said  city,  as  shall  at  all  times  exhibit  the  number  and  amount  of 
such  bonds  outstanding,  the  rate  of  interest,  and  when  and  where 
the  principal  and  interest  are  payable. 

467.  Sewers — injury  to — penalty — regulations  concerning:'^  ^ 
29.  If  any  person  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  obstruct,  damage  or 
injure  any  public  or  private  sewer  or  drain  in  said  city,  or  willfully 
injure  any  of  the  materials  employed,  provided  or  used  in  said  city 
for  the  purposes  specified  in  this  act,  he  shall  be  subject  to  indict- 
ment, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six 
months,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 


Chapter  XVII, 

BOARD    OF    HEALTH. 

468.     Dead  ani'mals  to  be  removed?^     §1.     It  shall  be  the  duty 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I53 

of  all  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  having  the 
•ownership  or  control  of  dead,  undressed,  unslaughtered  hogs,  cattle, 
or  other  animals  or  animal  matter,  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or 
within  four  miles  of  the  limits  of  said  city,  to  remove  the  same 
within  twenty-four  hours  of  their  arrival  within  the  above  des- 
cribed locality,  to  some  point  not  only  out  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
but  beyond  the  distance  of  four  miles  from  the  limits  of  said  city; 
and  in  case  the  person  or  persons  having  ownership,  control  or  pos- 
session of  such  dead  animals  shall  fail  so  to  remove  them  within  the 
time  specified,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  oflfilcer  of  Chicago  to 
take  immediate  possession  of  and  remove  the  same. 

469.  Machinery^  condensers^  etc?\^  §  3.  No  person  or  persons, 
corporation  or  corporations,  shall  render  or  manufacture  any  lard, 
tallow  or  soap-grease  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  with- 
out adopting  such  measures,  in  the  way  of  condensers  and  other 
machinery,  "  to  the  end  "  of  preventing  unwholesome  and  disagree- 
able odors,  as  the  health  officer  of  the  City  of  Chicago  may  direct. 

470.  Drains  and  privies.^  §  4.  The  owner,  agent  or  occu- 
pant having  the  charge  of  any  tenement  used  as  a  dwelling,  or  for 
lodging  purposes,  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  furnish  the  same 
Avith  a  sufficient  drain,  under  ground,  to  carry  ofl^'  waste  water,  and 
also  with  a  suitable  privy,  sufficient  for  the  accommodation  of  all 
-who  may  use  it;  nor  shall  the  contents  of  any  vault  be  allowed  to 
accumulate  within  twelve  inches  of  the  even  surface  of  the  ground, 
or  otherwise,  being  offensive. 

471.  Penalty,  violation  of  section  /.]  ^  6.  Any  person  or 
corporation  violating  the  provisions  of  the  first  section  of  this  act, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

47--  Penalty  for  violation  of  section /J.  after  notice?^  §7.  Any 
person  or  persons  neglecting  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion four  of  this  act,  shall  be  Hable  to  a  fine  of  twenty-five  dollars 
for  failing  to  comply  with  the  same  within  a  reasonable  time  (not  to 
exceed  thirty  days),  after  notice  from  the  health  officer  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  and  a  finQ  of  five  dollars  for  every  day's  neglect  and  failure 
thereafter  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  said  section  four. 

473-  Penalty  for  violation  of  section  j,  after  not  ice  ^^  §  8.  Any 
person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  neglecting  or  refus- 
ing to  compl}^  with  the  provisions  of  section  three  of  this  act  within 
a  reasonable  time  (not  to  exceed  thirty  days),  after  being  notified  by 
the  health  officer  of  the  city  of  Chicago  to   comply  with  the  same, 


15-4  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  fifty  dollars  per 
day  for  every  day  thereafter  that  he  or  they  shall  so  refuse  or  neglect 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  said  section  third. 

474.  Penalties. — hoiv  recovered.^  §  9.  The  penalties  provided 
for  in  this  act  shall  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  debt,  to  be  brought 
in  the  name  of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  against  the  party 
offending,  in  any  justice  court  or  court  of  record  in  the  county  of 
Cook ;  one-half  of  the  penalty  or  penalties  shall  go  to  the  informer 
who  may  institute  and  prosecute  such  action,  and  the  other  half  of 
such  penalty  shall  go  to  the  city  of  Chicago.  (Act  February  16,, 
1865.) 


Chapter  XVIIL 


SCHOOLS    AND    SCHOOL    FUND. 


475.  School  fund  of  T.  jp,  R.  i^ — power  of  council — proceeds 
how  applied^  §  i.  The  school  lands  and  school  fund  of  township 
thirty-nine,  north,  range  fourteen,  east  of  the  third  principal  meridian, 
shall  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  vested  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 
The  common  council  shall,  at  all  times,  have  power  to  do  all  acts 
and  things  in  relation  to  said  school  lands  and  school  fund,  which 
they  may  think  proper  to  their  safe  preservation  and  efficient  man- 
agement; and  sell  or  lease  said  lands,  and  all  canal  or  other  lots  or 
lands,  or  other  property,  which  may  have  been,  or  may  hereafter  be 
donated  to  the  school  fund,  on  such  terms,  and  at  such  times,  as  the 
common  council  shall  deem  most  advantageous;  and,  on  such  sale 
or  sales,  lease  or  leasings,  to  make,  execute  and  deliver  all  proper 
conveyances,  which  said  conveyances  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor 
and  comptroller,  and  countersigned  by  the  clerk,  and  sealed  with 
the  corporate  seal:  Provided^  that  the  proceeds  arising  from  such 
sales  shall  be  added  to,  and  constitute  a  part  of,  the  school  fund. 

476.  Principal  not  to  be  ii'npaired.^  §  2.  Nothing  shall  be 
done  to  impair  the  principal  of  said  fund,  or  to  appropriate  the  in- 
terest accruing  from  the  same,  to  any  other  purpose  than  the  pay- 
ment of  teachers  in  the  public  schools  in  said  township. 

477.  Pozvers  of  council  as  to  school  lands,  tax  fund,  etc.^  ^  3. 
The  common  council  shall  have  power  : 

First.  To  erect,  hire  or  purchase  buildings  suitable  for  school 
houses  and  keep  the  same  in  repair. 

Second.  To  buy  or  lease  sites  for  school  houses  with  the  neces- 
sary grounds. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 5  5. 

Third.  To  furnish  schools  with  the  necessary  fixtures,  furniture 
and  apparatus. 

Fourth.  To  establish,  support  and  maintain  schools  and  supply 
the  inadequacy  of  the  school  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  city 
teachers  from  school  taxes. 

Fifth.  To  lay  oft'  and  divide  the  city  into  school  districts,  and^ 
from  time  to  time,  alter  the  same  or  create  new  ones  as  circumstances 
may  require. 

Sixth.  And  generall}^  have  and  possess  all  the  rights,  powers 
And  authority  necessary  for  the  proper  management  of  schools  and 
the  school  lands  and  funds  belonging  to  the  township,  with  power 
to  enact  such  ordinances  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  their  powers 
and  duties  into  effect.     (Act  February  13,  1863.) 

478.  School  agent — hozv  appointed — bond^  ctc.'^  §  9.  The 
school  agent  of  said  city  shall  be  appointed,  biennially,  by  the  board 
of  education,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  common 
council;  and  shall  receive  such  annual  salary  as  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  education,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  common  council,  and,  before  he  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of 
his  ofhce,  he  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  such 
sum  and  wath  such  securities  as  the  common  council  shall  approve. 
The  school  agent  so  appointed  may  be  removed  at  any  time  by  the 
common  council,  upon  the  recommendation  of  said  board,  and  he 
shall  make  such  reports,  from  time  to  time,  to  the  said  board  and 
the  common  council,  concerning  the  condition  of  the  school  funds, 
as  they,  or  either  of  them,  may  require.  The  first  appointment  of 
school  agent  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  made  on 
the  second  Monday  of  May  next,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be. 
(Act  February  16,"  1865.) 

479.  Pozvcr  of  school  agent?^  §  4.  The  school  agent  shall 
have  the  custody  and  management  of  th-e  money,  securities,  and 
property  belonging  to  the  school  fund,  subject  to  the  direction  of 
the  common  council. 

480.  Bond — compensation.^  §  5.  The  school  agent,  before 
entering  upon  his  duties,  shall  give  bond  in  such  amount,  and  with 
such  conditions  and  sureties,  as  the  common  council  may  require. 
His  compensation  shall  be  paid  out  -of  the  school  fund;  and  he  shall 
be  subject,  for  misconduct  in  office,  to  the  same  penalties  and  im- 
prisonment, as  school  commissioners  are  or  may  be  subject  to,  by 
law. 


481.     School  agoit  report  to  council  cpiartcrlx^     §  -^-     It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  agent  of  the  school  fund  to  report,  at  the  end  of 


156  STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

each  quarter,  to  the  common  council,  the  amount  of  interest  on 
hand,  and  to  give  the  board  of  education  such  information  as  they 
may,  from  time  to  time,  request  in  reference  thereto.  (Act  Febru- 
ary 13,  1863.) 

482.  Report  to  board  of  education  monthly.^  §  30.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  school  agent  to  report  to  the  president  of  the 
board  of  education,  on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  the  condition  of 
the  school  fund  derivable  from  all  sources,  specifying  the  amount 
of  monev  on  hand  and  the  amount  received  and  expended  during 
the  month  just  terminated.  This  report  shall  be  presented  to  the 
board  at  its  next  regular  meeting,  and  be  entered  upon  its  minutes. 
(Act  February  15,  1865.) 

483.  School  fund  to  be  kept  loaned — secicrtty.^  ^  6.  The 
school  fund  shall  be  kept  loaned  at  interest,  at  the  rate  of  twelve 
per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  in  advance.  No  loan 
shall  be  made,  hereafter,  for  a  longer  period  than  ten  years,  and  all 
loans  shall  be  secured  by  unincumbered  real  estate  of  double  the 
value  of  the  sum  loaned,  exclusive  of  the  value  of  perishable  im- 
provements thereon:  Provided,  the  common  council  shall  have 
power  to  reduce  the  rate  of  interest,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
the  aldermen  elected;  and  they  may  also,  by  a  like  vote,  author- 
ize the  investment  of  said  funds  in  the  bonds  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

484.  Sectirities  to  be  taken  in  name  of  city.]  §  7.  All  notes 
and  securities  shall  be  taken,  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  use  of 
the  inhabitants  of  said  township,  for  school  purposes;  and  in  that 
name,  all  suits,  actions,  and  every  description  of  legal  proceedings, 
maybe  had. 

485.  Expenses  of  ioan.]  ^  8.  All  expenses  of  preparing  or 
recording  securities  shall  be  paid,  exclusively,  by  the  borrower. 

486.  Preference  of  sckooi find.]  §9.  In  the  payment  of  debts 
of  deceased  persons,  those  due  the  school  fund  shall  be  paid  in  pref- 
erence to  all  others,  except  expenses  attending  the  last  illness  and 
funeral  of  the  deceased,  not  including  the  physician's  bill. 

487.  Dcfatdt  in  payment  of  interest^  §  ^*^'  -^^  default  be 
made  in  the  payment  of  interest,  or  of  the  principal,  when  due, 
interest  at  the  rate  of  fifteen  per  cent,  upon  the  same  shall  be  charged 
from  the  default,  and  may  be  recovered  by  suit  or  otherwise.  Suits 
may  be  brought  for  the  recovery  of  interest  onl}^  when  the  princi- 
pal is  not  due. 

488.     Interest  on  judgments — redemption^     §  i^-    All  judgments 
recovered  for  interest  or  principal,  or  both,  shall  respective!}-  bear 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 57 

interest  at  twelve  per  cent,  per  annum,  from  the  rendition  of  judg- 
ment, until  paid;  and  in  case  of  the  sale  of  real  estate  thereon,  the 
cit}'  of  Chicago  may  become  the  purchaser  thereof,  for  the  use  of 
the  school  fund,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  rights  given  by  law 
to  other  purchasers.  On  redemption,  twelve  per  cent,  interest  shall 
be  paid  from  the  time  of  sale.* 

489.  No  court  cost i  to  be  charged  to  school  J'l did. ^  §  ^^-  -^^ 
costs  made  in  the  course  of  any  judicial  proceeding,  in  which  the 
citv  of  Chicago  for  the  use  of  the  school  fund  may  be  a  party,  shall 
be  chargeable  to  the  school  fund. 

490.  Insecure  debts — ■proceedings.^  etc^^  §  ^3-  •'•^  ^^^  security 
on  any  loan  should,  at  any  time  before  the  same  is  due,  become,  in 
the  united  judgment  of  the  school  agent  and  common  council,  inse- 
cure, the  agent  shall  notify  the  person  indebted,  thereof;  and,  unless 
further  satisfactory  security  shall  be  forthwith  given  by  the  debtor, 
judgment  may  be  recovered  thereon,  as  in  other  cases,  although  no 
condition  to  that  effect  be  inserted  in  the  note  or  other  security. 

491.  School  tax  fund?\^  §14-  The  school  tax  fund  shall  be  paid 
into  the  city  treasury  and  be  kept  a  separate  fund  for  the  building 
of  school  houses  and  keeping  the  same  in  repair,  and  supporting  and 
maintaining  schools;  and  shall  be  drawn  out  only  in  payment  of  bills 
approved  by  the  board  of  education,  on  the  warrant  of  the  comp- 
troller, countersigned  by  the  president  of  the  board  of  education  and 
the  mayor.     (Act  February  13,  1863.) 

492.  One  school  to  be  established  in  each  district — -free  instruc- 
tion?]^ §  5.  There  shall  be  established,  in  said  city,  at  least  one 
common  school  in  each  school  district  now,  or  hereafter  to  be,  cre- 
ated, and  free  instruction  within  their  respective  districts  shall  be 
given,  in  said  schools,  to  all  children,  residing  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  who  are  over,  the  age  of  six  years  and  who  may  be  sent  to  or 
attend  such  school,  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be 
established  by  the  common  council,  or  board  of  education,  pursuant 
to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  the  act  to  which  this  is  an  amend- 
ment. 

493.  Children  of  adjoining  toivns?^  §  6.  The  board  of  edu- 
cation shall  have  power  to  admit  to  the  public  schools  of  said  city, 
children  residing  within  those  towns  of  Cook  county  which  immedi- 
ately adjoin  the  said  city,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  said 
board  may  prescribe.      (Act  February  16,  1865.) 

494.  Board  may  confer  collegiate  degrees?\  §  7.  The  board 
of  education  shall  have  power  to  confer  the  usual  collegiate  degrees, 
whenever  they  shall  deem  it  best  for  the  educational  interests  of  the 


STATUTES    RELATING    TO    THE    MUNICIPAL 

city,  and  to  prescribe  the  necessary  and  proper  rules  for  the  same. 

^  ^  ^  ;J;  ^  JjC  ^  ijj  ^C 

495.  Council  may  establish  evening  schools,  and  levy  taxes  /or 
their  sti-p-port?\^  ^  9.  The  common  council  is  empowered  to  estab- 
lish evening  schools,  the  same  to  be  under  the  control  of  the  board 
of  education,  and  the  funds  for  their  support  to  be  raised  by  special 
appropriation  by  the  common  council.     (Act  March  9,  1867.] 

496.  JSfo  member  of  board  to  receive  gift,  rezuard,  etc.^  §  28. 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  superintendent,  or  any  member  of  the 
board,  to  receive,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any  fee,  gift  or  re- 
ward from  any  book-publishing  concern,  book  agent  or  bookseller, 
or  to  act  as  agent  or  attorney  for  any  book-publishing  concern,  book 
agent  or  bookseller,  or  to  be  pecuniarily  interested  in  the  sale  or 
publication  of  any  book  used  in  the  public  schools;  and  any  viola- 
tion of  these  provisions  shall  subject  the  offender  to  immediate  re- 
moval from  office  by  the  common  council.     (Act  February  13,  1863.) 

^j97.  IIoxv  city  property  sold,  and  school  rents  rebated.^  §  11. 
No  property  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  to  the  school  fund 
of  said  cit}^,  shall  be  sold  or  conveyed,  except  upon  a  vote  of  three- 
fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  by  law  authorized  to  be  elected,  and  no 
abatement  shall  be  made  by  the  common  council  of  said  city  to  any 
party  who  shall  in  any  way  hold  any  property,  as  lessee  or  other- 
wise, belonging  to  the  school  fund  of  said  city,  unless  by  a  vote  of 
at  least  four-fifths  of  all  the  members  of  the  common  council  of  said 
city;  and  no  abatement  shall  be  made  on  the  assessed  value  of  any 
such  property,  unless  by  a  vote  of  at  least  four-fifths  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  common  council  of  said  city.     (Act  March  15,  1869.) 


ORDINANCES 


CITY  OF  CHICAGO, 


AN  ORDINANCE 


For  Revising  and   Consolidating   the   General    Ordinances  of  the 

City  of  Chicago. 


Whereas,  It  is  expedient  that  the  general  ordinances  of  tlie  city  of  Chicago 
should  be  consolidated  and  arranged  in  appropriate  chapters,  articles  and  sections ; 
.that  omissions  sliould  be  supplied  and  defects  amended,  and  that  the  whole  should 
be  rendered  plain,  concise  and  intelligible;  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  bj  the  city  council  of  tlie  city  of  Chicago,  as  follows: 

Chapter  L 

THE   MAYOR,   AND  THE  OFFICES  APPERTAINING 
TO  THE  mayor's  OFFICE. 

Article  I.     The  Mayor. 

II.     The  Mayor's  Secretary. 
III.     The  Mayor's.  Clerks. 

Article  I. 
The  Mayor. 

498.  The  mayor  shall  keep  his  office  at  such  place  in  the  city, 
:as  may  be  provided  by  the  city  council.  He  shall  sign  all  commis- 
sions and  permits  granted  by  the  authority  of  the  city  council, 
except  as  otherwise  provided,  and  such  other  acts  as  by  la\v  or 
ordinance  may  require  his  certilicate. 

499.  The  mavor  shall  grant  licenses  for  the  purposes  author- 
ized b}'  this  ordinance  to  such  residents  of  the  city  of  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  duly  qualified  according  to  the  ordinances  of  the 
city  council,  as  he  may  deem  proper,  unless  the  city  council  shall 
otherwise  designate,  and  may  revoke  the  same  at  pleasure. 

500.  The  mayor  shall  supervise  the  conduct  of  all  the  officers 
•of  the  city;  examine  the  grounds  of  all  reasonable  complaints  made 

11    "  161 


l62  ORDINANCES     OF    THE 

against  any  of  them,  and  cause  all  their  violations  of  duty  and  other 
neglects  to  be  promptly  punished  or  reported  to  the  proper  tribunal 
for  correction. 

501.  The  mayor  shall  appoint,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  con- 
sent of  the  city  council,  all  officers  whose  appointment  is  not  by  the 
laAvs  of  this  state  otherwise  provided  for;  and  whenever  a  vacancy 
shall  happen  in  any  office,  which  by  law  he  is  empowered  to  fill,  he 
shall  ^^'ithin  thirty  days  after  the  happening  of  such  vacancy,  com- 
municate to  said  council  the  name  of  his  appointee  to  such  office, 
and  pending  the  concurrence  of  the  city  council  in  such  appointment, 
the  mayor  may  appoint  some  suitable  person  to  discharge  tlje  duties 
of  such  office. 

502.  The  mayor  may,  whenever  he  shall  deem- it  necessary, 
issue  his  proclamation  for. the  apprehension  of  any  person  who  may 
have  committed  a  crime  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  may,  in 
such  proclamation,  ofier  a  reward,  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dol- 
lars, to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasur}^,  upon  the  certificate  of  the 
ma^'or  that  the  service  required  has  been  performed. 

503.  The  ma3'or  and  city  comptroller  are  hereb}- authorized  and 
empowered  to  sell  and  convey  any  and  all  lots  and  parcels  of  land 
to  which  a  title  is  held  by  the  city  under  sale  and  conveyance  for  the 
city  taxes  or  assessments,  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon, 
with  the  consent  of  the  finance  committee ;  but  in  no  case  shall  such 
sale  and  conveyance  be  made  for  a  less  consideration,  in  case  of  tax 
titles  arising  from  sales  for  general  taxes,  than  the  amount  of  the 
original  purchase  money  and  subsequent  taxes  paid  by  the  city,  with 
interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  per  annum. 


Article  II. 

The  Mayor'' $■  Secretary. 

504.  There  shall  be  in  the  mayor's  office,  a  person  to  be  de- 
nominated the  mayor's  secretary,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  and 
hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  mayor. 

505.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor's  secretary  to  preserve 
and  keep  in  the  mayor's  office  all  books  and  papers  which  are 
usually  filed,  or  which  are  required  by  law  to  be  filed  therein;  to 
deliver  to  the  city  council,  and  to  the  respective  departments,  all 
messages  from  the  mayor  in  writing;  to  attend  in  the  mayor's  office 
during  the  usual  ofiice  hours,  and  to  perform  such  other  services  as 
ma}^  be  required  by  the  ma^'or. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 63 

Article  III. 

Clerks  in  the  Mayor's  Office. 

506.  There  may  be  two  clerks  in  the  ma3'or"s  office,  who 
shall  be  severally  denominated  the  first  assistant  clerk  and  the  sec- 
ond assistant  clerk,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  and  whose 
several  duties  it  shall  be  to  attend  daily  at  the  mayor's  office,  and  to 
perform  such  duties  as  may  be  required  by  the  mayor. 


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Chapter  II, 

LEGISLATIVE    DEPARTMENT. 

Article  I.     The  City  Council. 
II.     The  City  Clerk. 

Article  I. 
The  City  Council. 

507.  The  city  council  shall  nominate  and  appoint  its  standing 
committees. 

508.  Every  committee  of  the  city  council,  in  reporting  upon  a 
subject  referred  to  them,  must  attach  to  their  report  all  resolutions, 
petitions,  remonstrances  and  other  papers  in  their  possession  relative 
to  the  matters  referred. 

509.  The  compensation  to  be  paid  aldermen  for  their  services 
is  hereby  fixed  at  the  sum  of  three  dollars  to  each  alderman,  for 
each  meeting  of  the  city  council  actually  attended  by  him;  and  no 
other  compensation  than  for  attendance  upon  such  meetings  shall 
be  allowed  to  any  alderman,  for  any  services  whatsoever. 

Article  II. 

T/ic  City  Clcrh^  his  Deputy  and  Assistants. 

510.  The  city  clerk  shall,  in  addition  to  the  duties  now  imposed 
upon  that  officer  by  law,  perform  the  following  duties: 

1.  He  shall  issue  notices  to  the  members  of  the  city  council, 
when  directed  by  that  body;  to  the  members  of  the  difterent  com- 
mittees of  that  body,  and  to  all  persons  whose  attendance  will  be 
required  before  any  such  committee,  when  directed  by  the  chairman 
thereof, — and  shall  also  issue  notices  of  special  meetings. 

2.  He  shall  attest  all  the  licenses  granted  by  the  mayor  or 
the  city  council,  under  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

3.  He  shall,  without  delay,  deliver  to  the  officers  of  the  cor- 
poration, and  to  all  committees  of  the  city  council,  all  resolutions  and 
communications  referred  to  those  officers  or  committees  by  that 
body. 

4.  He  shall,  without  delay,  deliver  to  the  mayor  all  ordinances 
or  resolutions  under  his  charge,  which  may  require  to  be  approved 
or  otherwise  acted  upon  by  the  mayor,  with  all  papers  on  which  the 
same  were  founded. 


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5.  He  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  each  and  every  month,  report 
to  the  city  comptroller,  in  writing,  the  name  of  each  alderman,  and 
the  number  of  meetings  of  the  city  council  held  during  the  preced- 
ing month  which  such  aldermen  actually  attended, 

6.  He  may  appoint  a  deputy,  who,  in  the  absence  of  the  clerk, 
in  case  of  sickness  or  otherwise,  shall  be  empowered  to  perform  all 
the  duties  of  the  city  clerk. 


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Chapter  III, 

DEPARTMENT    OF     FINANCE. 

Article  I.     The   Comptroller. 

II.     The  City  Treasurer. 
III.     The  City  Collector. 

Article  I. 

•  The  Coni-ptroIIer. 

511.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of 
the  municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  department  of  finance,  and  which  said  department 
shall  have  control  of  the  fiscal  concerns  of  said  city  in  the  manner 
as  herein  provided. 

512.  Said  department  of  finance  shall  embrace  the  city  comptrol- 
ler, the  city  treasurer,  and  the  city  collector,  and  all  such  clerks  and 
assistants  as  the  city  council  may,  by  ordinance,  see  fit  to  prescribe 
and  establish.  The  comptroller  shall  be  the  head  of  said  depart- 
ment, and  have  the  management  and  control  of  all  matters  and 
things  pertaining  thereto. 

513.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  commence  on 
the  first  day  of  January  in  each  and  every  year,  beginning  January 

ist,  1881. 

514.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  city  comptroller,  who 
shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor 
shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

515.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May,  1881, 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

-  516.  Said  comptroller,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall 
approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

517.  The  comptroller  and  city  collector,  with  the  consent  of  the 
mayor,  shall  severally  appoint  such  various  assistants,  clerks  and 
subordinates  in  their  respective  offices,  as  the  city  council  may  au- 
thorize ;  and  shall  be  held  severally  responsible  for  the  fidelity  of 
the  persons  so  appointed  by  them,  and  ma}'  remove  them  at  their 
pleasure. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 67 

518.  Said  comptroller  shall  require  good  and  sufficient  bonds  to 
be  given  by  all  assistants,  clerks  and  employes  in  his  office,  who  shall 
receive  or  have  the  care,  custody  or  handHng  of  any  moneys  or 
other  valuable  things  belonging  to  the  cit}^  of  Chicago;  which  said 
bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

519.  All  subordinate  officers,  assistants,  clerks  and  employes 
who  shall  be  employed  in  the  office  of  said  comptroller,  shall  be 
subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations,  and  shall  perform  such  duties 
as  shall  be  prescribed  or  required  of  them  by  said  comptroller,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

520.  Said  comptroller  shall  be  charged  witli,  and  shall  exercise 
a  general  supervision  over  all  the  officers  of  the  city,  charged  in  any 
manner  with  the  receipt,  collection  or  disbursement  of  the  city  reve- 
nues, and  the  collection  and  return  of  such  revenues  into  the  city 
treasury.  He  shall  be  the  fiscal  agent  of  said  city,  and,  as  such, 
shall  have  charge  of  all  deeds,  mortgages,  contracts,  judgments, 
notes,  bonds,  debts  and  choses  in  action,  belonging  to  said  city,  ex- 
cept such  as  are  directed  by  law  or  ordinance  to  be  deposited  else- 
where ;  and  shall  possess  and  carefully  preserve  all  assessment 
warrants,  except  warrants  for  the  collection  of  w^ater  rents  or  as- 
sessments, and  the  returns  thereof  made  by  any  collector  or  receiver 
of  assessments,  and  all  leases  of  markets,  wharfing  privileges,  and 
other  public  property  of  said  city. 

521.  He  shall  have  supervision  over  the  city  debts,  contracts, 
bonds,  obligations,  loans  and  liabilities  of  the  city,  the  payment  of 
interest,  and  over  all  the  property  of  the  city,  and  the  sale  or  the 
disposition  thereof;  over  all  legal  or  other  proceedings  in  which  the 
interests  of  the  city  are  involved,  and  shall  have  authorit}-,  with  the 
approval  of  the  mayor,  to  institute  or  discontinue  such  proceedings, 
and  to  employ  additional  counsel,  in  special  cases,  where  he  thinks 
the  city  interests  require  it,  and  generally,  in  subordination  to  the 
mayor  and  city  council,  to  exercise  supervision  over  all  such  interests 
of  said  city  as,  in  any  manner,  may  concern  or  relate  to  the  city 
finances,  revenues  and  property. 

522.  He  shall  revise,  audit,  and  settle  all  accounts  in  which  the 
corporation  is  concerned,  either  as  debtor  or  creditor,  or  where  pro- 
vision for  the  settlement  thereof  is  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  laws 
and  the  settlement  of  whicli  is  not  especially  committed  by  ordinance 
to  some  other  authoritv. 

523.  He  shall  have  power  in  making  such  settlements  and  adjust- 
ments, and  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  true  state  of  any  balance 
or  balances  so  due,  to  require  any  claimant  or  claimants  to  deposit 


1 68  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

and  file  with  said  comptroller  a  statement  in  writing  under  oath, 
as  to  any  fact,  matter  or  thing,  concerning  the  correctness  of  any 
account,  claim  or  demand  presented. 

524.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller  to  keep  a  record  of 
the  names  of  all  persons  committed  to  the  house  of  correction,  in  a 
book  or  books  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose,  showing  the  date  of 
committal,  days  of  imprisonment,  amount  of  fine,  etc. 

525.  When  provision  for  appraisers  shall  be  made  by  a  lease  to 
which  the  corporation  is  a  party,  or  in  which  it  is  interested,  apprais- 
ers on  behalf  of  the  corporation  to  determine  the  rent  on  renewal  of 
the  lease,  or  the  value  of  buildings  to  be  paid  for  on  the  expiration 
thereof,  shall  be  appointed.  The  appraiser  or  appraisers  on  the  part 
of  the  corporation  may  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  and  the  comptroller. 

526.  The  comptroller  may  accept  the  cession  of  streets  or 
avenues,  or  parts  thereof,  not  ceded  or  opened,  on  receiving  a  suffi- 
cient conveyance  thereof  to  the  corporation,  with  a  map  of  the  ceded 
premises  annexed  thereto,  and  a  certificate  of  the  counsel  to  the  cor- 
poration, approving  the  same.  But  in  all  cases  the  expense  of  the 
cession  must  be  paid  by  the  party  by  whom  it  is  made. 

527.  Said  comptroller  shall  open  and  keep,  in  a  clear,  method- 
ical manner,  a  complete  set  of  books,  under  the  direction  of  the 
mayor  and  finance  committee  of  the  city  council,  wherein  shall  be 
stated,  among  other  things,  the  appropriations  of  the  year  for  each 
distinct  object  and  branch  of  expenditure,  and  also  the  receipts  from 
each  and  every  source  of  revenue,  so  far  as  he  can  ascertain  the 
same.  Said  books,  and  all  papers,  vouchers,  contracts,  bonds,  re- 
ceipts, and  other  things  kept  in  said  office,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
examination  of  the  mayor,  the  members  of  the  city  council,  or  any 
committee  or  committees  thereof. 

528.  He  shall  require  of  all  officers  charged  in  any  manner  with 
the  receipt,  collection  or  disbursement  of  the  city  revenues,  to  make 
monthly  statements  in  writing,  under  oath,  showing  in  detail  all  such 
receipts,  collections  and  disbursements,  and  file  the  same  in  the  office 
of  said  comptroller. 

529.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller,  whenever  any 
officer  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  report,  or  adjust  his 
accounts,  whenever  so  required  to  do  b}^  the  comptroller,  and  pay 
over  to  the  proper  officer  any  moneys  in  his  possession  belonging  to 
the  city,  to  cause  a  notice  in  writing  to  be  served  upon  such  officer 
and  his  sureties,  demanding  a  settlement  of  his  accounts  forthwith; 
and  in  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  such  officer,  for  a  pericfd  of 
five  days  after  said  notice,  to  make  such  settlement  and  pa}^  over  said 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 69 

moneys,  said  comptroller  shall  report  such  officer  to  the  mayor,  who 
shall  immediately  remoye  him  from  office;  and  proceedings  for  the 
recoyery  of  any  moneys  due  the  city  shall  be  at  once  instituted  against 
such  delinquent  and  his  sureties. 

530.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  comptroller,  at  the  close  of 
each  fiscal  year,  to  place  to  the  credit  of  the  general  fund  all  unex- 
pended appropriations  for  such  year,  but  which  shall  not  include  con- 
tracts or  liabilities  entered  into  by  yirtue  of  authorit}'  of  such  appro- 
priation, and  which  remain  unpaid  at  the  close  of  said  fiscal  year: 
Proz'ided,t\\2i\.  no  such  disposition  shall  be  made  of  any  trust  fund  or 
funds  or  special  assessments  that  by  law  are  specific  and  under  the 
direct  control  of  officers  specially  appointed  for  their  disbursement. 

531.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller,  as  nearly  as  may 
be,  to  charge  all  officers  in  the  receipt  of  reyenues  or  moneys  of  the 
city,  with  the  whole  amount,  from  time  to  time,  of  such  receipts. 

532.  The  comptroller  shall  make  out  an  annual  statement,  for 
publication,  on  or  before  the  ist  day  of  March,  in  each  ^-ear,  giying 
a  full  and  detailed  statement  of  all  the  receipts  and  expenditures  dur- 
ing the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31st.  Said  statement  shall  also 
detail  the  liabilities  and  resources  of  said  city,  the  condition  of  all  un- 
expended appropriations  and  contracts  unfulfilled,  and  the  balances  of 
money  then  remaining  in  the  treasury,  with  all  sums  due  and  out- 
standing; the  names  of  all  persons  who  may  haye  become  defaulters 
to  the  city,  and  the  amount  in  their  hands  unaccounted  for,  and  all 
other  things  necessary  to  exhibit  the  true  financial  condition  of  the 
cit}^;  which  statement,  when  examined  and  approyed  by  the  finance 
committee,  shall  be  pubHshed  by  him  as  aforesaid. 

533.  He  shall,  also,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday-  of  February 
in  each  3'ear,  before  the  annual  appropriations  are  made  by  the  city 
council,  submit  to  the  same  a  report  of  the  estimates  necessary,  as 
nearly  as  may  be,  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  city  goyernment 
during  the  current  fiscal  year,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  Jan- 
uary; he  shall,  in  said  report,  class  the  different  objects  and  branches 
of  said  city  expenditure,  giying,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  the  amount 
required  for  each ;  and  for  this  purpose  he  is  authorized  to  require 
of  all  city  officers  and  heads  of  departments,  their  statements  of  the 
condition  and  expense  of  their  respectiye  departments  and  offices, 
with  any  proposed  improvement  and  the  probable  expense  thereof; 
of  contracts  already  made  and  unfinished,  and  the  amount  of  any 
unexpended  appropriations  of  the  preceding  year.  He  shall,  also, 
in  such  report,  show  the  aggregate  income  of  the  preceding  fiscal 
year  from  all   sources;  the   amount  of  liabilities  outstanding  upon 


170  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

which  interest  is  to  be  paid,  and  of  bonds  and  city  debts  payable 
during  the  year,  when  due  and  where  payable,  so  that  the  cit}'  coun- 
cil may  fully  understand  the  money  exigencies  and  demands  of  the 
city  for  the  current  year. 

534.  In  addition  to  the  other  duties  of  the  comptroller  of  said 
city,  it  is  hereby  made  his  duty,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each 
and  every  month,  to  make  out  a  monthly  statement,  giving  a  full 
and  detailed  statement  of  all  the  moneys  received  and  from  what 
sources,  and  on  what  account  received,  and  of  all  moneys  ordered 
to  be  paid,  or  drawn  for  by  warrant,  by  him,  and  on  what  account 
the  same  have  been  paid,  for  the  month  preceding  that  in  which  such 
statement  is  made;  and  the  said  comptroller  shall  cause  the  said 
monthly  statement  to  be  delivered  to  the  city  council  at  its  next 
regular  meeting. 

535.  The  ma3^or  shall  sign  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treas- 
urer; and  the  same  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  comptroller,  and 
shall  state  therein  the  particular  fund  or  appropriation  to  which  the 
same  is  chargeable  and  the  person  to  whom  payable ;  and  no  money 
shall  be  otherwise  paid  than  upon  such  warrants  so  drawn. 

536.  The  comptroller  and  the  finance  committee  shall  meet 
annually  in  the  month  of  February,  and  compare  all  reports  and  state- 
ments made  by  the  comptroller,  treasurer  and  collector,  and  report 
thereon  to  the  city  council. 

Article   II. 
The  City  Treasurer. 

537.  The  city  treasurer,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond,  with  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  city 
council,  in  a  sum  not  less  than  the  amount  of  the  estimated  tax  and 
special  assessments  for  the  current  year. 

538.  He  shall  appoint  all  assistants,  clerks  and  subordinates  em- 
ployed in  his  office,  and  may  remove  them  at  his  pleasure. 

539.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  treasurer  to  require  good  and 
sufficient  bonds  to  be  given  by  all  assistants  and  clerks  in  his  office, 
who  shall  receive,  or  have  the  care,  custody,  or  handling  of  any 
moneys  or  other  valuable  thing  belonging  to  the  city,  which  said 
bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

540.  He  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  corporation, 
and  shall  render  at  the  end  of  each  and  every  month,  and  oftener  if 
required,  a  statement,  under  oath,  to  the  city  comptroller,  showing 
the  state  of  the  treasury  at  the  date  of  such  account,  and  the  bal- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I7I 

ance  of  the  money  in  the  treasury.  Said  statement  shall  set  forth 
all  the  moneys  received  by  him,  and  from  whom,  and  on  what  ac- 
count they  shall  have  been  received;  also,  of  all  moneys  paid  out  by 
him,  and  on  what  account  they  shall  have  been  paid. 

541.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  to  receive  all  fines  of 
persons  who  may  have  been  committed  to  the  house  of  correction, 
and  to  make  a  duplicate  receipt  of  the  payment  thereof  to  the  comp- 
troller; and  when  it  shall  appear  by  the  books  of  the  comptroller 
that  the  term  of  imprisonment  of  an}'  person  is  ended  by  virtue  of 
such  payment,  or  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  sentence,  or  both,  the 
comptroller  shall  certify  the  fact  to  the  superintendent  of  the  house 
of  correction,  who  shall  carefully  preserve  said  certificate  and  there- 
upon discharge  the  prisoner  named.  All  fines  received  as  aforesaid, 
shall  belong  to  and  be  credited  by  said  comptroller  to  the  house  of 
correction  fund. 

542.  He  shall  report  to  the  comptroller  any  officer  authorized 
to  receive  money,  who  may  fail  to  make  a  return  of  the  moneys  re- 
ceived by  him,  at  the  time  required  by  law%  or  bv  the  ordinances  of 
the  cit}'. 

543.  Said  treasurer  shall  cause  to  be  kept  books  of  account,  in 
such  manner  as  to  show  with  entire  accurac}',  all  moneys  received  by 
him,  and  from  whom,  and  on  what  account  they  shall  have  been  re- 
ceived; and  of  all  moneys  paid  out  by  him,  and  on  what  account 
they  shall  have  been  paid;  and  in  such  manner  that  said  books  may 
be  readily  understood  and  investigated;  which  books,  and  all  papers 
and  files  of  said  office,  shall  be  at  all  times  open  to  the  examination 
of  the  comptroller,  the  finance  committee,  or  any  member  of  the  city 
council. 

Article  III. 
The  City  Collector. 

544.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  city  collector,  who 
shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  succes- 
sor shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

545.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  b}-  and  with  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
188 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

546.  Said  collector  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  execute  a  bond,  with  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  city  coun- 
cil, in  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 


172  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

547.  He  shall  execute  all  special  assessment  and  other  war- 
rants, which  by  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  city  may  be  executed 
by  such  collector,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  now  are, 
or  may  hereafter  be  imposed  upon  him  by  law  or  the  ordinances  of 
the  city. 

548.  He  shall,  each  and  every  day,  pay  over  to  the  city  treasurer 
all  moneys  collected  by  him  from  any  source  whatsoever,  taking 
such  treasurer's  receipt  therefor,  which  receipt  he  shall  immediatel}' 
file  with  the  city  comptroller,  who  shall,  at  the  same  time,  or  on 
demand,  give  such  collector  a  copy  of  any  such  receipt  so  filed. 

549.  He  shall  furnish  and  file  with  the  comptroller  a  monthlv 
statement  of  all  moneys  received  by  him,  and  from  whom,  and  on 
what  account  they  shall  have  been  received. 

550.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  collector,  under  and  subject 
to  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  city  comptroller,  to  keep 
books  and  accounts,  which  shall  show  all  receipts  and  moneys  re- 
ceived by  him,  and  other  matters  pertaining  to  his  office ;  such  books 
and  accounts  to  be  kept  in  a  clear,  intelligible,  and  methodical  man- 
ner. 


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Chapter  IV, 

DEPARTMENT    OF  PUBLIC  WORKS. 

Article  1.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

II.  The  Commissioner's  Secretary. 

III.  Tht  Cit>"  Engineer. 

IV.  The  Superintendent  of  Streets. 
V.  The  Superintendent  of  Water. 

VI.     The  Superintendent  of  Sewerage. 
VII.     The  Superintendent  of  Special  Assessments. 
VIII.     The  Superintendent  of  Maps. 

Article  I. 
The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

551.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of  the 
municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be  known 
as  the  department  of  public  works,  and  shall  embrace  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works,  a  secretary  to  said  commissioner,  the 
city  engineer,  the  superintendent  of  streets,  the  superintendent  of 
water,  the  superintendent  of  sewerage,  the  superintendent  of  special 
assessments,  the  superintendent  of  maps,  and  such  other  assistants 
and  employes  as  the  city  council  may,  by  ordinance,  prescribe  and 
establish. 

552.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  commissioner  of  pub- 
He  works,  who  shall  be  the  head  of  said  department  of  public  works, 
and  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his 
successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified.  He  shall  have  the 
management  and  control  of  all  matters  and  things  pertaining 
thereto;  and  the  appointment  and  removal,  with  the  consent  of  the 
mayor,  of  the  subordinate  officers  named  in  the  last  preceding  sec- 
tion; and  said  subordinate  officers  ma}^  with  the  consent  of  the 
commissioner,  appoint  and  remove  all  employes  in  their  respective 
departments. 

553.  Said  commissioner  shall  appoint  all  other  employes  in  said 
department,  and  in  addition  to  the  number  of  clerks,  assistants  and 
employes  regularly  employed  and  provided  for  by  ordinance,  may 
appoint  such  other  clerks,  assistants  and  employes  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  properly  perform  the  work  in  said  department;  and  he 
may  remove  any  such  assistant,  clerk  or  employe   at   his   pleasure. 

554.  Said  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May,  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and 
biennially  thereafter. 


174  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

555.  Said  commissioner,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of 
fifty  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall  ap- 
prove, conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

556.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  to  require  good 
and  sufficient  bonds  to  be  given  by  all  subordinate  officers  and  em- 
ployes in  said  department  of  public  works,  who  shall  receive,  or 
have  the  care,  custody,  or  handling  of  any  moneys  belonging  to  the 
city  of  Chicago;  which  said  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the 
mayor. 

557.  Said  commissioner  shall  have  charge  of  all  public  im- 
provements commenced,  or  to  be  commenced,  by  said  city,  and  of  all 
special  assessments;  and  shall  have  power,  subject  to  the  ordinances 
of  the  city,  to  regulate  and  control  the  manner  of  using  the  streets, 
alleys,  highways  and  public  places  of  the  city,  for  the  erection  of 
telegraph  poles,  or  other  poles  or  posts;  for  the  laying  down  of  gas, 
water  or  steam  pipes,  and  sewers,  authorized  by  law  or  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city,  and  to  determine  the  location  thereof;  and  to  cause 
the  prompt  repair  of  the  streets,  alleys,  highways  and  public  places, 
whenever  the  same  are  taken  up  or  altered:  Provided,  hozuever,  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  repeal,  or  in  any  man- 
ner conflict  with  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  creating  the  depart- 
ment of  buildings:  and  -provided,  further,  that  the  abatement  and 
removal  of  all  nuisances  shall  be  in  special  charge  of  and  under  the 
control  of   the  department  of  health. 

558.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  of  public  works, 
subject  to  the  provisions  hereof  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  to  take 
special  charge  and  superintendence  of  all  streets,  alleys,  lanes  and 
highways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  of  all  walks  and  cross-walks, 
bridges,  viaducts,  docks,  wharves,  public  places,  public  landings,  pub- 
lic grounds  and  parks  in  said  cit}^ ;  of  all  markets,  market  places  and 
market  houses;  of  all  engine  houses,  hospitals,  armories,  and  all  other 
public  buildings  in  the  city,  belonging  to  the  city,  and  of  the  erection 
of  all  public  buildings;  of  all  lamps  and  lights  for  the  lighting  of  streets, 
alleys,  lanes,  highways,  bridges,  viaducts,  parks,  public  places,  and 
public  buildings  of  the  city,  and  of  the  erection  and  repair  of  such 
lamps  and  lights ;  of  all  works  for  the  widening,  deepening  or  dredg- 
ing of  the  Chicago  river  and  its  branches,  and  of  the  harbor  of  said 
city;  of  all  sewers  and  works  pertaining  thereto;  and  of  the  water- 
works of  said  city ;  and  he  shall  collect  all  water  rents,  water  taxes  or 
assessments,  water  licenses  and  permits,  and  all  sewerage  permits 
and  licenses. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 75 

:^59.  vSaid  commissioner  sliall  control  and  direct  all  expenditures 
to  be  made  by  the  department  of  public  works;  shall  sign  and  draw 
his  requisition  upon  the  comptroller  for  the  payment  of  all  bills  and 
accounts  therefor  which  in  his  judgment  are  correct,  and  which  ma\' 
be  duly  certified  by  the  superintendent  under  whose  supervision  the 
expenditure  was  incurred. 

560.  No  pa^'ment  shall  be  made  on  any  \\-ork  or  job  done  by 
contract,  for  any  extra  work  not  specified  in  the  contract,  unless  such 
extra  work  shall  have  been  done  by  the  written  order  of  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works,  to  be  annexed  to  such  contract,  directing" 
the  same,  and  stating  that  such  work  is  not  included  in  the  contract: 
Provided^  that  any  order  gi^'en  under  this  section  shall  state  what 
the  extras  are,  and  that  such  extras  are  necessary'  for  the  proper 
completion  of,  or  for  the  security  of  the  work  pre\'ioush'  done,  and 
the  reasons  therefor. 

561.  All  moneys  payable  bv  the  corporation,  for  work  done  or 
supplies  furnished  by  contract  or  otherwise,  under  the  department  of 
public  works,  shall  be  paid  by  the  comptroller  upon  the  requisition  of 
the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

562.  All  contracts  for  the  making  of  anv  public  improvement 
to  be  paid  for  in  whole  or  in  part  by  special  assessment,  and  any 
work  or  other  public  impro\ement,  ^^'hen  the  expense  thereof  shall 
exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest 
responsible  bidder,  after  advertising  the  same,  and  shall  be  approved 
bv  the  mayor;  but  any  such  contract  may  be  entered  into  b}-  the 
said  commissioner  without  advertising  for  bids,  and  without  such, 
approval,  bv  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected. 

563.  Whenever  any  public  improvement  shall  be  ordered  by  the' 
city  council,  which  is  to  be  paid  for  by  special  assessment,  and  the 
assessment  for  the  same  shall  have  been  finally  confirmed,  and  one- 
half  of  the  special  assessment  shall  have  been  paid  into  the  city 
treasury,  the  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  advertise  in  some 
newspaper  printed  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  of  general  circulation,  for 
proposals  for  doing  said  work:  Provided,  hcnvever,  a  contract  for 
said  work  may  be  made  before  one-half  of  the  assessment  is  collected, 
if  authorized  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected: 
and  f>roridcd,  a/so,  when  a  portion  of  the  work  on  any  public  im- 
provement is  done  by  private  contract,  under  the  authority  of  the 
city  council,  the  remainder  of  the  work  upon  such  public  improvement 
may  be  let  at  any  time  after  the  assessment  thereof  shall  have  been 
ordered  b}'  the  city  council.  A  plan  or  profile  of  the  work  to  be 
done,  accompanied  with  specifications  foi;  the  doing  of  the  same. 
shall  be  first  placed  on  file  in  the   office   of  said  department,   before 


176  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

any  such  advertisement  shall  be  made,  which  said  plan,  profile  and 
specification  shall,  at  all  times,  be  open  for  public  inspection;  such 
advertisement  shall  be  published  on  five  separate  days,  the  first  pub- 
lication to  be  not  less  than  ten  days  before  the  day  fixed  for  opening 
said  proposals,  and  shall  state  the  work  to  be  done. 

564.  In  all  cases,  the  bids  for  doing  any  work,  or  making  any 
public  improvement,  shall  be  sealed  bids,  directed  to  said  depart- 
ment, and  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  deposit,  the  amount  of  which 
shall  be  fixed  by  said  commissioner,  and  named  in  said  advertise- 
ment, and  which  shall  not  exceed  five  per  cent,  of  the  estimated  cost 
-of  the  improvement  or  work  to  be  done,  nor  be  less  than  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  dollars.  Said  deposit  shall  be  in  mone}^,  or  a  certified 
check  upon  some  Chicago  bank  in  good  standing,  payable  to  the 
order  of  said  commissioner,  and  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  in  the 
event  that  the  bidder  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  enter  into  a  contract 
(with  approved  sureties)  to  execute  the  work  for  the  price  mentioned 
in  his  bid,  and  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications,  in  case  the 
■contract  shall  be  awarded  to  him.  Said  bids  shall  be  opened  at  the 
hour  and  place  mentioned  in  said  notice ;  and  should  said  bid  or  bids 
be  rejected,  or  should  it  become  necessary  for  any  other  reason  to 
re-advertise  for  proposals  to  do  said  work,  such  subsequent  adver- 
tisement may  be,  at  the  discretion  of  said  commissioner,  for  three 
instead  of  five  days,  as  required  in  the  first  instance.  Said  commis- 
sioner may,  in  said  advertisement,  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any 
and  all  bids. 

565.  All  contracts,  exceeding  in  amount  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars,  for  work,  materials  or  supplies,  relating  to  any  of  the  mat- 
ters under  the  cognizance  of  the  department  of  public  works,  shall 
be  let  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  to  the  lowest  reliable  and 
responsible  bidder  or  bidders,  whose  bid  does  not  exceed  the  esti- 
mate; and  bonds,  to  be  approved  by  the  commissioner,  shall  be  taken 
for  the  faithful  performnnce  thereof;  all  such  contracts  shall  be  exe- 
cuted in  triplicate  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  on  the  part  of 
the  corporation,  and  by  the  contractor;  one  original  copy  so  exe- 
cuted shall  be  kept  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works,  one  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  comptroller,  and  the 
third  shall  be  given  to  the  contractor.  All  contracts  and  bonds  so 
taken,  shall  be  in  the  name  of,  and  run  to  the  city  of  Chicago;  and 
every  contract  for  a  sum  greater  than  five  hundred  dollars  shall 
have  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  mayor  endorsed  thereon,  and 
;shall  be  countersigned  by  the  city  comptroller. 

566.  No  contract  shall  be  made  for  any  work  or  supplies  relat- 
ing to  any  of  the  matters  within  the  cognizance  of  the  department 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 77 

of  public  works,  unless  such  work  or  supplies  shall  have  been 
authorized  by  the  city  council,  except  that  whenever  any  such  work 
or  supplies  shall  be  necessary,  and  the  total  cost  thereof  shall  not,  in 
any  one  case,  exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works  ma}^  cause  the  same  to  be  done  or  furnished,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  appropriate  officer  of  the  department;  but  no 
such  expenditure  shall  be  made  without  the  written  order  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  through  l^is  secretary,  which  order, 
when  filled,  shall  be  returned  and  filed  as  a  voucher  in  said  depart- 
ment, with  the  bill  upon  which  payment  was  made. 

567.  In  all  cases,  before  sucji  supplies,  work,  materials  or  nec- 
essaries of  any  kind  shall  be  ordered  or  purchased  by  said  depart- 
ment, exceeding  in  amount  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  and  not 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  said  commissioner  shall  first  obtain, 
in  writing,  at  least  three  informal  bids  to  furnish  the  same,  which  said 
bids  shall  accompany,  and  be  filed,  in  every  case,  with  the  voucher 
upon  which  the  requisition  for  payment  of  the  same  is  issued. 

568.  In  all  contracts  executed  by  said  commissioner,  on  behalf  of 
the  city,  the  right  shall  be  reserved  to  said  commissioner  to  finally 
decide  all  questions  arising  as  to  the  proper  performance  of  said 
work;  and  in  case  of  improper  construction,  or  of  non-compliance 
with  the  contract  in  any  manner,  to  suspend  said  work  at  any  time, 
or  to  order  the  partial  or  entire  reconstruction  of  said  work  if  im- 
properly done,  or  to  declare  the  contract  forfeited,  and  to  re-let  the 
same  without  further  advertisement;  and  to  adjust  the  difference  of 
damages  or  price  (if  any  there  be)  which  the  contractor  or  con- 
tractors, failing  to  properly  construct  such  work  in  such  cases  of 
default,  should  pa}'  to  the  cit}^  according  to  the  just  and  reasonable 
interpretation  of  said  contract. 

569.  In  cases  where  the  contractor  or  contractors  shall  proceed 
to  properly  perform  and  complete  their  said  contracts,  the  said  com- 
missioner may  from  time  to  time,  as  the  work  progresses,  grant  to 
said  contractor  or  contractors  an  estimate  of  the  amount  alreadv 
earned,  reserving  fifteen  per  cent,  therefrom,  which  shall  entitle  the 
holder  or  holders  to  receive  the  amount  that  mav  be  due  thereon 
when  the  money  applicable  to  the  payment  of  such  work  shall  have 
been  collected,  and  the  conditions  annexed  to  said  estimate,  if  any, 
shall  have  been  satisfied. 

570.  All  contracts  entered  into  by  the  said  commissioner  of 
public  works  on  account  of  the  water  or  sewerage  works  of  the 
cit}^,  shall  specify  that  they  are  for  such  works. 

571.  All  contracts  in  which  the  contractor  or  contractors  agree 
to  be  paid  from  special   assessments,  shall  contain  covenants  in  sub- 

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178  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

Stance  to  the  effect  that  such  contractor  or  contractors  shall  have  no 
claim  or  lien  upon  the  city  in  any  event,  except  from  the  collection 
of  the  special  assessments  made  for  the  work  contracted  for;  and 
that  no  liability  of  any  kind  shall  attach  to  the  city  by  reason  of  the 
entering-  into  such  contract,  except  for  the  payment  over  to  such  con- 
tractor or  contractors  of  moneys  received  by  the  cit}^  under  special 
assessments  levied  or  to  be  levied  for  the  improvement  specified  in 
such  contract,  and  no  contract  for  work  to  be  paid  for  by  a  special 
assessment  shall  be  let  except  to  a  contractor  or  contractors  who  will 
so  agree. 

572.  In  case  the  prosecution  of  any  public  work  shall  be  sus- 
pended in  consequence  of  the  default  of  any  contractor  or  contract- 
ors, or  in  case  the  bids  for  doing  such  work  shall  be  deemed  exces- 
sive, or  the  person  or  persons  making  proposals  are  not,  in  the  opinion 
of  said  commissioner,  responsible  or  fit  to  be  entrusted  with  its  per- 
formance, the  said  commissioner  of  public  works  may,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  city  council,  where  the  urgency  of  the  case  and  the 
interests  of  the  city  require,  employ  workmen  to  perform  or  complete 
any  improvement  ordered  by  the  city  council:  Provided^  that  the  cost 
and  expense  thereof  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the  amount  assessed  or 
the  sum  appropriated  for  completing  the  same. 

573.  Whenever  said  commissioner  or  any  other  city  officer  shall 
let  any  work  or  improvement  which  shall  require  the  digging  up,  use 
or  occupancv  of  any  street,  alle}',  highway  or  public  grounds  of  said 
city,  there  shall  be  inserted  in  the  contract  for  the  same,  substantial 
covenants  requiring  such  contractor,  during  the  night  time,  to  put  up 
and  maintain  such  barriers  and  lights  as  will  effectually  prevent  the 
happening  of  any  accident  in  consequence  of  such  digging  up,  use 
or  occupancy  of  any  street,  alle}^  highway,  or  public  grounds,  for 
which  the  city  might  be  liable,  and  also  such  other  covenants  and 
conditions  as  experience  may  prove  necessary  to  save  the  city  harm- 
less from  damages.  And  also  to  provide  in  such  contract,  that  the 
partv  contracting  with  the  city  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  occa- 
sioned bv  the  digging  up,  use  or  occupancy  of  such  street,  alley, 
highway  or  public  grounds,  or  which  may  result  therefrom,  or  which 
may  result  from  the  carelessness  of  such  contractor,  his  agents,  em- 
ployes or  workmen. 

574.  Whenever  any  work  or  improvement  is  let  by  contract,  to 
any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  the  officers  of  the  city 
letting  the  same  shall,  in  all  cases,  take  a  bond  from  such  person,  per- 
sons, firm  or  corporation,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  in  such 
amount  as  shall  not  only  be  adequate  to  insure  the  performance  of 
the  work  in  the  time  and  manner  required  in  such  contract,  but  also 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 79 

to  save  and  indemnify  and  keep  harmless  the  said  city  against  all 
liabilities,  judgments,  costs  and  expenses  which  may  in  any  wise 
accrue  against  said  city  in  consequence  of  the  granting  of  such  con- 
tract, or  which  may  in  any  wise  result  from  the  carelessness  or  neg- 
lect of  such  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  or  his,  their  or 
its  agents,  employes  or  workmen,  in  any  respect  whatever;  and  con- 
ditioned also,  that  when  any  judgment  is  recovered  against  said  city 
by  reason  of  the  carelessness  or  negligence  of  such  person,  persons, 
firm  or  corporation  so  contracting,  or  his,  their  or  its  employes  or 
workmen,  and  when  due  notice  has  been  given  of  the  pendency  of 
such  suit,  such  judgment  shall  be  conclusive  against  such  person, 
persons,  firm  or  corporation,  and  his,  their  or  its  sureties  on  such 
bond,  not  only  as  to  the  amount  of  damages, but  as  to  their  liability: 
and  conditioned  also  for  the  payment  of  all  claims  and  demands 
whatsoever  which  may  accrue  to  each  and  eveiy  person  who  shall 
be  employed  by  such  contractor,  or  an}"  assignee  or  sub-contractor 
of  such  contractor,  in  or  about  the  performance  of  such  contract. 

575.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
in  letting  any  contract  for  any  sewer,  public  improvement  or  other 
work,  to  insert  in  the  contract  therefor,  a  condition  to  the  efi'ect 
that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  said  commissioner,  whenever  he 
shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  contractor  has  neglected  or 
failed  to  pay  an}-  sub-contractor,  workman,  or  employe  for  work 
performed  on  or  about  any  public  improvement,  sewer  or  other 
work  contracted  for,  to  order  and  direct  that  no  further  vouchers 
or  estimates  be  issued,  and  no  further  payments  be  made  upon  such 
contract  until  such  commissioner  shall  be  satisfied  that  such  sub- 
contractors, workmen  and  employes  have  been  fully  paid.  Every 
such  contract  shall  also  provide,  that  a  certain  percentage  (not  less 
than  fifteen  per  cent.)  shall  be  reserved  out  of  the  moneys  earned 
upon  such  contract,  and  that  such  percentage  shall  not  be  payable 
until  such  contractor  shall  satisfy  such  commissioner  or  officer  let- 
ting such  contract  that  all  sub-contractors,  workmen  and  employes 
have  been  fully  paid. 

576.  Wheneyer  the  commissioner  shall  notify  the  contractor  b\- 
notice  personally  served,  or  b}'  leaving  a  copy  thereof  at  the  contrac- 
tor's last  place  of  abode,  that  no  further  vouchers  or  estimates  will  be 
issued,  or  payments  made  on  the  contract  until  the  sub-contractors, 
workmen  and  employes  have  been  paid,  and  the  contractor  shall 
neglect  or  refuse,  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  such  notice  shall 
have  been  served,  to  pay  such  sub-contractors,  workm'en  or  em- 
ployes, it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  city  to  apply  any  money 
due,  or  that  may  become  due  under  the  contract,  to  the  payment 
of  such  sub-contractors,  workmen  and   employes   without    other   or 


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further  notice  to  said  contractor;  but  the  failure  of  the  city  to  retain 
and  appl}'  any  of  such  moneys,  or  of  the  commissioner  to  order  or 
direct  that  no  vouchers  or  estimates  shall  issue,  or  further  payments 
be  made,  shall  not,  nor  shall  the  pa3ang  over  of  such  reserved  per- 
centage, without  such  sub-contractor,  workman,  or  employe  being 
first  paid,  in  any  way  atlect  the  liability  of  the  contractor  or  of  his 
sureties  to  the  city,  or  to  any  such  sub-contractor,  workman  or  em- 
ploye upon  any  bond  given  in  connection  with  such  contract. 

577.  All  sewers  and  drains  in  any  of  the  streets,  alle3's,  avenues, 
or  public  places  in  the  city  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works,  which  shall  keep  the  same  in  good  order  and 
condition,  and  clean  and  free  from  obstructions,  and  shall  cause  to  be 
made  such  repairs  thereof  and  of  the  receiving-basins,  culverts,  and 
openings  connected  therewith,  as  may  from  time  to  time  become 
necessary. 

578.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  prescribe  the  mode 
of  piercing  or  opening  any  of  the  sewers  or  drains,  and  the  form,  size, 
and  material  of  the  connections  made  therewith,  and  shall  have  au- 
thority to  grant  permission  to  make  lateral  connections  with  said 
sewers. 

579.  No  connection  shall  be  made  with  any  sewer  or  drain 
without  the  written  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works; 
nor  shall  any  person  drain  from  any  point  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  into  the  Chicago  river  or  any  of  its  branches,  or 
into  any  slip  connecting  therewith,  or  into  any  canal  or  canals  con- 
structed under  the  authority  of  said  city,  without  tirst  obtaining 
a  permit  for  such  drainage  from  said  commissioner  of  public 
works;  and  said  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant  such 
permits,  and  to  exact  a  license  fee  therefor,  to  be  fixed  by  said 
commissioner,  which  said  license  fee  shall  be  equal  to  an  amount 
sufficient  to  defray  the  expense  imposed  upon  the  city,  in  con- 
sequence of  granting  such  permission.  And  any  person  mak- 
ing any  connection  or  opening  into  any  sewer  or  drain,  or  drain- 
ing from  any  point  within  the  city  limits  into  the  Chicago  river 
or  its  branches,  or  into  any  canal  or  canals  as  aforesaid,  without 
such  permission,  or  in  a  manner  dili'erent  from  the  mode  prescribed 
by  said  commissioner,  shall  subject  the  person  making  the  same  and 
the  person  directing  it,  respectively,  to  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars,  and 
twenty-live  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  the  same  is  continued. 

580.  The  comissioner  of  public  works  may  grant  permission 
to  persons  to  construct,  at  their  own  expense,  sewers  or  drains,  to  lay 
pipes  to  connect  wath  any  sewers  or  drains  built  in  any  of  the  streets, 
alleys  or  avenues  in  the  city,  charging  a  license  fee  therefor,  of  live 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  lOI 

dollars  in  each  case ;  but  such  permission  shall  not  be  granted  ex- 
cept upon  the  agreement,  in  writing,  of  the  persons  applying  therefor, 
that  said  work  shall  be  performed  by  some  person  or  persons  duly 
licensed  therefor,  and  that  they  shall  comply  with  the  ordinances  in 
relation  to  excavating  the  streets;  that  they  will  indemnify  the  cor- 
poration for  any  damages  or  costs  to  which  it  may  be  put  by  rea- 
son of  injuries  resulting  from  neglect  or  carelessness  in  performing 
the  work  so  permitted;  and  that  no  claim  will  be  made  by  them  or 
their  successors  in  interest  against  the  corporation,  if  the  work  so 
permitted  to  be  taken  up  by  the  authority  of  the  city  council,  or  for 
exemption  from  an  assessment  lawfully  imposed  for  constructing 
sewers  or  drains  in  the  vicinity  of  their  property;  and  upon  the  fur- 
ther condition  that  the  city  council  may  at  any  time  revoke  and 
annul  such  permission,  and  direct  such  sew^ers,  drains,  or  pipes  to  be 
taken  up  or  removed. 

581.  No  permit  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  or  persons,  cor- 
poration or  corporations,  to  open  a  paved  or  improved  street  or  alley, 
unless  the  party  applying  therefor  shall  have  hrst  deposited  with  said 
commissioner  a  sum  of  money  sufficient  to  cover  the  expense  of  re- 
placing the  same  in  as  good  condition  as  before  opening.  Said  open- 
ing shall  in  every  case  be  replaced  by  the  city,  and  the  actual  cost 
thereof  shall  be  borne  and  paid  by  the  person  or  persons,  corpora- 
tion or  corporations,  for  whom  such  opening  was  made. 

582.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  keep  a  record  of 
all  permits  granted  for  connections  with  sewers  or  drains,  in  which 
he  shall  enter  the  names  of  all  persons  from  whom  he  may  receive 
money  for  such  permits,  with  the  amount  received  from  each  person, 
and  the  time  when  it  was  received. 

583.  When  the  expense  of  any  work  or  public  improvement 
shall  exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  and  the  same  is  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  general  fund,  or  the  water  or  sewerage  fund  of  said 
city,  the  doing  of  said  w^ork  shall  be  let  by  contract,  in  the  same 
manner  as  is  provided  in  cases  where  the  expense  of  the  same  is  to 
be  paid  for  by  special  assessment. 

584.  In  all  cases,  before  the  letting  of  any  contract,  where 
bonds  are  required  to  be  taken  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  the  sureties  therein  shall  deposit  with  said  commissioner  a 
statement,  under  oath,  showing  the  real  property  owned  by  each 
surety,  the  location  of  the  same,  its  value,  and  the  amount  of  in- 
cumbrance or  incumbrances,  if  anv,  thereon. 

585.  All  moneys  to  be  paid  to  any  person  or  persons  out  of  the 
water  or  sewerage  funds,  or   any  special   assessment   fund,  shall  be 


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certified  by  the  commissioner  of  said  department,  or,  in  his  absence 
from  the  city,  or  incapacity,  by  sickness,  to  act,  by  the  mayor  of 
the  city,  to  the  city  comptroller,  and  a  warrant  therefor  shall  be 
drawn,  stating  therein  the  particular  fund  to  which  the  same  is 
chargeable. 

586.  Neither  the  commissioner  of  said  department,  nor  any  su- 
perintendent, officer,  clerk,  or  other  person  employed  in  said  depart- 
ment, shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract  made 
and  entered  into  by  said  department  for  any  work  or  for  any  ma- 
terial to  be  furnished,  and  all  contracts  made  by  said  department  in 
which  the  said  commissioner,  or  any  officer  or  employe  of  said  de- 
partment, shall  be  so  interested,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  city,  be 
declared  utterly  void,  and  of  no  binding  efifect  whatever,  and  any 
officer  of  said  department  interested  in  any  contract  shall  thereby 
forfeit  his  office,  and  be  removed  therefrom  on  proof  of  such  delin- 
quency, and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  said  commissioner,  and 
of  the  mayor,  and  of  every  city  officer,  to  report  to  the  city  coun- 
cil any  such  delinquency  when  discovered. 

587.  No  officer  or  employe  of  said  department  shall,  either  di- 
rectly or  indirectly,  receive  any  interest  or  profit  whatever,  on  ac- 
count of  the  deposit  of  the  city  funds,  nor  shall  any  such  officer  or 
emplove,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  make  use  of  or  borrow  any 
of  said  funds  for  his  own  private  benefit  or  advantage. 

588.  Said  commissioner  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May 
in  each  year,  prepare  and  present  to  the  city  council  a  report  showing 
the  receipts  and  expenditures  and  entire  work  of  his  department 
during  the  previous  fiscal  year. 

589.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall,  within  thirty 
days  after  the  commencement  of  each  fiscal  year,  submit  to  the 
comptroller,  to  be  by  him  laid  before  the  city  council  with  his  an- 
nual estimates,  a  statement,  as  near  as  the  same  can  be  estimated,  of 
the  repairs  and  improvements  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general  fund 
of  the  city,  and  necessary  to  be  undertaken  by  said  city  during  the 
current  year,  and  of  the  sums  required  by  said  department  to  make 
such  repairs  and  improvements,  as  near  as  can  be  estimated;  and 
also,  a  statement  as  to  any  desired  improvements,  with  the  prob- 
able expense  thereof;  and  of  all  contracts  made  and  unfinished;  and 
the  amount  of  any  and  all  unexpended  balances  of  appropriations 
of  the  preceding  and  prior  years.  Said  report  shall  be  in  detail. 
The  city  council,  having  revised,  changed,  or  altered  the  estimates 
so  submitted,  may  provide  for  raising  the  same,  in  the  animal  ap- 
propriation bill  or  ordinance. 


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590.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  to  cause  to  be 
kept  books  of  account,  in  such  manner  as  to  show  with  entire  accu- 
racy, the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  said  department,  and  in  such 
manner  that  the  same  may  be  readily  understood  and  investigated: 
and  also  to  preserve  on  file  in  said  department  duplicate  vouchers  of 
all  the  expenditures  of  said  department,  which  books  and  vouchers, 
and  all  papers  and  files  of  said  departm.ent,  shall  be  at  all  times  open 
to  the  examination  of  the  comptroller,  the  finance  committee,  or  any 
member  of  the  cit}'  council. 

591.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  in  all  matters 
whereby,  by  reason  of  any  ordinance,  resolution,  agreement,  or  act, 
heretofore  passed,  entered  into,  or  done,  the  action  of  a  board  of 
public  works  is  necessary,  constitute  a  board  of  public  works  for 
such  purpose,  and  shall  do  and  perform  all  things  required  to  be 
done  by  or  imposed  upon  said  board. 

592.  In  all  cases  where  provision  is  made  by  ordinance  that  the 
consent  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  be  obtained  to 
authorize  any  act  to  be  done,  he  may  grant  a  permit  therefor,  subject 
to  the  restrictions  of  the  ordinances  in  relation  thereto. 

593.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  may  direct  the  removal 
of  any  article  or  thing  whatsoever,  which  may  encumber  or  obstruct 
anv  street,  avenue  or  alley  in  the  cit}'  of  Chicago,  under  the  penal- 
ties prescribed  by  law. 

59^.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall,  when  required 
by  the  city  council,  inquire  into  and  report  upon  any  of  the  matters 
within  the  cognizance  of  the  department  of  public  works,  and  shall, 
from  time  to  time,  communicate  to  the  city  council  any  information 
or  suggestion  which  he  may  deem  important  in  relation  thereto. 

595.  All  subordinate  officers,  assistants,  clerks  and  employes 
employed  in  said  department  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  and  reg- 
ulations as  shall  be  prescribed  from  time  to  time  by  said  commissioner. 


Article  II. 

The  Comuiissioncrs.  Secretary. 

596.  There  shall  be  in  the  office  of  the  department  of  public 
works  a  person  to  be  denominated  secretary  to  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  preserve  and  keep  all  books 
and  papers  belonging  to  said  department,  or  which  are  required  by 
law  to  be  filed  therein. 


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597.  He  shall  deliver  to  the  city  council  and  to  the  respective 
departments,  all  communications  from  the  said  commissioner  in  writ- 
ing, and  shall  attend  in  the  office  of  said  department  during  the 
usual  office  hours,  and  do  and  perform  such  other  services  as  ma^^ 
be  required  by  said  commissioner. 

Article  III. 
The  City  Engineer. 

598.  The  city  engineer  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be 
required  of  him  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or  the  or- 
dinances of  the  city. 

599.  He  shall  perform  all  such  services  in  the  prosecution  of 
pubHc  improvements,  as  may  require  the  skill  and  experience  of  a 
civil  engineer. 

600.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  construction  and  repairing 
of  all  bridges,  viaducts  and  water  works,  and  shall  superintend  the 
laying  of  all  main  and  supply  water  pipes. 

Article  IV. 
The  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

601.  The  superintendent  of  streets  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  required  of  him  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

602.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  improvement,  repair  and 
cleaning  of  all  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  highways  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  and  the  construction  and  repair  of  all  sidewalks. 

Article  V. 
The  Siij)erintendent  of   Water. 

603.  The  superintendent  of  water  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  required  of  him  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

604.  He  shall  have  special  charge  of  the  assessment  and  collec- 
tion of  all  water  rates  or  assessments. 

605.  Said  superintendent  shall  report  to  the  city  treasurer,  once 
in  each  day,  all  moneys  received  by  him  in  said  department  of  public 
works,  and  at  the  same  time  pay  over  to  the  said  city  treasurer 
all  such  moneys,  with  a  statement  of  the  same:  to  what  account  the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  1 85 

same  belongs, — and  shall  take  a  receipt  and  duplicate  receipt  for  all 
moneys  so  paid  over,  which  said  duplicate  receipt  he  shall  deposit 
forthwith  with  the  said  commissioner  of  public  works. 

Article  VI. 
The  Superintendent  of  Sezverage. 

606.  The  superintendent  of  sewerage  shall  perform  such  duties 
as  may  be  required  of  him  by  said  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

607.  He  shall  have  special  charge  of  the  construction  of  all 
public  and  private  sewers  and  catch  basins,  and  the  issuing  of  all 
permits  and  licenses  in  connection  therewith. 

Article  VII. 

The  Superintendent  of  Special  Assessments. 

608.  The  superintendent  of  special  assessments  shall  be  ex 
officio  examiner  of  subdivisions,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine 
all  plats  and  maps  of  subdivisions  of  land  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
upon  presentation  of  the  same  to  him,  and  if  he  shall  approve  of 
the  same,  he  shall  so  certify.  He  shall  also  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  required  of  him  by  said  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

609.  He  shall  have  special  charge  of  all  proceedings  connected 
with  the  making  of  special  assessments,  subject  to  the  directions  of 
the  corporation  counsel. 

Article  VIII. 
•  The  Superintendent  of  Maps. 

610.  The  superintendent  of  maps  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  required  of  him  by  said  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

611.  He  shall  have  special  charge  of  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  keeping  of  the  records  of  maps,  plats,  &c.,  recorded  in  the  city 
of  Chicago;  and  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  street  numbers;  and 
he  shall  make  all  maps  and  drawings  which  may  be  required  by 
said  department. 


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Chapter  V, 

DEPARTMENT    OF    BUILDINGS. 

Article  I.  The  Commissioner  of  Buildings. 

II.  I  he  Commissioner's  Secretary. 

III.  The  Inspectors  of  Buildings. 

IV.  The  Inspector  of  Elevators. 

Article  I. 
The  Cojiniiissiojicr  of  Buildings. 

612.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of 
the  municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  department  of  buildings,  and  shall  embrace  the  com- 
missioner of  buildings,  an  inspector  of  elevators,  a  secretary  to  said 
commissioner,  and  such  number  of  inspectors  of  buildings  and  other 
assistants  and  employes  as  the  city  council  ma}',  by  ordinance,  pre- 
scribe and  establish. 

613.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  commissioner  of  build- 
ings, who  shall  be  the  head  of  said  department  of  buildings,  and 
shall  be  an  experienced  architect  or  builder.  He  shall  hold  his 
office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  ap- 
pointed and  qualified. 

614.  He  shall  be  appionted  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  the  cit}-  council,  on  the  first  Monda}'  in  May, 
1 881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

615.  Said  commissioner,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council 
shall  approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties 
of  his  office. 

616.  He  shall  have  the  management  and  control  of  all  matters 
and  things  pertaining  to  the  department  of  buildings,  and  the  ap- 
pointment, with  the  consent  of  the  iTUi^'or,  of  the  subordinate  offi- 
cers and  assistants  named  in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter,  and 
may  remove  them  at  his  pleasure. 

617.  All  subordinate  officers,  assistants,  clerks,  and  employes 
in  said  department  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
shall  be  prescribed  from  time  to  time  b}'  said  commissioner. 

618.  Said  commissioner  shall  require  good  and  sufficient  bonds 
to  be  given  by  all  subordinate  officers  and  employes  in   said  depart- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.       ""^^ 1 87 

ment,  who  shall  receive,  or  have  the  care,  custod}-,  or  handling  of 
any  monevs  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  said  bonds  shall 
be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

619.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  to  enforce  all 
ordinances  relating  to  the  erection,  construction,  alteration,  repair 
removal,  or  safety  of  buildings. 

620.  He  shall  have  char<re  of  enforcing  the  ordinances  of  the 
city,  concerning  the  construction  and  inspection  of  hoistwa^s,  in  which 
an  elevator  shall  be  used,  and  of  all  passenger  and  freight,  steam 
and  water  power  elevators,  to  the  end  that  the  said  hoistways, 
elevators,  cars,  or  platforms  shall  be  built  and  kept  in  a  perfectly  safe 
condition. 

621.  He  shall  inquire  and  examine  into  all  buildings  and  other 
places  where  ashes,  shavings  or  other  combustible  materials  may  be 
stored,  collected  or  deposited,  and  cause  the  prompt  removal  of  the 
same,  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  the  same,  if  not  removed  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  will  expose  the  city  to  danger  of  tires. 

622.  In  ever}-  such  case,  the  commissioner  shall  direct  the 
tenant  or  occupant  of  the  building  or  place,  to  remove  or  otherwise 
safely  dispose  of  such  ashes,  shavings  or  other  combustible  materials; 
and  in  case  such  tenant  or  occupant  shall  refuse  so  to  do,  the  said 
commissioner  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of 
said  tenant  or  occupant. 

623.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner,  when  requested 
by  two  or  more  citizens,  representing  that  ashes  or  combustible 
materials  are  kept  in  anv  place  in  the  city  in  an  insecure  or  illegal 
manner:  or  that  the  ventilation  of  any  room  or  rooms  where  any  person 
or  persons  are  emploved  in  anv  factorv,  workshop  or  other  place  of 
employment  is  insufficient ;  or  that  the  doors  or  stairways  in  any  such 
factor}',  workshop  or  other  place  of  emplovment  are  insufficient 
for  the  escape  of  the  employes  in  case  of  fire  or  other  accident 
happening;  or  that  the  funnels,  flues,  fire-boxes,  or  heating  apparatus 
of  anv  building  in  the  citv,  are  insecure  or  dangerous,^ — to  make  a 
personal  examination  of  such  place  or  building,  and  if  such  repre- 
sentation is  found  to  be  true,  said  commissioner  shall  give  notice,  in 
writing,  to  the  owner  or  lessee  of  such  place  or  building,  to  make 
such  changes,  alterations  or  repairs  as  the  public  safety  and  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  mav  require. 

624.  Anv  person  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such 
changes,  alterations  or  repairs,  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  notice 
from  said  commissioner,  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twentv-five  dollars,  and  the  fur- 


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ther  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  after  the  first 
conviction,  that  he  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  change, 
alteration  or  repair. 

625.  He  shall  also,  at  least  once  in  six  months,  inspect,  or  cause 
to  be  inspected  and  examined,  all  public  school  buildings,  public 
halls,  churches,  theatres  and  all  buildings  used  either  for  manufact- 
uring or  commercial  purposes,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the 
safety  of  the  building,  or  any  elevator  used  therein  ;  the  proper  ven- 
tilation of  any  such  building;  the  sufficiency  of  its  doors,  passage 
ways  or  aisles  and  stairways,  and  generally  its  facilities  for  egress  in 
case  of  fire  or  other  accident  happening  ;  the  over  loading  of  floors, 
and  the  storage  of  combustibles, — and  make  returns  of  all  violations 
of  the  several  provisions  of  this  ordinance  to  the  law  department  for 
prosecution. 

626.  He  shall  require  that  plans  and  specifications  of  the  pro- 
posed erection,  alterations  or  repairs,  shall  be  submitted  for  inspec- 
tion before  issuing  his  permit:  Provided^  kozvever,  that  should  any 
question  arise  between  the  commissioner  and  the  owner  or  architect 
of  any  building,  or  should  the  owner  or  architect  object  to  any  or- 
der or  decision  of  said  commissioner,  the  matter  shall  be  referred 
to  a  committee  of  three  persons,  who  shall  be  either  architects  or 
master  builders,  one  to  be  chosen  by  the  commissioner,  one  by  the 
owner  or  other  interested  party,  and  these  two  shall  choose  a  third, 
and  the  decision  of  a  majority  of  these  referees,  submitted  in  writ- 
ing, shall  be  final  and  conclusive  in  the  premises:  and  provided, 
furtJicr^  that  no  permit  shall  be  required  for  ordinary  repairs,  either 
internal  or  external,  which  do  not  increase  the  size  of  building  or 
alter  its  condition  as  a  fire  risk. 

627.  The  commissioner  of  buildings  shall  have  full  power  to  pass 
upon  any  question  arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  re- 
lating to  the  manner  of  construction,  or  materials  to  be  used  in  the 
construction,  alteration  or  repair  of  any  building  or  buildings  in  the 
city  of  Chicago. 

628.  He  shall  have  power  to  prohibit  and  stop  the  use  of  any 
passenger,  freight,  steam  or  water  elevator,  whenever  the  inspector 
of  elevators  shall  report  to  him  that  any  such  elevator  or  the  hoist- 
way  in  which  it  is  used,  is  in  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  condition.  And 
such  prohibition  of  use  shall  continue  in  force  until  such  hoistway  or 
elevator,  or  both,  are  put  in  a  perfectly  safe  condition. 

629.  He  shall  institute  such  measures  and  prescribe  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  shall  secure  the  careful  inspection  of  all  buildings 
while  in  process  of  construction,  to  the  end  that  the  several  pro- 
visions of  this   ordinance  relating  thereto  shall   be  strictly  enforced. 


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630.  Said  commissioner  shall  have  power  to  stop  the  construc- 
tion of  any  building,  or  the  making  of  any  alterations  or  repairs  of 
any  building,  when  the  same  is  being  done  in  a  reckless  or  careless 
manner,  or  in  violation  of  any  ordinance  or  ordinances  of  the  city. 

631.  He  shall  enforce  all  ordinances  of  the  city  relating  to  the 
storage  of  combustibles,  and  the  arrangement  of  heating  appliances, 
engines,  boilers,  forges,  or  manufacturing  by  the  use  of  tire  heat. 

632.  He  shall  cause  a  careful  investigation  to  be  made  of  the 
origin  or  cause  of  all  lires  occurring  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and 
keep  a  record  of  the  same  in  proper  books  for  that  purpose. 

622-  He  shall  have  power  to  enter  upon  the  premises  wherein 
any  lire  has  occurred,  if  necessary,  in  order  to  investigate  the  origin 
of  the  tire. 

634.  He  shall  sign  all  certificates  and  notices  required  to  be  issued 
from  said  department,  and  keep  a  record  of  the  same,  and  issue  all 
permits,  and  collect  all  fees  authorized  to  be  issued  and  collected  bv 
said  department. 

635.  Said  commissioner  shall  keep,  in  proper  books  for  that  pur- 
pose, a  register  of  all  transactions  of  said  department,  which  said 
books  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  mayor,  comptroller, 
superintendent  of  police,  tire  marshal  and  members  of  the  city  council, 
at  all  times. 

636.  Said  commissioner  shall  keep,  in  proper  books  for  that  pur- 
pose, an  accurate  account  of  all  fees  paid  and  required  to  be  paid  to 
said  commissioner,  giving  the  name  of  the  party,  date,  and  amount, 
of  such  fee  or  fees. 

637.  He  shall,  on  the  last  day  of  each  and  every  week,  pay  over 
to  the  city  treasurer  all  moneys  collected  by  him,  and  shall  take  a 
receipt  and  duplicate  receipt  therefor,  and  shall  deposit  such  duplicate 
recept  with  the  city  comptroller,  and  shall  render  a  report,  under 
oath,  monthly,  to  the  city  comptroller,  of  all  money's  received. 

638.  He  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  lirst  dav  of  February, 
in  each  year,  prepare  and  present  to  the  city  council  a  report  show- 
ing the  receipts  and  expenditures  and  entire  work  of  his  department 
during  the  previous  fiscal  year.  He  shall,  at  the  same  time,  send  to 
the  comptroller  a  full  and  comprehensive  statement  of  all  matters 
pertaining  to  his  department,  together  with  an  estimate  in  detail  of 
the  appropriations  required  by  the  department  during  the  next 
municipal  year. 


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639.  Ill  the  absence  of  the  commissioner,  from  sickness  or  other 
cause,  any  one  of  the  inspectors  may  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  to 
act  in  the  place  of  said  comiiissioner,  with  the  same  powers  exer- 
cised by  him;  but  no  additional  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  him 
for  such  services. 


Article    II. 

The   Coiiiiii/'ssiuncr's  Secretary. 

6_j.o.  There  shall  be  in  the  office  of  the  commissioner  of  build- 
ings a  person  to  be  denominated  secretary  to  the  commissioner  of 
buildings,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  preserve  and  keep  all  books, 
records  and  papers  belonging  to  said  office,  or  which  are  required 
by  law  to  be  tiled  therein. 

641.  He  shall  deliver  to  the  city  council  and  to  the  respective 
departments  all  communications  from  the  said  commissioner  in  writ- 
ing, and  shall  attend  in  the  office  of  said  department  during  the 
usual  office  hours,  and  do  and  perform  such  other  services  as  may 
be  required  by  said  commissioner. 


Article   III. 

The  Juspectors  of  Biiild/ng-s. 

642.  The  inspectors  of  the  department  of  buildings  shall  be  able 
and  experienced  architects,  builders  or  mechanics,  competent  to  per- 
form all  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  the}'  are  appointed,  and 
shall  not  be  emploved  or  engaged  in  anv  other  vocation. 

643.  Said  inspectors  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  buildings,  attend  all  fires  occurring  in  the  district  to  which 
they  are  respectivelv  assigned,  and  report  all  information  thev  may 
obtain  relative  to  the  construction  and  condition  of  the  premises  on 
fire,  and  the  adjoining  buildings. 

644.  They  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  commissioner,  exam- 
ine all  buildings  in  the  course  of  erection,  alteration  or  repair,  through- 
out the  city,  as  often  as  required,  and  shall  make  a  record  of,  and 
report  to  said  commissioner,  all  violations  of  any  ordinance  or  ordi- 
nances of  the  city,  which  the  department  of  buildings  is  required  to 
enforce,  together  with  the  street  and  number  where  such  violations 
are  found,  the  names  of  the  owner,  lessee,  occupants,  architect  and 
master  mechanics,  and  all  other  matters  relative  thereto. 


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645.  They  shall  examine  all  buildings  and  walls  reported  dan- 
gerous, or  damaged  by  lire  or  accident,  and  make  a  record  of  such 
examinations,  with  name  of  the  street  and  number  of  the  building, 
and  the  names  of  the  owner,  lessee  and  occupants. 

646.  They  shall  examine  all  buildings  under  application  to  raise, 
enlarge,  alter  or  build,  and  make  a  record  of  the  condition  of  the 
same. 

647.  Said  inspectors  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
required  of  them  by  said  commissioner  of  buildings,  or  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city. 


Article   IV. 

Tiic  Inspector  of  Elevators. 

648.  The  inspector  of  eleyators  shall  be  an  experienced  archi- 
tect, builder,  or  mechanic,  competent  to  perform  the  duties  of  the 
office  to  w^hich  he  is  appointed,  and  shall  not  be  employed  or  engaged 
in  any  other  vocation. 

649.  He  shall,  as  often  as  once  in  six  months,  carefully  examine 
and  inspect  all  hoistways  in  which  an  elevator  shall  be  used  or  ope- 
rated, and  the  doors  and  shafts  in  connection  therewith;  and  also 
examine  and  inspect  all  passenger  and  freight  elevators,  cars,  or  plat- 
forms, used  and  operated  in  any  building  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
other  than  a  private  dwelling  house,  and  report  to  the  commissioner 
the  condition  of  each  hoistway  and  elevator. 

650.  Said  inspector  shall,  when,  after  such  examination,  he  finds 
the  hoistway,  door,  shaft  and  elevator  in  a  perfectly  safe  condition, 
make  and  deliver  to  the  owner,  or  his  or  her  agents,  a  certificate  of 
the  same,  signed  by  the  commissioner,  which  shall  contain  the  date 
of  inspection,  the  condition  of  the  elevator  at  that  date,  the  weight 
it  may  safely  carry,  and  that  the  shaft  and  doors  are  constructed  in 
accordance  with  this  ordinance,  which  certificate  shall  be  by  the 
owner  of  the  elevator  framed  and  put  up  in  some  conspicuous  place 
near  such  elevator,  for  examination  by  the  public:  Provided^  that 
the  words  "  safe  condition "  in  this  section  shall  mean  that  it  is 
safe  for  any  load  up  to  its  original  full  capacity-. 

651.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  required  of 
liim  by  the  commissioner  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 


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Chapter  VI, 

DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW. 

Article    I.     The  Corporation  Counsel. 
II.     The  City  Attorney. 
III.     The  Prosecuting  Attorney. 

Article  I. 

The   Corporation   Counsel. 

652.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of 
the  municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  department  of  law,  and  shall  embrace  the  corpora- 
tion counsel,  the  city  attorney,  the  prosecuting  attorney,  and  such 
number  of  assistants  and  clerks  as  the  city  council  may,  by  ordi- 
nance, see  fit  to  prescribe  and  establish. 

653.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  corporation  counsel, 
who  shall  be  the  head  of  the  law  department,  and  shall  hold  his 
office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  ap- 
pointed and  qualified. 

654.  He  shall  be  appointed  b}^  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on.  the  first  Monday  in 
May,  1 88 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  there- 
after. 

655.  Said  corporation  counsel,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  ofiice,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall 
approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office. 

656.  He  shall  appoint  all  assistants  and  clerks  in  his  office,  and 
may  remove  them  at  his  pleasure. 

657.  He  shall  superintend,  and,  with  the  assistance  of  the  city 
attorney  and  prosecuting  attorney,  conduct  all  the  law  business  of 
the  city. 

658.  Ha  shall  draw  such  ordinances  as  may  be  required  of 
him  by  the  city  council,  or  by  any  committee  thereof. 

659.  He  shall  draw  the  leases,  deeds,  and  other  papers  con- 
nected with  the  finance  department,  and  all  contracts  for  any  of  the 
other  departments  of  the  corporation,  when  so  required  by  the  head 
of  the  department. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


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660.  He  shall,  when  required,  furnish  written  opinions  upon 
subjects  submitted  to  him  by  the  mayor  or  city  council,  or  by  any 
department  of  the  municipal  government. 

661.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  resigna- 
tion thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  the  corporation  counsel  shall 
forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all  deeds, 
leases,  contracts,  and  other  papers  in  his  hands,  belonging  to  the  cor- 
poration, or  delivered  to  him  by  the  corporation  or  any  of  its  offi- 
cers, and  all  papers  in  actions  prosecuted  or  defended  by  him,  then 
pending  and  undetermined,  together  with  his  register  thereof,  and 
of  the  proceedings  therein. 

662.  He  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  comptroller,  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  February  in  every  year,  an  estimate  of  the 
whole  cost  and  expenses  of  providing  for  and  maintaining  the  de- 
partment of  said  city  during  the  current  fiscal  year,  which  estimate 
shall  be  in  detail,  and  shall  be  laid  by  said  comptroller  before  the 
city  council,  with  his  annual  estimate. 

Article  II. 
The  City  Attorney. 

663.  The  city  attorney  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  corporation,  with  two  sufficient 
sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  city  council  and  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  comptroller,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

664.  He  shall  draw  such  ordinances  as  may  be  required  of  him 
by  the  city  council,  or  by  any  committee  thereof. 

665.  He  shall  draw  the  leases,  deeds,  and  other  papers  con- 
nected with  the  finance  department,  and  all  contracts  for  any  of  the 
other  departments  of  the  corporation,  when  so  required  by  the  head 
of  the  department. 

666.  He  shall  keep  in  proper  books  to  be  provided  for  that 
purpose  a  register  of  all  actions  in  courts  of  record,  prosecuted  or 
defended,  in  which  the  city  may  be  a  party,  and  all  proceedings  had 
therein,  and  which  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
mayor,  comptroller,   or   any  committee  of  the  city  council. 

667.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  resigna- 
tion thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  he  shall,  forthwith,  on  demand, 
deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all  deeds,  leases,   contracts,  and 

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194  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

Other  papers  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  corporation,  or  delivered 
to  him  by  the  corporation,  or  any  of  its  officers,  and  all  papers  in 
mictions  prosecuted  or  defended  by  him,  then  pending  and  undeter- 
mined, together  with  his  register  thereof,  and  of  the  proceedings 
therein. 

668.  He  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February 
in  each  year,  report  in  writing  to  the  city  council  a  statement  of 
all  suits  instituted  and  pending  in  courts  of  record  in  which  the  city 
of  Chicago  is  plaintiff' or  defendant,  in  which  report  shall  be  stated 
the  names  of  all  defendants  and  plaintiffs,  the  nature  of  the  actions, 
the  date  of  the  commencement,  and  the  several  steps  that  may  have 
been  taken  in  court  during  his  term  of  office  to  bring  such  suits  to 
linal  issue,  to  be  accompanied  with  such  explanatory  remarks  as 
said  attorney  may  see  fit  to  append — to  the  end  that  the  council 
may  be  kept  more  fully  advised  as  to  the  legal  affairs  of  the  city. 
He  shall  also  attach  to  his  said  report  a  list  of  all  such  cases  as 
may  have  been  disposed  of  during  his  term  of  office  and  subsequent 
to  his  last  report,  together  with  their  results;  said  reports  shall  be 
made  up  to  the  first  day  of  January  in  each  year. 

66(^.  He  shall  appoint  all  assistants  and  clerks  in  his  office,  and 
may  remove  them  at  his  pleasure. 


Article  III. 

The  Prosecuting  Attorney. 

670.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  prosecuting  attor- 
ney, who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until 
his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

671.  He  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
corporation  counsel  and  city  attorney,  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
May,  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  there- 
after. 

672.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  ex- 
ecute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall  approve,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

673.  The  prosecuting  attorney  is  charged  with  the  prosecution 
of  all  actions  for  violation  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  council,  and 
with  the  conducting  of  all  proceedings  before  justices,  or  upon  ap- 
peal to  the  criminal  court. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I95 

674.  He  shall  institute  an  action  in  every  case  where  there  has 
been  a  violation  of  any  city  ordinance,  when  instructed  to  do  so  by 
the  city  council,  or  the  chief  officer  of  any  department,  or  upon  the 
complaint  of  any  other  person,  when,  in  his  judgment,  the  public 
interest  requires  that  the  same  shall  be  prosecuted. 

675.  He  may,  with  the  consent  of  the  city  attorney,  com- 
promise with  the  party  complained  of,  either  before  or  after  an 
action  shall  have  been  brought  for  any  violation  of  an  ordinance  of 
the  citv  council,  when  the  penalty  does  not  exceed  twenty-five 
dollars,  and  when,  in  his  judgment,  the  public  interest  does  not  re- 
quire that  an  action  should  be  prosecuted  therefor;  and  he  shall 
have  the  power  to  discontinue  any  action  upon  such  terms  as  to 
him  may  seem  equitable. 

676.  He  shall  not  appeal  any  case  in  which  judgment  shall 
have  been  given  against  the  city,  except  with  the  consent  of  the 
city  attorney. 

677.  He  shall,  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  in  each 
year,  report  to  the  city  attorney  the  transactions  of  his  office 
during  the  year,  and  with  such  other  information  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  or  proper. 

678.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  resigna- 
tion thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  the  prosecuting  attorney  shall 
forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all  papers  in 
his  hands  belonging  to,  or  delivered  to  him  by  the  corporation,  or 
any  of  its  officers,  and  all  papers  in  actions  prosecuted  by  him,  and 
which  are  then  pending  and  undetermined,  together  with  his  regis- 
ter thereqf,  and  of  the  proceedings  therein. 


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Chapter  Vil, 

DEPARTMENT    OF    HEALTH. 

Article  I.     The  Commissioner  of  Health. 

II.     The  Assistant  Commissioner  and  other  Employes. 
III.     The  City  Physician. 

Article  I. 
The  Commissioner  of  Health. 

679.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of 
the  municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  department  of  health,  and  shall  embrace  the  com- 
missioner of  health,  the  superintendent  of  police  and  the  city  phy- 
sician, and  such  other  assistants  and  employes  as  the  city  council 
may,  by  ordinance,  prescribe  and  establish. 

680.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  commissioner  of 
health,  who  shall  be  the  head  of  said  department  of  health,  and  shall 
have  the  management  and  control  of  all  matters  and  things  pertain- 
ing thereto.  He  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and 
until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

681.  Said  commissioner  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first 
Monday  in  May,  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  bienni- 
ally thereafter. 

682.  Said  commissioner,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of 
five  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall 
approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
said  office. 

683.  Said  commissioner  shall  have  power  to  remove  any  subor- 
dinate officer,  clerk  or  employe  at  his  pleasure;  and  all  orders  and 
directions  eminating  from  said  department  shall  be  issued  in  the 
name  of  said  commissioner. 

684.  Said  commissioner  shall  have  and  exercise  a  general  super- 
vision over  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city,  and  have  power  to  ap- 
point, with  the  consent  of  the  mayor,  an  assistant  commissioner,  a  sec- 
retary, a  register  of  vital  statistics,  one  health  office  clerk,  three  med- 
ical sanitary  inspectors,  five  meat  inspectors  and  twenty-five  sanitary 
policemen,  who  shall  have  full  police  powers,  and  perform  all  the 
duties  of  sanitary  policemen  as  are  now  provided  by  the  laws  and 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I97 

ordinances  of  the  citv,  and  such  other  duties  as  the  said  commis- 
sioner  of  health  may  require  and  determine. 

685.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  give  to  the  mayor  and 
other  city  authorities  all  such  professional  advice  and  information  as 
they  ma}'  require,  with  a  view  to  the  preservation  of  the  public  health; 
and  whenever  he  shall  hear  of  the  existence  of  any  malignant,  con- 
tagious or  pestilential  disease,  he  shall  investigate  the  same,  and 
adopt  measures  to  arrest  its  progress. 

686.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  enforce 
all  the  laws  of  the  state  and  ordinances  of  the  city  in  relation  to  the 
sanitary  regulations  of  the  city,  and  cause  all  nuisances  to  be  abated 
with  all  reasonable  promptness.  And  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
out  the  foregoing  requirements,  he  shall  be  permitted  at  all  times, 
from  the  rising  to  the  setting  of  the  sun,  to  enter  into  any  house, 
store,  stable  or  other  building,  and  to  cause  the  floors  to  be  raised, 
if  he  shall  deem  it  necessary,  in  order  to  a  thorough  examination 
of  cellars,  vaults,  sinks  or  drains;  and  to  cause  all  privies  to  be 
cleansed  and  kept  in  good  condition;  and  to  cause  all  dead  animals 
or  other  nauseous  or  unwholesome  things  or  substances,  to  be  buried 
or  removed  or  disposed  of  as  the  commissioner  of  health  may  direct. 

687.  In  order  to  the  carr^-ing  out  of  the  provisions  of  the  forego- 
ing section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  serve 
a  notice,  in  writing,  upon  the  owner,  occupant  or  agent  of  any  lot, 
building  or  premises  in  or  upon  which  any  nuisance  may  be  found, 
or  who  ma}'  be  the  owner  or  cause  of  any  such  nuisance,  requiring 
them  to  abate  the  same  in  such  manner  as  he  shall  prescribe,  within 
reasonable  time:  Provided^  that  it  shall  not  be  necessary  in  an}' 
case  for  the  commissioner  to  specify  in  his  notice  the  manner  in 
which  any  nuisance  shall  be  abated,  unless  he  shall  deem  it  advisable 
so  to  do;  and  such  notice  may  be  given  or  served  by  any  officer 
who  may  be  directed  or  deputed  to  give  or  make  the  same;  and  if 
such  owner,  occupant  or  agent  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  of  such  order  within  the  time  specified,  they 
shall  be  subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  every  such  violation,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  said  officer  to  proceed  at  once,  upon  the  expiration  of  the 
time  specified  in  said  notice,  to  cause  such  nuisance  to  be  abated: 
and  provided^  further^  that  whenever  the  owner,  occupant  or  agent 
of  premises,  in  or  upon  which  any  nuisance  may  be  found,  is  unknown 
or  cannot  be  found,  the  said  commissioner  shall  proceed  to  abate  the 
same  without  notice;  and  in  either  case  the  expense  of  such  abate- 
ment shall  be  collected  from  the  person  or  persons  who  may  have 
created,  continued  and  suffered  such  nuisance  to  exist. 


198  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

688.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health 
to  visit  and  examine,  or  cause  to  have  visited  and  examined,  all 
sick  persons  who  shall  be  reported  to  him  as  laboring,  or  sup- 
posed to  be  laboring,  under  any  yellow  or  ship  fever,  small 
pox,  cholera,  or  any  infections  or  pestilential  disease,  and  cause 
all  such  infected  persons  to  be  removed  to  the  cholera,  small  pox,  or 
other  hospitals,  or  to  such  other  safe  and  proper  place  as  he  may 
think  proper,  not  exceeding  three  miles  from  said  city,  and  cause 
them  to  be  provided  with  suitable  nurses  and  medical  attendance,  at 
their  own  expense  if  they  are  able  to  pay  for  the  same,  but  if  not, 
then  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

689.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to 
cause  a  notice,  printed  or  written  in  large  letters,  to  be  placed  upon 
or  near  any  house  in  which  any  person  may  be  aflected  or  sick  with 
small  pox,  scarlet  fever,  or  any  infections,  pestilential  or  epidemic  dis- 
ease, upon  which  shall  be  written,  or  printed,  the  name  of  such  disease; 
and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  deface,  alter,  mutilate,  destro}^  or  tear 
down  such  notice,  without  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  health, 
or  of  the  health  officer,  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  liable,  for  each 
ofiense,  to  pay  a  line  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars ;  the  occupant  of  any  house  upon  which  such  no- 
tice shall  be  placed  or  posted  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  held  responsible 
for  the  removal  of  the  same,  and  if  the  same  shall  be  removed  with- 
out the  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  health,  or  of  the  health 
officer,  such  occupant  shall  be  subject  to  the  like  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  unless  he  shall  notify 
the  commissioner  of  health,  or  health  officer,  within  twenty-four 
hours  after  the  removal  of  the  said  notice. 

690.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  have  charge  of  the  city 
hospital,  and  shall  have  power  to  employ  such  assistants  and  nurses 
as  he  may  deem  necessary;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  the  hos- 
pitals of  the  city  are  supplied  with  suitable  furniture,  nourishment, 
fuel,  and  medicines,  and  that  persons  dying  therein,  or  in  other  places 
under  the  charge  of  the  city,  are  decently  and  promptly  buried  at  the 
expense  of  the  city:  Provided^  such  deceased  persons  have  not  the 
means  to  defray  their  own  expenses  of  sickness  or  burial. 

691.  In  case  of  pestilence  or  epidemic  disease,  or  of  danger 
from  anticipated  or  impending  pestilence  or  epidemic  disease,  or  in 
case  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city  should  be  of  such  a  character 
as  to  warrant  it,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  commissioner  of 
health  to  take  such  measures,  and  to  do,  and  order,  and  cause  to 
be  done,  such  acts  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  health  (though 
not  herein,  or  elsewhere,  or  otherwise  authorized),  as  he  may,  in 
good  faith  declare  the  public  safety  and  health  to  demand. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  I99 

692.  The  commissioner  of  health  may  take  such  measures  as 
he  may,  from  time  to  time,  deem  necessary  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
the  smhll-pox,  by  issuing  an  order  requiring  all  persons  in  the 
city,  or  any  part  thereof,  requiring  vaccination,  to  be  vaccinated 
within  such  time  as  he  shall  prescribe;  and  all  persons  refusing  or 
neglecting  to  obey  such  order  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  :  Provided, 
that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  to  provide  for  the 
vaccination  of  such  persons  as  are  unable  to  pay  tor  the  same,  at 
the  e.vpense  of  the  city. 

693.  He  shall  have  power  to  cause  any  house  or  any  premises 
to  be  cleansed,  disinfected,  or  closed  to  visitors,  and  prevent  persons 
from  resorting  thereto  while  any  person  is  laboring  under  any  pesti- 
lential or  infectious  disease;  he  may,  bv  an  order  in  writing,  direct 
any  nuisance  to  be  abated,  or  unwholesome  matter  or  substance, 
dirt  or  filth,  to  be  removed  from  any  house  or  premises,  and  may 
prescribe  the  time  and  mode  of  doing  so,  and  take  any  other 
measures  he  may  deem  necessary  and  proper  to  prevent  the  spread 
of  any  infectious,  pestilential  or  epidemic  disease;  and  any  person 
who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  the  orders,  directions  and  in- 
structions of  said  commissioaer  of  health  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

694.  Said  commissioner,  whenever,  and  at  such  times  as  by  him 
it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  may,  by  proclamation  (the  approval 
of  the  city  council  being  first  had  and  obtained),  require  all  boats, 
vessels,  railroad  cars  or  other  public  conveyances  bound  for  this 
city,  before  the  same  shall  land  or  stop  at  any  wharf,  depot  or  land- 
ing or  stopping  place  therein,  to  touch  or  stop  at  any  or  either  of 
the  sites,  places  or  boundaries  so  selected  and  established  for  quar- 
antine purposes  and  leave  all  such  emigrants,  travelers  or  persons, 
and  all  such  sick,  diseased  or  unclean  persons,  with  their  stores  and 
baggage,  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  officers  stationed  at  such  quaran- 
tine sites,  places  or  boundaries  shall  be  deemed  proper,  on  account 
of  the  existence  or  general  report  of  cholera,  ship  fever  or  any 
contagious  disease,  or  disease  apprehended  to  endanger  the  health 
of  the  city. 

695.  Whenever  it  shall  be  deemed  necessary  to  issue  such  procla- 
mation, it  sliall  be  the  dut}'  of  the  said  commissioners  to  send  the  same, 
together  with  the  substance  of  the  regulations  for  quarantine,  and 
the  period  for  which  the  same  shall  be  in  force,  unless  sooner 
revoked,  to  New  York,  Buffalo,  Detroit,  Toledo,  La  Salle,  St.  Louis, 
Galena,  Dubuque,  Burlington,  and  such  other  cities  and  places  as  by 
iiim  shall  be  deemed  proper. 


200  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

696.  lie  shall  also  cause  to  be  stationed  at  such  quarantine  sites, 
places  and  boundaries  as  he  may  deem  advisable,  one  or  more 
physicians  or  health  officers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to"  go  on 
board  and  examine  all  boats,  vessels,  cars  or  other  public  con- 
veyances, so  as  aforesaid  required  to  touch  or  stop  at  said  quaran- 
tines respectively,  and  then  and  there  determine  what  emigrants, 
passengers  or  persons  (if  any)  shall  be  permitted  to  come  to  the 
city,  and  what  emigrants,  passengers  or  persons  (if  any)  shall  stop 
at  such  quarantine  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  conduct- 
ing or  in  charge  of  any  such  vessel,  boat,  car  or  public  conveyance, 
to  aid  and  assist  any  such  physician  or  health  officer  in  the  exercise 
of  his  duties. 

697.  Said  physicians  or  health  officers  shall  attend  to  all  sick  per- 
sons who  ma}^  be  landed  or  placed  in  quarantine,  and  provide  medicines 
and  necessaries  for  their  use,  and  shall  have  general  supervision  of 
such  quarantines,  and  compel  persons  therein  to  purify  their  bodies, 
clothes  and  baggage,  and  do  all  such  acts  and  things  as  shall  be 
proper  in  the  premises,  keeping  correct  accounts  of  all  expenditures 
and  wages,  which  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by  order  of  the  said 
commissioner. 

698.  Whenever  the  physician  or  officer  in  charge  of  any  quaran- 
tine station  or  place,  as  aforesaid,  shall,  upon  examination,  be  satisfied 
that  there  is  no  longer  occasion  for  the  detention  of  any  boat,  vessel, 
car  or  conveyance  at  such  quarantine  or  place,  and  such  boat,  vessel, 
car  or  conveyance  shall  have  been  thoroughly  cleansed,  and  such 
persons  as  aforesaid,  landed  and  placed  in  the  care  of  such  phy- 
sician or  officer,  such  physician  or  officer  shall  give  such  vessel, 
boat,  car  or  conveyance  a  permit,  signed  by  him,  to  enter  the  city, 
which  shall  be  ample  authority  for  the  entry  of  said  boat,  vessel, 
car  or  conveyance,  and  the  said  officers,  respectively,  shall  discharge 
all  persons  in  quarantine  by  their  certificate  for  that  purpose, 
whenever  they  are  satisfied  that  such  persons  are  free  of  disease 
and  their  baggage  and  efiects  properly  purified:  Provided,  hozvever, 
that  the  commissioner  in  his  discretion,  b}'  proclamation  for  that  pur- 
pose, may,  during  the  prevalence  of  cholera,  ship  fever,  or  other 
contagious  or  fatal  disease,  forbid  the  admission  of  emigrants  or 
others  peculiarly  liable  thereto,  into  any  or  all  of  said  quarantines 
or  stations,  until,  in  his  opinion,  the  health  of  the  city  will  justify  the 
same. 

699.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  commissioner,  whenever  by 
him  it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  to  keep  at  the  quarantine  station  or 
stations  a  sufficient  police  force,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  enforce  all 
regulations  by  this  chapter  required,  or  by  said  commissioner  to  be 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  20I 

established,  and  to  arrest  all  persons  violating  said  regulations  or 
committing  any  breaches  of  the  peace,  and  bring  such  persons  be- 
fore im\i  court  having  jurisdiction,  for  trial,  and  to  arrest  and  hold 
for  trial,  all  persons  disobeying,  or  interfering  with,  or  resisting  any 
physician,  health  officer,  or  other  person  in  authority  at  such  quar- 
antine site,  place  or  station. 

700.  In  case  any  boat,  vessel,  car,  or  public  conveyance  shall 
leave  any  quarantine  station,  place  or  boundary,  without  a  permit, 
as  aforesaid,  or  shall  fail  to  stop  at  the  same,  when  so,  as  aforesaid, 
required  by  the  issuing  of  the  said  proclamation,  or  whenever  the 
person  in  charge  thereof,  or  any  person  under  his  command,  shall 
fail  or  refuse  to  obey  any  regulation  or  command  of  the  said  com- 
missioner of  health,  physician,  or  person  in  charge  of  any  quarantine 
station  or  place,  or  of  any  provision  or  requirement  of  this  chapter, 
the  said  commissioner  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
his  duty,  if  in  his  opinion  the  health  of  the  city  requires  it,  to  send 
sufficient  police  force  to  such  boat,  vessel,  car  or  pubHc  conveyance, 
and  cause  the  same,  with  the  crew  and  passengers  on  board,  to  be 
landed,  or  stopped,  or  conveyed  to  the  quarantine  station  or  place, 
and  there  to  remain  until  properly  discharged  b}^  the  permit  afore- 
said ;  and  the  owner,  master  or  the  person  in  charge  of  an}^  such 
boat,  vessel,  car  or  public  conveyance,  shall  be  liable  to  the  city  for 
all  expenses  and  costs  incurred  by  reason  thereof.  If  any  emi- 
grant, traveler  or  person,  so  placed  in  quarantine  as  aforesaid,  shall 
leave  the  same  without  permission  as  aforesaid,  he  may  be  arrested 
and  taken  back  to  said  quarantine,  and  there  retained  until  such 
permission  shall  be  given. 

701.  The  said  commissioner  shall  make  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions for  the  government  of  the  quarantine  or  health  of  the  city,  as, 
from  time  to  time,  he  shall  deem  necessary;  and  the  physicians  or 
health  officers  in  charge  of  anv  quarantine  station  or  place  shall  have 
power  to  make  and  enforce  such  regulations  as  ma}^  be  necessary 
for  the  proper  conducting  and  management  thereof;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  all  persons  in  quarantine,  and  all  agents,  officers,  police- 
men, or  others  employed  by  the  city  in  and  about  said  quarantine 
stations  or  places,  to  carry  out  and  obey  the  same. 

702.  The  said  commissioner,  bv  and  with  the  approval  of  the  city 
council,  may  appoint  one  or  more  competent  ph^^sicians  as  quarantine 
physicians,  who  shall  be  present  at  such  quarantine  stations  as  the 
said  commissioner  of  health  shall  designate,  and  attend  to  all  the 
duties  imposed  bv  this  chapter  or  by  the  regulations  of  said  com- 
missioner ;  and  who  shall  receive,  each,  for  actual  services  rendered, 
and  for  such  time  as  such  services  shall  be  actually  required,  not  less 


202  ORDINANCES     OF     THE 

than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  per  day,  to  be  allowed 
by  the  said  commissioner;  also  the  said  commissioner  may  employ 
such  agents,  servants,  nurses  or  temporary  medical  assistant!^  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the  objects  and  intent  of  this  chapter, 
or  of  any  regulation,  as  in  his  judgment  shall  from  time  to  time 
be  necessary,  or  authorize  the  employment  thereof  by  the  physicians 
or  health  officers  in  charge  of  any  quarantine  or  station. 

703.  All  the  salaries,  wages  and  expenses  in  this  article  contem- 
plated, are  to  be  audited  and  allowed  by  the  said  commissioner,  and 
when  so  allowed,  are  to  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  set  apart  for  quarantine 
purposes,  or,  in  case  of  necessity,  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of  the 
city  :  Provided,  that,  when  practicable,  the  persons  taken  in  such 
quarantine  or  stations  and  receiving  the  aid  and  care  afforded  there- 
by, shall  each  pay  a  sum  of  money  sufiicient  to  meet  all  expenses, 
labor  and  care  incurred  in  his  behalf,  which  said  money  shall  be 
faithfully  kept,  reported  and  accounted  for  by  the  physician,  health 
officer,  or  other  person  in  charge  of  said  quarantine  or  station,  to 
the  said  commissioner;  and  all  other  expenses  incurred  or  to  be  in- 
curred by  reason  of  this  chapter,  or  of  any  regulation  of  said  com- 
missioner shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  set  apart  for  quarantine  pur- 
poses, or,  when  necessary,  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of  the  city. 

704.  No  person,  master,  captain  or  conductor  in  charge  of  any 
boat,  vessel,  railroad  car  or  public  conveyance,  shall  knowingly  bring 
into  this  city  any  person  or  persons  diseased  of  cholera,  smallpox,  ship 
fever,  or  contagious  or  communicable  disease  whatsoever;  and  no 
vessel,  boat,  railroad  car  or  pubHc  conveyance,  at  any  time  covered 
by  the  said  proclamation,  shall  pass  by  any  quarantine  station  or 
place  without  stopping,  nor  shall  leave  the  same  without  the  permit 
aforesaid ;  and  no  person  stopping  in  said  quarantine,  or  so,  as  afore- 
said, received  therein,  shall  leave  the  same  without  first  obtaining 
permission  as  aforesaid ;  nor  shall  any  person  aid  or  abet  any  master, 
conductor  or  person  in  charge  of  any  boat,  vessel,  railroad  car  or 
public  conveyance,  in  violating,  neglecting  or  evading  any  provision 
or  requirement  of  this  chapter;  nor  shall  any  person  interfere 
with,  resist,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  obey  the  orders  of  any  physician, 
health  officer,  policeman  or  other  person  in  authority  at  any  quar- 
antine station  or  place  of  quarantine,  so,  as  aforesaid,  established ;  nor 
do  any  act  or  thing  in*  violation  of,  or  in  disobedience  to,  any  of  the 
provisions,  clauses  or  sections  of  this  chapter;  nor  shall  commit  any 
breach  of  the  peace,  or  do  any  act  calculated  in  any  w^a}^  to  defeat 
or  interfere  with  the  provisions  or  requirements  of  this  chapter,  or  of 
any  regulation  of  the  said  commissioner,  physician  or  officer  in  charge 
of  any  quarantine. 


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705.  The  moneys  appropriated  to  the  quarantine  fund  shall  be 
faithfully  applied  by  the  said  commissioner  to  the  true  objects  and 
purposes  of  its  appropriation,  and  the  said  commissioner  shall  make 
reports  of  his  doings  and  expenditures  to  the  city  council  whenever 
requested  so  to  do.  • 

706.  Any  master  of  a  vessel,  conductor,  captain  or  person  what- 
soever, who  shall  violate  any  clause,  provision,  requirement,  duty  or 
regulation  of  this  chapter,  or  of  any  rule  or  regulation  of  the  said 
commissioner,  physician  or  health  officer  in  charge  of  any  quaran- 
tine, or  who  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  such  clause, 
provision,  requirement,  duty  or  orders,  or  who  shall  interfere  with, 
or  in  any  manner  resist  any  officer  or  agent  of  the  cit}^  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  dut}^  as  herein  contemplated,  or  who  shall  commit  any 
breach  of  the  peace,  or  be  guilty  of  any  act  or  thing  calculated  to 
defeat  or  interrupt  the  carrying  into  effect  any  part  of  this  chapter, 
or  any  regulation  of  the  said  commissioner,  shall,  in  cases  where  no 
other  penalty  is  provided,  on  conviction,  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

707.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  make  a 
circuit  of  observation  once  in  every  week,  to  every  part  of  the  city 
and  its  environs,  which,  from  its  location,  or  from  any  collateral  cir- 
cumstances, may  be  deemed  the  cause  of  disease;  and  in  all  cases, 
where  he  may  discover  the  existence  of  any  agent,  the  presence  of 
which  will  prove  dangerous  to  the  health  of  the  city,  and  there  is  no 
ordinance  competent  to  the  correction  of  the  evil,  he  shall  imme- 
diately report  the  same  to  the  city  council,  accompanied  with  his 
opinion  of  the  necessit}^  of  extraordinary  or  particular  action. 

708.  The  commissioner  of  health,  by  and  with  the  approval  of 
the  cit}^  council,  may  select,  purchase,  lease  and  establish  such  sites, 
places  and  boundaries  for  quarantine  stations  and  purposes,  and, 
with  the  approval  of  said  council,  may  erect,  from  time  to  time,  such 
buildings  and  hospitals  upon  such  sites  and  places,  and  so  keep  the 
same  in  repair,  as  in  his  judgment  shall  be  deemed  necessary. 

709.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  pro- 
vide the  necessarv  books  for  keeping  a  record  of  all  transactions  of  said 
department,  including  the  proper  registration  of  births  and  deaths,  and 
such  other  statistical  information  necessary  for  efficient  working  of  said 
department;  and  he  shall  also  keep  on  hand  all  necessary  blanks,  to  be 
used  by  ph3'sicians  and  midwives,  and  furnish  them  with  the  same  on 
application. 

710.  Said  commissioner  of  health  shall  always  have  on  hand,  as 
far  as  practicable,  a  sufficient  quantity  of  vaccine  virus;  and  he  shall 


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vaccinate  and  re-vaccinate,  without  charge,  all  persons  who  may  ap- 
ply to  him  for  that  purpose;  and  shall  give  certificates  of  vaccina- 
tion to  children  who  have  been  vaccinated,  and  require  such  certifi- 
cates for  admission  to  the  public  schools. 

711.  The  said  commissioner  of  health  shall  have  the  control,  in 
the  manner  hereinafter  stated,  of  all  the  expenditures,  on  account  of 
the  collection  and  removal  of  ashes,  ollal,  garbage  and  swill,  and  all 
contracts  therefor:  Provided^  that  the  expenditures  for  the  purpos'es 
aforesaid,  shall  not  exceed  the  amount  previously  appropriated 
therefor  by  the  city  council:  and  provided^  further^  that  all  contracts 
for  such  work  shall  contain  the  condition  that  they  shall  be  per- 
formed to  the  satisfaction  of  said  commissioner. 

712.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  annuall}'  advertise  for 
proposals  for  doing  said  work,  in  the  ofhcial  newspaper  of  the  citv 
of  Chicago,  which  said  advertisement  shall  be  published  for  ten 
consecutive  da3'S.  The  bids  for  doing  such  work  shall  be  sealed 
bids,  directed  to  said  department,  and  shall  be  accompanied  with 
two  hundred  dollars  in  money  or  a  certified  check,  payable  to  said 
commissioner,  for  that  amount,  upon  some  bank  in  good  standing, 
doing  business  in  the  city,  to  be  forfeited  to  the  city  in  the  event 
that  he  or  they  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  enter  into  a  contract  to  per- 
form the  work  for  the  price  mentioned  in  his  or  their  bid,  and  suffi- 
ciently guarantee  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  commissioner  the  per- 
formance of  said  work.  Said  bids  shall  be  opened  at  the  hour  and 
place  mentioned  in  said  notice;  and  should  said  bid  or  bids  be  re- 
jected, or  should  it  become  necessar}^  for  an}'  other  reason,  to  re-ad- 
vertise for  proposals  to  do  said  work,  such  advertisement  shall  be 
published  for  three,  instead  of  ten  days,  as  required  in  the  first  in- 
stance. Said  commissioner,  in  said  advertisement,  may  reserve  the 
right  to  reject  an}-  and  all  bids. 

713.  All  contracts  for  such  work,  when  the  expenses  thereof 
exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest 
reliable  and  responsible  bidder,  and  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor 
and  city  comptroller;  but  any  such  contract  ma}'  be  entered  into  by 
the  said  commissioner  without  advertising  for  bids,  and  without  such 
approval,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  aldermen  elected. 

714.  The  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  to  whom  any 
such  contract  shall  be  awarded  by  the  said  commissioner,  shall  exe- 
cute and  deliver  to  said  commissioner,  a  bond  with  good  and  sufficient 
sureties,  in  such  amount  as  shall  not  only  be  adequate  to  insure  the 
performance  of  the  work  in  the  time  and  manner  required  in  such 
contract,  but  also  to  save  and  indemnify  and  keep  harmless  the  said 
city  against  all  liabilities,  judgments,  costs  and  expenses,  which  may 


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in  any  wise  come  against  said  city  in  consequence  of  the  granting 
of  such  contract,  or  which  may  in  any  wise  result  from  the  care- 
lessness or  neglect  of  such  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  or 
his,  their  or  its  agents,  employes  or  workmen,  in  any  respect  what- 
ever; and  conditioned  also,  that  when  any  judgment  is  recovered 
against  said  city  by  reason  of  the  carelessness  or  negligence  of  such 
person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation  so  contracting,  or  his,  their  or 
its  employes  or  workmen,  and  when  due  notice  has  been  given  of 
the  pendency  of  such  suit,  such  judgment  shall  be  conclusive 
against  such  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  and  his,  their  or 
its  sureties  on  such  bond,  not  only  as  to  the  amount  of  damages, 
but  as  to  their  liability;  and  conditioned  also  for  the  payment  of  all 
claims  and  demands  whatsoever  which  may  accrue  to  each  and 
every  person  who  shall  be  employed  by  such  contractor  or  any 
assignee  or  sub-contractor  of  such  contractor,  in  or  about  the  per- 
formance of  such  contract. 

715.  In  all  contracts  executed  by  said  commissioner  on  behalf  of 
the  city,  the  right  shall  be  reserved  to  said  commissioner  to  finally 
decide  all  questions  arising  as  to  the  proper  performance  of  said 
work,  and  in  case  of  improper  performance,  to  suspend  said  work, 
at  any  time,  and  to  re-let  the  same  to  some  more  capable  and  faith- 
ful contractor  or  contractors.  He  shall  have  the  right  to  adjust  the 
difierence  of  damages  or  price  (if  any  there  be)  which  the  contrac- 
tor or  contractors  failing  to  properly  perform  such  work  should  pay 
to  the  city,  according  to  the  just  and  reasonable  interpretation  of 
said  contract.  All  such  contracts  shall  contain  a  covenant  that 
such  difference  may  be  recovered  at  law  in  the  name  of  the  city, 
before  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  from  such  contractor  or 
contractors. 

716.  In  cases  where  the  contractor  or  contractors  shall  proceed 
to  properly  perform  and  complete  their  said  contracts,  the  said  com- 
missioner may  from  time  to  time,  as  the  work  progresses,  grant 
to  said  contractor  or  contractors  an  estimate  of  the  amount  already 
earned,  reserving  fifteen  per  cent,  therefrom,  which  shall  entitle 
the  holder  or  holders  to  receive  the  amount  that  may  be  due 
thereon  when  the  money  applicable  to  the  payment  of  such  work 
shall  have  been  collected,  and  the  conditions  annexed  to  said  esti- 
mate, if  any,  shall  have  been  satisfied. 

717.  In  case  the  prosecution  of  any  such  work  should  be  sus- 
pended in  consequence  of  the  default  of  any  contractor  or  contractors, 
or  in  case  the  bids  for  doing  such  work  should  be  deemed  excessive, 
or  the  person  or  persons  making  proposals  are  not  responsible  or 
proper  persons  to  be  entrusted  with  its  performance,  the  said  com- 
missioner  of  health    may,  with    the    approval   of  the   city  council, 


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where  the  urgency  of  the  case  and  the  interests  of  the  city  require, 
employ  workmen  to  perform  or  complete  such  work:  Provided^ 
that  the  cost  and  expense  thereof,  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the 
amount  appropriated  for  such  purpose. 

718.  Said  commissioner  of  health  shall,  annually,  on  or  before 
the  lirst  day  of  February,  send  to  the  city  comptroller,  a  full  and 
comprehensive  statement  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  said  depart- 
ment during  the  year,  and  of  all  expenditures  from  appropriations 
for  the  health  department,  together  with  an  estimate  in  detail  of  the 
appropriations  required  by  the  department  during  the  next  muni- 
cipal year. 

719.  All  contracts  entered  into  by  the  said  commissioner,  and 
all  bonds  taken  by  him,  shall  be  made  to  and  in  the  name  of  the  city 
of  Chicago. 

Article  II. 

TJie  Assistant  Coniniiss/'oiicr  and  other  Employes. 

720.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assistant  commissioner  of  health 
to  attend  at  the  health  office,  every  day,  except  Sunday,  to  discharge 
the  duty  of  seeing  that  a  faithful  record  is  kept  of  reports  and  other 
matters  relating  to  the  department  of  health;  and  in  case  of  absence 
or  sickness  of  the  commissioner  of  health,  or  when  directed  by  the 
mayor,  he  shall  perform  all  the  duties  herein  assigned  to  the  com- 
missioner of  health. 

721.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assistant  commissioner,  and  all 
other  employes  in  said  department  of  health,  to  obey  and  carry  out 
all  orders  and  directions  of  the  commissioner  of  health,  and  perform 
such  duties  as  may  be  imposed  upon  them  by  said  commissioner. 

Article  III. 

The  City  Physician. 

722.  There  is  hereby  created  and  established  the  office  of  city 
physician,  who  shall,  in  subordination  to  the  commissioner  of  health, 
exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
city;  and  shall  report  to  said  commissioner  all  nuisances, the  preva- 
lence of  any  epidemic,  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  or  other 
causes  which  in  his  opinion  are  likely  to  be  detrimental  to  the  gen- 
eral health. 

723.  Said  city  physician  shall  be  a  member  ex  officio  of  the  de- 
partment of  health :  Provided^  however.,  that  he  shall  not  exercise  any 


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powers,  or  perform  any  duty  as  such  member,  beyond  giving  in- 
formation to,  and  advising  and  consulting  with  the  commissioner  of 
heahh,  when  so  requested,  upon  subjects  pertaining  to  the  sanitarv 
condition  of  the  city. 

724.  Said  city  phvsician  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Mondav  in 
May,  i88i,oras  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

725.  lie  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  exe- 
cute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars, conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

726.  The  city  physician,  when  notified  thereof,  shall  examine 
into  all  nuisances,  sources  of  tilth  and  causes  of  sickness:  and  upon 
being  informed  of  the  existence  or  introduction  of  any  contagious  or 
infectious  disease  within  the  city,  shall  inquire  immeriiatel}-  into  the 
facts,  and  report  the  same  to  the  commissioner  of  health,  and  see 
that  the  orders  of  said  commissioner  are  obeyed  as  far  as  practicable. 

727.  Said  city  physician  shall,  when  directed  by  the  commis- 
sioner of  health,  superintend  the  small-pox,  cholera  and  other  citv 
hospitals,  and  administer  to  all  persons  conveyed  there,  who  have 
no  other  ph^^sician,  or  who  are  unable  to  employ  one;  shall  attend 
and  administer  to  such  other  indigent  persons  as  he  may  be  directed 
to  by  the  commissioner  of  health,  or  the  health  officer:  and  visit 
and  administer  to  prisoners  sick  in  the  city  work -house,  calaboose, 
watch-house,  police  stations,  or  house  of  correction;  and  make  at 
least  three  visits  to  the  house  of  correction  each  week. 

728.  He  shall  attend  all  meetings  called  by  the  commissioner  of 
health  when  requested,  and  report  to  said  commissioner  all  cases 
where  any  sick  person  has  not  been  properly  attended  to,  and  all  other 
matters  which  he  may  deem  important,  and  give  such  information 
as  the  said  commissioner  may  desire  in  relation  to  the  sanitarv  con- 
dition or  regulations  of  the  city,  so  far  as  he  may  be  able  so  to  do. 

729.  It  shall  be  the  dut}-  of  the  city  physician  to  examine,  at  the 
request  of  the  commissioner  of  health  or  health  officer,  boats  and 
vessels  coming  into  port,  the  officers,  crews  or  passengers  of 
which  ma}'  be  supposed  to  be  affected  by  any  contagious  or  infec- 
tious disease,  and  advise  the  health  officer  what  disposition  shall  be 
made  of  the  same:  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  city 
council  shall  hereafter  prescribe,  including  the  vaccination  of  the 
children  in  the  public  schools,  or  of  others  requesting  him  to  do  so; 
and  to  make  a  monthly  report  of  his  transactions  to  the  citv  council, 
together  with  such  suggestions  as  experience  may  point  out  as  cal- 
culated to  promote  the  general  sanitary  condition  of  the  city. 


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Chapter  VIIL 

DEPARTMENT  OF  POLICE. 

Article  I.     The  Superintendent  of  Police. 
II.     The  Secretary. 
III.     Special  Provisions. 

Article  I. 
The  Supcn'iifciidcnt  of  Police. 

730.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of  the 
municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be  known 
as  the  department  of  police,  and  shall  embrace  the  superintendent  of 
police,  a  secretary  to  said  superintendent,  one  captain  of  police  for 
each  police  district,  and  such  number  of  lieutenants,  detectives,  ser- 
geants, and  police  patrolmen  as  has  been,  or  mav  be,  prescribed  by 
ordinance. 

731.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  superintendent  of 
police,  who  shall  be  the  head  of  said  department  of  police,  and  shall 
hold  his  otiice  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall 
be  appointed  and  qualified. 

732.  Said  superintendent  of  police  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May,  1881.  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and 
biennially  thereafter. 

733.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  exe- 
cute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall  approve,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

73-j.  The  superintendent  shall  have  the  management  and  con- 
trol of  all  matters  relating  to  the  department,  its  officers  and  mem- 
bers ;  and  with  the  consent  of  the  mayor,  he  shall  appoint  all  officers 
and  members  of  said  department:  Provided,  that  all  captains  shall 
be  appointed  from  members  of  the  police  serving  as  lieutenants,  all 
lieutenants  from  members  serving  as  sergeants,  and  all  sergeants 
from  members  serving  as  patrolmen. 

735.  Said  superintendent  shall  have  power  to  remove  from  the 
police  force  any  police  patrolman  at  his  pleasure ;  and,  with  the  con- 
currence of  the  mayor,  he  may  remove,  or  reduce  in  rank  any  officer 
or  member  of  said  department. 


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736.  Said  superintendent  shall  have  the  custody,  care  and  con- 
trol of  the  public  property,  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  city  comp- 
troller, and  of  all  tire  arms  and  military  equipments,  books  and  records 
belonging  to  said  department. 

737.  He  shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  the  municipal  affairs  of 
the  city  of  Chicago,  to  preserve  the  peace,  order,  safety  and  cleanli- 
ness thereof,  and  to  this  end  he  shall  execute  and  enforce  all  ordi- 
nances and  orders  of  the  city  council,  and  the  orders  of  the  mayor. 

738.  He  shall  be  charged  with  the  duty  of  protecting  the  rights 
of  persons  and  property,  and  providing  a  proper  police  force  at  every 
tire,  protecting  strangers  and  travelers  at  steamboat  landings  and 
railway  stations,  and  causing  to  be  enforced  all  ordinances  of  the  city. 

739.  He  shall  take  notice  of  all  nuisances,  impediments,  obstruc- 
tions and  defects  in  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  public  places  of 
the  city,  and  shall  remove  the  same,  or  cause  immediate  notice 
thereof  to  be  given  to  the  proper  officer,  whose  duty  it  may  be  to 
take  measures  in  relation  thereto,  according  to  the  ordinances  of  the 
city. 

740.  Said  superintendent  shall,  from  time  to  time,  divide  the 
city  into  police  districts,  and  assign  captains  and  lieutenants  of  police 
to  each  of  such  districts,  and  he  may  establish  a  station  or  sub- 
station in  any  precinct  for  the  accommodation  of  the  police  force  on 
duty  therein.  All  regulations  and  orders  of  the  department  of  police 
shall  be  promulgated  through  the  superintendent. 

741.  All  subordinate  officers  and  members  of  said  department 
shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be  prescribed 
from  time  to  time  by  said  superintendent.  A  reasonable  forfeiture  of 
pay  may  be  imposed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  for  any  neglect  of 
duty  or  misconduct  on  the  part  of  any  member  of  said  department. 

742.  The  superintendent  may,  in  times  of  peril,  danger,  riot,  or 
pestilence,  or  apprehension  thereof,  or  with  the  written  consent  of 
the  mayor,  during  any  public  election  or  celebration,  appoint  for  a 
specified  time  as  many  special  patrolmen  from  among  the  citizens  of 
Chicago  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  during  the  term  of  service 
such  special  patrolmen  shall  possess  all  the  powers  and  privileges, 
and  perform  all  the  duties  of  patrolmen  of  the  standing  police  force 
of  the  city. 

743.  He  may  appoint  persons  of  suitable  character,  who  may 
be  in  the  employment  of  the  city  in  other  branches  of  the  city 
government,  as  special  policemen;  but  such  persons  so  appointed 
shall  receive  no  additional  pay  for  their   services  as  such  special 

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policemen.  Such  policemen  shall  possess  the  same  powers  as  the 
regular  police  patrolmen,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  rules  and 
regulations  governing  the  police  force. 

744.  He  shall  have  power,  on  the  application  of  any  person  or 
persons  showing  the  necessity  thereof,  to  appoint  and  swear  any 
additional  number  of  special  patrolmen  of  the  police  force  to  do 
special  duty  at  any  fixed  place  within  the  city,  at  the  charge  and 
expense  of  the  person  or  persons  by  whom  the  application  is  made, 
and  shall  keep  a  correct  list  of  all  persons  so  appointed. 

745.  Persons  so  appointed  shall  conform  to  and  be  subject  to  all 
rules  and  regulations  governing  the  police  force  of  the  city,  and  to 
such  special  rules  and  regulations  as  the  superintendent  may  make 
concerning  such  police  patrolmen.  They  shall  possess  all  the  powers, 
privileges,  and  duties  of  the  regular  police  patrolmen,  at  the  places 
for  which  they  are  respectively  appointed,  and  may  be  removed  or 
discharged  from  service  at  any  time  by  the  superintendent,  with- 
out  assigning  any  cause  therefor. 

746.  The  superintendent  shall  designate  some  member  of  the 
police  force,  as  custodian  of  the  property  seized  or  taken  by  the 
police,  who  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  same  as  therein  provided, 
and  may  sell  the  same  at  public  auction,  after  due  notice,  under  and 
pursuant  to  such  general  orders  and  regulations  as  the  superintend- 
ent of  police  shall  prescribe.  The  proceeds  of  such  sales,  after  de- 
ducting the  cost  of  storage,  advertising,  selling,  and,  in  cases  of 
animals,  their  keeping,  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  superintendent,  to 
be  by  him  paid  into  the  city  treasury. 

747.  Said  superintendent  shall  require  good  and  sufficient  bonds 
to  be  given  by  all  subordinate  officers  and  employes  in  said  depart- 
ment, who  shall  receive,  or  have  the  care,  custody,  or  handling  of 
any  moneys  or  property  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago;  which 
said  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

748.  The  superintendent  shall  make  suitable  regulations,  under 
which  the  officers  and  men  of  the  department  shall  be  required  to 
wear  any  appropriate  uniform  and  badge,  by  which,  at  all  times,  the 
authority  and  relations  of  such  officers  and  men  in  said  department 
may  be  known,  as  the  exigency  of  their  duties  may  require. 

749.  The  superintendent,  when  charges  of  incompetency,  lack 
of  energy  or  judgment,  are  preferred  and  proven  against  any  po- 
lice officer  holding  any  position  above  the  grade  of  patrolman,  may, 
in  his  discretion,  reduce  such  officer  to  any  lower  position  upon  the 
police  force  which  he  may  deem  the  said  police  officer  competent  to 


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fill;  but  otherwise,  when  either  of  said  charges  are  proven  against 
such  officer,  he  shall  be  discharged  from  the  police  force. 

750.  The  superintendent  of  police  shall  hear  and  determine  all 
cases  for  the  violation  of  any  rule,  regulation  or  order  of  said  de- 
partment, or  other  breach  of  disciphne,  and  shall  have  power  to 
punish  the  offending  party  by  reprimand,  forfeiture,  and  withholding 
pay  for  a  specified  time,  or  dismissal  from  the  force;  but  no  more 
than  ten  days'  pay  shall  be  forfeited  and  withheld  for  any  offense. 

751.  The  superintendent  of  pohce  may  prefer  written  charges, 
without  oath,  for  any  violation  of  the  police  rules,  regulations  or 
orders,  against  any  pohce  officer  or  patrolman  upon  the  regular 
police  force,  upon  his  own  knowledge,  or  upon  written  information 
communicated  to  him  by  any  member  of  the  police  department. 

752.  During  the  pending  of  charges  against  any  police  officer 
or  patrolman  upon  the  police  force,  the  superintendent  may  suspend 
from  duty  any  such  officer  or  patrolman  until  such  charges  can  be 
examined. 

753.  The  superintendent  shall  cause  to  be  kept  books  of  record 
of  the  police  force,  of  persons  arrested  for  offenses,  of  complaints 
against  policemen,  and  the  judgment  of  the  superintendent  there- 
upon ;  of  time  lost  by  patrolmen ;  of  accounts  of  moneys  received  and 
expended,  and  for  what  purposes  expended;  of  suspected  persons 
and  places,  and  of  all  property  placed  in  his  charge ;  and  such  other 
books  and  records  as  shall  be  required  by  the  business  of  the  de- 
partment. 

754.  The  superintendent  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  comp- 
troller, on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February  of  each  year,  an  estimate 
of  the  whole  cost  and  expense  of  providing  for  and  maintaining  the 
department  of  police  of  the  city  during  the  current  fiscal  3'ear,  which 
estimate  shall  be  in  detail,  and  shall  be  laid  by  the  comptroller,  with 
his  (the  comptroller's)  views  thereon,  before  the  city  council,  at  the 
same  time  with  the  comptroller's  annual  estimate. 

755.  The  superintendent  shall  make  quarterly  reports  to  the 
city  council,  in  writing,  of  the  state  of  the  police  force,  with  such 
statistics  and  suggestions  as  he  may  deem  advisable  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  pohce  force,  its  discipline  and  government.  He  shall 
make  like  reports  to  the  mayor  and  comptroller  whenever  requested. 

756.  All  moneys  hereafter  to  be  paid  to  any  person  or  persons 
out  of  the  police  fund  shall  be  certified  by  the  superintendent  to  the 
comptroller,  and  if  the  said  comptroller  shall  approve  of  the  same, 
he  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  treasurer  therefor. 


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757.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  police  to 
cause  to  be  executed  all  orders  of  the  commissioner  of  health,  so  far 
as  they  may  relate  to  the  preservation  of  the  health  of  the  city.  He 
shall  also  execute  all  orders  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
for  the  protection  of  the  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  bridges,  and  via- 
ducts of  the  city;  and  shall,  upon  such  order,  arrest  any  and  all 
persons,  not  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  who  may  be  found  obstruct- 
ing or  interfering  with  the  same  without  a  written  permit  from  said 
commissioner. 

758.  He  may  detail  not  exceeding  two  of  the  police  force  to  act 
as  clerks  in  his  office,  and  such  clerks  shall  be  allowed  such  extra 
compensation  as  he  and  the  comptroller  may  agree  upon. 


Article  II. 
The  Secretary. 

759.  There  shall  be  in  the  office  of  the  department  of  police, 
a  person  to  be  denominated  secretary  of  the  department  of  police, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  preserve  and  keep  all  books  and  papers 
belonging  to  said  department,  or  which  are  required  by  law  to  be 
filed  therein. 

760.  He  shall  deliver  to  the  city  council,  and  to  the  respective 
departments,  all  communications  in  writing  from  the  said  superin- 
tendent, and  shall  attend  in  the  office  of  said  department  during  the 
usual  office  hours,  and  do  and  perform  such  other  services  as  may 
be  required  by  said  superintendent,  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 


Article  III. 
Special  Provisions. 

761.  Unexplained  absence,  without  leave,  of  any  member  of 
the  department  for  five  days,  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  superin- 
tendent, be  deemed  and  held  to  be  a  resignation  by  such  member, 
and  accepted  as  such. 

762.  No  person  who  has  ever  been  removed  from  the  police 
force  shall  be  again  appointed  to  any  position  upon  such  force,  and 
no  person  shall  resign  any  position  upon  the  police  force,  except  upon 
one  week's  notice,  in  writing,  given  to  the  superintendent.  An}-  per- 
son withdrawing  without  leave  from  said  police  force,  shall  forfeit  all 
back  pay,  and  shall  be  ineligible  thereafter  to  any  position  upon  said 
force. 


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763.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  members  of  the  department  of 
police  to  aid  the  fire  department  by  giving  alarms  in  case  of  fire,  and 
in  clearing  the  streets  or  grounds  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the 
fire,  so  that  the  members  of  the  fire  department  shall  not  be  hindered 
or  obstructed  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

764.  No  member  of  the  department  of  police  shall,  for  his  own 
benefit,  share  in  any  present,  fee,  gift  or  emolument,  for  police  ser- 
vices, additional  to  his  regular  salary  or  compensation. 

765.  The  superintendent,  for  meritorious  services  rendered  by 
any  member  of  the  police  force  in  the  due  discharge  of  his  duty, 
may  permit  any  member  of  the  police  force  to  retain  for  his  own 
benefit,  any  reward  or  present  tendered  him  therefor ;  and  it  shall  be 
cause  of  removal  for  any  member  of  the  force  to  receive  any  such 
reward  or  present,  without  notice  thereof  to  the  superintendent. 

766.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  officer  of  police,  and  every 
policeman  and  detective,  to  report  to  his  superior  officer,  and  deliver 
to  him,  all  property  seized  or  found  by  them,  immediately  after  the 
same  shall  have  come  into  their  possession,  and  said  officer  shall 
report  the  same  to  the  superintendent;  which  property,  with  the  date 
of  delivery  and  description  of  the  same,  and  the  name  of  the  officer, 
detective  or  policeman  depositing  the  same,  shall  be  entered  in  a 
book  kept  for  that  purpose,  by  the  custodian  having  the  custody  of 
such  property,  who  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  same. 

767.  Any  member  of  the  police  department  receiving  injury  or 
becoming  disabled  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent him  from  attending  to  his  duties  as  such  member,  shall,  for  the 
space  of  twelve  months,  provided  his  disability  shall  last  that  time, 
receive  his  usual  salary.  The  fact  of  such  disability,  and  its  dura- 
tion, shall  be  certified  by  the  city  physician,  or  such  other  evidence 
as  the  superintendent  may  require. 

768.  Each  member  of  the  police  department  shall  be  furnished 
with  a  copy  of  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  superin- 
tendent, for  the  government  of  the  department. 

769.  Every  member  of  the  department  of  police  shall  wear  a 
suitable  badge  to  be  furnished  by  the  city,  and  any  member  who 
shall  lose  or  destroy  the  same,  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  cost  of 
replacing  it,  and  whenever  any  member  shall  leave  the  department, 
he  shall  immediately  deliver  his  badge  to  the  superintendent. 


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Chapter  IX, 

THE    FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 

Article  I.  The  Fire  Marshal. 

II.  The  Secretary. 

III.  The  Assistant  Fire  Marshals. 

IV.  The  Supermtendent  of  the  City  Telegraph. 
V.  The  Fire  Inspector. 

VI.     Special  Provisions. 

Article  I. 
The  Fire  Marshal. 

770.  There  is  hereby  established  an  executive  department  of 
the  municipal  government  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  fire  department,  and  shall  embrace  one  fire  marshal, 
one  first  assistant  fire  marshal,  one  superintendent  of  the  city  tele- 
graph, a  secretary  of  the  fire  department,  one  fire  inspector,  one 
veterinary  surgeon,  and  such  number  of  assistant  fire-marshals,  cap- 
tains, lieutenants,  engineers,  pipemen,  drivers,  truckmen,  telegraph 
operators,  assistants,  clerks  and  employes,  as  the  city  council  may, 
by  ordinance,  see  fit  to  prescribe  and  establish. 

771.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  fire  marshal,  who 
shall  be  the  head  of  the  fire  department,  and  shall  hold  his  office 
for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed 
and  qualified. 

772.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
1 88 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

773.  Said  fire  marshal,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council 
shall  approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office. 

774.  He  shall  appoint,  with  the  consent  of  the  mayor,  all  officers 
above  the  rank  of  captain,  and,  with  like  consent,  may  remove  them. 
All  other  officers  and  members  of  said  department  shall  be  appointed 
by  him,  with  the  consent  of  the  mayor,  and  may  be  removed  at  the 
pleasure  of  the  fire  marshal. 

775.  All  subordinate  officers,  assistants,  clerks  and  employes 
who  shall  be  employed  in  said  fire   department,  shall  be  subject  to 


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such  rules  and  regulations,  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  shall  be 
prescribed  or  required  of  them  by  said  fire  marshal,  or  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city. 

776.  Said  fire  marshal  shall  require  good  and  sufficient  bonds  to 
be  given  by  all  assistants,  clerks  and  employes  in  his  office  who 
shall  receive,  or  have  the  care,  custody  or  handling  of  any  moneys 
or  other  property  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  said 
bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

777.  The  fire  marshal  shall  have  sole  and  absolute  control  and 
command  over  all  persons  connected  with  the  fire  department  of  the 
city,  and  shall  possess  full  power  and  authority  over  its  organization, 
government  and  discipline,  and,  to  that  end,  he  may  prescribe  and 
establish,  from  time  to  time,  such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may 
deem  advisable. 

778.  He  shall  have  the  custody,  subject  to  the  direction  of  the 
city  comptroller,  of  the  engines,  hose  carts,  trucks,  ladders,  horses, 
telegraph  lines,  and  all  other  property  and  equipments  belonging 
to  the  fire  department. 

779.  He  shall  inquire  into  and  cause  to  be  investigated  by  the 
fire  inspector,  the  cause  of  all  fires  which  may  occur  in  the  city,  as 
soon  as  may  be  after  they  occur,  and  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  of 
his  proceedings,  and  of  the  evidence  in  each  case,  and  to  file  the 
same,  or  a  copy  thereof,  in  his  office. 

780.  He  shall,  at  least  twice  in  every  year,  examine  into  the 
condition  of  the  fire  engines,  and  other  fire  apparatus  and  engine 
houses,  and  report  the  same  to  the  city  council  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  February  in  each  year. 

781.  He  shall  also,  at  the  same  time,  report  all  accidents  by  fire 
that  may  have  taken  place  in  the  city  during  the  preceding  fiscal 
year,  with  the  causes  thereof,  as  well  as  they  can  be  ascertained,  and 
the  number  of  and  description  of  the  buildings  destroyed  and  injured, 
together  with  the  names  of  the  owners  or  occupants. 

782.  He  shall,  whenever  any  of  the  fire  engines,  hose  carts, 
trucks  and  hooks  and  ladders,  or  other  apparatus,  shall  require  to  be 
repaired,  cause  the  same  to  be  repaired  under  his  direction  and 
supervision. 

783.  The  fire  marshal  shall  make  suitable  regulations,  under 
which  the  officers  and  men  of  the  department  shall  be  required  to 
wear  some  appropriate  uniform  and  badge,  by  which,  in  case  of  fire, 


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and  at  other  times,  the  authority  and  relations  of  such  officers  and 
man  in  s:iid  department  may  be  known,  as  the  exigencies  of  their 
duties  may  require. 

784.  The  fire  marshal,  and  two  assistant  fire-marshals  to  be 
designated  by  the  fire  marshal,  shall  constitute  a  board  for  the  pur- 
pose of  hearing  and  determining  all  cases  for  the  violation  of  any 
rule,  regulation  or  order  of  said  department,  or  other  breach  of  dis- 
cipline, and  a  majority  of  said  board  shall  have  power  to  punish  the 
ofi'ending  party  by  reprimand,  forfeiture  and  withholding  pay  for  a 
specified  time,  or  dismissal  from  the  force. 

785.  The  fire  marshal,  when  charges  of  incompetency,  lack  of 
energy  or  judgment,  are  preferred  and  proven  against  any  member 
holding  any  position  above  the  grade  of  pipeman,  may,  in  his  dis- 
cretion, reduce  such  officer  to  any  lower  position,  which  he  may 
deem  the  said  officer  competent  to  fill;  but  otherwise,  when  either 
of  said  charges  are  proven  against  such  officer,  he  shall  be  discharged 
from  the  department. 

786.  The  fire  marshal  may  prefer  written  charges,  without 
oath,  for  any  violation  of  the  rules,  regulations  or  orders  of  said  de- 
partment, against  any  member  thereof,  upon  his  own  knowledge,  or 
upon  written  information  communicated  to  him  by  any  member  of 
the  department. 

787.  During  the  pending  of  charges  against  any  member  of  the 
department,  the  fire  marshal  may  suspend  from  duty  any  such  mem- 
ber until  such  charges  can  be  examined  by  him. 

788.  He  shall  cause  to  be  kept,  in  books  for  that  purpose,  a  full 
and  complete  record  of  all  transactions  in  said  department,  of  com- 
plaints against  members,  and  the  judgment  of  the  fire  marshal  there- 
upon, of  time  lost  by  them,  and  of  all  property  placed  in  his  charge, 
and  such  other  books  and  records  as  shall  be  required  by  the  busi- 
ness of  the  department. 

789.  He  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  comptroller,  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  February  in  every  year,  an  estimate  of  the 
whole  cost  and  expenses  of  providing  for  and  maintaining  the  fire 
department  of  said  city  during  the  current  fiscal  year,  which  esti- 
mate shall  be  in  detail,  and  shall  be  laid  by  said  comptroller  before 
the  city  council,  with  his  annual  estimate. 

790.  The  fire  marshal,  or  any  assistant  fire  marshal  in  command, 
may  prescribe  limits  in  the  vicinity  of  any  fire,  within  which  no 
persons  excepting  those  who  reside  therein,  firemen  and  policemen, 
and  those  admitted  by  order  of  any  officer  of  the  fire  department, 
shall  be  permitted  to  come. 


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791.  The  fire  marshal,  or  any  assistant  fire  marshal  in  command, 
shall  have  power  to  cause  the  removal  of  any  property,  whenever  it 
shall  become  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  such  property  from 
fire,  or  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  fire,  or  to  protect  adjoining  prop- 
erty. 

792.  The  lire  marshal,  or  any  assistant  fire  marshal,  or  other 
officer  in  command,  may  direct  the  hook  and  ladder  men  to  cut 
down  and  remove  any  building,  erection  or  fence,  for  the  purpose 
of  checking  the  progress  of  any  fire;  and  the  fire  marshal  or  the 
assistant  fire  marshal  in  command,  shall  have  power  to  blow  up,  or 
cause  to  be  blown  up,  with  powder  or  otherwise,  any  building  or  erec- 
tion, during  the  progress  of  a  fire,  for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing 
or  checkincr  the  same. 

793.  The  lire  marshal  and  the  assistant  fire  marshals  shall  have 
power,  during  the  time  of  a  lire,  and  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  hours 
after  its  extinction,  to  arrest  any  suspected  person,  or  an}^  person  hin- 
dering, resisting,  conducting  himself  in  a  noisy  and  disorderly  manner, 
or  refusing  to  obey  any  such  officer  while  acting  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duty,  and,  as  soon  as  their  duties  in  relation  to  the  extinguish- 
ment of  the  lire  will  permit,  take  such  person  before  a  magistrate 
to  be  dealt  with  accordincj  to  law.  Said  officers  shall  be  severallv 
vested  with  the  usual  powers  and  authorit}^  of  police  officers  to  com- 
mand all  persons  to  assist  them  in  the  performance  of  such  duty. 

Article  II. 

The  Secretary. 

794.  There  shall  be  in  the  office  of  the  fire  department  a  person 
to  be  denominated  secretary  of  the  fire  department,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  preserve  and  keep  all  books  and  papers  belonging  to  said 
department,  or  which  are  required  by  law  to  be  filed  therein. 

795.  He  shall  deliver  to  the  city  council,  and  to  the  respective 
departments,  all  communications  from  the  said  fire  marshal  in  writing, 
and  shall  attend  in  the  office  of  said  department  during  the  usual 
office  hours,  and  do  and  perform  such  other  services  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  said  fire  marshal,  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

Article  III. 
The  Assistant  Fire  Marshals. 

796.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  assistants,  if  in  their  power, 
to  attend  all  the  fires  happening  in  any  division  of  the  city,  and  in  case 
of  the  absence  of  the  fire  marshal  at  any  fire,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 


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the  first  assistant  to  take  charge  of  the  organization,  and  he  shall 
have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  of  the  fire  marshal;  and  in  case  of 
the  absence  of  both  the  fire  marshal  and  first  assistant,  the  assistant 
marshals  shall  have  and  exercise  the  duties  and  powers  of  fire  mar- 
shal in  the  order  of  their  arrival  at  the  fire.  In  case  of  vacancy  in 
the  office  of  fire  marshal,  the  first  assistant  shall  discharge  the  duties 
of  fire  marshal  until  the. vacancy  shall  be  filled. 

Article   IV. 
The  Superintendent  of  City  Telegraph. 

797.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  fire  marshal,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  mayor,  a  person,  who  shall  be  a  practical  and  skilled  elec- 
trician, to  be  called  the  superintendent  of  the  city  telegraph,  who 
shall  have  the  general  superintendence  of  the  police  and  fire  alarm 
telegraph,  under  the  direction  of  the  fire  marshal. 

798.  He  shall  have  charge  of  all  apparatus,  instruments,  batter- 
ies, alarm  boxes  and  wires  belonging  to  or  connected  with  said  tele- 
graph, and  he  shall  see  that  the  same  are  at  all  times  kept  in  good 
working  order,  and  promptly  repaired  when  out  of  order;  and  shall 
test  all  the  instruments  and  alarm  boxes  at  least  once  a  month. 

799.  He  shall  keep  such  books  as  may  be  necessary,  in  which 
shall  be  recorded  all  such  matters  as  maybe  necessary  for  a  full  un- 
derstanding of  the  operations  of  the  telegraph,  and  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  15th  day  of  January  in  each  year,  make  a  full  report  of 
the  operations  of  his  office  to  the  fire  marshal. 

800.  He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  fire  marshal,  see  that 
the  operators,  linemen  and  assistants  in  his  office  do  and  perform  all 
such  duties  as  may  be  required  of  them,  to  the  end  that  the  said 
police  and  fire  alarm  telegraph  shall  be  at  all  times  in  perfect  work- 
ing order,  and  free  from  obstructions. 

801.  The  batteries  and  instruments  at  the  station  houses  shall  be 
in  the  care  of  and  operated  by  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  several 
stations;  all,  however,  under  the  control  and  direction  of  said  super- 
intendent. 

802.  He  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  deem 
most  beneficial  and  expedient  for  the  successful  operation  of  said  tele- 
graph, subject  to  the  approval  of  the  fire  marshal. 


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Article  V. 
The  Fire  Inspector. 

803.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  inspector,  immediately  upon 
the  occurrence  of  a  fire,  to  investigate  the  cause  thereof,  and  all  the 
circumstances  connected  therewith;  to  ascertain,  as  accurately  as 
may  be,  the  value  of  the  premises  destroyed  or  involved,  and  the 
amount  of  insurance  carried  thereon;  to  ascertain  any  carelessness 
or  criminal  intent  that  may  have  been  instrumental  in  causing  the 
occurrence  of  any  fire;  to  make  a  detailed  statement  of  the  result 
of  his  investigations  to  the  fire  marshal,  from  day  to  day,  or  as  fre- 
quently as  may  be  required  by  the  occurrence  of  fires  or  by  the 
orders  of  the  fire  marshal,  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
fire  marshal  may  from  time  to  time  direct. 

804.  The  fire  inspector  shall  have  power  to  arrest  all  parties  by 
him  suspected  of  incendiary  intent,  and  to  take  them  before  any 
magistrate  for  criminal  prosecution. 

Article  VI. 
Special  Provisions. 

805.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the  fire  department 
to  prevent  all  persons  not  belonging  to  the  department  from  entering 
any  house,  or  handling  any  apparatus  belonging  to  the  department, 
without  permission. 

806.  Any  member  of  the  fire  department  receiving  injury  or  be- 
coming disabled  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  so  as  to  prevent 
him  from  attending  to  his  duties  as  such  member,  shall,  for  the  space 
of  twelve  months,  provided  his  disabihty  shall  last  that  time,  receive 
his  usual  salary.  The  fact  of  such  disability,  and  its  duration,  shall 
be  certified  by  the  city  ph3^sician,  or  such  other  evidence  as  the  fire 
marshal  may  require. 

807.  Each  member  of  the  fire  department  shall  be  furnished  with 
a  copy  of  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  fire  marshal 
for  the  government  of  the  department. 

808.  Every  member  of  the  fire  department,' when  on  duty,  shall 
wear  a  suitable  badge,  furnished  by  the  cit}^,  and  any  member  who 
shall  lose  or  destroy  the  same,  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  cost  of  re- 
placing it;  and  whenever  any  member  shall  leave  the  department,  he 
shall  immediatelv  deliver  his  badge,  and  all  other  property  belong- 
ing to  the  city,  to  the  proper  officer. 


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809.  The  fire  marshal,  for  meritorious  services  rendered  by  any 
member  of  the  fire  department  in  the  due  discharge  of  his  duty, 
may  permit  any  member  of  the  said  department  to  retain  for  his  own 
benefit,  any  reward  or  present  tendered  him  therefor;  and  it  shall  be 
cause  of  removal  for  any  such  member  to  receive  any  reward  or 
present,  without  notice  thereof  to  the  fire  marshal. 

8ro.  No  member  of  the  department,  under  penalty  of  forfeiting 
the  salary  or  pay  which  may  be  due  to  him,  shall  withdraw  or  resign, 
except  by  permission  of  the  fire  marshal.  Unexplained  absence 
without  leave,  of  any  member  of  the  department,  for  five  days,  shall 
be  cause  for  removal  and  forfeiture  of  all  pay  due;  but  it  may,  at 
the  option  of  the  fire  marshal,  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  a  resigna- 
tion by  such  member,  and  accepted  as  such. 


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Chapter  X. 

INSPECTION   OF  STEAM    BOILERS. 

Article  I.     The  Inspector. 

II.     Special  Provisions. 

Article  I. 

The  Inspector. 

8x1.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  inspector  of  steam 
boilers,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  un- 
til his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

812.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with  the 
adv'ice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
188 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

813.  The  person  so  appointed  shall  be  a  person  well  qualified 
from  practical  experience  in  the  use  and  construction  of  boilers,  gen- 
erators and  super-heaters,  and  their  appurtenances,  used  for  gene- 
rating steam  for  power,  steaming  or  heating  purposes,  to  enable  him 
to  judge  of  their  safet}^  for  use  as  such,  and  who  is  neither  directly 
or  indirectly  interested  in  the  manufacturing,  ownership  or  agencv 
of  steam  boilers  which  are  to  be  inspected. 

814.  Said  inspector,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  of- 
fice, shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the 
mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

815.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector,  upon  proper  appli- 
cation, to  inspect  all  boilers  used  for  the  generation  of  steam  power 
or  for  heating  or  steaming  purposes,  and  all  tanks  subjected  to 
steam  pressure,  used  in  any  business,  by  making  a  careful  examina- 
tion of,  and  subjecting  the  same  to,  a  hydrostatic  pressure  which 
shall  exceed  the  maximum  working  pressure  in  the  ratio  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  to  one  hundred  pounds;  and  in  no  case  shall  the  work- 
ing pressure  be  more  than  one  hundred  pounds  per  square  inch  for 
a  new  boiler,  forty-eight  inches  in  diameter,  made  of  No.  i  iron  plates 
of  one-fourth  of  one  inch  in  thickness,  and  the  steam  pressure  of  all 
boilers,  whether  thicker  or  thinner,  larger  or  smaller  than  before 
mentioned  in  this  section,  shall  be  governed  by  the  same  standard  of 
strength. 

816.  When  an  inspection  of  a  boiler  or  boilers,  tank  or  tanks, 
generator  or   generators,  super-heater   or   super-heaters,  has  been 


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made,  and  the  same  shall  be  approved  by  the  inspector,  he  shall 
make  and  deliver  to  the  person  for  whom  the  inspection  was  made, 
upon  the  payment  to  him  of  the  fees  hereinafter  mentioned,  a  cer- 
tificate of  such  inspection,  which  shall  contain  the  date  of  inspection, 
together  with  a  general  description,  for  what  purpose  used,  the  num- 
ber of  try  cocks,  steam  and  water  gauges,  pumps,  the  pounds  pres- 
sure to  which  said  boilers  have  been  tested,  and  the  maximum  pressure 
at  which  they  may  be  safely  used;  which  certificates  shall  be  framed 
and  put  up  in  the  ofiice,  or  some  other  conspicuous  place  on  the  prem- 
ises, for  examination,  and  a  record  of  the  same  shall  be  made  by 
the  said  inspector,  in  a  well-bound  book,  and  alphabetically  indexed. 

817.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  inspector,  on  the  written 
application  of  the  owner  or  agent  of  any  boiler,  generator  or 
super-heater,  stating  that  the  same  is  out  of  repair,  or  has 
been  repaired,  to  examine  the  same  when  so  repaired,  and 
determine  if  the  same  has  been  properly  done,  and  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  use  any  boiler,  after  the  same  has  been 
repaired,  until  he  shall  have  first  procured  a  certificate  from  the  in- 
spector that  it  has  been  properly  done  and  may  be  safely  used. 

818.  Said  mspector  ma}-  charge  a  fee  of  five  dollars  for  inspect- 
ing each  boiler,  which  shall  be  paid  by  the  party  requiring  such 
service,  before  the  delivery  of  such  certificate:  Provided,  that  in 
any  establishment  where  more  than  one  boiler  is  used,  said  inspector 
shall  only  be  entitled  to  said  fee  of  five  dollars  upon  one  boiler,  and 
to  a  fee  of  three  dollars  upon  each  and  every  additional  boiler. 

819.  If  the  inspector  shall  take  or  receive  any  money  or  other 
valuable  thing  from  any  person,  other  than  the  fees  allowed  by  this 
ordinance,  for  the  purpose  of  deceiving  or  defrauding  any  person  or 
persons,  or  for  the  purpose  of  favoring  any  person  or  persons,  or 
if  said  inspector  shall  issue  any  certificate  of  inspection  without  hav- 
ing at  the  time  stated  thoroughly  examined  and  tested  the  boiler  so 
certified  for,  he  shall  be  fined  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  shall  be  removed  from  his  ofiice  b}^  the  mayor,  and  shall 
ever  after  be  incompetent  to  hold  the  same. 

820.  The  city  of  Chicago  shall  provide  such  instruments,  books, 
papers  and  things  as  shall  be  necessary  for  the  proper  performance 
of  the  duties  of  such  inspector,  which  shall  be  the  property  of  said 
city,  and  which  shall  be  delivered  by  said  inspector  to  his  successor 
in  office,  or  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  whenever  he  shall 
cease,  for  any  cause,  to  discharge  the  duties  of  said  office;  said  in- 
spector shall  also,  without  expense  or  charge,  inspect  all  boilers 
owned  or  used  by  the  city,  or  any  of  its  departments,  whenever 
called  upon  by  the  proper  officer.     He  shall  also  report  to  the  city 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  223 

council  every  three  months,  or  as  often  as  once  a  month  if  required 
by  said  council,  all  inspection  of  boilers  by  him  made. 

Article  II. 
Special  Provisions. 

821.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner,  or  other  person  using 
steam  boilers,  or  any  tank  or  tanks  subject  to  steam  pressure,  in 
this  city,  to  have  the  same  inspected  by  the  inspector  of  boilers,  as 
often  as  once  in  each  and  every  year;  and  to  that  end,  every  owner 
or  person  using  a  steam  boiler  or  tank,  aforesaid,  shall  make,  or 
cause  to  be  made,  annually,  an  application,  in  writing,  to  the  inspec- 
tor, requesting  him  to  inspect  the  same. 

822.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  other  person  using 
steam  boilers  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  provide  and  properly  affix 
thereto  a  full  complement  of  try  cocks,  one  water  gauge,  one  steam 
gauge,  and  one  or  more  safety  valves  of  suitable  dimensions,  to  be 
approved  by  said  inspector;  also,  a  good  and  sufficient  force  pump 
or  other  means  of  supplying  the  boiler  with  water,  which  shall  also 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  said  inspector. 

823.  All  owners  or  other  persons  using  steam  boilers  and 
tanks,  and  other  machinery  subject  to  inspection  as  aforesaid,  shall 
provide,  at  their  own  expense,  such  arrangements  and  facihties  for 
attaching  the  instruments  for  inspection  as  the  inspector  shall  direct. 

824.  If  any  engineer  shall  negligently  or  wrongfully  endanger 
the  life  of  any  person  by  permitting  the  water  to  fall  below  three 
inches  above  the  flues  or  crown  sheet  of  any  boiler,  or  otherwise  neg- 
lect his  duties,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars,  nor  more  than  live  hundred  dollars. 

825.  The  safety  valves  of  steam  boilers  shall  be  loaded  to  sustain 
only  the  maximum  pressure  allowed  by  said  inspector. 

826.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  where  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars,  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, for  each  and  every  offense. 

827.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector,  on  or  before  the  fifth 
day  of  each  month,  to  file  with  the  city  comptroller,  a  statement,  un- 
der oath,  showing  the  natnes,  in  alphabetical  order,  of  the  owners  of 
steam  boilers  inspected  by  him  during  the  preceding  month,  the  loca- 
tion of  such  boilers,  the  date  of  inspection,  and  the  amount  of  monev 
received  by  him,  and  from  whom  received,  for  inspection  during  such 
preceding  month. 


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Chapter  XL 

INSPECTION    OF    FISH. 

Article  I.     The  Inspector. 

II.     Special  Provisions. 

Article  I. 
The  Inspector. 

828.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  inspector  of  fish,  who 
shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor 
.shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

829.  Said  inspector  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday 
in  May,  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  there- 
after. 

830.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  ex- 
ecute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars, with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall  approve,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

831.  Said  inspector  shall  have  power  to  inspect  all  pickled  or 
salted  fresh  water  fish  and  oysters  found  within  the  limits  of  the  city, 
or  exposed  for  sale,  or  kept  with  intent  to  sell  therein ;  and  may,  for 
this  purpose,  enter  into  all  buildings  or  enclosures  where  the  same  are 
kept  stored  or  exposed  for  sale. 

832.  When  such  fish  or  oysters  are  found,  on  inspection,  to  be 
tainted,  diseased,  corrupted,  or  unwholesome,  from  any  cause,  said 
inspector  shall  seize  the  same  and  cause  them  or  it  to  be  destroyed 
or  disposed  of  otherwise  than  for  food :  Provided^  however^  that  if  the 
owner  of  the  property  seized  shall,  at  the  time  of  the  seizure,  notify 
said  inspector,  in  writing,  of  his  desire  to  appeal  to  the  commissioner 
of  health,  said  inspector  shall  cause  said  property  so  seized  to  be 
inspected  by  said  commissioner,  and  if  he  shall  find  the  same  to  be 
tainted,  diseased,  corrupted,  or  unwholesome,  he  shall  order  the  same 
to  be  destroyed  or  disposed  of  otherwise  than  for  food;  but  if  he 
shall  not  so  find,  the  same  shall  be  forthwith  returned  to  the  owner. 
All  moneys  received  for  property  disposed  of  as  aforesaid,  shall,  after 
deducting  all  expenses  incurred  by  reason  of  such  seizure,  be  paid  to 
the  owner  thereof. 

833.  The  inspector  shall  procure  sealed  weights,  and  carefull}' 
weigh  all  fish  offered  for  inspection;  and  to  entitle  said  inspector  to 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  22^ 

grant  a  certificate  of  true  inspection,  or  to  brand  the  packages  as 
duly  inspected,  he  shall  first  find  that  the  contents  and  weights  of 
the  several  packages  are  as  follows,  viz:  Each  barrel  shall  contain 
200  lbs.;  each  half  barrel  shall  contain  lOO  lbs.;  each  quarter  barrel 
shall  contain  50  lbs.;  and  each  eighth  barrel  shall  contain  25  lbs. 

834.  He  shall,  also,  on  branding  any  package  of  fish,  plainh- 
and  distinctly  mark  on  the  head  of  each  package,  in  some  indelible 
manner,  the  kind,  quantit}"  and  quality  of  fish  contained  in  each 
package,  respectively,  together  with  his  name  and  the  year  and 
month  in  which  the  same  shall  have  been  inspected. 

835.  Said  inspector  shall  be  entitled  to  the  following  fees  for 
the  performance  of  his  duties,  viz:  For  unheading,  heading,  weigh- 
ing, repacking,  brining  and  inspecting  and  branding  each  barrel,  20 
cents;  each  half  barrel,  10  cents;  each  quarter  barrel,  5  cents;  each 
extra  hoop,  5  cents;  each  extra  head,  20  cents. 

836.  He  shall  not  put  his  brand  upon  any  package  of  fish,  as 
duly  inspected,  unless  the  same  be  well  hooped  and  headed,  and 
in  all  respects  sufficient  to  retain  brine,  and  also  be  in  good  shipping- 
condition. 

837.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  number  of  packages  and 
sizes,  and  of  the  kinds  and  qualities  of  fish,  and  for  whom  inspected, 
each  year;  and  shall  make  a  report  of  the  same  to  the  city  council, 
on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  in  each  year. 

838.  He  shall  keep  an  office  at  a  convenient  place,  on  or  near 
the  Chicago  river,  which  shall  be  kept  open  during  business  hours, 
and  in  which  the  inspector  shall  at  all  times  have  some  person,  dur- 
ing his  absence,  to  receive  orders. 

839.  No  person  holding  the  office  of  fish  inspector  for  said  citv 
of  Chicago  shall,  nor  shall  his  employes  or  assistants,  or  either  of 
them,  buy  or  sell,  or  deal  in,  or  in  anywise  be  interested  in,  any 
fish  sold  or  received  for  sale  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

840.  Any  fish  inspector  violating,  refusing  or  failing  to  comph- 
with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  so  far  as  they  are  made 
incumbent  upon  him,  shall,  for  every  oftfense,  be  liable  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars;  which 
said  fine  may  be  collected  in  the  name  and  for  the  use  of  the  city  of 
Chicago;  and  shall  also  be  subject  to  immediate  removal  from 
office. 

841.  Said  inspector  shall  have  the  right  to  appoint  and  remove 
at  pleasure,  one  or  more  assistants,  who  shall  have  the  same  right 


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to  brand  all  packages  inspected  by  either  of  them,  in  the  name  of 
said  inspector;  but  each  assistant  shall  have  some  distinctive  mark, 
with  which  he  shall  designate  each  package  inspected  by  himself,  so 
as  to  indicate  by  whom  the  inspection  was  actually  made;  and  the 
said  inspector  shall  have  the  right  to  take  bond,  with  sufficient 
penalty  and  securit}^  running  to  himself,  from  each  of  the  assistants 
appointed  by  himself,  and  of  the  same  tenor  as  the  bond  herein 
required  to  be  executed  by  said  inspector;  and  he  shall  be  liable  for 
the  acts  of  his  said  assistants. 


Article  II. 
Special  Provisions. 

842.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  for  which  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  forfeit  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

843.  Whenever  the  said  fish  inspector  shall,  in  the  course  of  his 
employment,  furnish  any  cask,  barrel  or  other  cooperage,  or  supply 
salt,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  him  to  charge  therefor  a  just  com- 
pensation. 

844.  Any  and  all  persons  bringing  or  causing  to  be  brought  to  the 
city  of  Chicago,  or  receiving  on  consignment  or  otherwise,  for  the 
purpose  of  sale,  any  freshwater  fish  in  packages,  shall  have  the 
same  duly  inspected  by  the  fish  inspector  of  the  city  of  Chicago  be- 
fore such  fish  shall  be.  sold  or  in  any  way  disposed  of ;  and  it  'shall 
be  the  duty  of  every  person  having  such  fish  in  possession,  for  the 
purpose  of  selling  or  dealing  in  the  same,  and  of  every  consignee 
havinir  fish  on  consig-nment,  before  the  said  fish  shall  be  sold  or  in 
any  way  disposed  of,  to  give  notice  to  the  inspector  and  have  such 
fish  duly  inspected  and  branded;  and  for  this  purpose  such  person 
shall  arrange  the  packages  in  a  convenient  manner,  and  have  them 
in  a  suitable  place. 

845.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  last  preceding  section,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  to  exceed 
twenty-five  dollars  for  every  barrel  or  other  package  of  fish  so  sold 
without  such  inspection. 

846.  The  fish  inspector  shall  brand  upon  each  and  every  pack- 
age of  fish  packed  and  put  up  in  said  city  of  Chicago  for  sale,  of 
whatever  size,  the  true  and  exact  weight  of  fish  in  such  package, 
and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  sell  or  dispose  of  any  such 
package  of  fish  not  thus  branded,  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of 
twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every  ofiense. 


,  CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  227 

847.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  not  duly  appointed 
and  qualified  as  fish  inspector,  or  assistant,  to  act,  or  assume  to  act, 
as  inspector  of  fish,  or  hold  himself  out  to  the  public  to  be  such  in- 
spector. 

848.  No  person  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  obstruct  or  wilfully  in- 
terfere with  the  fish  inspector  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  lawfully  appointed 
as  aforesaid,  or  any  of  his  assistants  or  employes,  in  the  legitimate  ex- 
ercise of  any  of  the  rights,  or  the  performance  of  any  of  the  duties 
given,  imposed  and  prescribed  herein,  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
given,  imposed  or  prescribed  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  under  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  oft'ense. 


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Chapter  XIL 

INSPECTION   OF  GAS  METERS. 

Aktulb  I.     The  Inspector. 

ir.     Special  Provisions. 

Article  I. 

The    Inspector. 

849.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  inspector  of  gas  me- 
ters, who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until 
his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

850.  Said  inspector  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday 
in  Ma}^  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  there- 
after. 

851.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  ex- 
ecute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, with  such  sureties  as  the  cit}^  council  shall  approve,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

852.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  inspector  to  examine  and  test 
any  gas  meters  furnished  to  the  consumer  by  any  gas  company  fur- 
nishing gas  in  this  city,  whenever  requested  so  to  do  by  such  consumer. 

853.  The  inspector  shall  in  every  case  give  notice  to  the  con- 
sumer, and  also  to  the  gas  company  at  its  office,  of  the  time  and 
place  when  and  where  he  intends  to  test  the  meter. 

854.  The  inspection  herein  provided  for  shall  be  conclusive,  both 
upon  the  company  and  the  consumer,  as  to  the  amount  of  gas  con- 
sumed three  months  before  the  close  of  the  month  in  which  any 
meter  shall  be  inspected. 

855.  The  said  inspector  shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  in  advance, 
from  any  consumer  requiring  his  services,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and 
his  reasonable  expenses,  not  exceeding  two  dollars  for  each  meter  by 
him  inspected;  such  sum,  however,  to  be  refunded  by  the  gas  com- 
pany, upon  presentation  to  their  treasurer  of  the  inspector's  certifi- 
cate that  the  meter  has  been  found  bv  him  to  measure  more  gas 
than  was  actually  consumed. 

856.  The  inspector  shall,  when  so  requested  by  either  party, 
furnish  to  the  consumer  or  the  gas  company,  free  of  charge,  a  cer- 
tificate of  the  result  of  the  examination  made  by  him,  of  any  meter. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  229 

857.  The  city  comptroller  is  hereby  required,  whenever  it  shall 
become  necessary,  to  employ  the  services  of  some  competent  person, 
and,  with  the  assistance  of  such  person,  to  calculate  and  determine 
upon  a  time  table  for  lighting  and  extinguishing  the  public  street 
lamps  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  report  the  same  to  the  city  council 
for  adoption.  The  comptroller  shall  furnish  correct  copies  of  the 
time  table  adopted  by  the  council,  to  the  respective  gas  companies 
which  now  or  may  hereafter  have  contracts  to  furnish  the  city 
with  gas  in  the  public  street  lamps,  to  the  inspector  of  gas  meters, 
and  to  the  several  watchmen  stationed  at  the  tire  engine  houses 
where  test-meters  are  now  located  or  to  be  located  as  hereinafter 
provided,- and  when  such  time  table  shall  have  been  adopted  and 
copies  so  distributed  as  aforesaid,  the  same  shall  regulate  the  time 
of  lighting  and  extinguishing  all  the  public  street  lamps  within  said 
city,  as  provided  in  the  several  contracts  with  said  gas  companies. 

858.  Said  inspector  shall  carefulh'  inspect  and  test  each  of  the 
gas  meters  attached  to  what  are  commonly  called  test-lamps,  and 
by  which  the  gas  paid  for  by  the  cit}'  of  Chicago  is  measured,  as . 
often  as  once  in  three  months,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  kept  in 
perfect  order;  and  he  shall  examine  and  test  the  burners  on  such 
test-lamps,  and  in  case  they  consume  too  fast  or  too  slow  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  properly  adjusted.  He  shall,  before  proceeding  to 
test  any  such  test  or  gauge  meter  or  burner,  give  reasonable  notice, 
in  writing,  of  the  time  and  place  of  making  such  tests,  to  the  proper 
gas  company. 

859.  The  said  inspector  shall,  on  the  day  on  which  the  re- 
spective gas  companies  take  the  state  of  test  or  gauge  meters,  each 
and  every  month,  attend  in  person  and  take  the  state  of  the  meters, 
angl  keep  a  record  of  each;  and  he  shall  on  the  succeeding  day  make 
a  report  thereof  to  the  city  comptroller,  showing  the  number  of  feet 
of  gas  shown  to  be  consumed  by  each  of  said  test  meters,  giving 
their  location;  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  said  gas  companies 
to  give  the  said  inspector  notice  of  the  time  of  taking  the  state  of 
such  meters,  and  on  failure  to  receive  such  notice,  the  said  inspector 
shall,  on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  proceed  in  person  to  take  the 
state  of  such  meters,  and  report  to  the  comptroller  the  day  follow- 
ing: Provided,  that  if  any  of  the  davs  herein  set  shall  fall  on  Sun- 
day, the  da}'  following  shall  be  substituted:  and  -provided,  further^ 
that  in  case  said  inspector,  from  sickness  or  other  unavoidable 
causes,  shall  be  unable  to  perform  the  duties  herein  required,  the 
mayor  shall  forthwith  designate  and  appoint  some  competent  person 
to  act  and  perform  said  duties  for  the  time  being. 

860.  The  department  of  public  works  shall  cause  to  be  main- 
tained a  test  or  gauge  meter  and  lamp  at  two  difierent  hre  engine 


V 


230  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

houses  in  each  division  of  the  city,  to  be  known  as  city  test  or  gauge 
lamps,  which  shall  be  furnished  with  like  meters  and  burners  as  the 
other  test  lamps.  The  meters  of  the  same  shall  be  enclosed  with  a 
strong  woaden  box,  securely  locked,  and  the  key  thereof  given  to 
the  inspector  of  gas  meters.  The  respective  gas  companies  are 
hereby  authorized  to  test  the  said  city  test  or  gauge  lamps,  meters 
and  burners,  once  in  three  months,  if  they  desire  to  do  so,  after  giv- 
ing reasonable  notice  to  the  inspector,  of  such  intention. 

86 T.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  watchman,  at  each  hre 
engine  house  in  said  city,  where  any  meter  attached  to  test  or  gauge 
lamps  is  or  may  be  located,  to  keep  a  true  and  correct  record  of  the 
time  at  which  such  test  or  gauge  lamp  is  lighted,  and  of  the  time 
when  the  same  is  extinguished. 

862.  The  watchman  at  such  fire  engine  houses  where  the  city 
test  lamps  are  located,  and  the  meters  locked  up,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  attend  to  the  lighting  and  extinguishing  of  the  same, 
in  strict  accordance  with  the  time  table  provided  for  in  this  chapter. 
All  watchmen  shall  make  monthly  reports,  under  oath,  to  the  in- 
spector of  gas  meters;  and  whenever  the  duty  required  of  the 
watchman  in  regard  to  test  gas  lamps  shall  be  performed  b}^  any 
member  of  the  police  force,  he  shall  receive  the  same  extra  com- 
pensation as  is  allowed  to  the  watchman. 

863.  To  equalize  the  time,  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the 
persons  employed  to  light  the  pubHc  street  lamps,  by  the  several 
gas  companies  which  furnish  the  city  with  gas,  to  cause  the  test  or 
gauge  lamps  and  other  public  lamps  first  lighted  to  be  first  extin- 
guished, taking  them  in  the  same  order  in  which  they  were  re- 
spectively lighted;  that  is  to  sa}^  if  any  test  or  gauge  lamp  is 
first  lighted  it  shall  be  the  first  extinguished,  and  so  with  the  sti'eet 
lamps.  And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  all  police  patrolmen,  as 
well  as  all  firemen  and  watchmen  at  fire  engine  houses,  to  report  all 
violations  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  to  the  inspector  of  gas 
meters,  who  shall  report  the  facts  in  writing  to  the  city  council 
without  delay. 

864.  The  inspector  shall  file,  with  his  monthly  reports  to  the 
comptroller,  the  reports  of  the  respective  watchmen,  and  the  comp- 
troller shall  compare  the  time  so  reported  with  the  quantity  of  gas 
consumed,  as  reported  by  said  inspector,  and  in  case  he  finds  any 
material  discrepancy  between  the  quantity  so  ascertained  and  the 
bills  rendered  b}'  the  respective  gas  companies,  he  shall  not  pay 
such  bills  until  they  are  properly  adjusted;  and  the  said  comptroller 
is  hereby  authorized  on  the  part  of  the  city  to  make  such  adjust- 
ment on  fair  and  equitable  principles. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  23I 

865.  The  inspector  shall  also  carefully  report  to  the  city  comp- 
troller the  state  of  the  city  test  or  gauge  lamps,  as  shown  by  their 
meters  on  the  same  day  the  other  test  lamps  are  taken,  and  the  said 
comptroller  shall  examine  and  compare  the  same  with  the  report  of 
the  other  test  lamps,  and  if  he  finds  any  substantial  discrepancy  be- 
tween the  said  reports,  he  shall  forthwith  make  an  investigation  as 
to  the  cause  of  such  discrepancy,  and  report  the  result  of  such  in- 
vestigation to  the  city  council. 

866.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  to  keep  a 
supervision  over  all  the  said  test  lamps  and  the  public  street  lamps, 
together  with  the  burners  thereto  attached,  and  he  shall  see  that 
they  are  kept  clean  and  in  perfect  order;  the  burners  to  be  of  equal 
size,  and  of  the  size  provided  for  in  the  contract  of  said  city  with  any 
person  or  company  furnishing  or  supplying  the  city  with  gas. 

867.  The  said  inspector  shaD  keep  an  office  in  the  city  hall,  to 
be  provided  b^'  the  department  of  public  works,  where  he  shall  be 
found  at  all  business  hours  of  the  day,  except  when  absent  on  busi- 
ness connected  with  his  official  duties,  and  shall  keep  in  his  office  a 
good  and  accurate  photometer,  meter  and  prover,  to  be  furnished  b}' 
the  city  of  Chicago. 

868.  Said  inspector  shall,  from  time  to  time,  make  photometrical 
tests  of  the  quality  of  the  gas  furnished  by  the  gas  companies,  and 
shall  communicate  to  the  citv  council  the  result  of  such  tests. 

869.  The  said  inspector  shall  keep  books  in  his  office  in  which 
he  shall  record  the  number  of  each  meter  inspected  by  him,  and  the 
time  when  it  was  tested  and  proven  by  him,  the  reports  of  said 
watchman  and  his  own  reports  hereby  required,  and  all  notices  given 
by  him,  and  other  proceedings  of  his  office,  which  records  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  public  inspection. 

870.  When  any  meter  or  burner  at  any  test  lamp  is  to  be  ex- 
amined by  any  gas  company  or  person  furnishing  gas  to  the  city, 
the  said  inspector  shall  attend  in  person  at  such  examination,  keep 
a  record  thereof,  and  forthwith  report  to  the  cit}'  comptroller  the  re- 
sult of  such  examination. 

871.  The  said  inspector  shall  make  quarterly  reports,  in  writing, 
to  the  city  council,  showing  the  condition  of  test  or  gauge  meters 
and  burners,  and  also  of  the  street  lamp  burners.  He  shall  also  re- 
port the  number  of  private  meters  by  him  tested  each  quarter,  and 
the  amount  of  compensation  by  him  received,  and  bv  whom  paid. 
Such  quarterly  reports  shall  be  made  on  the  second  Monday  of  May, 
August,  November,  and  February,  of  each  and  every  vear. 


232  ORDINA^XES    OF    THE 

Article  II. 
S-pecial  Provisions. 

872.  The  city  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to 
furnish  all  necessary  apparatus,  books,  blanks,  and  to  pay  all  reason- 
able expenses  for  the  same  out  of  the  gas-light  fund  appropriation. 

873.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  unlawfully  tamper  with, 
alter  or  change  an};-  gas  meter,  public  or  private,  or  the  register 
thereof,  or  the  burner  of  any  test,  gauge,  or  public  street  lamp,  with 
the  intent  to  defraud  .the  city  of  Chicago,  or  with  the  intent  to 
defraud  an}-  gas  company,  corporation,  person  or  persons;  or  if  any 
person  or  persons  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  or  requirements 
of  this  ordinance,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending  shall  be  liable  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  or  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  and  every  such  offense,  to  be  collected  as  provided  by  law  for 
the  collection  of  fines  and  forfeitures  in  other  cases  of  violation  of  law. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  233 

Chapter  XIIL 

INSPECTOR    OF    OILS. 

Akticlb  I.     The  Inspector. 

II.     Special  Provisior.s. 

Article  I. 
The  Lispcctor. 

874.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  inspector  of  oils,  who 
shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his  successor 
shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

875.  Said  inspector  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
May,  1 88 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  there- 
after. 

876.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  exe- 
cute a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall  approve,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

877.  Said  inspector  shall  be  a  person  having  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  mineral  oils,  and  shall  not  be  directly  nor  indirectly  interested 
in  manufacturing,  vending  or  selling,  either  as  principal  or  agent,  any 
article  mentioned  in  this  chapter. 

878.  He  shall,  at  his  own  expense,  provide  himself  with  the 
necessaiy  instruments  and  apparatus  for  testing  the  quality  of  all  said 
articles  named  herein,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  and  test 
the  quality  of  all  said  oils  and  products  that  he  shall  be  requested  by 
any  importer,  dealer  or  vendor,  to  examine;  and  if,  upon  such  test- 
ing and  examination,  the  oils  so  tested  and  examined  shall  meet  the 
requirements  of  this  article,  he  shall  brand  the  same  with  the  date  of 
examination,  his  name,  and  this  device:  "  Approved;  the  fire  test  be- 
ing — ,"  on  each  package,  cask  or  barrel  containing  it;  when  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  any  dealer  to  sell  the  same. 

879.  If  the  oil  so  tested  shall  not  meet  the  requirements  of  this 
chapter,  he  shall  mark  upon  each  package,  cask  or  barrel,  his  name, 
the  date  of  examination,  and  this  device:  "Condemned  as  dangerous 
for  illuminating  purposes;  the  fire  test  being  — ,"  and  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  the  owner  thereof  to  ofier  the  same  for  sale,  within  the 
limits  of  this  city,  for  illuminating  purposes. 


2  34  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

880.  The  inspector  may  charge  not  to  exceed  six  cents  for  in- 
specting or  examining  each  package,  cask  or  barrel,  and  collect  the 
same  of  the  party  employing  him.  He  may  also,  if  ne;;essary  to  the 
convenient  dispatch  of  his  duties,  appoint  a  suitable  number  of  dep- 
uties, for  whom  he  shall  be  accountable,  which  deputies  are  hereby 
empowered  to  perform  the  duties  of  inspector. 

881.  No  inspector  or  deputy  inspector,  while  in  office,  shall  buy, 
sell,  bargain  or  otherwise  trade  in  any  article  which  they  are  appoint- 
ed to  inspect;  and  for  any  violation  of  this  chapter  he  or  they  shall  be 
liable  to  the  forfeiture  of  his  or  their  bond. 

882.  Every  inspector  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  in- 
spection of  oils,  heretofore  mentioned,  return  a  true  and  accurate  ac- 
count thereof  to  the  party  employing  him,  and  shall  make  an  entry 
of  all  oils  inspected,  in  an  intelligible  manner,  in  a  book  prepared  for 
that  purpose,  which  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  all  parties. 

Article  II. 

Special  Provisions. 

883.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons  or  corporation, 
to  store  or  keep  for  sale,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  any  crude  petroleum,  gasoline,  naptha,  benzine,  camphene, 
spirit-gas,  burning-fluid  or  spirits  of  turpentine,  exceeding  a  quantity 
of  five  barrels  of  tift}^  gallons  each;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  keep 
for  sale,  or  on  storage,  any  refined  carbon  oil,  kerosene  or  other  pro- 
ducts for  illuminating  purposes,  of  coal,  rock  or  earth  oils,  excepting 
such  refined  oils  as  wall  stand  a  fire  test  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  de- 
grees of  Fahrenheit,  according  to  the  method  and  directions  of  John 
Tagliabue;  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  keep  any  quantity  of  said  ar- 
ticles exceeding  one  barrel  of  fifty  gallons  in  any  part  of  a  build- 
ing, excepting  a  cellar,  the  floor  of  which  shall  be  five  feet  below  the 
grade  of  the  adjacent  streets;  and  no  crude  petroleum,  gasoline,  nap- 
tha, benzine,  carbon  oil,  camphene,  spirit-gas,  burning-fluid,  or  "spirits 
of  turpentine  shall  be  kept  or  stored  in  front  of  any  building,  or  on 
any  street,  alley,  wharf,  lot  or  sidewalk,  for  a  longer  time  than  is  suf- 
ficient to  receive  in  store  or  in  delivering  the  same :  Provided^  such 
time  shall  not  exceed  six  hours. 

884.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  having  within  the  city 
a  fire-proof  warehouse  detached  and  clear  of  other  buildings,  and 
at  least  fift}^  feet  distant,  and  exclusively  used  for  the  storage  of  such 
articles  as  are  named  in  this  chapter,  and  properly  ventilated  for  that 
purpose,  having  beneath  its  ground  floor  an  open  space  or  cellar  three 
feet  or  more  in  depth  below  the  surface  of  the  adjacent  ground,  on 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  235 

procuring  the  approval,  in  writing,  of  the  fire-marshal,  may  apply 
to  the  city  council  of  this  city  for  a  permit  to  use  said  warehouse  ex- 
clusively for  said  purpose ;  and  if  the  city  council,  with  the  consent  of 
the  mayor,  shall  grant  such  permit,  then,  while  the  same  shall  remain 
in  force,  said  parties  using  said  warehouse  shall  not  be  subject  to  the 
foregoing  section  of  this  article. 

885.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  or  who  shall  use  or  re-fill  casks,  bar- 
rels or  packages  having  the  inspector's  brands  thereon,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fraudulently  evading  the  conditions  of  this  article ;  or  shall 
mark  the  inspector's  device,  or  any  marks  purporting  to  be  marks  of 
inspection,  on  any  cask,  barrel  or  package  of  any  of  the  articles 
named  in  this  article ;  or  shall  offer  for  sale  within  the  city  any  of  said 
oil  that  has  not  been  examined  by  said  inspector  or  his  deputy;  or 
shall  keep  or  store  within  said  city  for  more  than  twenty-four  hours, 
any  of  said  oils  which  has  not  been  inspected  and  branded  by  said  in- 
spector, or  his  deputy,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


236  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

Chapter  XIV, 

INSPECTOR    OF    WEIGHTS    AND     MEASURES. 

Article  I.     The  Inspector. 

II.     Special  Provisiai\s. 

Article  I. 
The  Inspector. 

886.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  inspector  of  weights 
and  measures,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years, 
and  until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

887.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  bv  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  city  council,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
1 88 1,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 


Said  inspector  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of 
his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  with  two  or  more  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the 
mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

889.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  inspector  to  inspect  and  ex- 
amine, at  least  once  in  each  and  every  3-ear,  all  weights,  measures, 
scale-beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  and  other  instruments  used 
for  weighing  and  measuring  in  the  city  of  Chicago;  and  to  stamp 
with  a  suitable  seal  all  weig-hts  and  measures  and  scales  so  used, 
which  he  may  find  correct,  and  deliver  to  the  owner  thereof  a 
certificate  of  their  accuracy. 

890.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  to  make  a 
register  of  all  the  weights,  measures,  scale-beams,  patent  balances, 
steelyards,  and  other  instruments  used  for  weighing,  inspected  and 
sealed  by  him,  in  which  he  shall  state  the  names  of  the  owners  of 
the  same,  and  whether  they  are  conformable  to  the  standard  of  the 
state. 

891.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  of  weights 
and  measures,  once  in  every  three  months,  to  deliver  a  copy  of  the  reg- 
ister made  or  kept  by  him,  as  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section, 
to  the  city  council. 

892.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures,  to  report  forthwith  to  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  cor- 


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poration  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  all  persons  violating 
this  chapter,  and  of  all  persons  making  use  of  any  fraudulent  or  un- 
sealed weights  or  measures,  gauge  or  balances. 

893.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  said  inspector  to  vend  any 
weights,  measures,  scale-beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  other 
instruments  to  be  used  for  weighing,  or  to  offer  or  expose  the  same 
for  sale  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for 
every  such  offense. 

894.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  to  report  forth- 
with to  the  city  council,  the  names  of  all  persons  whose  weights, 
measures,  scale-beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  other  instru- 
ments used  for  weighing,  shall  be  found  to  be  incorrect. 

895.  Said  inspector  shall  examine  and  inspect  and  seal  all 
weights,  measures,  scale-beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  and 
other  instruments  used  for  weighing,  at  the  stores  and  places  where 
the  same  may  be  used;  but  in  case  they  or  any  of  them  shall  be 
found  not  conformable  to  the  standard  of  this  state,  they  shall  be 
sent  by  the  owner  thereof,  at  his  expense,  to  the  office  of  the  in- 
spector, for  the  purpose  of  being  adjusted  and  sealed,  within  three 
days  after  the  owner  thereof  shall  be  required  so  to  do,  in  writing, 
by  the  said  inspector,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  such 
neglect. 

896.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  said  inspector  to  make 
charges  for  inspecting  and  examining  weights,  measures,  scale-beams, 
patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  other  instruments  used  for  weigh- 
ing, more  than  once  in  each  year,  unless  they  shall  be  found  to  be 
not  conformable  to  the  said  standard. 

897.  The  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  shall  be  entitled 
to  demand  and  receive,  before  the  delivery  of  said  certificate  men- 
tioned in  section  889,  the  following  fees: 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  railroad  or  track  scales  of  the  capac- 
ity of  twenty  tons  and  upward,  each,  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  from  three  to  ten  tons  ca- 
pacity, each,  one  dollar. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  dormant  scales,  each,  fifty  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  movable  platform  scales,  each,  thirty- 
five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  beams  weighing  one  thousand  pounds 
and  upward,  each,  thirtv-five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  hopper  scales,  each,  one  dollar  and 
twenty-five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  counter  scales,  each,  twenty  cents. 


238  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  every  patent  balance,  steelyard,  or 
other  instrument  for  weighing,  other  than  above  enumerated, 
each,  twenty  cents. 

And  with  each  scale  sealed  by  him,  he  shall  inspect  and  seal  one 
set  of  weights,  without  any  additional  charge  or  compensation. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  dry  measure,  each,  five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  liquid  measures  of  a  capacity  of  five 
gallons  and  upward,  each,  ten  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  liquid  measures  of  a  capacity  of  not 
less  than  one  gallon  nor  more  than  live  gallons,  each,  ten  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  one-half  gallon  and  one  quart  liquid 
measures,  each,  five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  liquid  measures  of  a  less  capacity  than 
one  quart,  each,  five  cents. 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  board  or  cloth  measure,  each, 
five  cents. 

And  in  every  case  where  he  may,  at  the  request  of  the  owner, 
employ  labor  or  material  in  making  any  scale,  weight  or  measure 
accurate,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  a  just  compensation  therefor. 

898.  Whenever  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  shall 
resign,  be  removed  from  office,  or  remove  from  the  city,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  person  so  resigning,  removed  from  ofiicej  or  remov- 
ing from  the  city,  to  deliver  to  the  city  comptroller  all  the  standard 
beams,  weights,  and  measures  in  his  possession. 

Article   II. 

Special  Provisions. 

899.  The  comptroller,  at  the  expense  of  the  cit}',  shall  procure 
correct  and  approved  standards  of  weights  and  measures,  of  the 
standard  adopted  by  the  state  of  Illinois,  with  their  necessary  subdi- 
visions, together  with  the  proper  beams  and  scales,  for  the  purpose 
of  testing  and  proving  the  weights  and  measures  of  said  standard 
used  in  the  city. 

900.  All  persons  using  weights,  measures,  scale-beams,  patent 
balances,  steelvards,  or  any  other  instrument,  in  weighing  or  meas- 
uring any  article  intended  to  be  purchased  or  sold  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  inspected  and  sealed  by  the  in- 
spector of  weights  and  measures,  in  said  city. 

901.  All  itinerant  peddlers  and  hawkers  using  scales,  balances, 
weights,  or  measures,  shall  take  the  same  to  the  office  of  the  in- 
spector of  weights  and  measures,  before  using  the  same,  and  have 
the  same  sealed  and  adjusted  annually ;  and  any  such  person  or  per- 


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sons  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this^section,  shall  each 
forfeit  and  pay  to  the  said  city  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  with  costs  of  prosecution,  for  each 
and  every  day  such  person  or  persons  shall  use  the  same  without 
having  the  same  adjusted  and  sealed  as  hereinbefore  provided. 
And  an}^  itinerant  peddler  or  hawker  found  using  any  ice  scale, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 

902.  Any  person  who  shall  sell  or  ofler  for  sale,  any  fruit, 
vegetables,  berries,  or  grain  of  any  description,  or  any  article  of  dry 
measurement,  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  wine  measures,  or  in  any 
other  than  legal  dry  measures,  which  shall  have  been  rated  by  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures,  whether  of  pint,  quart,  or  other 
contents;  or  who  shall  practice  deceit  or  fraud  in  the  sale  of  wood 
or  coal,  by  selling  for  a  cord  of  wood  less  than  128  cubic  feet  of 
wood,  or  for  a  ton  of  coal  less  than  2,000  lbs.  of  coal,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  fine  of  not  less  that  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

903.  An}'  person  who  shall,  in  weighing  or  measuring  any 
article  for  purchase  or  sale  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  use  any  weight, 
measure,  scale-beam,  patent  balance,  steelyard,  or  other  instru- 
ment, not  sealed,  or  without  having  first  obtained  the  aforesaid  cer- 
tificate from  the  inspector,  as  required  by  this  chapter,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every  ofiense. 

904.  If  any  person  shall  use,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  weigh- 
ing or  measuring  as  aforesaid,  any  weight,  measure,  scale-beam, 
patent  balance,  steelyard,  or  other  instrument,  which  shall  not  be 
conformable  to  the  standard  of  this  state,  or  shall  use  in  weighing, 
as  aforesaid,  any  scale-beam,  patent  balance,  steelyard,  or  other  in- 
strument, which  shall  be  out  of  order  or  incorrect,  or  which  shall  not 
balance,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offense  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  dollars. 

905.  No  person  shall  refuse  to  exhibit  any  weights,  measures, 
scale-beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  other  instruments,  to 
said  inspector  for  the  purpose  of  being  so  inspected  and  examined, 
under  the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  everv  such  offense. 

906.  No  person  shall  in  any  way  or  manner  obstruct,  hinder, 
or  molest  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  in  the  performance 
of  his  duties  as  hereby  imposed  upon  him,  under  a  penalty  upon 
every  such  person  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 


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240  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

Chapter  XV, 

MISCELLANEOUS    ORDINANCES. 
Article  I. 
A}iii{scnients. 

907.  For  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  licensing  and  tax- 
ing of  theatricals,  shows,  amusements  and  all  public  exhibitions  for 
gain,  in  a  just  and  equitable  manner,  the  same  are  hereby  divided 
into  three  classes,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  first,  second  and  third, 
as  follows: 

1.  All  entertainments  of  a  dramatic  or  operatic  character,  in- 
cluding public  readings  and  recitations,  and  exhibitions  of  paintings 
or  statuary,  shall  belong  to,  and  be  known  as,  entertainments  of  the 
first  class. 

2.  Concerts  or  other  musical  entertainments,  panoramas,  per- 
formances of  any  feats  of  jugglery,  sleight-of-hand  or  necromancy, 
and  exhibitions  of  any  natural  or  artificial  curiosities,  shall  belong  to, 
and  be  known  as,  entertainments  of  the  second  class. 

3.  Circuses,  menageries,  caravans,  side-shows,  and  concert,  min- 
strel or  musical  entertainments  given  under  a  covering  of  canvas,  ex- 
hibitions of  monsters  or  freaks  of  nature,  variety  and  minstrel  shows, 
and  all  other  exhibitions,  performances  and  entertainments  not  herein 
enumerated,  shall  belong  to,  and  be  known  as,  entertainments  of  the 
third  class. 

908.  No  person  or  persons,  within  the  limits  of  the  citv,  shall 
give  any  of  the  entertainments  mentioned  in  this  chapter,  for  gain, 
without  a  license  for  that  purpose  first  had  and  obtained  from  the 
mayor,  under  the  seal  of  the  cit}^  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
fifty  dollars  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  for  each  and 
every  violation  of  this  section:  Provided,  that  for  musical  parties  or 
concerts,  and  exhibitions  of  paintings  or  statuary,  given  by  citizens 
of  this  city,  not  engaged  in  the  giving  of  such  entertainments,  as  a 
business,  no  license  shall  be  required. 

909.  Each  license  shall  express  for  what  it  is  granted,  and  the 
time  it  is  to  continue,  and  the  following  tax,  or  license  fee,  shall  be 
imposed  upon  each  license,  granted  as  aforesaid,  and  paid  to  the  citv 
collector,  on  the  granting  of  such  license,  as  follows,  to  wit: 

1.  For  entertainments  of  the  first  class,  ten  dollars  for  every 
performance  or  exhibition. 

2.  For  entertainments  of  the  second  class,  ten  dollars  for  every 
performance  or  exhibition. 


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3.  For  entertainments  of  the  third  class,  the  following  sums: 
For  each  circus,  or  circus  and  menagerie,  seventy-five  dollars  for 
each  day;  for  each  menagerie,  fifty  dollars  for  each  day;  for  each 
side-show  with  any  circus  or  menagerie,  ten  dollars  for  each  and 
every  day  of  exhibition;  for  each  concert,  musical  or  minstrel  en- 
tertainment, given  under  a  covering  of  canvas,  ten  dollars  for  each 
day. 

^.  For  each  variety  or  minstrel  show,  or  other  entertainment  of 
the  third  class,  ten  dollars  for  each  day. 

910.  Ever}'  license  shall  be  issued  by  the  city  clerk,  on  notice 
to  him  from  the  city  collector,  that  the  license  tax  or  fee  has  been 
paid,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor. 

911.  The  mayor  shall  determine  in  every  case,  where  applica- 
tion for  a  license  under  this  chapter  is  made,  the  class  to  which  the 
entertainment  belongs,  and  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  license 
may  be  granted  shall  pay  the  license  tax  or  fee  herein  fixed  for  such 
license. 

912.  The  owner  or  lessee  of  any  hall  or  theatre,  in  which  the 
entertainments  given  are,  as  a  rule,  of  a  dramatic  or  operatic  charac- 
ter, and  the  highest  admission  price  exceeds  fifty  cents,  shall,  on  the 
payment  of  two  hundred  dollars  to  the  city  collector,  or  if  the  highest 
admission  price  does  not  exceed  fifty  cents,  then  on  the  payment  of 
fifty  dollars  to  the  said  collector,  have  the  occupants  of  his  or  their 
hall  or  theatre  exempted  from  license  for  one  year. 

913.  The  owner  or  lessee  of  any  hall,  theatre,  museum,  or  other 
building,  in  which,  as  a  rule,  entertainments  of  the  second  class  are 
given,  on  the  payment  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  the  city  collector,  shall 
have  the  occupants  of  his  hall,  theatre,  museum,  or  other  building, 
exempted  from  license  for  one  year. 

914.  The  owner  or  lessee  of  any  hall,  theatre,  museum,  or  other 
building,  in  \\'hich,  as  a  rule,  variety,  minstrel,  or  other  performances 
and  exhibitions  of  the  third  class  are  given,  on  the  payment  of  fifty 
dollars,  shall  have  the  occupants  of  his  or  their  hall,  theatre,  museum, 
or  other  building,  exempted  from  hcense  for  one  year. 

915.  The  word  "entertainments"  used  herein,  shall  be  taken 
to  mean  and  include,  theatricals  and  other  exhibitions,  shows  and 
amusements,  wherein  or  whereby,  any  person  or  persons  shall  act, 
play,  or  perform  any  play,  opera,  or  other  dramatic  or  musical  com- 
position, or  give  performances  of  any  kind,  or  give  any  show  or 
public  exhibition  for  gain. 

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916.  Every  license  granted  under  the  provisions  hereof,  shall  at  all 
times  be  subject  to  the  ordinances  of  the  city  existing  when  the  same 
shdil  be  issued,  or  which  shall  thereafter  be  passed,  so  far  as  the 
same  shall  apply. 

917.  All  licenses  for  entertainments,  where  a  license  is  required, 
shall  contain  a  proviso  that  no  gaming,  ratiie,  lottery  or  chance  gift 
distribution  of  money  or  articles  of  value  shall  be  connected  there- 
with or  allowed  by  the  person  obtaining  said  license,  or  in  anywise 
permitted  or  held  out  as  an  inducement  to  visitors;  and  when  any 
person  or  persons  shall  be  charged  b}'  a  credible  person  with  having 
violated  the  provision  of  his  or  her  license,  as  aforesaid,  the  mayor 
of  the  city  is  directed  to  give  the  parties  accused  reasonable  notice 
thereof,  and  inquire  into  the  truth  of  said  charge;  and  if  the  accu- 
sation be  sustained  to  his  satisfaction,  he  may  revoke  the  license 
of  any  such  person  or  persons,  and  every  such  person  or  persons  so 
oftending  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

918.  No  person  or  persons  shall  be  allowed  to  give  any  concert 
or  entertainment  for  gain,  in  any  licensed  saloon  or  grocery,  or  in 
any  place  the  entrance  of  which  shall  be  through  a  saloon  or  grocery, 
within  the  city  of  Chicago,  without  a  special  permit  from  the  mayor ; 
and  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  exceeding  fifty 
dollars,  and  shall  have  his  or  her  license  revoked,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  ma3'or. 

919.  The  owner  or  lessee  of  every  licensed  theatre,  hall,  or 
other  building,  shall  post  and  maintain  during  the  period  of  his 
license,  in  some  conspicuous  place  near  the  main  entrance,  a  printed 
certificate,  properly  framed,  showing  the  class  of  entertainments  for 
which  said  theatre  or  hall  is  licensed ;  its  seating  capacit}' ;  the  num- 
ber of  exits,  and  size  of  each;  and  the  number  of  aisles  m  each  circle, 
which  said  certificate  shall  be  signed  by  the  fire  marshal;  and  shall 
also  state,  if  such  be  the  fact,  that  he  has  personally  examined  said 
building,  and  considers  it  safe. 

920.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  proprietor  or  lessee  of  any 
theatre,  hall,  or  other  building  where  public  entertainments  are 
given,  before  he  permits  any  person  or  persons  to  use  the  same  for 
the  purpose  of  giving  any  entertainment  therein  for  gain,  to  obtain 
from  the  mayor  the  license  herein  required,  either  in  his  own  name, 
or  in  the  name  of  the  person  proposing  to  give  such  entertainment, 
under  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  violation  of  this 
section. 

921.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  destroy, 
tear,  mutilate,  cover  over,  or  otherwise  deface  or  injure,  any  bill  or 


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poster  (poste'd  in  such  places  as  may  be  permitted),  descriptive  of 
any  performance  or  entertainment  given  in  any  licensed  theatre  or 
hall,  or  in  pursuance  of  a  license  given  by  the  city;  and  any  peison 
or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  twenty-live  dollars  for  each  and  every  violation 
thereof. 

922.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  sell  or 
giv^e  away  any  spirituous,  vinous,  malt,  or  other  intoxicating  liquors, 
in  any  theatre,  hall,  or  other  building  in  which  public  entertainments 
are  given  for  gain,  nor  in  any  room  or  rooms  connected  with  the 
same,  without  a  special  permit  from  the  mayor,  under  a  penalty  of 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  everv  violation  of  this  section. 

923.  No  chairs,  stools,  or  seats  of  any  description  shall  be  placed 
or  permitted  to  remain  in,  or  across  the  lobby,  aisles  or  passage- 
ways, in  any  theatre,  hall,  or  other  public  building,  when  the  same 
is  occupied  by  the  public,  under  a  penaltv  of  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  and  every  violation  of  this  section. 

924.  All  persons  owning,  leasing,  managing,  or  having  charge 
of  any  church,  theatre,  opera  house,  public  hall,  or  place  of  amuse- 
ment in  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  required  to  have  all  doors  lead- 
ing to  or  from  the  same  hung  so  as  to  open  out  therefrom. 

925.  It  shall  be  the  dut}-  of  all  members  of  the  police  force  to 
see  that  the  foregoing  provisions  in  section  923  are  strictly  observed, 
and  in  case  of  any  violation  thereof,  forthwith  to  proceed  to  clean  any 
obstructed  aisle,  passage-way,  or  lobbv,  and  to  arrest  the  offender  or 
otlenders. 

926.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  lessee  of  every 
licensed  theatre,  hall,  or  other  building,  to  keep  and  preserve  good 
order  in  and  about  his  premises,  and  to  that  end  he  shall  hire,  and 
keep  at  his  own  expense  a  sufficient  number  of  special  police  patrol- 
men. 

927.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  stand  in 
the  lobby  or  outer  entrance  to  any  licensed  theatre,  hall,  or  other  public 
building,  or  on  the  sidewalk  adjacent  to,  and  within  tiftv  feet  of  such 
entrance,  after  a  request  to  move  on,  made  by  the  owner,  lessee,  or 
any  police  officer,  under  a  penalty  of  twenty-live  dollars  for  each 
and  everv  such  ofi'ense. 


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Article  II. 
Auction  and  Auctioneers. 

928.  No  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or  other  thing  whatever, 
shall  be  sold  at  auction,  or  exposed  for  sale  in  any  street,  avenue, 
alley,  or  public  place  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  permission  in  writ- 
ing be  first  obtained  from  the  mayor,  who  is  hereby  authorized  to 
grant  a  permit  to  make  such  sales,  when,  in  his  opinion,  such  per- 
mission will  not  interfere  with  the  free  travel  of  any  such  street, 
avenue,  alley,  or  public  place,  and  will  not  be  in  any  respect  injurious 
to  the  city  or  inhabitants  thereof. 

929.  All  sales  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  or  other  per- 
sonal property,  at  public  auction,  within  the  cit}-,  except  such  as  are 
made  under  and  by  virtue  of  legal  process,  shall  be  made  by  a  per- 
son, his  co-partner  or  clerks,  who  shall  have  first  obtained  a  license 
for  such  purpose,  as  herein  provided. 

930.  No  bellman  or  crier,  nor  any  drum  or  fife,  or  other  instru- 
ment of  music,  nor  an}-  show  signal,  or  means  of  attracting  the  atten- 
tion of  passengers,  other  than  a  sign  or  flag,  shall  be  employed,  or 
suffered  or  permitted  to  be  used,  at  or  near  any  place  of  sale,  or  at 
or  near  anv  auction  room,  or  near  any  auction  wdiatsoever. 

.  931.  Any  person  may  become  an  auctioneer  and  be  licensed  to 
sell  i"eal  and  personal  property  at  public  auction,  at  a  place  to  be  named 
in  said  license,  upon  paying  to  the  city  collector  the  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  executing  a  bond  to  the  city,  with  two  sureties,  to 
be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
council. 

932.  Every  person  who  mav  wish  to  obtain  a  license,  as  above 
mentioned,  shall  applv  in  writing  for  the  same  to  the  ma^'or,  setting 
forth  therein  his  proposed  place  of  business  and  the  names  of  his 
sureties,  and  in  no  case  shall  such  license  be  transferable,  or  the 
pla:e  of  business  changed,  without  the  consent,  in  writing,  of  the 
mayor. 

933.  All  licenses  to  auctioneers  shall  be  made  to  expire  on  the 
last  day  of  April  in  each  year,  and  shall  be  subject  to  revoca- 
tion by  the  mavor,  whenever  it  shall  appear  to  his  satisfaction  that 
the  party  so  licensed  shall  have  violated  any  provision  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  city  relating  to  auctions  or  auction  sales,  or  an}-  con- 
dition of  the  bond  aforesaid. 

934.  Any  person  or  person  who  shall  sell,  or  attempt  to  sell, 
at  public  auction,  in  this  city,  and  goods,  chattels,  or  personal  prop- 
erty whatever,  except  under  and  by  virtue  of  legal  process,  or  under 


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and  by  virtue  of  a  mortgage,  without  first  having  obtained  a  license 
therefor,  as  above  required,  shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  offense, 
the  sum  of  fifty  dollars. 

935.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  auctioneer  who  shall  offer  for 
sale  any  watch,  plate,  or  jewelry  of  any  kind,  to  announce  to  the 
persons  present,  in  a  loud  voice,  whether  the  same  be  gold,  gold 
plate,  silver,  silver  plate,  or  base  metal,  before  proceeding  to  sell  the 
same.  Every  auctioneer  who  shall  ofier  for  sale  any  watch,  plate, 
or  other  jewelry,  without  first  making  such  announcement,  shall,  on 
conviction  thereof,  pay  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  nor  less 
than  ten  dollars,  for  each  ofiense. 

936.  The  purchaser  at  an  auction  sale  of  any  watch,  plate,  or 
jewelry  shall  have  the  right  to  return  it  to  the  auctioneer  at  an}^  time 
■within  five  days  from  the  day  of  sale,  if  the  watch,  plate  or  jewelry 
be  not  of  the  quality  represented  to  him,  and  the  auctioneer  shall  re- 
turn to  the  purchaser  the  price  of  the  article.  Should  he  refuse  to 
do  so,  he  shall  forfeit  his  license  and  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  fifty  dol- 
lars: And  it  is  /icrcby  provided,  that  if  it  shall  be  made  to  appear, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  mayor,  that  the  place  of  sale,  or  the  place 
of  business,  of  any  such  auctioneer  shall  have  been  closed  at  anv 
time  during. said  five  days,  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding  an  ofier  to 
return  any  such  article  so  sold,  the  mayor  shall  revoke  the  license  of 
such  auctioneer. 

937.  Any  auctioneer  who  shall  exhibit  and  ofier  for  sale  at  auc- 
tion any  article,  and  induce  its  purchase  by  an}^  bidder,  and  who 
shall  afterward  substitute  any  article  in  lieu  of  that  offered  to  and 
purchased  by  the  bidder,  shall  forfeit  his  license  and  be  liable  to  a 
fine  of  fifty  dollars. 

938.  Any  auctioneer  or  person  being  present  when  an}^  watch, 
plate  or  jewelry  is  offered  for  sale,  who  shall  knowingly,  with  in- 
tent to  induce  any  person  or  persons  to  purchase  the  same,  or  any 
part  thereof,  make  any  false  representation  or  statement  as  to  the 
ownership  of,  or  the  character  or  quality  of,  the  article  or  articles  so 
offered  for  sale,  or  as  to  the  poverty  or  circumstances  of  the  owner  or 
pretended  owner  of  such  article  or  articles,  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  fifty  dollars;  and  if  such  false  repre- 
sentation is  made  by  such  auctioneer,  or  by  any  other  person  with 
such  auctioneer's  knowledge  and  consent  or  connivance,  the  license 
of  such  auctioneer  shall  be  forfeited. 

939.  Every  auctioneer,  at  the  time  of  receiving  his  license,  shall 
file  with  the  city  clerk  a  writing,  signed  b}^  him,  designating  the  co  - 
partner  and  the  clerks  mentioned  in  section  929  of  this  article,  and 
upon  any  change  of  such  co-partner  or  clerks  shall  file  a  like  writing 


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2^0  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

setting  forth  such  change;  and  if  any  auctioneer  shall  permit  any 
other  person  than  such  co-partner  or  clerks  to  sell  any  article  at  auc- 
tion at  the  place  designated  in  such  license,  he  shall  forfeit  his  license, 
and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  fifty  dollars  for  each  oftense. 

940.  All  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  apply  to  such  co- 
partner and  clerks  while  acting  as  auctioneer,  and  such  co-partner 
and  clerks,  so  acting  as  auctioneer,  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  penalties 
hereby  imposed  upon  auctioneers  for  like  offenses  or  violation  of  this 
ordinance. 

941.  No  auctioneer,  his  co-partner  or  clerks,  shall  sell,  or  expose 
for  sale,  at  public  auction,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or  other 
personal  property,  to  any  person  or  persons,  who,  at  the  time  of  bid- 
ding for  the  same,  or  whilst  examining  the  same,  shall  be  on  the 
sidewalk  or  carriage-way  of  any  street  in  the  city. 

942.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  auctioneer  before  the  time 
limited  in  his  license  shall  have  expired,  his  co-partner  or  co-partners 
if  he  has  any,  or  his  personal  representative,  may  continue  to  act 
under  the  license  for  the  unexpired  time. 

943.  No  auctioneer  shall  sell,  or  ofier  for  sale,  at  public  auction, 
any  goods,  wares,  merchandise  or  other  personal  property,  in  any 
place,  house,  store  or  other  building,  other  than  in  the  place, 
house,  store  or  building  where  he  is  authorized  to  sell  by  his  said 
license,  without  a  special  permit  from  the  mayor. 

944.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  provision  or  provis- 
ions of  this  article,  where  no  other  penalty  is  imposed,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and 
every  oftense. 

Article   III. 
Barbed-  Wire  Fence. 

945.  No  fence  or  barrier  consisting  or  made  of  what  is  called 
"barbed  wire,"  or  of  which  barbed  wire  is  a  part,  shall  be  built, 
constructed  or  used  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  along  the  line  of  or 
in  or  upon  or  along  an}^  street,  alley  or  public  walk  or  drive;  or 
through,  along  or  around,  any  public  park;  or  in  and  about  or  along 
any  land  or  lots  or  parks  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city  of  Chicago. 

946.  \Vherever  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in,  along  or  through 
any  public  street,  alley  or  park,  barbed  wire  is  now  in  use  in  part  or 
in  whole  for  fence  or  barrier,  the  same  shall  be  removed;  and  an}^ 
party  or  parties  owning,  controlling  or  building  the  same  shall,  upon 
written  notice  from   the  department  of  public   works,  remove  such 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  247 

barbed  wire  within  thirty  days  from  the  service  of  such  notice  upon 
the  party  or  parties  so  building,  controlling  or  maintaining  such 
barbed-wire  fence  or  barrier,  and  upon  failure  of  such  party  or  par- 
ties to  comply  with  said  notice,  such  party  or  parties  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  hereafter  provided. 

947.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  article  shall  be  Hable  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  ten  or  more  than 
twentv-tive  dollars. 


Article    IV. 
Blasting: 

948.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  corporation 
or  corporations,  to  blast  rock  or  stone  within  the  corporate  hmits  of 
the  cit}'  of  Chicago,  except  as  herein  provided. 

949.  Any  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  de- 
siring to  prosecute  the  business  of  blasting  rock  or  stone  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city  may  apply  to  the  mayor  for  permission 
to  carry  on  said  business,  which  permission  shall  be  granted  upon 
compliance  b\'  said  person  or  persons  with  the  provisions  of  this  ar- 
ticle. 

950.  Such  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  shall 
execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  with  good  and  sufficient  sure- 
ties, to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  ten  thou- 
sand dollars,  conditioned  to  save  the  city  from  loss  from  any  damage 
which  may  accrue  to  any  person  by  reason  of  such  blasting  fo  rock 
or  stone;  and  further,  that  he,  it,  or  they  will  fully  and  in  all  things 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  article,  as  well  as  of  all  ordin- 
ances which  may  hereafter  be  passed  regulating  or  relating  to  said 
business. 

951.  In  all  cases  of  blasting  rock  or  stones  within  the  city  of 
Chicacro,  each  blast,  before  firinfj  it,  shall  be  securely  covered  with 
chain  aprons,  brush,  or  other  materials,  to  be  placed  over  and  around 
such  charge,  in  such  manner  that  all  danger  to  persons  and  property 
shall  be  absolutely  prevented. 

952.  Three  minutes'  notice  before  firing  the  blasts  shall  be 
given  b}'  displaying  a  red  flag  on  a  start',  not  less  than  ten  feet  high, 
set  in  a  conspicuous  place  within  twenty-five  feet  of  the  point  where 
the  charge  is  placed,  and  also  b}-  calling  out  the  words  "  a  blast," 
several  times  repeated,  and  loud  enough  to  be  distinctly  heard  at  a 
distance  of  two  hundred  feet  from  the  point  of  discharge. 


248  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

953.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  engage,  aid,  or  assist  in 
blasting  any  rock  or  stone  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city, 
without  having  first  given  the  security  and  gained  the  permission  as 
in  this  ordinance  provided,  or  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  article,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  for  each  ollense  be  fined 
in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  for  a  period  not  ex- 
ceeding three  months,  or  both,  as  may  be  adjudged. 

Article    V. 
Boats. 

954.  No  person  or  persons  shall  keep  or  let  for  hire,  any  sail  or 
row  boat  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  without  first  having 
obtained  a  license  therefor. 

955.  All  applications  for  licenses  shall  be  made  to  the  mayor, 
and  upon  the  pa^mient  of  ten  dollars  to  the  cit}'  collector,  a  license 
shall  be  issued  by  the  city  clerk;  and  the  mayor  may,  for  cause,  re- 
voke any  or  all  of  said  licenses. 

956.  All  licenses  so  granted,  shall  particularly  designate  the 
place  where  said  boats  shall  be  kept  for  hire,  which  place  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  mayor,  and  no  person  or  persons  shall  carry  on  said 
business  at  any  other  place  than  the  one  designated  in  such  license. 

957.  Every  sail  and  row  boat  kept  for  hire,  shall  have  the 
number  of  the  license  of  the  owner  thereof,  marked  on  the  outer 
side  of  such  boat,  in  plain,  legible  figures  of  not  less  than  two  inches 
in  length  and  one-quarter  inch  in  width. 

958.  No  person  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  with  or  without 
license,  shall  let  for  hire,  or  loan,  or  allow  any  minor  to  use  any  sail 
boat  or  row  boat  upon  Lake  Michigan,  without  the  written  consent 
of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  said  minor. 

959.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  an}-  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

Article  VI. 
Bonds. 

960.  By  the  indorsement  of  the  comptroller  upon  any  bonds  of 
the  city,  payable  to  bearer,  when  presented  for  that  purpose  by  the 
owner,  such  bond  shall  become  payable  only  to  the  party  named  in 
such  indorsement,  his  assignees  or  legal  representatives,  anything  on 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  249 

the  face  of  such  bond  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  The  affida- 
vit of  the  party  presenting  any  such  bond,  or  his  authorized  agent  or 
attorney,  that  he  is  the  owner  thereof,  shall  be  sufficient  evidence  to 
the  comptroller  of  su'ch  ownership. 

961.  The  indorsement  of  the  comptroller  may  be  in  the  follow- 
ing form:  '•  By  virtue  of  the  act  of  the  General  iVssembly  of  Illinois, 
the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  the  consent  of  (A.  B.),  the 
owner  of  this  bond,  this  bond  is  made  payable  only  to  said  (A.  B.), 
his  assignees  or  legal  representatives,  anything  on  the  face  thereof  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding.  (C.  D. ),  comptroller."  A  fee  of  fifty 
cents  for  each  indorsement  shall  be  paid  by  the  owner  of  the  bond 
into  the  city  treasury. 

962.  Coupons  mav  also  be  indorsed  by  the  comptroller  in  a 
shorter  form,  and  a  fee  of  ten  cents  charged  therefor. 

Article  VII. 
Bread. 

963.  All  bread  baked  and  offered  and  exposed  for  sale  in  the 
citv  of  Chicago,  shall  be  made  of  good  and  wholesome  flour  or  meal, 
and  sold  bv  avoirdupois  weight. 

964.  All  bread  shall  be  made  into  loaves  of  one  and  a  half,  two, 
two  and  a  half,  or  three  pounds,  avoirdupois  weight,  and  each  loaf 
shall  be  marked  with  the  numbers  indicating  the  weight  of  said  loaf, 
and  also  with  the  initial  letters  of  the  name  of  the  baker  thereof. 

965.  If  any  baker  or  other  person  shall  make  for  sale,  offer,  or 
procure  to  be  sold,  any  bread  of  any  other  than  wholesome  flour  or 
meal,  or  shall  sell,  or  expose  for  sale,  any  bread  contrary  to  the  pre- 
ceding section  of  this  article,  such  person  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  offense. 

966.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  carry  on  the 
trade  or  business  of  a  baker,  or  engage  in  making  bread  for  others, 
either  in  person  or  by  employing  any  other  person  to  carry  on  said 
trade  or  business  under  his  or  her  direction,  or  for  his  or  her  profit  or 
benefit,  within  this  citv,  without  having  first  obtained  from  the  mayor 
a  permit  for  that  purpose,  and  pa3'ing  a  fee  of  one  dollar  therefor, 
and  having  his,  her  or  their  name  or  names  and  place  of  business 
recorded  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose  in  the  city  clerk's  office, 
under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  otiense,  and  ten  dol- 
lars for  each  and  everv  dav  the  same  shall  be  continued. 

967.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  alderm m  of  the  city,  the  super- 
intendent of  police,  or  any  member  of  the  department  of  police  duly 


250  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

authorized  bv  the  superintendent,  to  enter,  in  the  day  time,  into  any 
house,  store,  shop,  bake-house,  warehouse,  or  other  building,  where 
any  bread  is  baked,  stored  or  deposited,  or  ottered  for  sale;  and  also, 
to  stop,  detain  and  examine,  any  person  or  persons,  wagon  or  other 
vehicle  carrying  bread,  and  to  search  for,  view,  try,  and  weigh,  all  or 
any  bread  that  shall  be  there  found;  and  if,  on  any  such  search, 
there  shall  be  found  any  bread  made  in  violation  of,  or  contrary  to, 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  any  of  the  persons  above  named 
may  seize  such  bread,  and  shall  immediately  enter  complaint  before 
some  justice  of  the  peace,  against  the  person  or  persons  guilty  of 
such  violation. 

968.  Whenever  any  bread  shall  have  been  seized  for  a  violation 
of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  the  same  shall  be  taken  im- 
mediately to  the  office  of  the  superintendent  of  police,  and  there  de- 
posited and  kept,  to  be  used  on  the  trial  of  the  person  or  persons 
against  whom  complaint  is  made ;  and  if  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  con- 
victed, such  bread  shall  be  retained  by  the  superintendent  until  the 
fine,  if  any  shall  have  been  imposed,  and  the  costs  of  suit,  shall  have 
been  satisfied:  Provided^  that  bread  made  of  unwholesome  materials 
shall  not  in  anv  case  be  returned  to  the  owner,  but  shall  be  de- 
stroyed. 

969.  Any  person  or  persons  to  whom  any  such  bread  shall 
have  been  returned  and  delivered  up,  or  any  other  person  who  shall 
again  offer  or  expose  the  same  for  sale,  shall  for  the  second  and 
every  subsequent  offense,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty 
dollars. 

970.  The  provisions  of  section  964  of  this  article  shall  not  apply 
to  biscuits,  buns,  rolls,  or  fancy  bread,  weighing  less  than  a  quarter 
of  a  pound. 

Article   VIII. 
Bridges. 

971.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  drive  or  attempt  to  drive 
anv  team,  wacfon,  drav  or  other  carriaofe,  on  or  across  the  draw  of 
any  bridge  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  while  the  same  is  opening  or 
shuttinof,  or  after  the  signal  is  ofiven  bv  the  bridfje-tender  for  the 
opening  thereof  and  before  the  opening  is  begun,  or  who  shall  dis- 
obey or  resist  the  tender  thereof  in  his  efforts  to  keep  and  promote 
order  and  equal  convenience  among  those  crossing  the  same,  shall, 
for  every  offense,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  ex- 
ceeding twenty-five  dollars. 

972.  No  person  shall  ride,  lead  or  drive  anv  wagon,  carriage, 
drav,  cart,  or  other  vehicle  or  conveyance,  nor  anv  horse,  mare,  ox, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  25 1 

or  Other  animal,  on  or  across  any  of  the  bridges  within  the  limits 
of  Chicago,  at  a  faster  gait  or  pace  than  a  common  walk;  and  any 
person  or  persons  who  shall  be  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  section, 
shall,  for  each  and  every  offense,  forfeit  and  pay  to  said  city  the  sum 
of  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

973.  No  person  or  pers.ons  shall  drive  or  assist  in  driving  on  or 
across  any  of  the  bridges  within  the  city,  to  exceed  eight  head  of 
cattle  or  horses,  at  any  one  time,  in  a  drove;  and  any  person  violat- 
ing the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each 
offense,  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  live  dollars. 

974.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  unnecessarily  or  wilfully 
remain  or  stop  with  any  team  or  teams,  horses,  oxen,  wagon, 
sleigh,  sled,  or  any  other  vehicle  whatever,  upon  any  of  the  bridges 
within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  in  and  upon  the  approaches  to  any 
such  bridge,  such  person  or  persons  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be 
fined  in  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

975.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  drivers  or  persons  in  charge  of 
anv  wagon,  dray,  carriage,  or  vehicle  of  any  kind,  to  keep  to  the 
right  when  crossing  the  bridges  upon  the  Chicago  river  and  its 
branches. 

976.  When  a  bridge  has  been  opened  and  closed,  the  teams  and 
vehicles  shall  cross  in  the  following  order,  to-wit:  Those  occupying 
the  street  upon  which  the  bridge  is  situated  shall  cross  first;  those 
occupying  the  cross  streets,  and  upon  the  right  hand  side  of  the 
bridge,  shall  cross  next,  and  those  occupying  the  cross  streets,  and 
upon  the  left  hand  side  of  the  bridge,  shall  cross  next. 

977.  No  person  shall  cross  or  attempt  to  cross,  or  break  into, 
the  line  of  teams  or  vehicles  while  crossing  or  attempting  to  cross 
any  bridge,  nor  shall  any  person  disobe}'  or  resist  any  ofiicer  in 
charge  of  any  bridge  or  crossing  within  said  city,  and  whoever 
shall  be  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this,  or  either  of 
the  two  foregoing  sections,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

978.  No  person  or  persons  shall  gather  in  assemblies  or  crowds 
on  any  of  the  bridges  of  this  city,  or  the  approaches  leading  to  the 
same,  so  as  to  obstruct  in  any  manner  the  passage  of  foot  passen- 
gers, teams,  carriages  or  persons  across  the  same,  or  be  and  remain 
upon  any  of  the  sidewalks  or  main  passages  of  any  of  the  bridges 
of  this  city,  nor  upon  the  railings  of  the  said  bridges,  longer  than 
will  be  necessary  to  pass  over  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of  five  dol- 
lars for  everv  such  offense. 


252  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

979.  No  band  of  musicians  shall  play,  or  beat  time,  or  keep 
step  with  each  other,  while  they  or  any  procession,  or  body  of  per- 
sons marching  with  them,  or  any  portion  thereof,  are  upon  or  cross- 
ing any  bridge  in  this  city,  under  a  penalty,  upon  the  leader  or  direc- 
tor of  such  band,  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars. 

980.  Whenever,  at  any  alarm  of  fire,  any  fire  engine,  hose  cart 
or  other  fire  apparatus  shall  approach  any  bridge,  for  the  purpose  of 
crossing  the  same  toward  such  fire,  the  bridge-tender  shall,  if  such 
bridge  is  open,  close  the  same  as  soon  as  practicable;  or  if  closed, 
artd  after  the  same  is  closed,  keep  it  closed,  until  such  engine,  hose 
cart  or  other  lire  apparatus  shall  have  had  an  opportunity  to  pass 
over  said  bridge,  notwithstanding  vessels  may  thereby  be  delayed, 
under  a  penalty  for  a  failure  to  comply  with  this  section  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

981.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  herebv  required  to 
provide  and  maintain  at  the  several  bridges  over  the  Chicago  river 
and  its  branches,  in  the  best  and  most  practicable  manner,  vessel 
signals  as  required  by  this  article. 

982.  Said  signals  shall  be  of  material  of  a  red  color  for  use  in 
the  day  time,  and  shall  be  of  such  size  and  so  placed,  when  elevated, 
that  they  ma}^  be  readily  seen  up  and  down  the  river.  The  signal  for 
the  night  time  shall  be  a  red  lantern  of  such  size  and  so  placed  and 
arranged,  when  elevated,  as  to  be  easily  seen  up  and  down  the  river 
and  the  street. 

983  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  owners,  officer  or 
officers,  or  other  person  or  persons  in  charge  of  any  vessel  or  vessels 
navigating  the  Chicago  river  or  its  branches,  or  any  part  thereof,  to 
attempt  to  pass  any  6f  the  bridges  over  the  said  river  or  its  branches 
while  said  signal  or  signals  are  up  or  elevated,  or  to  approach 
nearer  than  the  end  of  the  bridge  protection  to  any  of  said  bridges, 
at  such  times,  as  that  the  same  may  be  injured  or  damaged,  or 
while  the  said  bridges,  or  an}^  of  them,  may  be  opening  or  closing. 

984.  Between  the  hours  of  six  and  seven  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  half  past  live  and  half  past  six  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Sun- 
days excepted,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  open  anv  bridge  within  the 
city  of  Chicago. 

985.  During  the  hours  between  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning 
and  half  past  live  o'clock  in  the  evening,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to 
keep  open  an}-  bridge  within  the  city  of  Chicago  for  the  purpose 
of  permitting  vessels  or  other  craft  to  pass  through  the  same,  for 
a  longer   period  at  any  one   time  than  ten   minutes,  at   the  expira- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  253 

tion  of  which  period  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  bridge-tender  or 
other  person  in  charge  of  the  bridge  to  display-  the  proper  signal 
and  immediately  close  the  same,  and  keep  it  closed  for  fulh'  ten 
minutes  for  such  persons,  teams  or  vehicles  as  may  be  in  waiting  to 
pass  over,  if  so  much  time  shall  be  required;  when  the  said  bridge 
shall  again  be  opened  (if  necessary  for  vessels  to  pass)  for  a  like 
period,  and  so  on  alternately  (if  necessary)  during  the  hours  last 
aforesaid;  and  in  every  instance  where  any  such  bridge  shall  be 
opened  for  the  passage  of  any  vessel,  vessels,  or  other  craft,  and 
closed  before  the  expiration  of  ten  minutes  from  the  time  of  opening, 
said  bridge  shall  then,  in  every  such  case,  remain  closed  for  fullv  ten 
minutes,  if  necessary,  in  order  to  allow  all  persons,  teams,  and  ve- 
hicles in  waiting  to  pass  over  said  bridge. 

986.  Bridge  tenders  or  persons  in  charge  of  the  bridges  shall 
no'  close  the  same  against  vessels  seeking  to  pass  through  until  pas- 
sengers, teams  or  vehicles  have  been  delayed  fully  ten  minutes  by 
the  bridges  being  open. 

987.  Any  bridge-tender  or  other  person  or  persons  in  charge 
of  any  bridge  within  the  city,  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this 
articl.2  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of.  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars, and  on  conviction  shall  be  immediately  removed  from  otlice. 

988.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of 
this  article,  where  no  other  penalty  is  imposed,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  viola- 
tion. 

989.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  harbor-master,  so  far  as  in  his 
power,  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  article  are  fully  and  faithfully 
observed,  and,  when  necessary,  he  shall  call  on  the  superintendent  of 
police  for  aid  to  enable  him  to  do  so. 

Article  IX. 
Buildings. 

990.  No  building  or  structure  of  any  kind  or  description  shall 
be  erected  or  constructed  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  cit}',  ex- 
cept in  the  manner  and  as  hereinafter  provided  in  this  article. 

991.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  repair  any  frame  building  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  when  such  building  shall  have  been 
damaged  by  tire  or  decay  to  the  extent  of  tifty  per  cent,  of  the  value 
of  such  building. 

992.  Whenever  any  frame  building  shall  have  become  dam- 
aged by  fire  or  decay,  the  extent  of  w^hich,  in  the  judgment  of  the 


2  54  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

commissioner  of  buildings,  exceeds  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  such 
building,  if  the  owner  of  such  building  objects  to  the  conclusion  ar- 
rived at  by  said  commissioner,  he  or  they  may  tile  with  the  commis- 
sioner a  petition  asking  for  the  appointment  of  arbitrators  to  deter- 
mine the  question  of  damage;  or  if  the  commissioner  of  buildings 
should  conclude  that  the  damage  is  less  than  hfty  per  cent.,  then  and 
in  that  case  the  owners  of  adjacent  property  to  such  damaged  build- 
ing may  claim  an  arbitration  to  ascertain  the  damage  to  such  build- 
ing; in  either  case  the  party  asking  for  arbitration  shall  pay  twelve 
dollars  to  the  commissioner  on  filing  his  petition,  which  shall  be  in 
full  of  costs  of  such  arbitration.  The  arbitration  to  consist  of  three 
disinterested  persons,  one  to  be  chosen  by  the  commissioner,  and  one 
by  the  party  filing  the  petition,  and  the  two  thus  chosen  shall  select  a 
third,  and  the  decision  of  a  majority  of  the  persons  so  selected  shall 
be  final  and  conclusive. 

993.  Arbitrators  selected  to  ascertain  such  extent  of  damages, 
before  entering  upon  their  work,  shall  make  and  subscribe  an  oath 
before  any  otiicer  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  that  they  will 
make  a  thorough  examination  of  the  premises  damaged  as  aforesaid, 
and  make  a  just  and  true  report  as  to  the  amount  and  extent  of  such 
damage,  the  report  to  be  signed  in  duplicate,  the  original  to  be  handed 
to  the  commissioner  of  buildings,  tlie  duplicate  to  be  given  to  the 
owner  of  the  premises  in  question. 

994.  Whenever  such  building  shall  be  adjudged  by  such  arbi- 
trators to  have  been  damaged  by  fire,  or  decay,  to  the  extent  of  fifty 
per  cent,  of  its  value,  such  building  shall  be  condemned  by  the  com- 
missioner of  buildings,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful,  as  aforesaid,  to  repair 
the  same, 

995.  Whenever  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  shall  refuse  or 
neglect,  after  five  days'  notice,  to  petition  for  such  arbitrament,  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  the  commissioner  to  declare  such  premises,  as  set 
forth  in  such  notice,  as  having,  in  his  judgment,  been  damaged  by 
fire  or  decay  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  value. 

996.  The  roof  of  an}-  frame  building  (that  is  more  than  one 
stor}^  high)  that  is  damaged  by  fire  less  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  cost 
of  a  new  similar  roof,  may  be  reparied.  If  the  roof  is  damaged 
more  than  half  its  value,  the  entire  roof  shall  be  taken  oft",  and  a  new 
roof  put  on,  having  a  covering  of  incombustible  material;  in  no  case 
shall  the  highest  point  of  the  new  roof  exceed  the  highest  point  of 
the  old  roof;  but  if  a  flat  roof  is  substituted  for  a  pitched  roof,  the 
walls  of  the  building  may  be  extended  to  meet  the  requirements  of 
such  change  in  the  pitch  of  the  roof. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  255 

997.  Anv  similar  building,  having  a  pitched  roof  covered  with 
shingles,  or  other  combustible  material,  may  have  a  flat  roof  of  in- 
combustible materials  substituted  for  the  pitched  roof;  the  walls  of 
the  building  carried  up  to  meet  the  requirements  of  such  change  in 
the  pitch  of  roof:  Provided,  (//z^'ays,  that  the  highest  point  of  such 
flat  roof  shall  not  exceed  the  highest  point  of  the  roof  to  be  removed. 

998.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioner  of  build- 
ings, any  wall  or  other  part  of  a  burned  building  is  dangerous,  or 
when  anv  building  shall  be  deemed  unsafe  for  the  purpose  for  which 
it  is  used,  or  that  shall  be  in  danger  of  being  set  on  fire  from  any  de- 
fect in  its  construction,  the  commissioner  shall  notify  the  owner  or 
his  agent,  in  writing,  specifying  wherein  such  danger  consists  or 
wherein  such  building  is  unsafe  or  defective.  If  the  owner  neglects 
or  refuses,  for  the  space  of  five  days  after  the  serving  of  such  notice, 
to  proceed  to  put  such  building  in  a  safe  condition,  or  forthwith  to 
pull  down,  or  secure  such  wall  or  dangerous  parts  of  a  burned  building, 
he  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  such  violation  shall  continue 
after  five  days  from  the  serving  of  such  notice. 

999.  Sheds  not  exceeding  1 2  feet  in  height  from  the  ground  r.t 
the  highest  parts  thereof,  and  not  exceeding  256  feet  area,  and  privies 
not  exceedng  10  feet  square  or  12  feet  high,  may  be  constructed  of 
wood;  such  sheds  ancl  privies- shall  be  separate  structures;  such 
sheds  shall  not  be  located  on  the  front  part  of  any  lot,  nor  shall  they 
be  used  as  a  dwelling,  or  for  any  business  purpose  whatever,  nor 
shall  more  than  one  shed  be  erected  on  any  one  building  lot.  A 
room  may  be  partitioned  oft' in  such  shed  for  the  purpose  of  a  privy, 
but  for  no  other  purpose. 

1000.  Shelter  sheds  may  be  constructed  having  incombustible 
roofing  not  over  twenty  feet  high  from  the  ground  to  highest  point 
of  roof,  the  roof  to  be  supported  on  sufficient  posts  or  piers.  Such 
sheds  shall  have  no  enclosing  walls  or  wooden  floors. 

looi.  Buildings  not  exceeding  20  feet  in  height  from  top  of  sills 
to  highest  part  of  roof,  nor  1,000  superficial  feet  in  area,  may  have 
brick  walls  not  less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness,  erected  on  wooden 
sills,  the  sills  supported  on  vertical  posts,  or  piers,  sunk  four  feet 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  The  foundations  under  such  posts 
or  piers  shall  be  of  wood  or  stone,  covering  sufficient  area  to  sup- 
port the  weight  that  may  rest  upon  them  with  safety;  sills  to  be 
placed  within  one  foot  of  the  ground.  The  sills  and  space  from  sills 
to  the  ground  to  be  protected  by  fire-proof  material. 

1002.  x\ny  elevator  building  may  be  constructed  of  wood,  ex- 
ternally protected  by  an  envelope  of  incombustible   material.     The 


256  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

walls  of  the  first  story  shall  be  of  masonry  not  less  than  20  inches 
thick;  all  window  frames  and  sash  in  superstructure  shall  be  of  iron. 
The  openings  shall  have  protection  of  wire  grating,  No.  14  gauge, 
with  meshes  not  over  one-half  inch.  The  openings  in  the  body  of 
the  building  and  its  engine  house  shall  have  suitable  iron  shutters. 

1003.  All  other  buildings  hereafter  erected  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, shall  have  their  circumscribing  walls  of  brick,  stone  or  other 
incombustible  material,  with  proper  foundations  of  masonry.  If  tim- 
ber is  used  on  which  to  rest  the  foundations,  such  timber  shall  be 
sunk  below  sewer  drainage. 

1004.  Sills  and  lintels  for  doors  and  windows,  and  posts  for 
"■tore  fronts  of  buildings  not  more  than  thirty  feet  high,  shall  be  of 
iron  or  oak  timber.  For  buildings  more  than  thirty  feet  high,  such 
posts,  sills  and  lintels  shall  be  of  incombustible  material. 

1005.  All  business  buildings  not  exceeding  14  feet  high,  shall 
have  enclosing;  v/alls  not  less  than  12  inches  thick. 

1006.  All    two-story    business    buildings    shall  have  enclosing 
walls    12   inches  thick,  and  basement  walls  not  less  than  16  inches, 
thick. 

1007.  All  three-story  business  buildings  shall  have  enclosing 
walls  not  less  than  16  inches  for  basement  and  first  story,  and  12 
inches  for  second  and  third  stories. 

1008.  All  four-storv  business  buildings  that  are  more  than  100 
feet  deep  shall  have  the  enclosing  walls  (supporting  joists)  20  inches 
thick  for  basement  and  first  story;  16  inches  for  second  and  third 
stories,  and  12  inches  for  fourth  story.  If  less  than  100  feet  deep 
the  walls  of  basement  20  inches,  first  and  second  stories  16  inches, 
third  and  fourth  12  inches.  All  five-story  business  buildings  that 
are  more  than  100  feet  deep  shall  have  the  enclosing  and  division 
walls  (supporting  joists)  24  inches  thick  for  basement  story,  20  inches 
thick  for  first  and  second  stories,  and  16  inches  for  third,  fourth  and 
fifth  stories.  Similar  walls  for  five-story  buildings  ico  feet  or  less 
in  depth,  basement  wall  24  inches,  first  stor\'  20  inches,  second, 
third  and  fourth  16  inches,  and  fifth  story  12  inches  (except  that 
division  walls  may  be  20  inches  for  basement.)  Division  walls  in 
business  buildings  that  are  three  stories  high  shall  be  16  inches  in 
basement  and  12  inches  in  first,  second  and  third  stories. 

1009.  Front  and  rear  walls  for  five-story  business  buildings 
shall  be  20  inches  thick  for  basement  and  first  stor}-;  16  inches  for 
second  and  third  stories,  and  12  inches  for  fourth  and  fifth  stories. 
Similar  walls  for  four-storv  business  buildings  shall  be  20  inches  for 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  257 

basement,  i6  inches  for  first  and  second  stories,  and  12  inches  for 
third  and  fourth  stories:  Provided^  that  any  front  or  rear  wall  sup- 
porting beams  or  girders  shall  be  increased  eight  inches  in  thickness 
by  two  feet,  forming  buttresses  or  pilasters  directly  under  such  beams 
or  girders:  and  provided^  also,  that  all  12  inch  division  walls  in 
business  buildings  shall  have  ledges  formed  of  brick  work  projecting 
four  inches  from  face  of  wall  on  each  side  to  receive  the  bearing  of 
the  joists  and  rafters. 

I  GIG.  Walls  in  any  business  building  for  the  purpose  of  divid- 
ing the  interior  into  rooms,  passages  or  stairways,  shall  be  of  the 
thickness  required  for  rear  walls  of  the  same  height  as  the  required 
partition  walls. 

I  on.  The  height  of  stories  *for  all  given  thicknesses  of  walls  must 
not  exceed  11  feet  in  the  clear  for  basement,  18  feet  in  the  clear  for 
first  story,  15  feet  in  the  clear  for  second  stor}',  13  feet  in  the  clear 
for  third  stor}^,  12  feet  in  the  clear  for  fourth  story,  and  14  feet  in 
the  clear  average  height  of  upper  story;  if  any  story  exceeds  these 
heights  respectively,  the  walls  of  such  story  and  of  all  the  stories 
below  the  same  shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thickness  additional 
to  thicknesses  already  mentioned. 

1G12.  In  accordance  with  the  foregoing  provisions,  all  walls  for 
business  buildings  shall  be  of  the  thickness  designated  in  the  follow- 
ing table: 


17 


258 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


Enclosing  Walls. 

Base- 
ment. 

First 
Stoky. 

Second 
Stoky. 

Third 
Story. 

Fourth 
Story. 

Fifth 
Story. 

Sixth 
Story. 

Seventh 
Story. 

laches. 
12 
l(i 
10 
20 
21 
24 
24 
20 
24 
24 
24 

Inches. 

8 
12 
16 
20 
20 
20 
20 
16 
20 
20 
20 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

12 
12 
16 
20 
20 
20 
10 
16 
20 
20 

12 
16 
16 
20 
20 
12 
10 
16 
20 

12 
16 
16 
20 
12 
10 
10 
10 

16 
16 
16 

16 
16 

16 

12 
16 
16 

Six  less  than  100  feet 

12 
16 

12 

Division  Walls  in  Business 
Buildings. 

16 
20 
24 
24 
24 
20 
24 
24 

12 
16 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 

12 
16 

20 

20  • 

20 

16 

20 

20 

12 
12 
10 
20 
20 
16 
10 
20 

12 
16 
16 
20 
16 
16 
16 

16 
16 
10 
12 
16 
16 

16 
16 

16 

For  5-story,  less  than  100  feet 

For  6-story,  less  than  100  feet 

For  7-story,  less  than  100  feet 

12 
16 

12 

Front  and   Rear  Walls. 

20 
20 
24 
24 

16 

20 
20 
20 

16 
16 

20 
20 

12 
16 
16 

20 

12 
12 
16 
16 

12 
12 
16 

12 
12 

12 

Partition   Walls  in   Business 
Buildings. 

12 
16 
16 

20 
20 
24 
24 

8 
12 
12 
16 

20 
20 
20 

12 
12 
16 
10 

20 
20 

12 
12 
16 
16 
20 

12 
12 
16 
16 

12 
12 
16 

12 
12 

12 

1013.  Whenever  it  is  sought  to  increase  the  height  of  any  build- 
ing beyond  the  height  for  which  the  original  permit  was  granted,  the 
thickness  of  the  walls  thereof  shall  also  be  increased  in  accordance 
with  the  above  table. 

1 01 4.  The  outside  walls  of  rooms  having  trussed  roofs  or  ceilings, 
such  as  churches,  public  halls,  theatres,  dining  rooms  or  the  like,  if  more 
than  15  and  less  than  25  feet  high,  shall  average  at  least  16  inches; 
if  over  25  feet  high,  at  least  20  inches;  if  over  45  feet  high,  at  least 
24  inches  in  thickness.  An  increase  of  four  inches  in  thickness  shall 
be  made  in  all  cases  where  the  walls  are  over  100  feet  long,  unless 
there  are  cross  walls  of  equal  height. 

1 01 5.  If  solid  buttresses  are  employed,  with  a  sectional  area  of 
300  or  more  square  inches,  placed  less  than  18  feet  apart,  and  ex- 
tended to,  or  nearly  to,  top  of  walls,  four  inches  may  be  deducted 
from  the  thickness  of  any  wall  having  such  buttresses. 

1 016.  Cut  stone  facings  of  walls  shall  be  backed  up  with  brick 
work  of  same  thickness  required  where  no  cut  stone  is  used ;  in  cases 


THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  259 

where  the  cut  stone  is  in  great  measure  self-supporting,  four  inches 
less  thickness  of  brick  backing  may  be  used;  ashlar  fronts  properly 
bonded  to  the  brick  work  may  have  backing  same  as  self-supporting 
stone  fronts  or  wall. 

1 01 7.  Any  party  wall  now  existing  that  shall  have  been  built 
conformably  to  the  requirements  of  any  law  regulating  the  con- 
struction df  such  walls,  and  in  force  at  the  time  of  such  construction, 
if  sound  and  in  good  condition,  may  be  used  in  the  construction  of 
an  adjoining  building:  Provided^  however^  that  no  brick  work  shall 
be  placed  on  such  wall  to  give  additional  height  to  the  wall,  unless 
the  thickness  of  such  additional  wall  and  the  thickness  of  the  old 
wall  in  each  story  shall  at  least  equal  the  thickness  required  for 
division  walls  of  same  height  for  business  buildings  as  required  for 
division  walls.  This  section  shall  apply  in  all  cases  where  it  is  de- 
sired to  add  additional  height  to  any  business  building.  In  case  of 
outside  walls  of  any  business  building  being  built  against  the  wall 
of  any  old  building  (not  being  a  party  wall)  the  new  wall  shall  be 
of  the  same  thickness  as  required  for  outside  walls  in  such  building. 

1 018.  Domes  on  anv  business  buildinp;  shall  be  made  so  as  to 
entirely  exclude  wood  in  their  construction.  All  mansard  or  other 
roofs  having  a  greater  inclination  than  65  degrees,  shall  be  rendered 
hre-proof  by  coating  the  sheathing  at  least  one  inch  deep  with  a 
lirm  plaster  or  cement  immediately  under  the  incombustible  weather 
covering  of  such  roofs;  strips  one  inch  square  may  be  fastened  to  the 
sheathing  to  receive  the  fastenings  of  the  slate,  tile  or  metallic  roofing; 
the  cement  plastering  to  be  laid  flush  with  such  strips.  All  mansard 
or  other  roofs  in  business  buildings  shall  be  made  entirely  of  incom- 
bustible materials. 

1 01 9.  Slate  covering  of  roofs  having  less  inclination  than  65  de- 
grees, or  for  roofing  of  spires  or  similar  construction,  may  be  fixed 
directlv  to  wood  sheathing  or  lath:  Provided,  that  each  course  of 
slating  shall  be  pointed  with  cement  in  the  joints  so  far  as  such  joints 
are  to  be  covered  by  the  succeeding  course ;  also  that  a  bed  of  similar 
cement  shall  be  spread  on  the  sheathing  at  the  upper  end  of  the  slate, 
at  least  live  inches  in  width,  and  made  flush  with  the  course  of  slate 
already  laid,  and  forming  a  bed  for  the  succeding  course  of  slate. 
When  slates  are  secured  to  lath,  the  entire  under  side  of  such  slate 
rooting  shall  be  pointed  with  cement  mortar  in  usual  and  best  manner. 

1020.  Buildings  having  the  tirst  story,  or  basement  and  first 
story,  designed  for  business  purposes,  and  the  upper  stories  for 
dwellings,  the  first  floor,  being  not  more  than  30  inches  above  grade 
of  sidewalk,  shall  have  walls  of  brickwork  of  the  thickness  as  fol- 
lows, to  wit:    For  two  story  and  basement  buildings,  the  basement 


26o 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


and  first  stor}'  walls  1 2  inches ;  second  story,  8  inches ;  for  three  story 
and  basement  buildings,  basement  walls,  16  inches;  first  and  second 
stories,  12  inches;  third  story,  8  inches;  for  four  story  buildings,  the 
basement  wall  20  inches;  first  stoiy,  16  inches;  second,  third  and 
fourth  stories,  12  inches;  when  built  in  blocks  of  two  or  more  build- 
ings, the  division  walls  in  three  story  buildings  may  be  12  inches  in 
basement,  and  in  four  story  buildings  they  may  be  16  inches  in  base- 
ment. 

1 02 1.  Two  story  and  basement  walls  of  dwelling  houses  may 
be  constructed  of  brick  work,  the  basement  walls  not  less  than  12 
inches  thick;  walls  of  first  and  second  stories  not  less  than  8  inches 
thick;  and  all  such  dwellings  erected  in  blocks  of  two  or  more  build- 
ings, shall  have  division  walls  in  basement  12  inches  thick,  and  first 
and  second  stories,  8  inches  thick, 

1022.  Three  story  and  basement  dwelling  houses  shall  have 
walls  of  basement  not  less  than  16  inches  thick;  walls  of  first  and 
second  stories,  12  inches;  third  story,  8  inches.  Such  dwellin«gs 
erected  in  blocks  of  two  or  more  buildings  may  have  the  division 
walls  in  basement  and  first  stor}',  12  inches;  and  in  second  and  third 
story,  8  inches. 

1023.  All  dwelling  houses  of  more  than  three  stories  and  base- 
ment shall  be  constructed,  if  of  brick,  wath  outside  walls  for  base- 
ment and  first  story,  not  less  than  16  inches  thick;  walls  above  first 
story,  not  less  than  12  inches  thick;  division  walls  in  blocks  may  be 
12  inches  thick  in  first  story;  division  walls  in  any  building,  that 
are  less  than  16  inches  thick,  shall  have  ledges  on  each  side  project- 
ing four  inches  from  face  of  wall  to  receive  the  bearings  of  joists  or 
rafters. 

1024.  In  accordance  with  the  foregoing  provisions,  all  walls  for 
dwelling  houses  shall  be  of  the  thickness  designated  in  the  following 
table: 


Walls  of  Dwellings. 

B 

asement. 

1st    Story. 

2d  Story. 

3d  Story. 

4th  Story. 

12  inches 

16  inches 

12  inches 

16  inches 

12  inches 

16  inches 

8  inches 

12  inches 

8  inches 

16  inches 

12  inches 

12  inches 

.      8  inches 

. .  12  inches 

8  inches 

Basement  and  three  stories 

Div.  walls,  liase't  and  2 stories.... 

.  1  12  inches 

.  1     8  inches 

.    12  inches 

12  inches 

8  inches  

12  inches 

12  inches 

12  inches 

Div.  walls,  base'tandS  stories.... 
Div.  walls,  base't  and  4  stories.... 

When  first   story,  or  Basement 
and  first  story,  for  Shops  or 
Stores. 

1 

Two  stories  and  basement 

12 
16 
20 
12 
16 

inches 

inches 

inches 

inches 

inches 

12  inches 

12  inches 

16  inches 

12  inches 

10  inches 

Three  stories  and  basement 

!  12  inches 

12  inches 

12  inches 

12  inches 

Four  stories  and  basement 

12  inches 

12  inches 

Four  story  building  div.  wall.... 

12  inches 

12  inches 

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1025.  All  dwelling  houses,  including  those  having  first  story, 
used  for  business  purposes,  and  all  other  buildings  that  are  not  more 
than  two  stories  high,  having  flat  roofs,  shall  have  all  the  walls  (ex- 
cept front  walls j  extend  16  inches  above  the  roof,  and  not  less  than 
8  inches  thick,  to  have  proper  copings  of  incombustible  material: 
double  pitched  roofs  to  have  their  division  and  side  walls  carried  up, 
formin<r  fii'e  walls  in  same  manner:  walls  at  the  eaves  of  all  roofs 
(except  fiat  roofs)  shall  be  carried  up  their  full  thickness,  flush  with 
the  upper  edge  of  the  rafters  of  roof,  and  the  sheathing  board  shall 
be  bedded  in  mortar  on  such  walls. 

1026.  Business  buildings,  more  than  two  stories  high,  having 
flat  roof,  shall  have  their  side  and  rear  walls  carried  2  feet  above  the 
roof:  division  and  party  w^alls  3  feet  above,  forming  fire  walls,  not 
less  than  12  inches  thick;  to  have  copings  of  incombustible  materi- 
als ;  front  walls  mav  terminate  flush  with  the  upper  surface  of  sheath- 
ing of  roof.  Division  and  party  walls  to  extend  through  mansard  or 
other  steep  roofs,  not  less  than  i6  inches,  and  have  copings  same  as 
other  fire  walls. 

1027.  Anv  building  not  more  than  three  stories  high  may  have 
the  rear  wall  terminate  flush  with  the  upper  surface  of  the  sheathing 
of  roof:  Provided,  that  the  gutter  at  the  eave  of  such  roof  is  entirely 
of  m^tal  or  of  wood  enveloped  with  metal,  such  metallic  work  to  ex- 
tend across  and  cover  the  wall  and  be  properly  secured  to  sheathing 
of  roof. 

1028.  No  chimney  shall  be  built  with  less  than  4  inch  walls, 
and  no  chimney  top  shall  be  less  than  5  feet  above  the  roof  (for  flat 
roof  I.  and  2  feet  above  the  ridge  of  anv  pitched  roof:  ordinary  flues 
in  business  buildings  shall  have  4-inch  walls  and  8-inch  jambs ;  flues 
larger  than  250  square  inches  and  less  than  500  square  inches  shall 
be  surrounded  with  walls  not  less  than  8  inches  thick:  the  wall  of 
such  flue  above  the  inlet  funnel  shall  be  12  inches  thick  for  the  first  15 
feet  around  and  above  such  inlet;  tops  of  such  chimneys  to  be  at  least 
8  feet  above  the  roof,  or  five  feet  above  the  highest  part  of  roof 
within  50  feet  of  such  chimney.  Flues  with  more  than  500  and  less 
than  8oo  inches  area  shall  have  not  less  than  12-inch  walls  for  the 
first  '^6  feet,  and  16-inch  walls  opposite  the  inlet  and  10  feet  above 
the  same,  top  of  such  chimnev  10  feet  above  the  roof  or  7  feet  above 
the  highest  part  of  roof  within  50  feet  of  such  chimney.  Chimneys 
with  flues  more  than  800  and  less  than  1,800  square  inches  shall  have 
surrounding  walls  not  less  than  12  inches  thick  to  the  height  of  45 
feet,  and  shall  have  a  4-inch  lining  with  4-inch  air  space  opposite  the 
inlet  funnel,  the  lining  to  commence  4  feet  below  the  inlet  and  extend 
8  feet  above  the  same,  to  have  openings  from  flue  into  the  air  space 


262  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

at  top  and  bottom  of  the  lining  (flues  having  12-inch  walls,  to  the 
height  herein  mentioned,  may  be  continued  with  walls  not  less  than 
8  inches  thick);  chimney  tops  of  flues  having  800  to  1,800  inciies 
shall  be  built  12  feet  above  the  roof,  and  10  feet  above  any  roof 
within  a  radius  of  50  feet:  Provided^  that  all  chimneys  having  walls 
less  than  8  inches  thick  shall  be  plastered  on  the  brick  or  be  covered 
with  metalic  lath  or  wire  cloth,  before  plastering. 

1029.  The  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section  as  to  thickness  of 
walls  pertaining  to  chimneys,  shall  be  applicable  only  to  such  chim- 
neys as  are  part  of,  or  situated  in  any  building.  Flues  in  party 
walls  shall  not  extend  beyond  the  center  of  the  wall.  Joint  flues  in 
party  walls  shall  be  separated  by  a  4-inch  "  with  "  of  brick  work 
their  entire  height. 

1030.  All  chimneys,  with  flues  larger  than  1,800  square  inches, 
shall  be  disconnected  from  any  main  building,  and  shall  be  at  least 
10  feet  above  the  highest  building  within  a  radius  of  60  feet,  and  in 
no  case  less  than  80  feet  high. 

103 1.  Proper  foundations  of  masonry  shall  be  prepared  for  the 
support  of  buildings.  Business  buildings,  fronting  on  streets  having 
sewers,  shall  have  their  foundations  sunk  at  least  12  inches  below 
the  drainage,  and  no  foundation  shall  be  less  than  4  feet  below^  the 
exposed  surface  of  the  ground,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  foundation 
rest  on  any  filling  or  made  ground.  The  breadths  of  the  founda- 
tions of  the  several  parts  of  any  building  shall  be  proportioned  so 
that,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  pressure  shall  be  equal  on  each 
square  foot  of  the  fovmdation.  Water  lime  cement  mortar  shall  be 
used  in  the  masonry  of  all  foundations  exposed  to  dampness. 

1032.  In  brick  w^alls  every  7th  course  shall  be  headers.  All  fire 
flues  shall  be  smoothly  plastered  or  have  struck  joints.  Walls  shall 
be  securely  anchored  to  the  timbers  and  joists  resting  upon  them. 

1033.  Hollow^  walls,  not  bearing  walls,  may  be  used  in  all  cases; 
but  all  hollow  walls  shall  be  bonded  or  tied  together  with  incom- 
bustible anchors,  placed  not  more  than  three  feet  apart.  If  used  as 
bearing  walls,  the  thickness  shall  be  reckoned  by  their  solid  parts, 
unless  either  part  is  at  least  eight  inches  thick  and  solid  connections 
are  made  in  upright  directions  not  less'  than  12  inches  wide  nor  more 
than  8  feet  apart  from  centers.  In  such  case  two-thirds  of  the  hol- 
low space  shall  be  counted  with  the  solid  parts :  Provided^  that  in  no 
case  shall  the  ends  of  the  joists  or  other  wood  work  be  allowed  to 
come  within  four  inches  of  the  hollow  space. 

1034.  The  backing  of  any  iron  front  that  is  not  wholly  self- 
supporting  shall  be  treated  as  an  independent  wall.     If  the  iron  wall 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  263 

is  self-supporting,  then  the  party  wall  shall  be  extended  to  meet  the 
outer  thickness  of  iron,  and  all  vacancies  shall  be  filled  with  grout  to 
insure  a  complete  separation  of  adjoining  buildings. 

1035.  In  the  construction  of  any  building,  no  wall  shall  be  car- 
ried to  a  greater  height  than  two  stories  above  any  other  wall. 

1036.  The  weather  covering  of  all  roofs,  except  of  cottage 
dwelling  houses  not  over  16  feet  high'above  grade  of  sidewalk,  shall 
be  made  of  incombustible  materials.  Composition  roofs  shall  be 
made  of  not  less  than  three-ply  No.  2  felting,  which  shall  be  well 
cemented  together,  and  be  covered  with  distilled  composition  and 
clean  screened  lake  gravel  well  bedded;  such  roofs  on  all  buildings 
that  are  more  than  two  stories  high,  shall  have  four-plv  felting,  to  be 
swept  off  and  have  a  second  coating  of  distilled  composition  and  simi- 
lar gravel.  The  pitch  of  composition  roofs  shall  not  exceed  two 
inches  to  the  foot. 

1037.  No  uncovered  tar,  composition,  resin,  felt,  or  wood  work 
shall  in  any  way  be  exposed  on  any  roof  or  its  appendages. 

1038.  Appendages  to  any  business  building  above  the  first 
story,  and  above  30  feet  from  grade  of  sidewalk  on  any  other  build- 
ing, if  not  wholly  of  incombustible  material,  shall  be  enveloped  with 
metal;  dormer  windows,  cornices,  mouldings,  balconies,  bay  win- 
dows, towers,  spires,  ventilators,  etc.,  shall  be  considered  as  appen- 
dages. 

1039.  ^^^  sky-lights,  exceeding  50  superficial  feet,  shall  have 
frame  of  sash  constructed  entirely  of  iron.  Glass  in  all  sky-lights, 
if  not  "  prismatic  lights,"  shall  be  protected  by  screens  made  of 
No.  10  (or  heavier)  wire,  with  meshes  not  exceeding  i^  inches,  such 
screen  to  be  secured  to  the  sash  and  kept  at  least  4  inches  above 
the  (jlass. 

1D40.  All  buildings  hereafter  erected  shall  be  kept  provided 
with  proper  metallic  leaders  for  conducting  the  water  from  the  roof 
to  the  ground  sewer  or  street  gutter,  in  such  manner  as  shall  pro- 
tect the  walls  and  foundations  from  damage;  and  in  no  case  shall 
the  water  from  such  leaders,  or  otherwise,  be  allowed  to  flow  upon 
the  sidewalks,  but  shall  be  conducted  by  drain  pipe  to  the  street 
gutter  or  sewer. 

1 04 1.  '  All  cornices,  gutters,  eaves  and  parapets  (above  first 
story  of  business  buildings,  and  above  30  feet  from  grade  of  side- 
walk on  all  other  buildings,)  shall  be  made  of  incombustible  material. 
All  metal  cornices  shall  be  riveted  together  with  rivets  not  more  than 
two  inches  apart,  and  shall  be  supported  by  iron  brackets  of  ^  x  i4 


264  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

(or  heavier)  iron,  placed  not  more  than  four  feet  apart,  and  firmly 
secured  to  the  wall.  The  roof  or  covering  of  all  cornices  may  be 
sheathed  with  wood,  provided  such  sheathing  shall  be  entirely  cov- 
ered with  metal,  or  where  composition  roof  is  used,  it  may  extend 
within  six  inches  of  front  edge  of  cornice,  which  space  of  six  inches 
shall  be  of  metal.  Cornices  constructed  of  stone  shall  not  extend 
more  than  36  inches  beyond  the  face  of  wall,  and  their  preponder- 
ating weight  shall  be  upon  the  wall. 

1042.  All  roofs  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  be  reached  by 
scuttle,  or  by  iron  steps  fastened  to  the  outside  of  the  outer  wall; 
if  by  scuttle,  the  same  shall  be  at  least  20  x  30  inches,  the  frame  and 
lid  covered  with  metal,  and  shall  have  a  stationary  ladder  commu- 
nicating with  such  scuttle. 

1043.  All  business  buildings  being  more  than  56  feet  high, 
covering  an  area  of  more  than  5,000  superficial  feet;  also,  all  build- 
ings exceeding  80  feet  in  height,  shall  have  a  2^  inch  (or  larger) 
metallic  stand  pipe  within  or  near  the  front  wall,  extending  above 
the  roof,  and  arranged  so  that  engine  hose  can  be  attached  from  the 
street.  All  hose  couplings  shall  conform  to  the  size  and  pattern 
adopted  by  the  fire  department. 

1044.  All  buildings  having  an  area  exceeding  10,000 
superficial  feet,  and  more  than  40  feet  high;  also,  all  buildings  hav- 
ing an  area  exceeding  6,000.  superficial  feet,  and  being  more  than  56 
feet  high,  shall  have  all  their  floors  deadened  with  mortar  or  its 
equivalent,  spread  at  least  one  inch  thick. 

1045.  All  signs  placed  on  any  building  above  the  sills  of  the 
third  story  windows,  shall  be  made  of  incombustible  materials.  No 
wo.oden  sio-ns  shall  be  more  than  two  feet  in   width. 

1046.  .  Frame  buildings  having  a  rear  addition  which  is  lower 
than  the  main  building,  may  be  changed  by  raising  the  addition  to 
the  same  height  as  the  main  building,  provided  the  dimensions  or 
area  of  the  building,  on  its  ground  plan,  shall  not  be  enlarged,  per- 
mission being  first  obtained  from  the  superintendent  of  buildings. 

1047.  Piazzas,  or  open  porches,  shall  not  be  enclosed  except  to 
form  vestibules  to  entrance  doors,  or  to  protect  stairways. 

1048.  All  floor  beams,  joists  and  headers  shall  be  kept  at  least 
two  inches  clear  of  any  wall  enclosing  a  fire  flue  or  chimney  breast, 
and  the  space  left  between  the  framing  and  such  flue  shall  be  filled 
solid  with  gauged  mortar,  to  be  a  heavy  coat  of  plastering  put  on 
the  w^alls  of  such  flues  before  any  other  wood  w^ork  shall  be  placed 
against  it. 


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1049.  All  hearths,  for  ordinary'  hre-places,  shall  rest  on  trim- 
mer arches,  the  header  kept  at  least  18  inches  from  face  of  chim- 
ney breast.  The  backs  of  all  tire  places  shall  be  not  less  than  8 
inches  thick,  all  stove-pipe  holes  to  have  proper  thimbles  and  stop- 
pers. 

1050.  Ends  of  joists  or  beams  entering  a  brick  wall  shall  be 
cut  so  as  not  to  disturb  the  brick  work  by  an}-  deflection  or  break- 
ing of  the  joists  or  beams.  All  such  joists  or  timbers  entering  a 
party  or  division  wall  from  opposite  sides  shall  have  at  least  4 
inches  of  solid  brick  work  between  the  ends  of  such  timbers  or 
joists.  All  buildings  for  residence  and  business  purposes  shall  have 
the  brick  project  not  less  than  i^  inches  inside  of  the  face  of  the 
wall,  between  the  joists  of  each  floor  and  ceiling  joists. 

1 05 1.  Joists  and  girders  in  any  building  shall  be  of  proper 
dimensions  to  sustain  the  load  designed  to  be  placed  upon  them; 
girders  may  rest  upon  piers  of  brick  or  stone,  or  upon  columns  of 
wood  or  iron  of  proper  dimensions.  All  floor  joists  shall  be  prop- 
erly bridged  with  cross-bridging.  All  headers  in  floor  framing  of 
business  buildings  that  are  placed  at  a  greater  distance  than  two 
feet  from  the  end  of  a  trimmer  shall  be  fixed  in  proper  iron  stirrups. 
Wooden  ceilings  in  shops,  stores    and   store  houses  are  prohibited. 

1052.  Plank  or  board  partitions  in  any  one  story  shall  not 
aggregate  more  than  350  superficial  feet.  Partitions,  in  hotel  build- 
ings and  tenement  houses,  made  of  scantling  to  be  lathed  and  plas- 
tered, shall  be  filled  in  with  brick  work,  8  inches  high,  in  best  man- 
ner. Scantling  partitions  shall  not  be  employed  as  supports  of  any 
floor  or  roof  (except  dwelling  house). 

1053.  Stairways  shall  not  be  enclosed  with  partitions  made  of 
plank,  boards,  flooring  or  scantling,  unless  plastered  on  both  sides. 

1054.  In  all  factories,  mills  or  warehouses  more  than  three 
stories  high  and  covering  an  area  of  more  than  3,000  superficial 
feet,  all  stairway  partitions  shall  be  constructed  of  incombustible 
materials. 

1055.  Hoist  way  openings  shall  have  trap-doors  (covered  with 
metal  on  the  under  side)  on  all  floors  except  where  elevators  are 
used,  with  sufficient  guards  for  protection  during  the  hours  of  busi- 
ness, and  said  doors  shall  be  kept  closed  at  all  other  times. 

1056.  Hoistways  in  which  an  elevator  shall  be  used  shall  have 
a  firt-p.-oof  shaft  started  at  the  lowest  point  reached  by  such  ele- 
vator, and  from  such  point,  extended  up  through  and  six  feet  above 
the  roof. 


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1057.  Doors  in  such  shaft  shall 'be  made  of  metal,  and  the 
catches  or  fastenings  upon  such  doors  shall  be  so  placed  that  they 
can  be  opened  only  from  the  inside  of  the  shaft,  and  entirely  under 
control  of  the  elevator  operator. 

1058.  All  openings  not  having  doors  shall  have  metallic  frames 
filled  with  prismatic  lights  in  iron  frame.    • 

1059.  Open  passenger  elevators  within  the  well-hole  of  an  open 
stairwav  are  not  prohibited. 

1060.  In  case  of  automatic  trap-doors  being  used  at  each  floor 
through  which  an  elevator  passes,  which  doors  (being  lined  with 
metal  on  the  under  side)  shall  close  immediately  after  the  passage 
of  the  cab  or  platform  of  the  elevator  through  any  floor,  the  open- 
ing and  closing  of  the  doors  being  operated  by  the  passage  of  the 
cab  or  platform,  such  elevators  may  dispense  with  any  shaft  what- 
ever. 

1 06 1.  Any  scantling  partition  shall  be  regarded  as  incombus- 
tible when  plastered  on  both  sides  upon  iron  laths,  tile  or  wire  cloth, 
and  filled  in  with  brick  work  at  least  eight  inches  high  from  the  floor. 

1062.  All  stores,  storehouses,  mills  and  manufactories  that 
may  hereafter  be  erected  in  Chicago,  which  are  more  than  two 
stories  high,  shall  have  doors,  blinds,  or  shutters,  made  of  fire-proof 
metal,  on  every  window  and  entrance  where  the  same  do  not  open 
on  a  street,  or  are  within  50  feet  of  any  opposite  building.  When 
in  any  such  buildings  the  shutters,  blinds,  or  doors,  cannot  be  put  on 
the  outside,  thev  shall  be  put  on  the  inside  and  hung  upon  iron  eyes 
or  frames  independent  of  any  wood  work;  shutters  above  the  first 
story  to  be  arranged  so  that  they  can  be  opened  from  the  outside. 
Prismatic  lights  in  iron  frames  shall  be  regarded  as  an  equivalent 
to  iron  shutters. 

1063.  All  buildings,  except  such  as  are  used  for  private  resi- 
dences exclusively,  in  said  city  of  Chicago,  of  four  or  more  stories 
in  height,  shall  be  provided  with  one  or  more  metallic  ladders,  or 
metallic  fire  escapes,  extending  from  the  first  story  to  the  upper  stories 
of  such  building-,  and  above  the  roof  and  on  the  outer  walls  .thereof,  in 
such  location  and  numbers,  and  of  such  material  and  construction  as 
the  mayor,  fire  marshal,  commissioner  of  buildings,  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  fire  and  water,  and  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
public  buildings  of  the  city  council,  or  a  majority  of  them,  may 
from  time  to  time  determine.  After  such  determination  shall  have 
been  made  as  aforesaid,  the  commissioner  of  buildings  of  said  city 
may  at  any  time,  by  a  notice  in  writing  served  upon  the  owner, 
lessee    or    occupant   of    any  such    building  by    leaving    with   such 


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owner,  lessee  or  occupant,  or  at  his  or  their  residence  or  place  of 
business,  a  copy  of  such  notice,  require  such  owner,  lessee  or  occu- 
pant, or  either  of  them,  to  cause  such  metallic  ladder  or  fire  escape 
to  be  placed  upon  such  building  within  thirty  days  after  the  service 
of  such  notice:  Provided^  /loivevcr,  that  all  buildings  more  than 
two  stories  in  height,  used  for  manufacturing  purposes,  shall  have 
one  metallic  ladder  for  every  twenty-five  persons,  or  less,  employed 
above  the  second  story. 

1064.  In  case  such  owner,  lessee  or  occupant,  or  either  of 
them,  so  served  with  notice  as  aforesaid,  shall  not,  within  thirty  days 
after  the  service  of  such  notice  upon  him  or  them,  place,  or  cause 
to  be  placed,  such  metallic  ladder  or  fire  escape  upon  such  building, 
as  required  b}^  this  article  and  the  terms  of  such  notice,  he  or 
they  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  or  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars,  and  to  a  further  fine  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  week 
of  such  neglect  to  comply  with  such  notice  after  the  service  of  the 
same. 

1065.  The  face  of  wall,  pilaster  or  column,  of  an^-  building 
above  the  level  of  its  main  water-table,  unless  such  column  or  pilaster 
is  merely  part  of  any  portico  or  window,  or  window  dressing,  shall 
not  project  beyond  the  building  line. 

1066.  Porticos  to  any  building  extending  through  one  or  two 
stories  may  have  their  plinths  extend  4  feet  over  the  building  line, 
but  bay  or  oriel  windows  to  dwelling  houses  shall  have  the  body  of 
such  window  not  more  than  3  feet  over  the  building  line,  and  no 
part  of  such  window  shall  be  at  a  less  distance  than  8i  feet  above 
grade  of  sidewalk:  brackets  projecting  not  more  than  14  inches  to 
be  kept  5  feet  above  the  sidewalk. 

1067.  Smoke  houses  shall  be  constructed  throughout  of  incom- 
bustible material,  with  ventilators  at  or  near  the  top,  and  guards 
not  less  than  4  feet  above  the  fire  beds,  sufficient  to  prevent  the  meats 
from  falling  into  the  fire.  If  they  open  into  other  buildings,  such 
openings  shall  be  protected  by  iron  doors  or  shutters  properly  and 
thorouijhlv  constructed. 

1068.  Buildings  designed  for  the  storage  of  petroleum,  or  articles 
of  like  nature,  shall  be  constructed  as  follows,  to  wit:  Their  walls 
shall  not  be  less  than  16  inches  thick,  nor  more  than  16  feet  high; 
their  floors  shall  be  made  of  fire  proof  paving  or  concrete,  upon  the 
ground,  which  shall  be  at  least  2  feet  below  the  street  grade;  their 
roofs  shall  be  of  metal,  or  in  best  manner  of  composition  roof,  to 
have  fire  walls  18  inches  high  all  round,  not  less  than  8  inches  thick, 
and  have  copings  of  incombustible  material. 


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1069.  The  egress,  openings  and  stairways  of  theatres  or  other 
rooms  wherein  crowds  of  people  occasionally  assemble,  or  wherein 
large  numbers  of  employes  are  kept  at  work,  shall  in  no  case  be 
less  than  live  feet  wide,  nor  aggregate  a  less  proportion  than  eigh- 
teen inches  for  each  one  hundred  persons  such  theatre  or  other  room 
may  contain  or  accommodate.  This  provision  to  apply  to  the  doors  of 
each  galler}^  or  compartment  of  such  building,  as  well  as  to  the  ex- 
terior openings.  All  doors  of  such  buildings  or  rooms  shall  be  made 
to  swino;;  outward. 

1070.  All  buildings  over  two  stories  high,  used  for  the  manu- 
facture of  combustible  articles  or  materials,  wherein  more  than  two 
hundred  employes  are  kept  at  a  time,  must  have  at  least  two  egress 
stairways  which  are  at  least  50  feet  from  each  other. 

1 07 1.  No  building  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall 
be  used  or  occupied,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  of  the  trades  or 
occupations  hereinafter  mentioned,  to  wit:  planing  mills,  sash,  door 
and  lalind  factories,  carpenter  or  cooper  shops,  wagon  or  carriage 
manufactories,  cabinet  and  furniture  factories,  wood-turning  and  ve- 
neering works,  agricultural  implement  manufactories,  box  or  shingle 
factories,  or  any  other  wood-working  factory  or  shop,  unless  such 
building  so  occupied  shall  have  in  connection  with  it  a  brick  or  lire- 
proof  vault  of  sufficient  capacity  to  contain  all  shavings,  sawdust, 
chips,  or  other  light  combustible  refuse  connected  therewith,  and  all 
such  shavings  and  other  light  combustible  refuse  shall  be  removed 
daily  from  such  premises  to  such  vault.  In  no  event  shall  proprie- 
tors, owners  or  lessees  of  such  manufactories  allow  combustible 
refuse  to  accumulate  upon  any  lot,  or  in  any  building,  unless  stored 
in  a  tire-proof  vault. 

1072.  No  person  shall  hereafter,  either  as  owner,  lessee  or 
agent,  use  or  occupy,  or  permit  the  use  and  occupation  of  any  store, 
factory,  workshop  or  other  structure,  where  any  person  or  persons 
shall  be  employed  as  workmen  or  workwomen,  for  wages,  in  any 
trade  or  occupation,  unless  every  such  store,  factory,  workshop  or 
other  structure  shall  be  provided  with  sufficient  doors  and  stairways 
for  the  escape  of  the  employes  in  event  of  tire  or  other  accident  hap- 
pening, under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-live  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense,  and  the  further  penalty  of  lif ty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  day  such  owner,  lessee  or  agent  shall,  after  the  lirst  conviction, 
neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  provision  of  this  section. 

1073.  Every  store,  building,  factory  or  other  structure,  wherein 
any  person  or  persons  shall  be  employed,  above  the  lirst  story  thereof, 
in  any  trade  or  occupation,  as  workmen  or  workwomen   for  wages, 


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shall  contain  and  be  provided  with  a  good  and  sufficient  tire-proof 
stairway  for  each  twenty-five  feet  of  frontage  of  every  such  store, 
building,  factory  or  other  structure. 

1074.  ^"  every  factorv,  workshop  or  other  place  or  structure 
where  machinery  is  emploved,  the  belting,  shafting,  gearing,  eleva- 
tors and  every  other  thing,  when  so  located  as  to  endanger  the  lives 
and  limbs  of  those  emploved  therein  while  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties,  shall  be,  as  far  as  practicable,  so  covered  or  guarded  as  to 
insure  against  any  injury  to  such  employes. 

1075.  Every  vat,  pan,  or  other  structure  with  molten  metals  or 
hot  liquid,  shall  be  surrounded  with  proper  safeguards  for  prevent- 
ing accidents  or  injurv  to  those  employed  at  or  near  them. 

1076.  The  walls  and  roofs,  doors  and  windows,  shall  be  kept  in 
good  repair,  so  as  to  keep  out  rain,  w'ind  and  snow. 

1077.  Any  person  or  persons  neglecting  or  refusing  to  comply 
with  any  of  the  requirements  contained  in  the  last  four  preceding  sec- 
tions, after  notice  so  to  do  from  the  commissioner  of  buildings,  shall 
be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  such 
neglect  or  refusal,  and  the  further  penaltv  of  twent\^-five  dollars  for 
each  and  everv  dav  such  neglect  or  refusal  shall  continue. 

1078.  Hot  air,  hot  water,  steam  or  other  furnace,  whether  brick 
or  metal,  shall  be  kept  at  least  ten  inches,  and  the  smoke  flue  at  least 
twenty  inches,  oft'  from  anv  unprotected  woodwork.  All  furnaces 
shall  be  placed  on  foundations  of  brick  or  stone,  with  proper  hearths, 
of  incombustible  material,  at  least  twenty-four  inches  wide  in  front  of 
the  ash  pit.  All  hot  air  conductors  that  are  placed  within  ten  inches 
of  any  woodwork  shall  be  made  double,  one  within  another,  with  at 
least  one-half  inch  space  between  the  two.  All  hot  air  registers 
shall  be  set  in  incombustible  borders  not  less  than  two  inches  in 
width;  all  such  borders  shall  be  firmlv  set  in  plaster  of  paris;  open- 
ings in  floors  for  recristers  shall  be  lined  with  brig'ht  tin  to  receive  the 
register  boxes,  the  lining  to  be  kept  at  least  one  inch  distant  from 
such  register  box.  I.  C.  or  I.  X.  bright  tin  shall  be  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  all  hot  air  flues  and  their  appendages. 

1079.  Floors  under  all  stoves  shall  be  protected  by  a  covering 
of  incombustible  material.  Stoves  shall  be  kept  at  least  twenty 
inches,  and  their  smoke  pipes  twelve  inches  from  any  unprotected 
wood  work.  • 

1080.  The  wood  work  of  all  boiler  houses  and  boiler  rooms 
shall  be  kept  at  least  six  feet  from  the  boiler,  and  four  feet  from  the 
breeching  or  smoke  conductor,  and  one  foot  from  the  dome   of  the 


270  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

boiler,  unless  such  wood  work  is  properly  protected  with  incombus- 
tible material,  and  then  there  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  space  from  the 
boiler  or  smoke  pipe  and  the  protection. 

1 08 1.  The  floors  of  all  rooms  when  containing  stationar\-  boil- 
ers, shall  be  made  of  incombustible  materials,  five  feet  on  all  sides  and 
at  least  eight  feet  in  front  of  any  boiler. 

1082.  When  portable  boilers  are  used  on  wood  floors  of  any 
building,  such  wood  shall  have  a  close  protection  of  incombustible 
material,  not  less  than  six  inches  thick,  covering  all  the  space  under 
the  boiler  and  projecting  not  less  than  two  feet  on  the  sides  and  rear, 
and  six  feet  in  front,  with  an  air  chamber  of  not  less  than  two  inches 
formed  in  such  protections.  Hollow  tiles,  properlv  laid  may  be  used 
for  such  protection. 

1083.  No  brick  oven,  coffee  roaster,  or  any  other  brick  struc- 
ture to  contain  fire  shall  be  permitted  on  a  wood  floor  of  any  building. 

1084.  No  wood  fence  shall  be  constructed  that  exceeds  eight 
feet  in  height  above  sidewalk  grade,  or  above  surface  of  the  ground 
where  no  grade  is  estabhshed. 

1085.  Cupolas  of  foundries  shall  in  all  cases  extend  at  least  four 
feet  above  highest  point  of  roof  within  a  radius  of  forty  feet  of  each 
cupola. 

1086.  No  unprotected  heater  or  movable  light  shall  be  kept 
within  any  room  or  building  wherein  hay  or  straw,  or  anv  highly 
inflammable  articles  are  kept  or  stored;  the  least  protection  in  such 
cases  shall  be  a  permanent  surrounding  wire  screen  with  meshes  less 
than  one  quarter  of  an  inch. 

1087.  Steam  pipes  shall  be  kept  at  least  two  inches  from  all 
wood  work,  otherwise  they  shall  be  protected  by  a  soapstone,  or 
earthen  ring  or  tube,  or  rest  on  iron  supports. 

1088.  No  pipes  shall  be  let  into  the  joists  or  beams  of  anv  floor 
to  a  greater  depth  than  two  inches,  and  not  more  than  three  feet 
from  the  ends  of  the  joists  or  beams. 

1089.  Wooden  flag  poles  are  permitted  to  be  erected  on  any 
building,  but  their  braces  and  other  parts,  if  anv  such  be  put  on, 
shall  be  of  iron. 

1090.  Where  awnings  are  attached  to  buildings,  the  frame  work 
shall  be  of  metal. 

1 09 1.  Walls  of  any  building  shall  be  securely  braced  during  the 
process  of  erection. 


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1092.  The  term  "  business  building  "  shall  embrace  all  buildings 
used  principally  for  business  purposes,  thus  including,  among  others, 
hotels,  theatres,  and  otiice  buildings. 

1093.  The  terms  wholesale  store,"  or  "storehouse,"  shall 
embrace  all  buildings  used  (or  intended  to  be  used)  exclusively  for 
purposes  of  mercantile  business  or  storage  of  goods. 

1094.  "^  basement  storv  of  any  building  is  defined  as  a  story 
whose  floor  is  twelve  inches  or  more  below  the  sidewalk,  and  whose 
height  does  not  exceed  twelve  feet  in  the  clear;  all  such  stories  that 
exceed  twelve  feet  high  shall   be  considered   as  first  stories. 

1095.  The  heights  of  all  buildings  for  the  purposes  of  this  article 
shall  be  taken  from  the  grade  of  sidewalk  to  a  point  half  way  from 
the  lowest  to  the  highest  point  of  roof. 

1096.  Any  chimnev  not  forming  a  part  of  a  wall  shall  rest  upon 
the  ground,  with  proper  foundation,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  chim- 
ney rest  on  or  be  supported  by  frame  work,  beams  or  posts  of  wood 
work  of  any  description. 

1097.  All  doors  in  shafts  of  elevators  shall  have  latches  so  con- 
trived that  a  kev  shall  be  used  to  unlatch  the  doors  from  the  outside, 
but  may  have  a  knob  or  handle  to  open  the  door  from  the  inside. 

1098.  No  occupant,  owner  of  or  contractor  for  any  building,  or 
any  other  person,  shall  in  any  way  hinder  or  pre\'ent  an}-  authorized 
officer  from  entering,  during  business  hours,  any  business  building,  or 
any  other  building  in  process  of  construction ;  but  no  dwelling  house 
shall  be  entered  after  it  is  occupied,  without  the  consent  of  the  occu- 
pants. 

1099.  Any  frame  building  may  be  raised  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  a  basement  story  under  such  building;  the  principal 
floor  of  such  buildino-  shall  not  be  elevated  more  than  8  feet  above 
grade  of  sidewalk:  except  one-story  cottages,  which  may  be  raised 
12  feet.  The  walls  enclosincj  such  basement  shall  be  of  brick  or 
stone  work:  if  of  brick,  and  the  superstructure  is  only  one  story  high, 
the  wall  shall  not  be  less  than  8  inches  thick :  if  two  stories,  the  wall 
shall  be  1 2  inches  thick,  all  such  walls  to  have  proper  foundations  of 
masonry. 

11 00.  If  the  building  to  be  raised  is  a  church,  or  other  hall  or 
assembly  room,  the  thickness  of  the  basement  wall  shall  be  propor- 
tioned to  its  length  and  other  conditions,  to  be  approved  by  the  com- 
missioner of  buildings. 

iioi.  Iron  bars  shall  not  be  driven  in  the  roadway  of  any  street 
for  the  purpose  of  attaching  guy-ropes  of  derricks.     Posts  may  be 


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set  up  opposite  any  derrick  for  the  purpose  of  attaching  guy-lines. 
Such  posts  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  inches  square,  of  sound  tim- 
ber, sixteen  feet  long,  set  at  least  four  feet  into  the  ground.  Guy- 
ropes  attached  to  such  posts  shall  be  kept  at  least  ten  feet  above  the 
surface  of  the  street. 

1 102.  Any  person  desirous  of  utilizing  the  space  under  the  side- 
walks in  front  of  any  building  owned  by  him,  shall  construct  a  suf- 
ficient stone  wall  to  retain  the  roadway  of  the  street,  and  shall 
extend  the  side  walls,  division  and  party  walls  of  such  building  under 
the  sidewalk  to  such  curb  wall;  the  sidewalk  in  all  such  cases  shall 
be  of  incombustible  material  entire,  supported  b}'  walls  or  iron  beams 
and  columns;  openings  in  such  walks  for  the  admission  of  coal  or 
light  shall  be  covered  with  prismatic  lights  in  iron  frames,  or  with  iron 
covers  having  a  rough  surface,  and  in  no  case  will  a  smooth  surface 
be  tolerated  on  any  such  cover.  No  plain  surface  of  glass  shall  be 
placed  in  any  sidewalk.  In  all  cases  where  sidewalks  are  to  be  thus 
used,  a  permit  shall  be  first  obtained  from  the  commissioner  of  build- 
ings; such  permit  shall  specify  the  details  of  such  construction. 

1 103.  Before  the  erection,  construction  or  material  alteration  of 
any  building  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  the  owners,  architect  or  builder, 
shall  submit  to  the  commissioner  of  buildings  full  specifications  and 
plans  of  the  proposed  construction  or  alteration,  and  a  detailed  state- 
ment in  writing;  such  statement  shall  give:  ist.  The  location  of  the 
proposed  work.  2d.  General  dimensions,  number  and  height  of 
stories.  3d.  Dimensions  of  joists  and  timbers,  and  distance  apart. 
4th.  Dimensions  of  supporting  iron  work.  5th.  For  what  pur- 
pose the  building  is  designed.  The  owner,  his  agent  or  architect, 
shall  then  sign  an  agreement  that  he  will  construct  the  work  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  description  as  set  forth  in  such  specifications,  plans 
or  detailed  statement,  and  all  matters  and  things  connected  with 
such  construction  or  alteration  of  any  building  shall  be  done  in  strict 
compliance  with  the  building  ordinance.  Thereupon  the  commis- 
sioner of  buildings  shall  issue  a  permit  to  make  such  construction 
or  alteration,  upon  the  payment  of  the  fees  and  water  tax  hereinafter 
mentioned  in  this  article;  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  proceed  to 
construct  or  materiallv  alter  any  building  without  such  permit. 

Tio_|.  Before  the  erection,  construction,  alteration  or  repair  of 
any  building,  or  any  part  of  any  building,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  the 
owner,  architect  or  builder  shall  pa}'  fees  and  "  water  tax  "  as  fol- 
lows : 

For  every  1,000  brick  used  in  the  construction  of  building .$     05 

For  every  cord  of  rubble  stone  used  m  the  construction 06 

For  every  1,000  yards  of  plastering  used  in  the  construction 1   50 

Permit  for  each  building 50 

Permit  for  obstruction  of  street 1  00 


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11 05.  An}'  person  having  the  use  of  any  portion  of  the  street  or 
sidewalk  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  or  repairing  any  building,  or 
for  any  other  purpose,  shall  cause  a  red  light  to  be  placed  in  a  con- 
spicuous place  in  front  of  such  obstruction  from  dark  until  sunrise 
each  night  during  the  time  such  obstruction  remains.  A  sidewalk, 
or  passage  way,  at  least  four  feet  w^ide  shall  be  kept  in  front  of  any 
new  building,  as  far  as  it  is  practicable,  making  allowance  for  the 
proper  handling  of  any  materials  to  be  used  in  or  about  such  build- 
ing. 

1 106.  Any  work  of  alteration  or  addition  made  for  any  purpose 
in,  to  or  upon  any  building,  except  the  necessary  repairs  not  atiect- 
ing  the  construction  of  the  external  or  party  walls,  chimneys,  stair- 
ways or  height  of  a  building,  shall  to  the  extent  of  such  work  of 
alteration  or  addition,  be  subject  to  the  regulations  of  this  article. 

1107.  Any  person  desiring  to  remove  a  building  shall  first  ob- 
tain the  written  assent  to  such  removal  from  persons  owning  a  major- 
ity of  feet  front  of  lots  in  same  block  on  same  street  in  which  it  is 
proposed  to  locate  such  removed  building,  and  also  a  majority  of 
persons  owning  front  feet  opposite  the  proposed  location  and-  within 
150  feet  of  the  same:  Provided^  hozvcver,  that  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  any  person  removing  a  building  upon  his  own  premises, 
and  not  going  upon  the  premises  of  any  other  person,  or  upon  any 
street,  alley,  or  other  public  place,  in  making  such  removal. 

1108.  No  person,  except  a  licensed  house-mover,  shall  remove 
any  building  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  and  every  such  person 
shall,  annually,  before  engaging  in  said  occupation,  obtain  a  license 
therefor  from  the  mayor,  and  no  such  license  shall  be  granted  until 
the  party  applying  therefor  shall  have  given  a  bond  in  the  sum  of 
five  thousand  dollars,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  be  ap- 
proved by  said  commissioner,  conditioned,  among  other  things,  that 
said  party  wdll  pay  any  and  all  damages  which  may  happen  to  any 
tree,  pavement,  street  or  sidewalk,  or  to  any  telegraph  pole  or  wire 
belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  whether  said  damage  or  injury 
shall  be  inflicted  by  said  party  or  his  agents,  employes  or  workmen; 
and  conditioned,  also,  that  said  party  will  save  and  indemnify,  and 
keep  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  all  liabilities,  judgments, 
costs  and  expenses  w'hich  may  in  anywise  accrue  against  said  city  in 
consequence  of  the  granting  of  such  permit  or  license,  and  will  in 
all  things  strictly  comply  with  the  conditions  of  his  permit. 

1 109.  Upon  execution  of  said  bond  and  its  acceptance  by  said 
commissioner,  a  license  shall  be  issued,  and  the  said  licensed  person 
shall  in  each  and  every  instance,  before  removing  any  building  obtain 
a  permit  so  to  do  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  and  shall 

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pay  to  said  commissioner  a  fee  of  five  dollars,  whereupon  said  com- 
missioner shall  issue  a  permit,  stating  specifically  all  the  conditions, 
prescribing  the  route  to  be  taken,  and  limiting  the  time  for  the 
removal. 

I  no.  No  frame  building  in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  re- 
moved, unless  such  building  is  worth  50  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  a 
similar  new  building. 

mi.  Buildings  in  public  parks  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article. 

1 1 12.  Houses  to  be  used  exclusively  for  the  storage  of  ice  may 
be  constructed  of  wood,  with  incombustible  roofing,  the  walls  to  be 
enclosed  with  an  envelope  of  incombustible  material ;  eight  inch  brick 
walls  with  proper  foundations  of  masonry  may  be  used  for  such 
envelopes;  iron  or  slate  may  be  used,  but  no  coating  of  mineral  sub- 
stances, or  "  fire-proof  paint,"  so  called,  shall  be  considered  as  incom- 
bustible, and  such  houses  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  the 
storage  of  ice. 

1 1 13.  Any  person  desiring  an  arbitration  to  determine  any  ques- 
tion arising  in  the  operation  of  this  article  shall  file  a  petition  with 
the  commissioner  of  buildings  asking  for  the  appointment  of  arbitra- 
tors, and  shall  deposit  the  sum  of  twelve  dollars  with  said  commis- 
sioner for  the  payment  of  cost  of  such  arbitrators.  The  arbitra- 
tors shall  be  chosen  and  qualified  as  set  forth  in  sections  992  and 
993  of  this  article. 

1 1 14.  Every  theatre,  opera  house,  hall,  church  or  other  build- 
ing intended  to  be  used  for  public  assemblages,  shall  be  deemed  a 
public  hall  within  the  meaning  of  this  article. 

1 1 15.  Any  person  desiring  a  permit  to  erect  any  public  hall 
.shall  make  application  to  the  commissioner  of  buildings,  in  compli- 
ance with  section  11 03  of  this  article. 

1 1 16.  No  stairway  to  any  public  hall  or  part  thereof  shall  rise 
more  than  10  feet  without  a  platform,  and  no  winders,  wheeling  or 
circular  steps  shall  be  used.  Each  stairway  and  passage-way  shall 
have  a  strong  hand-rail  on  each  side  thereof  through  its  entire  length. 

1 1 17.  Ever}'  public  hall,  with  accommodations  for  five  hundred 
or  more  people,  shall  have  at  least  two  separate  and  distinct  exits,  to 
be  as  far  apart  as  ma}'  be  found  practicable.  Public  halls,  accom- 
modating seven  hundred  or  more  persons,  shall  ha^■e  at  least  three 
separate  and  distinct  exits.  The  exits  from  all  galleries  shall  be  inde- 
pendent of  and  separate  from  the  exits  of  the  main  floor. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  275 

11 18.  No  portion  of  the  main  floor  of  any  public  hall  not  used 
as  a  theatre,  and  with  accommodations  for  five  hundred  persons, 
shall  be  elevated  to  a  greater  height  than  thirty-five  feet  above  the 
street  grade.  Public  halls  with  accommodations  for  one  thousand 
persons  or  more  shall  have  the  main  floor  not  over  twenty-five 
feet  above  the  street  grade;  no  portion  of  the  main  floor  of  any 
theatre,  with  accommodations  for  five  hundred  or  more  persons, 
shall  be  more  than  ten  feet  above  the  street  grade.  In  all  such 
theatres  the  proscenium  wall  shall  be  of  brick  work,  not  less  than  16 
inches  thick,  extending  from  the  ground  through  and  four  feet 
above  the  roof;  this  brick  wall  to  extend  entirely  across  the  building 
from  the  floor  of  the  stage  to  the  ground.  All  openings  required  in 
any  part  of  the  wall  (except  principal  opening)  shall  have  proper 
iron  doors. 

1 1 19.  All  auditorium  floors  in  theatres  shall  be  fire-proofed, 
either  by  deafening  the  same  with  at  least  one  inch  of  mortar,  or 
have  the  under  side  of  joist  lathed  with  iron  and  plastered  with  at 
least  one  heavy  coat  of  mortar. 

11 20.  All  partitions  for  rooms  or  passages  in  theatres,  if  not 
made  bodily  fire-proof,  shall  be  plastered  on  both  sides  on  iron  or 
wire  lathing. 

11 21.  The  preceding  sections  shall  apply  only  to  theatres  or 
public  halls  that  may  hereafter  be  erected.  The  following  sections 
shall  apply  to  theatres  or  public  halls  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  erected  or  constructed. 

11 22.  All  egress  openings  in  public  halls  shall  have  the  word 
"  exit  "  conspicuously  placed  over  them,  and  shall  otherwise  conform 
to  the  requirements  of  section  1069  of  this  article.  The  aisles  or 
passages  in  such  halls  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  unobstructed. 

11 23.  The  term  "theatre"  shall,  for  all  purposes  of  this  article, 
include  all  public  halls  containing  movable  scenery  or  fixed 
scenerv,  which  is  not  made  of  metal,  plaster  or  other  incombustible 
material. 

II2-J.  All  materials  used  for  scener}^  shall  be  coated  with  such 
paint,  washes,  etc.,  as  will  make  it,  as  far  as  possible,  incombus- 
tible. 

1 1 25.  All  theatres  or  other  places  of  public  amusement  having 
a  seating  capacitv  for  over  five  hundred  persons,  and  having  a  plat- 
form or  stage,  and  using  drop  curtains  or  shifting  scenery,  shall 
have  a  suitable  ventilator  placed  upon  the  roof  and  opening  to  the 


276  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

space  above  the  stage.  Such  ventilator  shall  be  arranged  with 
valves  or  shutters  that  can  be  readily  opened  in  case  of  lire,  so  that  a 
current  of  air  will  pass  over  the  stage  and  outward  through  such 
ventilator.  Any  other  contrivance  having  the  same  effect  and 
approved  by  the  commissioner  of  buildings  may  be  used  instead  of 
the  ventilator  above  described. 

1 1 26.  All  such  buildings  shall  have  a  water  stand  pipe  and 
"water  plug,  to  be  placed  on  the  stage  or  platform,  or  in  its  immedi- 
ate vicinity,  which  shall  be  connected  with  the  water  pipes  or  street 
mains  of  the  city,  and  shall  be  put  in  under  the  direction  and  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  fire  marshal  or  commissioner  of  buildinofs. 

1 1 27.  Hose  shall  be  attached  to  such  stand  pipe,  of  such  size 
as  may  be  directed  by  said  marshal,  to  have  nozzle  and  stop-cock 
attached  thereto;  such  hose  shall  be  of  sufficient  lenp'th  to  extend  to 
the  farthest  limits  of  such  building  or  place  of  amusement,  and  shall 
at  all  times  be  kept  in  good  order  and  repair,  filled  with  water  under 
pressure  and  ready  for  immediate  use. 

1 1 28.  All  public  halls  with  accommodations  for  one  thousand 
or  more  persons,  shall  have  at  least  one  stand  pipe  in  the  street  or 
alley  on  the  outside  of  the  building,  from  ground  to  roof,  with  hose 
attachments  close  to  a  window  or  door  at  each  floor  or  gallery. 

1 1 29.  Such  hall  shall  also  be  provided  w4th  a  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph apparatus,  connected  by  the  necessary  wires  with  the  head- 
quarters of  the  city  fire  alarm  telegraph,  or  such  other  place  or 
places  as  the  fire  marshal  shall  direct. 

1 1 30.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  owners,  agents,  lessees  and 
occupants  of  such  public  hall,  to  provide  such  fire  extinguishing 
apparatus  at  such  points  about  the  building  as  the  fire  marshal  shall 
direct. 

1 131.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner,  agent,  lessee  or  occu- 
pant of  any  theatre  with  accommodations  for  one  thousand  or  more 
persons  to  employ  one  or  more  competent,  experienced  firemen,  ap- 
proved by  the  fire  marshal,  to  be  on  duty  at  such  theatre  during  the 
w^hole  time  it  is  open  to  the  public^  such  fireman  shall  report  to  and 
be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  fire  marshal,  shall  be  in  uniform  and 
shall  see  that  all  fire  apparatus  required  is  in  its  proper  place  and 
in  efficient  and  ready  working  order. 

1 132.  The  license  for  each  public  hall  shall  state  the  number  of 
persons  it  has  accommodations  for,  and  no  more  than  that  number 
shall  be  allowed  to  enter  such  hall  at  any  one  time,  which  number 
shall  be  governed  by  the  number  of  feet  of  exit  of  the  doors  and 
passages,  and  shall  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  buildings. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  277 

1 133.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  buildings  to 
cause  a  careful  inspection  of  all  passenger  and  freight  elevators  in 
the  city  of  Chicago,  at  least  once  in  six  months,  and  see  that  said 
elevator  shafts  and  doors  are  in  a  perfectly  safe  condition  and  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

11 34.  When  an  inspection  of  an  elevator  or  elevators  has  been 
made  by  the  superintendent,  and  the  same  has  been  put  in  a  j5er- 
fectly  safe  condition,  and  the  shafts  and  doors  in  accordance  with 
this  article,  he  shall  make  out  a  certificate  of  the  same,  which 
shall  state  the  date  of  inspection  of  the  elevator,  the  weight  it  may 
safely  carry,  and  that  the  shafts  and  doors  are  constructed  in  accord- 
ance with  this  article,  which  certificate  shall  be  framed  by  the 
owner  and  put  up  in  some  conspicuous  place  near  such  elevator  for 
examination  by  the  public,  and  the  said  commissioner  shall  cause  a 
record  to  be  made  of  said  certificate  of  inspection  in  a  well  bound 
book,  alphabetically  indexed. 

1 135.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  owning,  controlling, 
operating  or  using  as  owner,  lessee,  or  agent,  any  passenger  or 
freight  elevator,  in  any  building  within  the  limits  of  the  cit}',  to 
cause  the  same  to  be  inspected  and  examined  by  the  commissioner 
of  buildings  at  least  once  in  six  months;  and  every  such  person  shall 
apply  to  and  procure  from  said  commissioner  within  five  days  after 
each  such  inspection,  the  aforesaid  certificate  of  such  inspection,  and 
frame  and  post  the  same  as  provided  in  the  last  preceding  section, 
under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and 
every  oflense,  and  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  take  out  such  certificate. 

1 1 36.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  owning,  controlling, 
operating  or  using,  as  owner,  lessee  or  agent,  any  passenger  or 
freight  elevator  in  any  building  within  the  corporate  limits,  to  employ 
some  competent  person  to  take  charge  of  and  operate  the  same, 
and  an}'  such  person  who  sliall  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and 
every  day  of  such  neglect. 

11 37.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  owning,  or  having  the 
care  or  control  of  any  elevator,  to  use  or  permit  the  use  of  the  same, 
after  it  has  been  declared  bv  the  commissioner  to  be  in  a  dangerous 
or  unsafe  condition  and  he  has  prohibited  the  use  of  the  same,  until 
all  necessary  repairs  have  been  made,  and  the  owner,  agent  or  other 
person  has  procured  a  certificate  from  said  commissioner  that  said 
repairs  have  been  properly  done,  and  that  said  elevator  may  be 
safely  used,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  oflvinse. 


278  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1 1 38.  Said  commissioner  shall  charge  a  fee  of  two  dollars  for 
the  inspection  of  each  elevator,  which  fee  shall  be  paid  to  said  com- 
missioner by  the  party  applying  for  the  certificate,  and  before  the 
delivery  of  the  same. 

1 1 39.  All  moneys  so  collected  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  city 
treasurer  weekly-,  taking  receipt  and  duplicate  receipt,  which  dupli- 
ca-te  receipt  shall  forthwith  be  filed  with  the  cit}^  comptroller,  and  the 
commissioner  shall  report  to  the  city  council  once  in  three  months  a 
detailed  statement  of  all  inspections  made  and  fees  collected  by  him 
under  this  article. 

1 140.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  article,  where  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
line  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  and  every  offense.  Any  builder  or  contractor  who  shall 
construct,  and  any  architect  having  charge  of  same  who  shall  permit 
to  be  constructed  any  building  in  violation  of  this  article,  shall  be 
liable  to  the  penalties  provided  and  imposed  by  this  section. 

Article  X. 
Burial  of  the  Dead. 

1141.  Hereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  bury  any  body  or  bodies  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city, 
or  to  deposit  any  such  body  or  bodies  in  any  vault  within  the  limits 
of  said  city.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 

•  every  such  violation. 

Article  XI. 

Butterine. 

1142.  No  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  or  expose  to  sale 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  compound,  article  or  thing,  as  butter,  or 
representing  or  holding  out  the  same  to  be  butter,  except  wholly 
made  from  pure  cream. 

1143.  Any  person  having  in  his  or  her  possession  for  the  pur- 
pose of  sale,  or  exposing  to  sale,  or  offering  to  sell,  or  selling,  an}' 
compound  whatever  in  lieu  of  or  as  a  substitute  for,  or  to  be  used 
as  butter,  shall  have  the  box,  vessel  or  package  containing  the  same 
plainly  stamped,  branded  or  marked  with  the  appropriate  name  of 
such  compound,  article  or  thing,  which  name  shall  be  other  than 
butter.  I:  such  compound,  article  or  thing  shall  contain  lard,  the 
box,  vessel  or  package,  containing  the  same  shall  be  plainly  stamped, 
branded    3r  marked    "  suine,"  or  "butterine;"   and  if  it    shall  con- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  279 

tain  tallow,  the  box,  vessel  or  package  containing-  the  same  shall  be 
plainl}'  stamped,  branded  or  marked  "oleomargarine";  and  if  it 
shall  contain  any  grease  or  fat  whatever,  except  the  grease  or  fat  of 
butter,  the  box,  vessel  or  package  containing  the  same  shall  be 
plainly  stamped,  branded  or  marked  with  some  appropriate  name, 
other  than  butter. 

1 144.  The  mayor  is  herebv  authorized  to  appoint  a  butter  and 
cheese  inspector,  giving  him  the  necessarv  authority  to  examine  any 
butter  and  cheese  that  may  be  manufactured,  or  exposed  for  sale,  in 
violation  of  the  law;  said  officer  to  serve  without  salary  from  the 
city. 

1 145.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article 
shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Article    XII. 
Coaches,   Cahs  and  Carts. 

1146.  No  person  or  persons  shall  hire  out,  keep  or  use  for 
hire,  or  cause  to  be  kept  or  used  for  hire,  for  the  carrying  or  con- 
veying of  persons  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  hackney  coach, 
cab,  coach,  omnibus,  or  other  vehicle  or  vehicles,  carriage  or  car- 
riages of  an}'  description  or  name  whatever,  without  a  license  so 
to  do. 

1147.  The  ma3'or  is  hereby  authorized  to  license,  under  his 
hand,  attested  by  the  clerk  and  the  seal  of  the  city,  any  person  or 
persons,  residents  of  said  city,  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and 
being  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  or  either  of  the  said  vehicles  or 
carriages,  to  keep  and  use  for  hire  and  the  conveyance  of  persons, 
any  or  either  of  said  carriages  or  vehicles,  upon  every  such  ouner 
executing  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago  as  hereinafter  provided, 
and  paving  a  license  fee  hereinafter  fixed. 

1148.  All  licenses  granted  under  this  article  may  be  transferred 
by  the  mayor,  in  his  discretion,  attested  by  the  clerk. 

11 49.  Before  any  license  shall  issue  to  any  person  to  keep  or 
use  for  hire,  or  drive,  any  hacknev  coach,  cab  or  vehicle,  he  shall 
execute  a  bond  to  said  city  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  with 
sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  ma^'or,  conditioned  for  the  faithful 
observance  of  all  ordinances  of  the  city  relating  to  or  regulating 
hackmen  and  drivers,  and  all  others  pursuing  like  occupations. 

11 50.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  cler^-ive-'  >ep  a  register  of  the 
names  of  the  persons  to  whom  each  licen  -  per  anted  or  transferred 


28o  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

the  date  when  issued  or  transferred,  the  number  of  the  license,  and 
the  description  of  the  vehicle  licensed.  All  licenses  granted  under 
this  article,  unless  revoked,  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day 
of  May,  after  the  date  of  the  issuing  thereof. 

1 151.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  forthwith  cause  the  name 
of  the  owner  and  the  number  of  his  license  to  be  plainh^  painted  in 
letters  at  least  one  and  a  half  inches  in  length,  in  a  conspicuous  place 
on  the  outside  of  each  side  of  the  vehicle,  and  shall  keep  the  same 
plain  and  distinct  at  all  times  when  used,  during  the  continuance  of 
such  license;  but  upon  the  expiration  of  said  license  (unless  re- 
newed) such  person  shall  immediatelv  cause  the  said  name  and 
number  to  be  erased  from  said  vehicle,  and  shall  not  allow  said 
vehicle  to  be  used  with  said  name  or  number  thereon. 

1 152.  Every  hackney  coach,  cab,  liver}'  carriage,  or  other  ve- 
hicle for  the  conveyance  of  persons  (except  omnibuses  running  upon 
established  lines),  when  driven  or  used  for  hire,  or  waiting  or  stand- 
ing for  use,  on  any  public  street  or  place  in  the  night  time,  shall 
have  fixed  upon  some  conspicuous  part  of  the  outside  thereof,  a 
lighted  lamp  with  plain  glass  front  and  sides,  with  the  number  of 
the  license  painted  with  black  paint  on  the  sides  and  front  of  each  of 
said  lamps,  in  distinct  and  legible  figures,  at  least  one  and  a  half 
inches  in  length,  and  so  placed  that  said  numbers  and  lamps  may  be 
distinctly  seen  from  the  inside  and  outside  of  such  vehicle.  And 
every  hackney  coach,  cab,  carriage  or  other  vehicle  for  the  convey- 
ance of  passengers,  which  has  a  door  or  doors  to  the  same,  shall 
have  a  knob  or  handle  upon  the  inside  of  such  door  or  doors,  by 
which  said  door  or  doors  may  be  easily  opened  from  the  inside  of 
such  vehicle. 

1 153.  All  omnibuses  running  within  the  city  and  required  to 
be  licensed,  shall,  when  running  in  the  night  time,  ha^'e  fixed  in 
some  conspicuous  place  in  front  thereof,  so  as  to  be  distinctly  seen 
from  the  inside  and  outside,  a  lighted  lamp,  with  the  number  of  license 
distinctly  painted  thereon  in  figures  of  one  inch  and  a  half  in  length. 

1 1 54.  No  person  except  a  licensed  owner,  shall  hereafter  drive 
an^'  licensed  hacknev  coach,  cab  or  other  vehicle  for  the  conveyance 
of  passengers  for  lure  or  reward,  without  first  obtaining  a  license 
as  such  driver,  and  no  such  driver  shall  drive  any  other  carriage  or 
vehicle  than  the  one  for  which  he  shall  be  licensed;  nor  shall  the 
owner  or  owners  permit  an}^  person,  except  a  licensed  driver  or 
owner,  to  drive  an^'  licensed  carriage  or  vehicle  owned  or  used  by 
him  or  them ;  nor  shall  any  such  owner  permit  an}'  licensed  dri^-er 
to  drive  any  other  C,  j^page  or  vehicle  than  the  one  for  which  he 
shall  be  licensed.         -i    , ' 


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11 55.  No  coach,  cab  or  other  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  of 
persons,  shall  have  more  than  one  driver,  and  every  such  driver 
shall  be  Hcensed  by  the  mayor  and  clerk,  on  request  of  the  owner  of 
any  vehicle,  and  such  licenses  may  be  trcUisferred  on  such  request, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  to  keep  a  list  of  the  drivers  so 
licensed,  and  the  number  of  the  vehicle  for  which  each  driver  shall 
be  licensed,  and  of  all  transfers  of  such  licenses;  any  driver's  license 
may  be  revoked  by  the  mayor  in  his  discretion. 

11 56.  All  licenses  granted  under  this  article  shall  designate  the 
coach,  cab,  omnibus  or  vehicle  by  their  number  or  name,  and  the 
owner  or  owners,  driver  or  drivers,  shall  be  severally  liable  for  each 
and  every  violation  of  this  article  by  such  owner  or  owners,  or  their 
driver  or  drivers. 

11 5 7.  Every  person  so  licensed  (except  drivers  of  omnibuses  on 
estabhshed  lines,  running  at  regular  hours,  on  regular  routes,  in  cases 
where  the  name  or  names  of  "the  owners  of  such  line  of  omnibuses, 
together  with  the  number  of  the  vehicle,  shall  be  legibly  painted  on 
the  outside  upon  the  door  of  such  omnibus),  shall,  while  acting  as 
driver  of  such  vehicle,  wear  conspicuously,  a  badge,  consisting  of  a 
rectangular  silver  plate,  or  plated  metal,  one  and  three-fourths  inches 
long  and  one  and  one-eighth  inches  wide,  having  the  corners  cut  off; 
on  said  plate  shall  be  engraved  the  word  "  hack  "  or  other  word 
designating  the  kind  of  vehicle  which  he  is  licensed  to  drive,  in  let- 
ters not  less  than  five-sixteenths  of  an  inch  long,  and  the  number  of 
the  hack  or  other  vehicle  in  tigures  not  less  than  seven-sixteenths  of 
an  inch  long,  said  letters  and  figures  to  be  boldly  cut  in  roman  char- 
acters and  filled  in  with  black;  said  badge  shall  be  provided  with  a 
pin  or  other  fastening,  by  which  the  same  may  be  and  shall  be  worn 
in  a  conspicuous  place  on  the  outside  of  the  breast  of  the  coat,  so 
that  it  may  not  be  hidden  either  by  accident  or  design. 

1 1 58.  If  the  owner  of  any  hackney  coach,  carriage,  cab  or 
other  A'ehicle,  who  may  have  received  a  license  as  aforesaid,  shall 
sell  or  dispose  of  such  coach,  carriage,  cab  or  other  vehicle,  before 
the  expiration  of  such  license,  such  licensed  owner  shall,  within  five 
days  of  the  date  of  such  sale  or  disposal,  report  the  same  to  the 
mayor,  and  the  mayor  may  transfer  such  license  on  th^  payment  of 
one  dollar;  and  ever}'  such  owner  of  a  hackney  coach,  cab  or  other 
vehicle  who  shall  neglect  to  report  such  sale  or  disposal  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  five  dollars. 

1 159.  Any  person  who  shall  keep  or  drive  any  hackney  coach, 
cab  or  other  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  from  place  to 


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place  within  the  city  of  Chicago  for  hire  or  reward,  without  being 
licensed  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every  such  oliense. 

1 160.  There  shall  be  charged  and  paid  to  the  city  collector,  for 
the  use  of  the  city,  on  issuing  the  said  licenses,  b}'  the  parties  to 
whom  they  may  be  granted,  the  following  sums: 

1.  For  all  omnibuses  and  accommodation  coaches  running  in 
connection  with  hotels  shall  be  charged  for  Hcense,  each,  the  sum  of 
five  dollars  per  annum. 

2.  For  all  omnibuses  and  accommodation  coaches  running  upon 
established  lines  and  at  stated  periods,  from  place  to  place  within 
the  city,  shall  be  charged  for  license,  each,  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
per  annum. 

3.  For  all  hackney  coaches  and  carriages  drawn  by  two  horses 
or  other  animals,  and  occupying  an}-  public  stand,  or  that  shall  run 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers,  for  hire  or  reward,  within  the 
city,  shall  be  charged  for  license,  each,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per 
annum. 

4.  For  all  cabs  or  other  vehicles  drawn  by  one  horse  or  other 
animal,  and  occupying  any  public  stand,  or  that  shall  run  for  the 
conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire  or  reward  within  the  city;  and 
all  carriages,  cabs  or  other  vehicles  kept  or  used  for  hire  b}^  any 
keeper  or  keepers  of  livery  stables  for  the  carrying  or  conveying  of 
persons  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  charged  for  license,  each, 
such  carriage,  cab  or  other  vehicle,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  per  annum. 

T161.  The  prices  or  rates  of  fare  to  be  asked  or  demanded  by 
the  owners  or  drivers  of  hackney  coaches,  cabs  or  other  vehicles 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire,  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  For  conveying  one  or  two  passengers  from  one  railroad  depot 
to  another  railroad  depot,  one  dollar. 

2.  For  conveying  one  or  two  passengers  not  exceeding  one  mile, 
one  dollar. 

3.  For  conveying  one  or  two  passengers  any  distance  over  one 
mile  and  less  than  two  miles,  one  dollar  and  fift}'  cents. 

4.  For  each  additional  passenger  of  the  same  party  or  family, 
fifty  cents. 

5.  For  conveying  one  or  two  passengers  in  said  city  any  dis- 
tance exceeding  two  miles,  two  dollars. 

6.  For  each  additional  passenger  of  the  same  family  or  party, 
fifty  cents. 

7.  For  conveying  children  between  five  and  fourteen  years  of 
age,  half  of  the  above  price  may  be  charged  for  like  distances,  but 
for   children   under   five   years  of  age,   no   charge  shall   be   made: 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  283 

Provided,  that  the  distance  from  am-  raih-oad  depot,  steamboat  land- 
ing or  hotel,  to  any  other  railroad,  steamboat  landing  or  hotel,  shall 
in  all  cases  be  estimated  at  not  exceeding  one  mile. 

8.  For  the  use  by  the  day  of  any  hackney  coach,  or  other  vehicle 
drawn  by  two  horses  or  other  animals,  with  one  or  more  passengers, 
eight  dollars  per  day. 

9.  For  the  use  of  any  such  carriage  or  vehicle  bv  the  hour, 
with  one  or  more  passengers,  with  the  privilege  of  going  from  place 
to  place,  and  stopping  as  often  as  may  be  required,  as  follows: 

For  the  first  hour,  two  dollars. 

For  each  additional  hour,  or  part  of  an  hour,  one  dollar. 

10.  For  the  use  of  any  cab,  or  other  vehicle  drawn  by  one 
horse,  or  other  animal,  by  the  hour,  with  the  privilege  of  going 
from  place  to  place,  with  one  or  more  passengers,  and  stopping 
when  required: 

For  the  first  hour,  one  dollar. 

For  each  additional  hour  or  part  of  an  hour,  fiftv  cents. 

11.  For  the  use  of  any  such  carriage  bv  the  day,  four  dollars. 

1 162.  Every  passenger  shall  be  allowed  to  have  conveved  upon 
such  vehicle,  without  charge,  his  ordinary  traveling  baggage,  not 
exceeding  in  any  case  one  trunk  and  twenty-five  pounds  of  other 
baggage.  For  every  additional  package,  where  the  whole  weight 
of  baggage  is  over  one  hundred  pounds,  if  conveyed  to  any  place 
within  the  city  limits,  the  owner  or  driver  shall  be  permitted  to 
charfje  fifteen  cents. 

1 163.  Whenever  any  package  or  article  of  baggage,  or  goods 
of  any  kind,  shall  be  left  in  or  on  any  hackney  or  other  coach,  cab, 
omnibus,  carriage,  dray,  cart,  wagon,  or  other  licensed  vehicle  for 
the  conveyance  of  passengers,  goods  or  baggage;  or  when  any 
such  package  or  article  shall  be  left  in  the  custody  of  the  driver  of 
any  such  vehicle,  such  driver  shall,  upon  the  discovery  of  such 
package  or  article,  forthwith  deliver  the  same  at  the  central  police 
station  of  said  city,  into  the  hands  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  said 
station,  unless  such  package  or  article  shall  be  sooner  delivered  to 
the  owner  thereof,  or  the  order  of  such  owner.  An}-  neglect  or 
refusal  on  the  part  of  the  driver  of  any  vehicle,  as  aforesaid,  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  hereof,  and  any  violation  of  anv  clause 
or  provision  of  this  section,  shall  subject  such  driver  to  the  penalty 
of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1 164.  There  shall  be  fixed  in  every  hackney  coach,  cab,  or 
other  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire,  in  such 
manner  as  can  be  conveniently  read  by  any  person  riding  in  the 
same,  a  card  containing  the  name  of  the  owner  of  said  vehicle,  the 


284  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

number  of  his  license,  and  the  whole  of  sections  1161,  1162,  and 
1 163  of  this  article,  printed  in  plain  legible  characters,  under  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  violation 
thereof,  and  revocation  of  license. 

1 165.  All  disputes  as  to  prices  or  distance  shall  be  settled  by 
the  superintendent  of  police  or  other  member  of  the  police  force. 

1 166.  In  all  cases,  when  the  hiring  of  a  hackney  coach,  cab  or 
other  vehicle  for  the  conversance  of  passengers,  is  not  at  the  time 
thereof  specified  to  be  by  the  hour,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  be  by  the 
mile;  and  for  any  detention  exceeding  fifteen  minutes,  when  so 
working  by  the  mile,  the  owner  or  driver  may  demand  at  the  rate 
of  one  dollar  per  hour. 

1 167.  The  owner  or  driver  of  any  hackney  coach,  cab  or  other 
vehicle  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers,  shall  not  demand  or  be 
entitled  to  receive  any  pay  for  the  conveyance  of  any  passenger, 
unless  the  number  of  the  carriage  and  rates  of  prices  be  conspicu- 
ously fixed  in  and  on  said  vehicle,  as  herein  provided  by  section  1161 
of  this  article,  under  penalty  of  five  dollars. 

1 1 68.  The  owner  or  driver  of  any  such  coach  or  cab  who  may 
have  demanded  and  received  an}"  fare  in  excess  of  what  is  provided 
for  in  this  article,  shall  return  the  excess  received,  and  be  liable  to  a 
penalty  of  five  dollars,  and  his  license  shall  be  revoked. 

1 1 69.  Ever}^  licensed  owner  or  driver  of  any  hackney  coach  or 
cab  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  his  fare  of  the  person  or  persons 
employing  him  on  entering  his  coach  or  cab,  and  may  refuse  to 
convey  any  person  who  will  not  compl}^  with  said  demand. 

1 1 70.  Any  duly  licensed  hackney  coach,  cab  or  other  vehicle 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers,  may  stand,  while  waiting  for  em- 
plo3'ment,  at  any  of  the  following  places,  and  for  the  period  of  time 
hereinafter  provided: 

Stand  No.  i.  The  north  side  of  Washington  street,  between 
Clark  and  LaSalle  streets. 

Stand  No.  2.  That  portion  of  the  west  side  of  Clark  street,  be- 
ginning fift}"  feet  from  the  south-west  corner  of  Randolph  and  Clark 
streets,  and  running  thence  to  Washington  street. 

Stand  No.  3.  The  east  side  of  LaSalle  street,  between  Wash- 
ington and  Randolph  streets. 

Stand  No.  4.  The  east  side  of  Canal  street,  occupying  no  feet 
between  Adams  and  Madison  streets,  as  the  superintendent  of  police 
shall  direct. 

Stand  No.  5.  At  all  theatres  and  other  places  of  public  amuse- 
ment, fifteen  minutes  before  the  conclusion  of  the  performance. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  285 

Stand  No.  6.  At  all  railroad  depots,  ten  minutes  previous  to  the 
arrival  of  all  passenger  trains. 

Stand  No.  7.  On  such  street  corners  from  ten  p.  m.,  until  sun- 
rise, as  the  superintendent  of  police  shall  designate. 

Stand  No.  8.  At  such  other  places,  where  the  occupants  of  the 
premises  in  front  of  which  it  is  desired  to  stand  for  employment 
shall  give  permission,  in  writing,  to  the  owner  or.  driver  so  to  do; 
and  it  shall  be  approved,  in  writing,  by  the  superintendent  of  police. 

11 7 1.  The  mavor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  alder- 
men of  each  ward,  may  from  time  to  time  designate  additional  places 
in  each  ward  as  he  may  deem  proper,  at  which  hackney  coaches, 
cabs  and  other  vehicles  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers,  may  stand 
while  waiting  for  employment. 

1 172.  The  owner  or  driver  of  any  hackney  coach,  cab  or  other 
vehicle  for  the  conve3^ance  of  passengers,  which  shall  stand  waiting 
for  emplovment  at  any  other  place  than  as  herein  provided,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  for  each  and  every 
oti'ense. 

11 73.  No  owner  or  driver  of  any  hackney  coach,  cab,  coach, 
or  other  carriage  or  vehicle  licensed  as  aforesaid,  shall  refuse  to  con- 
vev  in  said  city  any  person  with  or  without  baggage  as  aforesaid, 
when  applied  to  for  that  purpose;  or,  having  undertaken  to  convey 
such  person,  shall  omit  or  neglect  so  to  do,  under  the  penalty  of  ten 
dollars  for  each  oliense. 

11 74.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  officers  and  members 
of  the  police  department  to  see  that  all  the  ordinances  regulating  hack- 
ney coaches,  cabs  and  all  other  vehicles  for  the  conveyance  of  persons 
for  hire,  are  strictly  complied  with,  and  any  policeman  shall  have 
power  and  authority  to  order  awav  from  the  stands  and  from  all  other 
places,  an^'  hackney  coach,  carriage  or  cab  not  provided  with  a 
number  or  with  lamps  fixed  up,  lighted  and  numbered,  as  hereinbe- 
fore required,  or  not  furnished  with  proper  and  suitable  harness  or 
horses,  or  whenever  the  same  shall  be  improperly  obstructing  the 
wav  or  street,  or  whenever  the  horses  attached  thereto  are  unruly, 
or  whenever  the  driver  or  person  having  charge  of  any  such  hack- 
ney coach,  carriage  or  cab  is  intoxicated,  or  in  any  manner  misbe- 
haves himself. 

1 1 75.  If  any  person  having  charge  of  such  hackney  coach, 
carriage  or  cab,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  any  such  order  of  the 
said  superintendent  or  other  police  officer,  he  or  they  shall  forfeit  and 
pav  for  everv  such  ofiense  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  from 
the  owner  or  driver  of  such  hackney  coach,  carriage  or  cab,  severally 
and  respectively. 


286  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1 176.  The  said  superintendent,  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor 
or  other  person  designated  by  him,  shall  determine  the  number  of 
coaches  and  carriages  for  any  particular  stand,  and  also  the  proper 
boundaries  and  limits  of  every  stand. 

1 1 77.  All  the  provisions  and  penalties  of  this  article,  except 
those  requiring  lamps,  shall  apply  to  sleighs  which  shall  come  upon 
or  use  the  public  stand  or  other  places  in  this  article  designated  for 
them,  and  to  the  owners  and  drivers  thereof,  to  be  used  or  driven 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire  in  this  city;  and  said 
owners  or  drivers  of  hackney  coaches  and  cabs  are  hereby  permit- 
ted to  use  sleighs,  when  feasible,  in  place  of  such  coaches  and  cabs. 

1 1 78.  Every  owner  or  driver,  or  person  having  charge  of  any 
hackney  coach  or  cab,  shall,  upon  being  requested  so  to  do,  give  to 
any  person  or  persons  the  number  of  his  coach  or  cab,  the  names 
of  the  owner  and  driver  thereof,  and  their  place  of  abode  and  stable. 

1 1 79.  Every  cart,  truck,  wagon,  dra}'  or  other  vehicle  drawn 
by  one  or  more  horses  or  other  animals,  which  shall  be  kept,  used, 
driven,  or  employed  for  the  transportation  or  conveyance  of  goods, 
wares,  merchandise,  or  other  articles,  from  place  to  place,  within  the 
city  of  Chicago,  for  hire,  wages,  or  pay  for  such  transportation,  shall 
be  deemed  a  *'  public  cart "  within  the  meaning  of  this  article,  and 
every  person  who  shall  set  up,  or  so  keep,  use  or  employ  any  such 
public  cart,  without  lirst  obtaining  license  therefor  from  the  mayor 
of  said  city  as  is  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
violation  of  this  article. 

1 180.  The  mayor  shall,  from  time  to  time,  license  and  appoint  so 
many  and  such  persons,  companies,  or  corporations  as  he  ma}'  think 
proper  to  set  up  and  keep  public  carts  in  said  city,  and  he  may 
revoke  or  suspend  an^^  or  all  such  licenses  at  his  pleasure.  All  per- 
sons licensed  as  aforesaid  to  keep  public  carts,  shall  be  deemed  to 
be  public  cartmen  within  the  meaning  of  this  article ;  but  it  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  to  receive  or  hold  a  license  to  keep  public 
carts  or  to  be  a  public  cartman,  unless  he  be  a  resident  of  the  state 
of  Illinois,  and  is  the  actual  owner  of  the  cart  or  carts  so  licensed 
to  be  kept  as  public  carts:  and  the  mayor  may  examine,  under 
oath,  all  persons  applying  for  or  holding  any  such  license,  touch- 
ing their  qualifications  as  aforesaid;  and  all  licenses  other  than 
to  persons  so  qualified  shall  be  void. 

1 181.  The  city  collector  shall  require  and  receive  for  the  use 
of  the  city  from  every  person  to  whom  the  mayor  may  grant  a 
license: 


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1.  For  all  baggage,  express  and  furniture  wagons  and  vehicles 
drawn  b}'  two  or  more  horses  or  other  animals,  shall  be  charged  for 
license,  each,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  annum. 

2.  For  all  baggage,  express  and  furniture  wagons  and  vehicles 
drawn  by  one  horse  or  other  animal,  shall  be  charged  for  license, 
each,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  annum. 

3.  For  all  drays,  carts,  wagons  and  other  vehicles  running  with- 
in said  city  for  hire  or  reward,  and  not  otherwise  expressly  provided 
for^  shall  be  charged  for  license,  each,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and 
fifty  cents  per  annum. 

4.  For  all  wagons  and  other  vehicles  drawn  by  four  or  more 
horses  or  other  animals,  for  the  conveyance  of  any  heavy  article  or 
thing  for  hire  from  place  to  place  in  said  city,  shall  be  charged  for 
license,  each,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  annum:  Provided^  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  include  omnibuses  and  baggage 
waijons  runninu"  to  and  from  hotels  free  of  charjje. 

1182.  All  licenses  to  persons  to  keep  public  carts  and  be  public 
cartmen,  shall  expire  on  the  last  day  of  April  next  after  the  date 
thereof,  unless  sooner  revoked,  as  provided  in  this  article. 

1183.  No  public  cart  shall  be  used  within  said  city  except  it  be 
duly  licensed,  and  the  person  to  whom  license  is  granted  to  keep 
and  use  a  public  cart  shall,  for  all  the  purposes  of  this  article,  be  con- 
sidered the  owner  thereof,  and  responsible  for  all  articles  intrusted 
to,  and  for  the  conduct  of,  the  driver  thereof,  and  liable  e quail v  with 
the  driver  thereof  to  all  forfeitures,  penalties,  and  punishments  here- 
in contained  or  provided.  No  person  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
shall  be  permitted  to  act  as  driver  of  an}^  licensed  vehicle. 

1 184.  A  space  forty  feet  wide  in  the  middle  of  Market  street,  ex- 
tending from  the  south  line  of  Randolph  street  to  the  north  line  of 
Washinfjtoii  street,  and  from  the  south  line  of  Washington  street 
to  the  north  line  of  Madison  street,  is  set  apart  as  a  public  stand  for 
truck  wagons  and  teams. 

1185.  The  superintendent  of  police  may  assign  to  the  owner  of 
each  duly  licensed  public  cart,  a  stand,  where  such  cart  may  remain 
waiting  to  be  employed,  and  also  a  stand  where  it  may  remain  at  other 
times:  Provided^  that  no  such  stand  shall  be  assigned  for  a  cart  to 
remain  at  such  other  times  in  front  of  the  premises  of  any  person  other 
than  the  owner  of  such  cart,  against  the  wishes  of  the  owner  or  agent 
thereof:  and  provided,  further^  that  carts  shall  not  be  permitted  to 
so  stand  two  abreast  in  any  of  the  streets ;  and  every  public  cartman 
who  shall  permit  his  cart  to  stand  loaded,  or  waiting  for  emplo}- 


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ment,  or  to  remain  at  other  times  at  an}'  place  other  than  the  one 
so  assigned  for  such  carts,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of 
this  article. 

1186.  The  superintendent  of  police  and  the  several  officers  and 
members  of  the  police  department  shall  have  power  and  authority 
to  order  the  driver  or  other  person  having  charge  of  any  public  cart 
or  any  other  vehicle,  to  remove  such  cart  or  other  vehicle  away 
from  any  place  in  any  of  the  streets,  which  in  his  or  their  opinion, 
may  be  improperly  incumbering  such  street,  or  obstructing  'or 
impeding  the  public  travel,  and  any  and  every  person  neglecting  or 
refusing  to  comply  with  or  obey  any  such  order,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  article. 

1 187.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  driving  or  having 
charge  of  a  public  cart,  to  give  to  any  person  requesting  it,  his  name 
and  place  of  residence,  the  number  of  the  cart  he  is  driving  or  in 
charge  of,  and  the  name  and  place  of  residence  of  the  owner  thereof; 
and  the  refusal  to  do  so  shall  be  deemed  a  violation  of  this  article. 

1 188.  If  any  accident  or  injury  shall  happen  to  any  person  or  any 
carriage,  vehicle  or  other  thing  by  reason  of  coming  in  contact  with 
any  public  cart,  or  other  cart  or  vehicle,  or  the  horse  or  horses 
attached  thereto,  or  an3'thing  loaded  thereon  while  the  same  is 
moving,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  driving  or  having  charge 
of  the  same  to  immediately  stop,  and,  if  necessary,  render  his  assist- 
ance, and  to  give  his  name  and  residence,  and  to  give  the  number  of 
the  cart  or  other  vehicle  he  was  driving,  and  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  owner  thereof,  under  penalty  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  recovered 
from  the  driver  or  owner  of  any  such  cart  or  other  vehicle. 

1 189.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  an}-  public  cartman,  or  for  any 
person  driving  or  having  charge  of  any  public  cart,  or  any  other 
cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  to  drive  or  back  any  such  pubHc  cart 
or  an}'  other  vehicle  onto  the  sidewalk  of  any  of  the  streets  of  said 
cit}^,  or  to  stop  any  such  cart  or  any  other  vehicle  on  any  of  the 
crosswalks  or  intersections  of  streets,  so  as  to  obstruct  or  hinder  the 
travel  along  such  crosswalks  or  intersections  of  streets,  or  to  place 
any  such  carts  or  other  vehicles  crosswise  of  any  street  of  said  city 
except  to  load  thereon  or  unload  therefrom ;  but  in  no  case  shall  it  be 
lawful  for  any  person  to  permit  such  cart  or  other  vehicle  to  remain 
so  crosswise  of  any  street  for  a  longer  period  than  may  be  actually 
necessary  for  such  purpose. 

1 190.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  who  has  been  licensed 
to  keep  public  carts,  or  to  be  a  public  cartman,  and  whose  license 


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has  been  suspended  or  revoked  by  the  mayor,  to  keep,  drive  or  use 
an}-  public  cart  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  such  oilense. 

1191.  The  prices  or  rates  to  be  charged  by  the  owner  or  driver 
of  any  public  cart  or  other  vehicle  for  the  carrying  of  goods,  wares 
and  merchandise,  and  for  the  loading  and  unloading  of  the  same, 
shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  For  loads  not  exceedin<;f  500  pounds  weight,  one  mile !§  50 

When   the  distance  exceeds  one   mile,   25  cents  for  each 

and  every  mile. 

2.  Over  500  pounds,  50  cents  tor  every  additional  500  pounds 

or  traction  thereof". 
'S.     Household  furniture,   per  load   of  one-horse  truck,  within 

two  miles 1  00 

When   the   distance  exceeds  two    miles,  an  extra   25  cents 
more  for  each  and    e\erv  additional   mile. 

4.     For  a  double  truck  load,  within  two  miles 3  00 

When  the  distance   exceeds  two  miles,  ^1  extra  for  every 
additional    mile. 

1 192.  Ever}' public  cartman  shall  be  entitled  to  be  paid  the  legal 
rate  or  compensation  allowed  and  provided  in  this  article  immediately 
upon  the  carting  or  transportation  of  any  article  or  thing,  and  it  may 
be  lawful  for  any  such  public  cartman  to  retain  any  article  or  thing 
so  carted  or  transported  by  him  for  which  he  is  not  so  paid  his  cart- 
age, and  to  convey  the  same  without  delay  to  the  office  of  the 
superintendent  of  police,  and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  lawful  rate  of 
pay  or  compensation  for  the  so  conveying..  x\ll  disputes  or  disagree- 
ments as  to  distance  or  rates  of  compensation,  between  public  cart- 
men  or  public  porters  and  persons  employing  them  or  owing  for 
cartage  or  transportation,  shall  be  determined  by  the  superintendent 
of  police,  or  an}-  member  of  the  police  force. 

» 

1 193.  Every  public  cart  shall  have  fairly  painted  on  the  out- 
side of  the  square  of  the  after-part  of  the  shaft,  or  on  some  other 
conspicuous  place,  on  each  side,  so  as  to  be  easily  seen,  the  name  of 
the  owner,  and  the  number  of  the  license  therefor,  in  plain  letters 
and  figures  at  least  two  and  a  half  inches  long,  and  the  dri\'ing  or 
using  of  a  public  cart  without  its  being  so  lettered  and  numbered, 
shall  be  deemed  a  violation  of  this  article. 

11 94.  Every  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  to  keep  a  public  cart, 
upon  failing  to  renew  the  license  for,  or  disposing  of  or  parting  with 
the  same,  shall  deface,  remove,  and  obliterate  the  license  number 
therefrom,  and  failing  or  neglecting  to  do  so  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a 
violation  of  this  article. 

1 195.  Every  such  person  upon  receiv-ing  his  license  shall  re- 
port his  residence  to  the  city  clerk,  and  upon  changing  his  residence 

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shall  in  like  manner   report   his  new  residence,  and  the  failing   or 
neglecting  so  to  do  shall  be  deemed  a  violation  of  this  article. 

1 196.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  keep,  use,  drive, 
or  employ  any  cart  or  other  vehicle  with  numbers  or  tigures  thereon 
similar  to  or  resembling  the  numbers  on  public  carts,  or  for  any  per- 
son licensed  to  keep  public  carts  to  place  or  have  any  number  for 
which  he  mav  have  received  Hcense  on  more  than  one  cart,  or  to 
use  more  carts  as  public  carts  than  he  may  have  license  for. 

1 197.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  public  cartman  or  any  other 
person,  to  cart  or  transport  through  any  of  the  streets  of  said  city, 
any  planks,  poles,  spars,  timber  or  other  thing  exceeding  thirty  feet 
in  length,  except  on  a  suitable  truck  or  other  vehicle,  and  such  plank 
or  other  thing  shall  be  placed  lengthwise  thereon,  so  as  not  to  pro- 
ject at  either  end  beyond  the  line  of  the  side  or  width  of  such  truck 
or  other  vehicle;  and  all  persons  carting  or  transporting  any  poles, 
planks,  timber,  spars  or  other  things  in  any  other  manner  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  article. 

1 198.  No  person  driving  any  licensed  public  cart  shall  refuse 
to  convey  within  said  city  the  baggage,  goods  or  merchandise  of  any 
person,  when  applied  to  for  that  purpose,  or  having  undertaken  to 
convey  such  baggage,  goods  or  merchandise,  or  other  thing,  shall 
omit  or  neglect  to  do  so,  or  shall  state  to,  ask,  take,  or  extort  from 
any  person  desiring  to  liave,  or  having  had,  conveyed  to  any  place 
in  said  city  such  baggage,  goods,  merchandise,  or  other  thing,  as  the 
price  or  rate  of  fare  for  such  conveyance,  any  greater  price  or  rate 
of  fare  than  that  herein  established,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars 
for  every  offense. 

1 1 99.  The  owner  or  driver  t)f  any  hackne}'  coach,  omnibus, 
cab  or  other  carriage  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers,  or  of  any 
public  cart  or  other  carriage  for  the  conveyance  of  baggage,  lug- 
gage, or  other  merchandise,  who  shall  make  any  stand  or  stopping 
place,  with  or  without  his  vehicle,  while  waiting  for  employment, 
at  any  place  on  any  street  or  public  grounds  adjacent  to  any  railroad 
or  railway  depot,  or  steamboat  landing,  or  wharf,  other  than  the 
place  or  places  designated  by  the  person  having  charge  of  such 
depot,  or  by  the  superintendent  of  police,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every  offense. 

1200.  Nor  shall  any  such  owner  or  driver  make  such  stand  or 
stopping  place,  either  within  or  without  the  limits  designated  in  this 
article,  within  the  distance  of  twenty  feet  of  any  street  crossing, 
under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  otlense. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  291 

1 201.  All  owners  or  drivers  of  hacks,  hackney  coaches,  omni- 
buses, cabs,  public  carts,  or  other  carriages  for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers,  baggage,  luggage,  or  merchandise,  taking  their  stands 
with  their  vehicles  at  such  places  designated  by  the  persons  having 
charge  of  depots,  as  provided  in  section  1199  of  this  article,  shall 
have  the  right  to  stand  on  any  vacant  place  within  the  limits  of  the 
places  designated,  and  no  preference  shall  be  shown  between  differ- 
ent vehicles  of  the  same  class  as  to  the  choice  of  position  within 
such  limits;  but  different  places  may  be  designated  for  omnibuses, 
for  other  carriages  for  passengers,  and  for  drays  and  baggage 
wagons,  so  as  to  keep  each  class  of  vehicles  together. 

1202.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  licensed  owner  or  driver  of 
any  coach,  cab,  public  cart  or  other  vehicle,  to  convey  any  person, 
without  his  request,  to  any  place  or  house  of  ill  fame,  or  deceive  any 
person  in  relation  to  any  railroad  or  other  ticket  or  voucher  for  con- 
veyance which  is  worthless,  or  make  any  false  representation  or 
statement  in  resfard  to  anv  voucher  or  ticket  for  conveyance  that 
ma}'  be  shown  to  him,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
for  each  and  every    offense. 

1203.  No  licensed  owner  or  driver  herein  mentioned  shall 
refuse  to  give  his  name  on  request  of  any  person,  or  impose  upon  or 
deceive  an}^  person  in  any  manner  or  form,  or  strike,  threaten, 
insult,  or  otherwise  abuse  or  ill-treat  any  passenger  under  any  pre- 
tense whatever,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

1204.  No  owner  or  driver  of  any  licensed  hackney  coach,  cab, 
public  cart  or  other  vehicle,  shall  induce  anybod}'  to  employ  him,  by 
either  knowingly,  wantonly  or  ignorantly  misinforming  or  mislead- 
ing such  person,  either  as  to  the  time  or  place  of  the  arrival  or 
departure  of  any  railroad  car,  steamboat,  canal  boat,  or  other  public 
conve3'ance  whatever,  or  the  location  of  any  railroad  depot,  office, 
station,  or  any  railroad  ticket  office,  or  the  location  of  any  hotel, 
stage  office,  public  place  or  private  residence  within  the  said  city, 
under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

1205.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  such  hcensed  owner  or 
driver  to  induce  any  person  to  ride  in  or  employ  his  vehicle,  by 
falsely  representing  his  vehicle  to  such  person  as  running  for,  or 
being  in  the  employment  of  a  public  house,  canal  or  steamboat  line, 
railroad  or  stage  company,  with  a  view  to  exact,  solicit  or  obtain 
fare,  or  anything  of  value  from  such  person,  or  having  so  induced 
any  person  to  ride  in  his  vehicle,  to  exact,  solicit  or  take  fare  or 
anything   of  value   from  such   person,   for   conveying  him  to  such 


292  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

public  house,  canal  or  steamboat  landing,  railroad  depot,  ticket 
office,  stage  company  office,  or  other  public  place,  under  the  penalty 
of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  ollense. 

1206.  All  omnibuses  driven  upon,  over  or  along  any  of  the 
streets  or  avenues  of  the  city,  shall  at  all  times  keep  to  the  right 
hand  side  of  the  centre  of  such  street  or  avenue,  and  in  no  event 
shall  any  such  omnibus  be  driven  to  the  left  hand  side  of  the  centre 
of  such  street  or  avenue  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  any  pcissenger 
or  for  any  other  purpose:  Provided^  that  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  so  as  to  prevent  any  omnibus  from  receiving  passengers 
from  a  hotel  on  the"  left  hand  side  of  the  street,  for  the  purpose  of 
conveymg  such  passengers  to  a  railroad  depot  or  steamboat  landing. 
Any  driver  or  owner  of  any  omnibus  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  subjected  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and 
not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

1207.  The  superintendent  of  police  of  the  city  of  Chicago  is 
authorized  and  empowered  to  designate  stands  for  omnibus  lines  run- 
ning in  said  city.  Said  superintendent  may  make  all  necessary  rules 
and  regulations  for  omnibuses  and  the  drivers  of  the  same  at  such 
stand  or  stands.  Any  person  violating  any  of  such  orders,  rules  or 
regulations  of  said  superintendent,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penaltv  of 
not  more  than  fift}'  dollars. 

1208.  No  person  shall  in  or  about  any  railroad  passenger  house 
in  said  city  make  any  loud  noise  or  disturbance,  or  be  guilty  of  any 
lewd  or  indecent  conduct  or  behavior  to  the  annoyance  or  disturbance 
of  citizens  or  travelers,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
for  each  and  every  ofiense. 

1209.  No  driver,  agent,  servant,  owner  or  owners  of  an^^  hack- 
ney coach,  cab,  carriage  or  other  vehicle  herein  referred  to,  shall  act 
as  public  porter  or  runner  without  a  license  for  that  purpose,  or  solicit 
passengers,  except  for  such  vehicle  as  he  may  be  licensed  for:  and  no 
driver  of  any  hackney  coach,  cab,  omnibus,  wagon,  public  cart,  car- 
riage or  other  vehicle,  shall  engage  in  racing  with  another,  or  drive 
faster  than  a  moderate  trot  while  passing  in.  along  or  through  any 
of  the  public  streets  in  the  city;  and  all  such  vehicles  shall  keep  to 
the  right  when  in  motion  and  passing  along  any  of  such  public 
streets. 

1 2 10.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  driver  or  other  person  having 
charge  of  any  hackney  coach,  cab,  public  cart,  or  any  other  vehicle 
mentioned  in  this  article,  to  be  off  or  away  from  any  such  hackney 
coach,  cab,  cart  or  any  other  vehicle  while  the  same  is  moving  or  pass- 
ing along  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  said  city;  nor  shall  it  be 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  293 

lawful  for  any  driver  of  any  vehicle  herein  mentioned,  while  waiting 
for  employment  at  any  place  assigned  for  his  vehicle,  to  stand  wait- 
ing for  employment  at  any  other  place,  or  to  snap  or  flourish  his 
whip,  or  to  be  away  from  his  vehicle  unless  from  necessity  or  on 
business,  or  to  sit  or  stand  about  the  doorsteps  or  platforms,  or  in  front 
of  any  house,  store  or  other  building,  to  the  annoyance  of  the  occu- 
pants thereof. 

1 211.  Anv  person  who  shall  violate  an}-  clause  or  provision  of 
any  section  of  this  article,  or  who  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  comply  with 
an}'  or  either  of  the  requirements  thereof,  shall,  on  conviction, 
excepting  as  is  herein  otherwise  provided,  pa}-  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  forfeit 
his  license. 

Article  XIII. 

Coal. 

1 2 1 2 .  In  the  sale  of  coal,  the  hundred  weight  shall  consist  of  one 
hundred  pounds  avoirdupois,  and  twenty  such  hundred  weight  shall 
constitute  a  ton. 

1 213.  Any  person  or  persons  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling 
coal  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  be  delivered  in  said  city,  shall  deliver 
to  the  purchaser  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  of  the  coal  purchased, 
a  certificate,  signed  by  a  city  weigher,  showing  the  weight  of  the 
coal  so  delivered,  and  the  weight  of  the  wagon  or  cart. 

1 2 14.  Any  person  violating  an}-  of  the  provisions  of  this  arti- 
cle, or  who  shall  deliver  to  any  purchaser  a  less  quantity  than  two 
thousand  pounds  of  coal  for  each  ton  purchased  (or  a  proportionate 
amount  for  an}'  part  of  a  ton),  or  who  shall  practice  any  fraud  or 
deceit  in  the  sale  or  delivery  of  any  coal  purchased,  to  be  delivered 
in  said  city  as  aforesaid,  shall  upon  conviction  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  twenty  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  for  each  oflense. 

Article    XIV. 
Concealed    Weapons. 

1 2 15.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  within  the  limits  of 
the  city  to  carry  or  wear  under  his  clothes,  or  concealed  about  his 
person,  any  pistol,  colt  or  slung  shot,  cross  knuckles,  or  knuckles  of 
lead,  brass  or  other  metal,  or  bowie  knife,  dirk  knife  or  dirk,  razor 
or  dagger,  or  any  other  dangerous  or  deadlv  weapon. 

1 2 16.  Any  such  weapon  or  weapons  dulv  adjudged  bv  anv 
police  magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace  of  said  city  to  have  been 


294  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

worn  or  carried  by  any  person,  in  violation  of  the  first  section  of  this 
article,  shall  be  forfeited  or  confiscated  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago, 
and  shall  be  so  adjudged. 

1 217.  Any  policeman  of  the  city  of  Chicago  may  within  the 
limits  of  said  city  without  a  warrant  arrest  any  person  or  persons 
whom  such  policeman  may  find  in  the  act  of  carrying  or  wearing 
under  their  clothes  or  concealed  about  their  persons,  any  pistol,  or 
colt,  or  slung  shot,  or^cross  knuckles,  or  knuckles  of  lead,  brass  or 
other  metal,  or  bowie  knife,  dirk  knife,  or  dirk,  or  dagger,  or  any 
other  dangerous  or  deadly  weapon,  and  detain  him,  her  or  them  in 
the  city  jail  or  armory  until  a  summons  or  warrant  can  be  procured 
on  complaint  made  (under  oath  or  affirmation)  for  the  trial  of  such 
person  or  persons,  and  for  the  seizure  and  confiscation  of  such  of 
the  weapons  above  referred  to  as  such  person  or  persons  may  be 
found  in  the  act  of  carrying  or  wearing  under  their  clothes,  or  con- 
cealed about  their  persons. 

1 218.  Upon  complaint  made,  under  oath  or  affirmation,  to  any 
magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace  in  said  city,  that  any  person  has 
been  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  section  12 15  of  this 
article,  a  summons  or  warrant  shall  issue  for  the  summoning  or 
arrest  of  the  oftender  or  ofienders,  returnable  forthwith;  upon  the 
return  of  such  summons  or  warrant,  such  magistrate  or  justice  shall 
proceed  to  the  hearing  and  determination  of  the  matter,  and  if  it 
shall  be  adjudged  that  such  person  or  persons  has  or  have  incurred 
any  of  the  penalties  fixed  b}^  this  article,  such  magistrate  or  iustice 
of  the  peace  shall  so  adjudge,  and  order  that  the  weapon  or  weapons, 
concerning  the  carrying  or  wearing  of  which  such  penalt}'^  shall  have 
been  incurred,  shall  be  confiscated  to  the  city  of  Chicago. 

1 2 19.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
section  121 5  of  this  article  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  house  of 
correction  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both,  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  magistrate  or  court  before  whom  such  conviction  shall 
be  had. 

1220.  The  prohibitions  of  this  article  shall  not  apply  to  the  offi- 
cers or  members  of  the  police  force  of  said  city  when  on  duty,  nor 
to  any  officer  of  any  court  whose  duty  may  be  to  serve  warrants  or 
to  make  arrests;  nor  to  persons  whose  business  or  occupation  may 
seem  to  require  the  carrying  of  weapons  for  their  protection,  and 
who  shall  have  obtained  from  the  mayor  a  license  so  to  do,  as  here- 
inafter provided. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  295 

1 221.  The  mayor  may  grant  to  so  many  and  such  persons  as 
he  may  think  proper  Hcenses  to  carry  concealed  weapons,  and  may 
revoke  any  and  all  of  such  licenses  at  his  pleasure. 

1222.  Applications  for  such  licenses  shall  be  made  to  the  mayor, 
and  when  granted,  the  person  applying  therefor  shall  pay  to  the 
city  collector  the  sum  of  two  dollars,  and  thereupon  a  license  shall 
be  issued  by  the  city  clerk,  and  signed  by  the  mayor. 

1223.  Every  such  license  shall  state  the  name,  age,  occupation 
and  residence  of  the  person  to  whom  it  is  granted,  and  shall  expire 
on  the  thirtieth  day  of  April  next  following. 


Article   XV. 
JJog's. 

1224.  Hereafter,  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  permit  any  dog  to  go 
abroad  loose,  or  at  large,  in  any  of  the  public  streets,  avenues,  alleys, 
parks,  or  places  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
under  a  penalt}^  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  recovered 
against  the  owner,  possessor,  or  person  who  knowingly  harbored 
such  dog  within  three  days  previous  to  the  time  of  such  dog  being  so 
found  going  abroad  loose  or  at  large.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall 
prevent  any  such  dog  from  going  into  any  such  street,  avenue,  alley, 
park,  or  other  place,  provided  such  dog  shall  wear  a  good  and  sub- 
stantial wire  or  leathern  muzzle,  securely  fastened  and  put  on,  so  as 
to  prevent  him  from  biting. 

1225.  Every  owner,  possessor,  or  person  who  harbors  or  keeps 
any  dog  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  shall  annually,  and  within 
thirty  days  after  the  first  day  of  May  in  each  year,  pay  to  the 
city  collector  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  every  male  dog,  and  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  for  every  female  dog,  and  cause  such  dog  to  be 
registered  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose:  and  also  obtain  from  such  clerk  the  metal  tag  herein- 
after required  to  be  furnished  to  said  clerk  by  the  city  comptroller. 

1226.  The  city  comptroller  shall  provide,  each  and  every  year, 
such  number  of  metal  tags  as  may  be  necessary,  of  such  size  and 
shape  as  he  shall  deem  expedient  (the  shape  to  be  changed  each 
year),  having  stamped  thereon  numbers  indicating  the  year  for  which 
the  tax  is  paid,  and  the  letters  C.  D.  T.,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 
city  clerk;  and  it  shall  be  the  dutv  of  the  city  clerk  to  deliver  one 
of  such  metallic  plates  to  the  person  so  paying  a  tax  upon  any  such 
doo-. 


296  ORDINANCES    OK    THE 

1227.  Every  dog  so  licensed  shall  have  a  collar  around  his 
neck,  with  the  metal  tag  aforesaid  securely  fastened  to  it.  Every 
dog  so  licensed  shall,  when  in  the  street,  be  securely  muzzled  as 
aforesaid;  and  every  dog  or  bitch  that  is  not  so  secured,  although 
he  or  she  is  licensed,  shall  be  captured  the  same  as  if  no  license  was 
granted. 

1228.  No  dog  licensed  as  aforesaid,  and  having  a  collar  and 
tag,  that  may  be  un-muzzled,  and  in  a  wagon  or  other  vehicle 
belonging  to  his  owner,  shall  be  captured,  provided  such  dog  be 
securely  fastened  to  such  wagon  or  other  vehicle  by  a  cord,  rope  or 
chain  not  exceeding  live  feet  in  length. 

1229.  All  dogs  found  loose  or  at  large,  un-muzzled,  whether 
licensed  or  not,  shall  be  seized,  captured,  and  delivered  by  such  per- 
sons as  the  mayor  shall  designate,  at  a  place  to  be  provided  and 
indicated  by  him,  where  such  animals,  if  not  within  four  days  there- 
after claimed  and  redeemed  by  the  owner,  or  some  other  person, 
shall  be  killed  and  destroyed  in  such  manner  and  by  such  persons 
as  the  mayor  shall  designate. 

1230.  The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  take  such  measures  as 
he  may  deem  most  etScient  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this 
article;  and  if  it  shall  be  found  necessary,  the  mayor  may  designate 
one  or  more  persons  in  each  division  of  the  city,  who  shall  have 
special  police  powers  for  that  purpose. 

1 231.  The  provisions  of  this  article,  except  those  relating  to 
muzzling  dogs,  shall  not  apply  to  dogs  owned  by  non-residents,  in 
remaining  temporarily,  or  in  passing  through  this  city,  or  to  dogs 
brought  into  this  city  for  exhibition. 

1232.  No  person  shall  hinder  or  molest  any  person  or  persons 
so  appointed  by  the  ma3^or  while  engaged  in  seizing  or  capturing 
and  delivering  any  such  dog,  as  aforesaid,  or  any  other  person 
engaged  in  the  performance  of  any  duty  enjoined  by  the  provisions 
of  this  article,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  oftense. 

1233.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  police,  his 
assistants,  and  of  all  policemen,  and  pound-masters  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  to  take  up  and  impound  in  anv  city  pound  in  which  cattle 
are  authorized  to  be  impounded,  if  no  other  place  shall  have  been 
designated,  any  dog  found  in  the  city  of  Chicago  not  having  a  collar 
around  its  neck  with  the  metal  tag  aforesaid  attached  thereto,  or, 
having  such  collar  and  tag,  shall  be  without  a  muzzle  as  aforesaid, 
and  if  such   dog   shall  not  be    redeemed,   as   hereinafter   provided. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  297 

within  four  days  after  such  dog  shall  have  been  impounded,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  pound-keeper  of  the  said  pound  wherein  such 
dog  shall  be  impounded  to  slay  or  cause  the  same  to  be  slain. 

1234.  Every  pound-keeper  or  other  person  designated  by  the 
mayor  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  article  is  hereb}'  authorized 
to  collect  a  fee  of  three  dollars,  as  aforesaid,  upon  every  dog  that 
shall  be  so  impounded,  and  twenty  cents  per  day  for  every  day  such 
dog  shall  be  impounded;  and  he  shall  keep  a  register  of  such  dogs, 
and  shall  account  for  and  pay  into  the  city  treasur}'  all  moneys 
received  under  this  article,  at  the  end  of  each  and  every  week,  retain- 
ing therefrom  for  his  fee  the  sum  of  lifty  cents  for  each  dog  so 
impounded,  and  he  shall  receive  no  further   or  other  compensation. 

1235.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate,  or  fail,  neglect 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
article,  where  no  other  penalty  is  prescribed,  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  tive  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  and  every  oflense. 

1236.  On  complaint  being  made  to  the  mayor,  of  any  dog  or 
bitch  within  the  city  which  shall,  by  barking,  biting,  howling,  or  in  any 
other  way  or  manner  disturb  the  quiet  of  any  person  or  persons 
whomsoever,  the  mayor,  on  being  satisfied  of  the  truth  of  such  com- 
plaint, shall  direct  a  police  officer  to  give  notice  thereof  to  the  person 
or  persons  keeping  or  permitting  such  dog  or  bitch  to  remain  in 
his  or  her  house,  or  on  his  or  her  premises;  and  in  case  such  person 
or  persons  shall,  for  the  space  of  one  day  after  such  notice,  neglect  to 
cause  such  dog  or  bitch  to  be  destroyed  or  removed,  so  as  to  prevent 
the  disturbance,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
for  every  day  which  shall  elapse  until  such  dog  or  bitch  be  removed 
or  destroyed  as  aforesaid. 

Article  XVL 
Elections — Contest  of — Hozv  Conducted. 

1237.  The  election  of  any  alderman  may  be  contested  by  any 
elector  of  the  city,  and  the  proceedings  shall  be  in  accordance  with 
the  general  laws  of  this  state  regulating  the  mode  of  contesting 
the  elections  of  county  officers,  so  far  as  the  same  may  be  appli- 
cable. 

1238.  The  city  council  shall  be  the  tribunal  before  which  such 
contest  shall  be  heard,  and  their  decision  shall  be  final. 

1239.  When  any  person  shall  desire  to  contest  the  right  of 
another  to  hold  the  office  of  alderman,  to  which  such  person  claims 


298  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

the  right,  he  shall,  within  sixty  days  after  the  election,  file  with  the  citv 
clerk  a  statement  in  writing,  briefly  setting  forth  the  points  on  which 
he  will  contest  the  election,  which  statement  shall  be  verified  by 
affidavit. 

1240.  Upon  filing  such  statement,  said  contestant  shall  also 
serve  a  copy  thereof  upon  the  person  whose  election  he  intends  to 
contest,  and  in  case  he  is  absent,  or  cannot  be  found,  then  by  leav- 
ing a  copy  of  said  statement  at  contestee's  usual  place  of  residence. 

124T.  Whenever  said  statement  shall  have  been  filed  and  served 
as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  council,  upon  the  appli- 
cation of  either  part}^,  to  fix  the  time  and  place  for  taking  the  depo- 
sitions of  witnesses,  when  either  party  may  proceed  to  take  the  tes- 
timony of  any  witness,  in  the  manner  and  as  provided  for  taking 
depositions  to  be  used  in  cases  in  chancery,  before  any  judge,  justice 
of  the  peace,  master  in  chancery,  or  notary  public,  at  the  time  and 
place  so  fixed,  and  continue  the  same  from  day  to  day  thereafter 
until  all  the  testimony  shall  have  been  taken. 

1242.'  In  all  cases 'of  contested  elections,  the  proofs  shall  be 
taken  and  filed  with  the  city  clerk  as  hereinafter  provided,  within 
sixty  days  from  the  day  fixed  by  the  city  council  for  taking  the 
same:  Provided^  that  the  council  may,  from  time  to  time,  upon 
sufficient  cause  shown,  extend  the  time  for  taking  and  filing  said 
proofs. 

1243.  No  testimony  shall  be  taken  or  produced  on  the  hearing 
before  the  city  council,  except  upon  the  points  set  forth  in  the  said 
statement  required  to  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk  and  served  upon 
the  respondent. 

1244.  When  all  the  evidence  shall  have  been  taken,  the  same 
shall  be  filed  forthwith  with  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  immediately 
lay  the  same  before  the  city  council,  and  the  council  shall,  without 
delay,  refer  the  same  to  some  appropriate  committee  to  investi- 
gate and  report  upon;  and  upon  such  report  being  made,  the  coun- 
cil shall  decide  the  same  according  to  the  right  of  the  matter,  and 
shall  declare  as  elected  the  person  who  shall  appear  by  the  evidence 
to  have  been  elected.  The  council  may  require  all  the  testimony 
and  proofs  taken  to  be  read  in  open  council. 

1245.  Whenever  it  shall  appear  in  any  case  that  the  person 
receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  is  ineligible  to  the  office  be- 
cause of  any  legal  disqualification,  it  shall,  for  that  reason,  be  the 
duty  of  the  city  council  to  declare  said  election  null  and  void,  and 
immediately  call  a  special  election  to  fill  said  office. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  299 

1246.  In  all  cases  of  contested  election  the  parties  shall  have 
the  right  to  have  the  package  or  packages  of  ballots  which  have 
been  returned  to  the  city  clerk,  as  required  by  law,  opened  in  the 
presence  of  a  committee  of  the  council,  and  of  the  person  having  the 
custody  thereof,  and  to  have  said  ballots  counted,  or  the  same  may 
be  brought  into  open  council,  and  then  and  there  counted  by  a  com- 
mittee of  three  persons  appointed  for  that  purpose. 

Article  XVII. 
Election  Precincts  in  the  Several   Towns. 

1247.  That  the  election  precincts  or  districts,  as  now  or  as 
may  hereafter  be  established  by  the  city  council  in  the  several  wards 
of  the  city  shall  be,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  town  elections,  the 
election  precincts  in  the  towns  of  South  Chicago,  West  Chicago, 
and  North  Chicago. 

1248.  That  the  voting  places  at  town  elections  in  said  towns, 
and  the  judges  of  said  elections,  shall  be  the  same  as  those  desig- 
nated and  appointed  by  the  city  council  for  city  elections. 

1249.  x\ll  town  meetings  held  in  said  towns  for  the  transaction 
of  town  business  as  now  provided  by  law  shall  be  held  at  2  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  on  which  the  town  election  is  held  in 
said  towns  respectively,  and  at  the  following  places  to  wit:  the  town 
meeting-  for  the  town  of  South  Chica<jo  shall  be  held  at  Howard's 
liver\"  stable,  on  Twent3-second  street,  between  State  street  and 
Wabash  avenue,  a  voting  place  in  said  town.  The  town  meeting  of 
the  town  of  West  Chicago  shall  be  held  at  424  West  Madison  street, 
a  voting  place  in  said  town;  and  the  town  meeting  of  the  town  of 
North  Chicago  shall  be  held  at  Turner  Hall,  a  voting  place  in  said 
town. 

Article    XVIII. 
Fire. 

1250.  The  fire  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  co-exten- 
sive with  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  as  now  defined  by  law. 

1 25 1.  Whoever,  without  reasonable  cause,  by  outcry  or  other- 
wise makes  or  circulates,  or  causes  to  be  made  or  circulated  any 
false  alarm  of  fire,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months. 

1252.  Whoever  is  concerned  in.  causing  or  making  a  bonfire, 
or  shall  set  fire  to  or  burn  any  hay,  straw,  shavings  or  other  com- 
bustible  materials  in  any   street,   alley  or  public  place   within  the 


300  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

limits  of  the  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  not  exceeding  three  months:  Pru- 
vidcd,  the  fire  marshal  or  any  assistant  fire  marshal  or  fire  warden 
ma}',  in  such  cases  as  he  may  deem  proper,  grant  permits  in  writing 
for  the  destruction  of  straw  or  other  rubbish  where  the  same  can 
be  done  without  damage  to  property  or  annoyance  to  the  public, 
but  the  same  shall  be  done  after  sundown,  and  at  least  thirty  feet 
from  any  building. 

1253.  No  person  shall  take  or  use  in  any  barn  or  stable  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  anv  lighted  candle,  oil  or  fluid  lamp, 
or  any  burning  light  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  unless  the  same  be 
enclosed  and  secured  in  a  good  glass,  horn  or  other  lantern,  under 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1254.  Every  person  keeping  or  occupying  any  ,shop  or  other 
building  wherein  shavings  or  other  combustible  materials  are  made, 
accumulated,  or  may  be  contained,  and  situated  within  two  hundred 
feet  of  any  other  building,  shall  clear  and  remove  such  shavings  or 
other  combustible  materials  out  of  any  such  building  and  the  yard 
belonging  thereto  at  least  three  times  in  each  week,  under  the  pen- 
alt}^  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense.  Any  person  or  persons  using 
rags  or  waste  for  rubbing  furniture,  or  other  varnished  or  oiled 
work,  shall  burn  or  cause  to  be  burned  all  such  rags  or  waste  every 
da}-;  but  if  any  rags  or  w^aste  so  used  are  not  burned  before  the 
close  of  the  working  day,  such  rags  or  waste  shall  be  immersed  in 
water. 

1255.  -'^o  stove  shall  be  used  in  any  such  shop  or  building, 
unless  the  same  shall  be  set  in  a  box  surrounded  with  fire-proof 
material,  with  the  pipe  carefully  set  up  according  to  the  provisions  of 
this  article;  and  no  lighted  candle  shall  be  used  in  any  such  shop 
or  building  except  it  be  placed  in  a  candlestick  made  of  a  material 
not  liable  to  take  fire,  under  the  penalty  of  two  dollars  for  each 
ofiense. 

1256.  No  person  shall  carry  fire  in  or  through  any  street  or 
lot,  or  other  public  or  private  place,  except  the  same  be  placed  or 
covered  in  some  close  or  secure  pan  or  other  vessel,  under  the  pen- 
alty of  one  dollar  for  each  offense. 

1257.  No  person  in  removing  any  chips,  shavings  or  other  com- 
bustible matter,  shall  scatter  or  throw  them  or  suffer  them  to  be 
thrown  or  scattered  on  any  street,  alley  or  other  public  place,  winder 
the  penalt}'  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1258.  No  person,  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  therefor 
from  the  city  council,  shall  hereafter  establish   or  keep  any  lumber 


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yard  or  place  for  the  storage  or  piling  or  deposit  of  lumber  for  sale, 
in  quantity  exceeding  ten  thousand  feet,  upon  any  land  within  the 
limits  of  the  citv,  except  such  land  fronts  or  abuts  on  navigable  water. 

1259.  No  lumber  shall  be  piled  for  the  purpose  of  storing,  sea- 
soning or  drying  the  same,  within  one  hundred  feet  of  an}-  planing 
mill  or  wood-working  manufactory,  nor  within  one  hundred  feet  of 
an}'  private  residence,  unless  the  same  has  been  erected  since  the 
establishment  of  such  yard. 

1260.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  the  three  preced- 
inp-  sections  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  every  day  that  any  lumber  shall  remain 
piled,  or  any  place  kept  for  the  storage  or  piling  of.  lumber  in  contra- 
vention of  any  of  the  provisions  of  said  three  preceding  sections, 
shall  be  deemed  a  new  and  distinct  offense. 

1 261.  No  person  shall  boil  any  pitch,  tar,  resin  or  turpentine 
within  the  corporate  limits,  unless  in  an  open  space  at  least  thirty 
feet  distant  from  any  building,  vessel  or  other  property,  or  in  a  fire 
proof  building,  in  the  improvement  of  streets,  under  the  penalt}'  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1262.  No  person  shall  deposit  or  stack  any  hay,  straw  or  other 
combustible  substance  within  one  hundred  feet  of  any  dwelling- 
house,  barn,  stable,  outhouse  or  building  of  any  description  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  without  first  having  obtained 
written  permission  from  the  mayor  and  both  the  aldermen  of  the 
ward  in  which  the  same  may  be  located,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  week  the 
same  may  remain  after  notice. 

1263.  No  person  shall  keep  ashes  in  any  barrel,  box  or  other 
wooden  vessel,  or  on  any  wooden  floor  in  any  building,  under  the 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1264.  No  person  shall  keep,  sell  or  give  away  any  gunpowder 
or  gun-cotton,  in  any  quantity,  without  permission  in  writing,  signed 
by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk,  and  sealed  with  the  corporate  seal, 
under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  ofiense:  Provided^ 
any  person  may  keep  for  his  own  use  a  quantity  of  gunpowder  or 
gun-cotton  not  exceeding  one  pound. 

1265.  All  applications  for  such  permits  shall  be  made  to  the 
mayor;  and  no  more  than  four  shall  be  granted  in  any  block.  When 
the  number  of  applications  in  any  block  shall  at  any  time  exceed 
the  number  to  be  granted,  the  authorized  number  shall  be  chosen 
by  ballot  by  the  city  council. 


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1266.  The  city  clerk  shall  make  an  entry  thereof  in  a  register 
to  be  provided  for  that  purpose,  which  entry  shall  state  the  name 
and  place  of  business  and  date  of  permit. 

1267.  No  person  shall  sell  or  weigh  any  gunpowder  or  gun- 
cotton  after  the  lighting  of  lamps  in  the  evening,  unless  in  sealed 
canisters  or  cases. 

1268.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  to  whom  a  permit 
shall  be  given  to  keep  a  sign  at  the  front  door  of  his  place  of  busi- 
ness with  the  word  "  gunpowder "  painted  or  printed  thereon  in 
large  letters. 

1269.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  have  or  keep  at  his, 
their  or  its  place  of  business,  or  elsewhere  within  the  city,  or  within 
one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  a  greater  quantity  of  gunpowder  or 
gun-cotton  than  fifty  pounds  at  one  time,  and  the  same  shall  then  be 
kept  in  tin  canisters  or  cases,  containing  not  to  exceed  thirty  pounds 
each,  and  in  a  situation  remote  from  fires,  lighted  lamps,  candles,  gas 
or  other  inflammable  matter,  from  which  the  same  may  be  easily 
removed  in  case  of  fire,  and  then  only  by  first  obtaining  a  permit  as 
herein  required. 

1270.  No  powder  magazine  or  place  for  storing  or  keeping 
gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  shall  be  kept  or  maintained  within  the  city 
or  wnthin  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof:  Provided^  /wzcever,  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  not  be  held  or  construed  to  apply  to  any 
powder  magazine  or  place  now  used  or  that  may  be  hereafter  erected 
and  used  for  storing  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  within  the  city,  or 
within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  which  is  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  located  on  any  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  the  size  or  area  of 
which  is  such  that  the  boundaries  thereof  are  not  less  than  fift}'  rods 
distant  from  the  walls  of  any  such  magazine  or  place,  and  the  title  to 
which  said  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  together  with  all  the  improve- 
ments thereon,  W  purchase  or  lease,  is  vested  in  the  person,  firm  or 
corporation  owning  any  such  magazine  or  place  now  or  that  may  be 
hereafter  used  for  the  storage  of  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton,  as 
aforesaid. 

1 271.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  carr}-  or 
convey  any  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  (exceeding  fifty  pounds  in 
quantity)  through  any  street,  alley,  highway  or  road  in  the  cit}-,  or 
within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  in  any  cart,  carriage,  wagon, 
dray  or  wheelbarrow,  or  otherwise,  unless  the  said  gunpowder  or 
gun-cotton  be  secured  in  tight  cases  or  kegs  well  headed  and  hooped, 
and  put  into  and  entirely  covered  with  a  good,  tight  and  substantial 
leather  bag   sufiicient  to   prevent   the   same   from  being   spilled   or 


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scattered,  or  unless  the  same  is  put  into  a  well  covered  and  perfectly 
water  tight  box,  the  bottom  and  sides  of  which  shall  be  completely 
covered  with  zinc,  or  unless  such  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  be 
secured  in  water  tight  patent  metallic  cases  or  kegs. 

1272.  All  gunpowder  and  gun-cotton  coming  into  the  citv  in 
greater  quantities  than  fifty  pounds,  shall,  within  twent^'-four  hours 
after  its  arrival,  be  transported  and  conveyed  beyond  the  city  limits 
and  beyond  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof:  Pi'ovided^  however^  that 
powder  or  gun-cotton  may  be  conveyed  to  and  stored  in  the  magazines 
beyond  the  city  limits  which  are  embraced  in  the  exceptions  made  in 
section  1270:  and  -provided^  fiiyther^  that  in  case  of  the  receipt  in 
or  shipment  from  said  city  of  powder  in  quantities  exceeding  one 
hundred  kegs  in  one  lot,  the  superintendent  of  police  or  fire  marshal 
may,  on  a  proper  case  made,  grant  special  permit  in  writing, 
extending  said  time  not  exceeding  forty-eight  hours. 

1273.  No  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  shipped  to  or  from  the 
city  of  Chicago  shall  be  permitted  or  suffered  to  be  or  remain  on 
any  dock,  landing,  street,  alle}',  highway,  railroad  track  or  car,  or 
other  place  within  said  city,  or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof, 
in  a  greater  quantity  than  fifty  pounds,  except  as  herein  otherwise 
provided,  for  a  longer  period  than  a  reasonable  time  to  load  and  un- 
load the  same,  which  time,  however,  shall  not  exceed  twelve  hours: 
Provided^  hozuczrr,  the  superintendent  of  police  or  fire  marshal  mav, 
by  permit  in  writing,  extend  said  time  not  exceeding  twenty-four 
hours. 

1274.  No  wagon,  dray,  cart,  or  other  vehicle,  loaded  in  whole 
or  in  part  with  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton,  shall  be  permitted  to 
stand  or  remain  on  any  street,  alley,  highway,  or  place  in  said  city, 
or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  more  than  half-an-hour  at  a 
time,  except  when  unavoidably  detained  by  the  opening  of  bridges; 
and  every  magazine,  safe,  box  or  keg  used  for  storing  or  transport- 
ing, and  all  vehicles  employed  in  hauling  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton 
within  the  city,  or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  shall  have 
the  word  '•  powder  "  painted  upon  both  sides  of  them  in  large  letters. 

1275.  Any  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  sections  1267,  1268,  1269,  1270, 
1271,  1272,  1273  and  1274  of  this  article,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars, 
for  each  and  every  offense;  and  each  and  everv  day  that  gunpowder 
or  gun-cotton  shall  be  kept  in  any  place  contrary  to  any  provision  of 
this  article  shall  constitute  a  violation  thereof. 

1276.  No  vessel  laden  in  whole  or  in  part  with  gunpowder  or 
gun-cotton  shall  land  or  make  fast  to  any  dock  or  wharf  upon  the 


304  ORDINANX'ES    OF    THE 

Chicago  river,  or  either  branch  thereof,  between  the  south  line  of 
the  school  section  and  Chicago  avenue,  or  discharge  such  gun- 
powder or  gun-cotton  within  said  limits.  If  any  master  or  owner  of 
an}^  vessel  or  other  person  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  section, 
he  shall  be  subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars,  and  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

1277.  The  mayor  or  superintendent  of  police  shall  have  power 
to  cause  any  vessel  to  be  removed  from  the  limits  mentioned  in  the 
previous  section,  to  any  place  beyond  the  same,  by  a  written  order, 
which  shall  be  executed  by  the  harbor  master,  or  any  member  of  the 
police  force.  If  any  person  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  such 
order,  or  shall  resist  any  officer  in  the  execution  of  the  same,  he 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

1278.  x\ll  permits  granted  under  this  article  shall  expire  on  the 
tenth  da}^  of  June  in  each  year.  No  permit  shall  be  granted  to  any 
retailer  of  intoxicating  liquors,  or  to  anv  intemperate  person.  The 
collector  shall  receive,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  five  dollars  for  each 
and  every  permit  which  may  be  issued. 

1279.  All  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  which  shall  be  found  in  any 
store,  storehouse,  manufactory  or  other  building,  or  which  ma}'  be 
found  in  any  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  or  on  board  any  steam- 
boat, tug  or  other  vessel  which  shall  make  fast  to  an}-  dock  or 
wharf  in  the  cit}'  of  Chicago,  or  anchor  within  the  jurisdiction  of  said 
city,  in  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  article,  shall  be  immediately 
seized  and  removed  to  some  secure  place,  and  it  is  herebv  made  the 
duty  of  the  members  of  the  police  force  to  assist  in  said  seizure  when 
called  upon. 

1280.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  man- 
ufacture within  the  limits  of  the  city  any  explosive  material  or  com- 
pound, to  be  used  for  any  purpose,  the  manufacture  of  which  would 
be  dangerous  to  life  and  property,  under  the  penalty  of  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day 
that  such  explosive  material  or  compound  may  be  manufactured 
after  written  notification  for  discontinuance  thereof  by  the  fire  marshal. 

1 281.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  to  store  or  keep  in  any  building  or 
other  place  within  the  corporate  limits,  or  convey  through  any  street, 
avenue,  alley  or  other  public  place,  any  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine 
or  any  other  explosive  material  or  compound  other  than  gunpowder, 
unless  a  permit  in  writing  for  such  purpose  be  first  obtained  from 
the  mayor,  under  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  oflense,  and  a  further  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  day  that  such  explosive  material  or  compound  may  remain 
stored,  kept,  deposited  or  conye3'ed,  as  the  case  may  be. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


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1282.  In  all  buildings  in  which  any  explosive  material  or  com- 
pound, as  regulated  by  the  two  preceding  sections,  is  stored  or  kept 
under  a  permit  obtained  from  the  mayor,  it  shall  be  the  dut}-  of  the 
person  or  persons  so  storing  it  to  place  a  tin  sign  on  the  door,  or 
some  other  conspicuous  place  on  the  outside  of  the  first  story  of  such 
building,  on  which  shall  be  painted  in  legible  letters,  the  name  of  the 
compound  or  material  so  kept  or  stored,  under  the  penalty  of  fift}' 
dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  twent3'-five  dollars  for  each  and 
ever}'  day  after  written  notification  from  the  fire  marshal  to  comph- 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Article   XIX. 
Fire  Department. 

1 283.  No  person  shall  in  any  manner  obstruct  the  use  of  any  fire 
hydrant,  or  have  or  place  any  material  in  front  thereof  or  within 
five  feet  from  either  side  thereof,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
each  oftense;  and  any  and  all  material  found  as  an  obstruction  as 
aforesaid  ma}-  be  forthwith  remoN-ed  by  any  member  or  members  of 
the  fire  department,  and  at  the  risk,  cost  and  expense  of  the  owner 
■or  claimant. 

1 28.^1 .  No  person  other  than  a  fireman,  policeman  or  public 
officer,  shall  enter  or  assemble  with  any  other  person  or  persons,  in 
any  engine  house  belonging  to  the  city  without  the  permission  of  the 
officer  in  charge  of  such  engine  house,  under  the  penalty  of  two  dol- 
lars for  each  oflense. 

1285.  Any  person  not  a  member  of  the  fire  department,  who 
shall  personate  a  fireman  or  ofiicer  of  the  fire  department  at  a  fire,  or 
going  to  or  returning  from  a  fire,  by  wearing  a  cap  or  badge  or  in 
any  other  way,  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
•oftense. 

1286.  Every  person  who  shall  be  present  at  a  fire  shall  be  sub- 
ject and  obedient  to  the  orders  of  the  fire  marshal  and  the  assistant 
fire  marshals,  in  extinguishing  the  fire  and  the  removal  and  protec- 
tion of  property;  and  in  case  any  person  shall  refuse  to  obey  such 
orders,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  oftense  the  sum  of  five  dol- 
lars: Provided,  that  no  person  not  a  member  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment shall  be  bound  to  obey  any  of  said  officers,  unless  such  officers 
shall  bear  their  respective  badges  of  office,  or  their  official  character 
shall  be  known  or  made  known  to  him ;  and  all  such  officers  shall 
have  power  to  arrest  any  person  or  persons  so  refusing  to  obey  such 
lawful  orders  as  aforesaid,  and  hold  them  in  custody  until  after  the 
fire  is  extinguished,  when  he  or  thev  shall  be  taken  before  a  magis- 
trate to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law. 

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306  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1287.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  fire  marshal  and  the  assistant 
fire  marshals  to  require  the  aid  of  any  dra}'man  with  his  horse  and 
drav,  driver  of  a  licensed  wagon  with  his  team  and  wagon,  or  an}' 
citizen,  inhabitant  or  bystander,  in  drawing  or  conve3'ing  any  engine 
or  other  fire  apparatus  to  the  fire  and  in  working  and  using  the  same 
while  at  a  fire;  and  on  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  any  person  to  com- 
ply with  such  requisition,  the  ofiender  shall  for  every  default  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars. 

1288.  Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  ofier  an}-  hinderance  to 
any  officer  or  fireman  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  at  a  fire,  or  shall 
wilfully  in  any  manner  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  engine  or  fire 
apparatus  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  for  every  such, 
offense  forfeit  and  pay  a  penal t}'  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars. 

1289.  No  hose  carriage,  hook  and  ladder  carriage  or  engine 
shall  be  drawn  faster  than  a  walk  on  its  return  from  a  fire  or  an  alarm 
of  fire ;  nor  shall  any  such  carriage  or  engine  be  drawn  on  any  side- 
walk opposite  a  paved  or  planked  street;  nor  shall  any  such  carriage 
or  engine  be  drawn  to  a  fire  or  alarm  of  fire  in  a  manner  calculated 
to  endanger  the  safety  of  persons  or  property  in  the  streets  or  allevs 
of  said  city,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  person  or  persons  com- 
mitting the  offense. 

1290.  No  wagon,  street  railroad  car  or  other  vehicle,  shall  be 
driven  over  any  unprotected  hose  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  when  laid  down  on  any  street  or  alley  to  be  used  at  any 
fire  or  alarm  of  fire  without  the  consent  of  the  fire  marshal  or  the 
assistant  in  command,  and  any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense.    , 

1 291.  The  fire  marshal  shall  procure  and  cause  to  be  carried 
with  each  hose  cart  at  every  alarm  of  fire,  efficient  protectors,  which 
shall  be  laid  down  when  said  hose  is  laid  on  any  street  or  alley,  in 
such  manner  as  to  protect  said  hose  from  injur}-  when  vehicles  are 
driven  over  the  same,  and  he  shall  also  cause  all  such  hose  to  be 
taken  up  when  no  longer  needed  for  use. 

1292.  No  person  shall  between  the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  p.  m» 
and  six  o'clock  a.  m.  of  any  day  within  ninety  days  after  any  dwell- 
ing-house or  building  shall  have  been  in  whole  or  in  part  destroyed 
by  fire,  carry  off^  or  remove  from  the  lot  or  part  of  lot  upon  which 
such  dwelling-house  or  building  was  erected,  any  iron  or  lead  pipe, 
iron   railing,  fencing,  iron  pillars,  bars,  rod  or  other  iron  or  lead  fix- 


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tures,  or  other  property  of  any  kind,  from  the  ruins  of  an}-  such 
building,  without  a  permit  from  the  superintendent  of  pohce  so  to  do, 
and  every  person  convicted  of  violating  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  twent3-five  dollars  for  each  and 
every  such  offense. 

1293.  Any  person  who  shall  remove  or  carry  away  from  any 
such  lot  or  part  of  lot,  any  such  iron  or  lead  pipe,  iron  railing  or 
fencing,  iron  pillars,  bars,  rods  or  other  iron  or  lead  tixfures,  or  other 
property  of  an}'  kind,  from  the  ruins  of  any  such  dwelling-house  or 
building,  within  ninety  days  after  such  dwelling-house  or  building- 
shall  have  been  destroyed  by  lire,  without  the  consent  or  authority 
in  writing  of  the  owner  of  such  lot  or  part  of  lot,  or  of  such  dwell- 
ing-house or  building,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalt}'  of  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  every  such  offense. 

1294.  Should  any  person  have  in  his  possession,  or  make  or 
cause  to  be  made,  any  ke}'  or  keys  of  any  iire-engine  or  truck  house, 
police  signal  or  tire-alarm  telegraph  box,  or  use,  or  cause  to  be 
used,  the  same,  without  the  consent  of  the  proper  authority  (except 
the  mayor  and  members  of  the  fire  department),  every  such  person 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  oflense. 

1295.  No  person  shall  be  entitled  to  take  away  an}-  property 
in  the  possession  of  the  fire  department  saved  from  any  tire,  until 
proof  of  ownership  be  made  satisfactory  to  the  fire  marshal  or  act- 
ing fire  marshal. 

1 296.  Any  person  who  shall  scratch,  stencil  or  post  placards  or 
bills  on  any  of  the  poles  of  the  police  and  fire-alarm  telegraph,  or  in 
any  other  manner  deface  or  injure  the  same,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  otiense. 

1297.  No  person  or  persons,  except  those  connected  with  the 
management  of  the  same,  shall  open  any  signal  box,  unless  it  be  to 
give  an  alarm  of  fire  or  to  communicate  with  the  police:  or  break, 
cut,  injure,  deface,  derange  or  in  any  manner  meddle  or  interfere 
with  any  signal  box  or  the  fire-alarm  telegraph  wires,  under  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not 
less  than  thirty  days,  for  each  and  every  ofiense. 

Article   XX. 
Fire-arms^   Fireworlcs  and  Cannons. 

1298.  No  person  shall  fire  or  discharge  any  gun,  pistol,  fowling- 
piece  or  other  fire-arm  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 


308  ORDINANCES    OI"    TliJi 

1299.  No  person  shall  sell,  loan  or  furnish  to  any  minor,  an}- 
gun,  pistol,  fowling-piece  or  other  lire-arm  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  otlense. 

1300.  No  person  shall  fire,  discharge  or  set  ofi'  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  an}'  rocket,  cracker,  torpedo,  squib  or 
other  fireworks  or  thing  containing  any  substance  of  an  explosive 
nature,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided^ 
that  the  ma}'t)r  may  by  proclamation  permit  the  use  of  fireworks  on 
the  fourth  day  of  July,  and  on  such  other  day  or  days  as  he  in  his 
discretion  ma}'  deem  proper. 

1 301.  No  squibs,  rockets,  crackers,  serpents  or  other  fireworks 
containing  powder  or  other  combustible  or  explosive  materials  shall 
be  kept  or  stored  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  except  the 
same  be  kept  or  stored  in  a  fire-proof  vault,  under  the  penalty  of 
not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  everv  t went v-f our  hours  that  said 
rockets,  squibs,  crackers  or  other  fireworks  containing  the  aforesaid 
materials  shall  be  kept  or  stored  after  the  first  conviction. 

1302.  No  cannon  or  piece  of  artillery  shall  be  discharged  or 
fired  otT  in  any  street,  avenue,  allev,  park  or  place  within  the  corpo- 
rate limits  of  the  city  without  a  written  permission  from  the  ma}'or, 
under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  oflense. 

1303.  No  person  shall  sell  within  the  limits  of  the  city  an}' 
rockets,  crackers,  squibs  or  other  fireworks  containing  any  com- 
bustible or  explosive  material,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided^  that  this  section  shall  not  appl}' 
to  the  sale  of  imported  fireworks  in  their  original  packages. 

1304.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  member  of  the  police  force 
to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  article  are  strictly  complied  with 
and  enforced. 


Article    XXI. 

Flags,  and  Decorations  at  the   City  Hall. 

1305.  All  power  and  authority  to  display  flags  or  other  deco- 
rations on,  in  or  about  the  city  hall  or  other  public  buildings  be- 
longing to  the  city  are  hereby  vested  in  the  mayor,  unless  the  city 
council  shall  otherwise  direct. 


city  of  chicago.  3o9 

Article    XXII. 
F1ozver--pots. 

1306.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person|to  place  or  keep  on 
any  window-sill,  railing-  of  balcony,  top  of  porch  or  any  other  pro- 
jection from  any  house  or  other  building  in  the  cit}'  of  Chicago.,  any 
earthen  flower-pots  w'ooden  box  or  other  article  or  thing  whatever 
for  the  cultivation  or  retention  of  flowers,  shrubs,  vines  or  an}-  other 
article  or  thing  whate\'er,  unless  e^'ery  such  flower-pot,  box  or  other 
article  is  securely  and  tirmly  fastened  or  protected  by  iron  railings, 
so  fastened  as  to  render  it  impossible  for  any  such  pot,  box  or  other 
article  to  fall  into  the  street,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every 
oflense. 

Article    XXIII. 
Garni  tig. 

1307.  No  person  or  persons  shall  set  up,  keep  or  maintain,  or 
permit  to  be  set  up,  kept  or  maintained  in  an}'  house  or  place  within 
the  corporate  limits  occupied  or  controlled  by  him  or  them,  any 
E.  O.,  A.  B.  C,  rooley-pooley,  keno  or  faro  table,  faro  bank,  rou- 
lette or  other  instrument,  device  or  thing  for  the  purpose  of  gam- 
ing, or  with  which  money,  liquor  or  anything  of  value  shall  in  any 
manner  be  played  for,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  and  every  oflense. 

1308.  No  person  shall  deal,  play  or  engage  in  faro,  roulette 
or  any  other  device  or  game  of  chance,  hazard  or  address,  either  as 
banker,  dealer,  pla3-er  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  gaming, 
under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every 
oflense. 

1309.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the  police  force  to 
give  information  to  the  ma^or  of  each  house  or  other  place  within 
the  cit}-  wherein  such  games  or  devices,  or  tables  or  other  instru- 
ments or  things  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  are  or  may  be  set  up, 
kept,  or  maintained:  and  said  police  oflicers  shall  take  all  lawful 
means  to  suppress  and  prevent  the  playing  at  the  tables,  games  or 
devices  aforesaid,  and  for  this  purpose,  when  and  as  often  as  any 
one  of  them  shall  have  reasonable  cause  to  suspect  that  any  such 
table,  game  or  device  is  set  up,  kept  or  maintained  as  aforesaid,  he 
shall  forthwith  make  complaint  thereof  before  some  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  obtain  a  warrant  authorizing  him  to  enter  such  house, 
houses  or  place  or  any  room  within  the  same;  and  said  police  ofli- 
cer  shall  thereupon  have  authority  to  demand  entry  therein,  and  any 
person  or  persons  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  open  the  door  or 


310  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

entrance  to  such  house,  houses  or  place  or  any  room  within  the 
same,  upon  application  of  any  police  officer  having  such  warrant, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  tine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for 
each  and  e\'ery  oftense. 

1 3 ID.  No  person  shall  bring  into  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  have 
in  his,  her  or  their  possession  in  the  said  cit}^,  for  the  purpose  of 
gaming,  any  table,  thing  or  device  of  any  kind  or  nature,  whereon 
or  with  which  money  or  any  other  thing  of  value  may  in  any  man- 
ner be  pla3'ed  for,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  tw^enty-fi\'e 
dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

131 1.  No  person  shall  expose  in  any  of  the  streets,  avenues  or 
other  public  places  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  any  table  or  device 
of  any  kind  whatever,  upon  or  by  which  any  game  of  chance  or 
hazard  can  be  played,  or  shall  play  at  or  upon  any  such  table  or 
device,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty-live  dollars  for  each  offense. 

131 2.  Any  person  who  is  a  frequenter,  visitor,  inmate,  door- 
keeper, solicitor,  runner,  agent,  abettor  or  pimp  of  or  for  any  house, 
store,  grocery,  hall,  room  or  an}"  other  place  w^here  are  kept  any 
E.  O.  tables,  keno  table,  faro  bank,  shuffle  board,  bagatelle,  playing 
cards,  pigeon-holes  or  any  other  instrument,  device  or  thing  used 
for  gambling,  whereon  or  with  which  money,  liquor  or  other  articles 
shall  be  played  for,  shall  upon  conviction  be  lined  in  a  sum  not  less 
than  live  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment in  the  house  of  correction  for  a  term  not  more  than  ninety 
days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court  before  whom  such  con- 
viction shall  be  had. 

13 1 3.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  member  of  the 
police  force  to  seize  any  table,  instrument,  device  or  thing  used  for 
the  purpose  of  gaming;  and  all  such  tables,  instruments,  devices  or 
things  shall  be  destroyed.  Any  person  or  persons  obstructing  or 
resisting  any  member  of  the  police  force  in  the  performance  of  any 
act  authorized  by  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a  .fine  of  not  less 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  ofTense. 

Article  XXIV. 
Grades. 

1 3 14.  Tiie  grades  hereinafter  fixed  are  referred  to  the  plane  of 
low  water  in  the  year  1847,  as  established  by  the  trustees  of  the 
Illinois  and  Michigan  canal,  and  adopted  by  the  late  sewerage  com- 
missioners, and  by  the  board  of  public  works  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cacjo,  as  the  base  or  datum   for  the   citv  levels,  and  was  eight  and 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  3 II 

twenty-three  hundredths  (8.23-100)  feet  below  the  then  water-table 
of  the  then  Loomis  store  on  the  south-west  corner  of  Clark  and 
South  Water  streets,  and  was  eleven  and  seventy-one  hundredths 
(II. 71-100)  feet  below  the  water-table,  on  the  south-west  corner  of 
the  main  or  central  building  of  the  then  court  house  of  Cook  county, 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  is  fifteen  and  seven  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  thousandths  (15.775)  feet  below  the  south  east  corner  of  the 
water-table  of  Lind's  block,  at  the  north-west  corner  of  Randolph  and 
Market  streets. 

13 1 5.  The  grades  of  the  top  of  the  sidewalk,  at  the  edge  next 
to  the  street,  on  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago  mentioned  in  the 
tables  in  this  article  contained,  shall  be  at  the  intersections  of  said 
streets  with  each  other,  or  with  other  objects,  or  at  the  points  at 
which  if  they  were  extended  they  would  so  intersect,  fixed  at  the 
heights  shown  by  the  figures  (which  indicate  feet  and  decimal  frac- 
tions thereof),  set  in  the  places  where  tlie  spaces  between  the  lines 
containing  the  names  of  such  streets  or  other  objects  at  the  left- 
hand  side  of  said  tables,  intersect  the  spaces  between  the  lines  con- 
taining the  names  of  such  streets  or  other  objects  at  the  tops  of 
.said  tables  respectivel}-. 


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1 3 16.  x-\ll  grades  between  the  points  mentioned  in  the  fore- 
going tables  shall  be  straight  lines  drawn  from  one  fixed  point  to 
the  nearest  fixed  point,  except  that  the  grade  of  West  Randolph 
street  shall  descend  uniformly  from  the  west  line  of  West  Water 
street  to  a  grade  of  fourteen  feet  at  a  line  forty  feet  east  of  Jefterson 
street,  and  thence  proceed  on  a  level  to  Jefierson  street.  And 
except  also  that  the  grade  of  North  Water  street  shall  rise  each 
way  from  Wolcott  (North  State)  street  at  the  rate  of  one  foot  in  each 
one  hundred  feet,  until  it  meets  the  grade  which  corresponds  with  a 
grade  of  nine  feet  at  Wolcott  (North  State)  street,  as  provided  for 
bv  a  contract  with  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  Com- 
pany  of  May  30,   1864,  ratified  by  an  ordinance  of  July  11,  1864. 

131 7.  All  sidewalks  shall  incline  upwards  from  the  outer  edo-e 
towards  the  line  of  buildings  or  lots,  at  the  rate  of  one  inch  in  three 
feet. 

1318.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  confer 
any  power  on  any  party,  person  or  firm  to  fill  streets  or  raise  the 
grade  of  sidewalks  in  front  of  their  own  or  any  other  premises, 
until  such  streets  have  by  the  city  council  been  ordered  filled  to 
grade;  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  article  being  to  fix  and 
determine  the  grade  for  streets  or  portions  of  streets  to  which  it 
refers,  but  not  to  order  them  or  any  of  them  filled  up  to   the  grade. 

Article  XXV. 
Harbor. 

1 3 19.  There  shall  be  appointed  annuall}^  one  or  more  harbor 
masters,  and  such  number  of  bridge-tenders  as  the  city  council  shall 
designate  and  provide  for  in  the  appropriation  ordinance,  all  of 
whom  shall  be  required  to  give  such  bonds  for  the  faithful  dis- 
charge of  their  respective  duties  as  the  council  may  prescribe,  and 
shall  be  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  said  council. 

1320.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  ever}-  person  so  appointed  and 
employed  as  harbor  master,  to  keep  an  office  in  such  place  as  the 
city  council  shall  designate,  where  at  all  times  during  the  season  of 
navigation  he  can  be  found,  or  where  orders  can  be  left  and  receive 
prompt  attention. 

1 32 1.  Every  harbor-master  and  bridge-tender  shall  be  under 
the  direction  of  the  commissioner  of  the  department  of  public  works, 
and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  mav  be  prescribed  for  him  by  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  said  department  and  the  ordinances  of  the 
city. 


324  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1322.  The  harbor-master  shall  at  all  times  while  on  dutv 
carry  a  speaking  trumpet,  which  shall  be  his  badge  of  office,  and 
through  which  his  orders  can  be  heard  at  a  distance.  He  shall 
keep  an  accurate  accoun1»and  record  of  each  case  of  damages  to 
bridges,  docks  and  all  other  city  property  pertaining  to  the  harbor, 
accruing  b}'  any  and  every  breach  of  the  provisions  of  any  ordi- 
nance by  any  person,  vessel,  craft  or  float;  the  name  of  such  vessel, 
craft  or  float;  the  owner,  master  or  consignee  thereof;  and  shall 
gather  all  evidence  and  information  in  his  power  concerning  any 
such  breach  or  breaches  forthwith  after  the  occurrence  of  any  such 
breach;  keep  an  accurate  record  of  the  amount  of  such  damage, 
when  to  whom  and  how  paid,  and  an  account  of  all  claims  against 
the  city  made  by  vessel  owners  or  persons  navigating  the  harbor, 
for  damages  sustained  in  said  harbor  to  vessels  or  other  crafts,  and 
make  a  detailed  report  thereof  semi-annually  to  the  city  council  or 
oftener  when  required  by  said  council. 

1323.  He  shall  have  charge  of  and  be  responsible  for  the  safe 
keeping  of  the  city  life  boats,  and  any  other  property  which  may  be 
placed  in  his  charge  by  the  city  council  or  the  department  of  public 
Avorks. 

1324.  The  harbor-master  shall  give  such  orders  and  directions 
relative  to  the  location,  change  of  place  or  station,  manner  of  moving 
or  use  of  the  harbor,  of  every  vessel,  craft  or  float  lying,  moving  or 
laid  up  in  the  harbor,  not  in  use,  as  may  be  necessary  to  promote 
good  order  therein  and  the  safety  and  equal  convenience  of  such 
vessels,  crafts  or  floats;  and  any  owner,  master  or  other  person 
having  charge  of  the  same  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  any 
such  order  or  direction,  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  twent\-- 
flve  dollars  for  ever}^  such  neglect  or  refusal. 

1325.  Whenever  there  shall  be  in  the  harbor  any  vessel,  craft 
or  float  insecurely  fastened,  adrift,  sunken  or  laid  up,  not  in  use, 
which  may  require  to  be  fastened,  raised,  removed  or  its  location 
changed,  the  harbor  master  shall  notify  the  owner,  master  or  other 
person  who  may  be  in  charge  thereof,  to  secure,  raise  or  remove 
such  vessel,  craft  or  float  without  delay.  But  if  the  harbor  master 
should  be  unable  to  And  the  master,  owner  or  person  in  charge  of 
such  vessel,  craft  or  float  as  aforesaid,  or  if  no  person  answering  such 
description  can  be  found  by  him,  such  notice  shall  not  be  required, 
and  any  person  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  comph'  with  such 
order  or  direction  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  twent^^-five  dollars, 
and  the  further  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every  day  he  or  the}'  shall 
refuse  to  pay  or  neglect  to  observe  the  same. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  325 

1326.  If  any  vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  not  be  secured,  raised, 
removed  or  its  location  changed  in  compliance  with  the  direction 
of  the  harbor  master  after  notice,  or  if  the  harbor  master  shall  be 
unable  to  serve  such  notice  as  aforesaid,  in  either  case  he  shall 
cause  such  vessel,  craft  or  float  to  be  secured,  raised,  removed  or 
its  location  changed  as  aforesaid,  employing  such  assistance  as  may 
be  necessar}'  for  the  purpose.  All  expenses  which  may  be  incurred 
in  any  case  shall  be  recoverable  of  the  owner,  consignee,  master  or 
other  person  having  charge  of  such  vessel,  craft  or  float.  If  any 
person  shall  resist  the  harbor  master  or  any  person  acting  under 
him  in  the  execution  of  any  duty  imposed  upon  him  by  this  article, 
such  person  so  resisting  shall  be  subject  to  a  flne  of  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  may  be  impris- 
oned not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

1327.  No-  master,  owner  or  any  person  in  charge  of  any  ves- 
sel, craft  or  float,  shall  cause  or  sufler  the  same  to  remain  at  or  with- 
in one  hundred  feet  of  the  south  pier  for  a  longer  period  than  is 
actually  necessary  to  furl  sail  on  coming  in,  or  make  sail  on  depart- 
ing, under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars:  Provided,  that  rafts  or  vessels 
necessarily  used  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  the  piers  shall  not 
be  deemed  to  be  within  this  provision. 

1328.  No  vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  be  so  moored  or  anchored 
within  the  harbor  or  in  any  slip  or  dock  as  to  prevent  the  passage 
of  any  other  vessel,  craft  or  float;  nor  shall  any  vessel,  craft  or  float 
be  so  moved  as  to  run  against  or  injure  any  bridge  across  the  river 
or  any  branch  thereof,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars, 
nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to  the  master,  owner  or  person 
in  charge  thereof,  for  each  oflense. 

1329.  All  vessels,  crafts  or  floats  navigating  the  harbor,  when 
passing  an}'  bridge  or  ferry  shall  be  moved  past  the  same  as  expe- 
ditiously as  is  consistent  with  a  proper  movement  in  the  harbor,  but 
in  no  case  shall  any  vessel,  craft  or  float  while  passing  any  bridge 
or  ferry,  and  obstructing  the  passage  across  such  bridge  or  ferry, 
move  at  a  rate  of  speed  less  than  two  miles  per  hour;  and  no  vessel, 
craft  or  float  shall  be  so  anchored  or  fastened  as  to  prevent  any 
bridge  from  a  free  and  speedy  opening,  or  any  ferry  boat  from  a  free 
and  direct  passage ;  nor  shall  any  line  or  fastening  be  so  thrown,  laid 
or  made  fast  as  to  cross  the  track  of  any  bridge  or  ferry,  under  the 
penalty  of  twenty-flve  dollars  for  each  oflense,  to  the  master  or  other 
person  having  charge  of  such  \essel,  craft  or  float. 

1330.  All  vessels,  crafts  or  floats  not  propelled  by  steam,  nav- 
igating the  harbor,  for  which  the  opening  of  any  bridge  may  be 
necessarv,  shall  while   approaching  and   passing    such   bridge    be 


326  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

towed  by  a  steam  tug,  under  a  penalty  upon  the  master,  owner  or 
person  in  charge  thereof,  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

1 33 1.  Whenever  any  person  having  charge  of  any  vessel,  craft 
or  float  shall  wish  to  move  the  same  past  any  ferry  or  bridge,  reason- 
able time  shall  be  allowed  for  the  opening  of  the  same;  and  any 
person  who  shall  move  any  vessel,  craft  or  float  against  any  bridge 
or  ferry,  or  the  draw  of  any  bridge,  before  the  same  shall  be 
opened,  to  the  injury  thereof,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
two  hundred  dollars,  and  be  Hkewise  answerable  to  the  city  for  dam- 
ages. 

1332.  No  person  discharging  the  cargo  of  any  vessel,  craft  or 
float  shall  suffer  any  part  of  such  cargo  to  remain  projecting  over 
the  front  of  any  wharf  after  such  vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  remove 
from  the  wharf,  under  a  penalty  to  the  master,  owner  or  other  per- 
son having  charge  of  such  vessel,  craft  or  float  occupying  such 
wharf,  of  ten  dollars  for  every  hour  such  projection  shall  continue. 

1333.  All  vessels,  crafts  or  floats  lying  in  or  navigating  the 
harbor,  shall  be  respectively  governed  by  the  following  further  pro- 
visions: 

1.  All  vessels  using  steam  shall  have  their  smoke-pipes  so  con- 
structed and  managed  as  to  prevent  sparks  or  coals  of  fire  escaping 
therefrom,  and  shall  be  moved  slowly  at  a  speed  not  exceeding  three 
miles  per  hour  and  under  a  low  head  of  steam.  All  tug-boats  or 
steam  vessels  used  chiefly  for  towing  shall  have  a  joint  in  their 
smoke-pipes,  and  shall  be  constructed  in  all  respects  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  be  able  to  pass  under  any  bridge  which  is  not  less  than 
thirteen  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  water. 

2.  All  sail  vessels  shall  likewise  be  moved  slowly  and  under  short 
sail,  so  as  not  in  any  case  to  endanger  or  injure  other  vessels. 

3.  No  master  or  other  person  owning  or  having  charge  of  anv 
vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  leave  the  same  in  the  harbor  without  hav- 
ing on  board  or  in  charge  thereof  some  competent  person  to  control, 
manage  and  secure  the  same,  without  first  obtaining  permission  of 
the  harbor  master. 

4.  No  vessel  laden  in  whole  or  in  part  with  gunpowder  or  gun- 
cotton  shall  land  at  or  make  fast  to  any  dock  or  wharf  upon  the 
Chicago  river,  or  either  branch  thereof,  between  the  south  line  of 
the  school  section  and  Chicago  avenue,  or  discharge  such  gunpow- 
der or  gun-cotton  within  said  limits.  The  harbor  master  shall  pre- 
vent any  vessel  with  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton  on  board  from  mak- 
ing fast  to  any  wharf  or  dock,  or  unloading  within  the  limits  afore- 
said. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  327 

5.  All  vessels,  crafts  or  floats,  whether  using  steam  or  other- 
wise, while  in  the  harbor,  shall  have  and  keep  their  anchors  on  board 
or  suspended  from  the  hawse  pipe  by  the  ring  or  shackle,  and  said 
ring  and  shackle  shall  be  below  the  surface  of  the  water,  and  their 
lower  yards  cock-billed,  and  their  upper  yards  braced  up  sharp. 

6.  They  shall  likewise  have  and  keep  out  on  board  during  the 
night  time  a  conspicuous  light,  and  shall  have  extinguished  or  safely 
secured  at  dark  all  fires  which  may  be  kept  on  board. 

7.  No  vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  be  suflered  to  lie  in  the  harbor 
adrift  or  insecurely  fastened. 

8.  Any  master,  owner  or  other  person  having  charge  of  anv 
such  vessel,  craft  or  float  shall  be  subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  for  every  viola- 
tion of  any  provision  of  this  section,  and  to  a  like  line  for  ever^■ 
refusal  to  conform  thereto  when  directed  by  the  harbor  master. 

1334.  No  person  shall  cast  or  deposit,  or  sufler  to  be  cast  or 
deposited,  in  the  harbor  or  slips  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  any 
earth,  ashes  or  other  heavy  substance  or  substances,  filth,  logs  or 
floating  matter,  or  any  obstructions,  under  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  oftense,  and  not  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars  for  every  day  the  same  shall  be  suffered  to  remain 
there. 

1335.  The  harbor  master  shall  be  appointed  a  special  policeman, 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  more  readily  into  eftect  the  police  regu- 
lations of  the  city  concerning  the  harbor  under  his  charge,  and  to 
preserve  the  public  peace  and  quiet  in  and  about  said  harbor. 

1336.  The  words  "vessels,"  "crafts"  and  "floats"  shall  be 
deemed  to  include  every  species  of  steam  and  other  vessels  or  boats 
lying  or  floating  in  or  navigating  the  harbor,  and  also  all  rafts  of  logs, 
timber,  wood,  lumber  or  other  floating  matter;  and  the  harbor  shall 
be  deemed  to  include  the  Chicago  river  and  its  branches  to  their 
respective  sources,  the  piers  and  so  much  of  L,ake  Michigan  as  lies 
within  the  distance  of  three  miles  of  the  shores  of  the  city. 

1337.  If  any  owner  or  master,  or  other  person  in  charge  of  or 
command  of,  or  sailing  an}-  tug  boat  or  towing  boat  in  and  upon  the 
Chicago  river  or  any  of  the  branches  of  said  river,  or  upon  Lake 
Michigan  within  said  city  limits,  shall  run,  sail  or  cause  to  be  run  ou 
sailed  such  tug  boat  or  towing^  boat,  or  anvthincr  that  thev  mav  have 
in  tow,  upon,  against  or  over  any  rope,  chain  or  other  fastening 
mooring  any  dredge  or  other  machine  used  by  said  city  for  deep- 
ening, widening  and  improving  said  lake  and  said  river  and  its 
branches,  so  that  the  said  dredge  or  other  "machine  shall  be  dis- 


328  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

placed,  hindered  or  delayed  in  the  working"  thereof,  such  persons  so- 
offending  shall  forfeit  and  pa}^  to  said  cit}'  an}'  sum  not  less  thaa 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


Article  XXVI. 
Hay. 

1338.  No  person,  except  a  city  weigher,  dul}'  appointed  and 
qualihed,  shall  erect  or  have  an}-  scale  or  apparatus  for  weighing  hay 
on  any  street,  avenue  or  public  place  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under 
the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

1339.  It  shall  be  the  dut}-  of  the  city  weighers,  severally,  tcv 
provide  themselves  with  proper  scales,  and  well  and  truly  to  weigh 
any  cart,  wagon  or  sled  load  of  hay  when  applied  to  by  any  person 
desiring  the  same,  and  to  make  such  reduction  from  the  weight  of 
such  hay  as  to  them  may  seem  reasonable  and  just  by  reason  of 
said  hay  being  damp,  wet  or  not  well  cured,  and  deliver  to  the  person 
so  applying  a  certificate  thereof,  for  which  the  said  weighers  ma3r 
demand  and  receive  the  sum  of  ten  cents  from  the  person  hav- 
ing the  same  weighed,  for  the  use  of  said  city. 

1340.  All  ha}'  which  shall  be  offered  for  sale  by  the  load  in  the- 
city  of  Chicago,  shall  stand  on  one  of  the  hay  stands  designated  by 
the  council,  in  such  order  and  manner  as  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  shall  direct,  and  no  person  shall  offer  for  sale  or  sell  any  load 
of  hay  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  without  the  same 
having  first  been  weighed  by  a  city  weigher,  and  a  certificate  thereof 
in  conformity  herewith,  given. 

1 34 1.  City  weighers  of  hay  shall  have  and  keep  their  offices- 
and  scales  at  or  near  the  following  places,  to  wit:  One  on  Market 
square  near  Archer  avenue;  one  at  or  near  No.  984  West  Lake- 
street;  one  at  or  near  Nos.  219  and  221  North  avenue;  and  one  at  or 
near  No.  334  Milwaukee  avenue;  and  at  such  other  places  as  the  city- 
council  shall  designate  from  time  to  time  hereafter. 

1342.  No  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  by  the  load  any  hay 
within  said  city  in  any  other  place  than  upon  a  hay  market  estab- 
lished by  the  city  council. 

1343.  All  hay  sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  the  bale,  shall  first  be 
weighed  by  some  city  weigher,  and  the  amount  of  the  weight  of 
said  bale  or  bales  shall  be  stamped  or  marked  with  the  name  of  the 
person  so  selling  the  same  on  such  bale;  and  if  the  exact  gross  or 
net   weight  of  every  such  bale  of  hay  so  sold  or  offered  for  sale 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  329 

shall  not  be  legibly  and  distinctly  marked  or  stamped  thereon,  the 
person  so  selling  or  ottering  the  same  for  sale  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  violating  this  article. 

1344.*  Previous  to  the  sale  of  any  load  of  hay,  the  seller  shall 
exhibit  to  the  proposed  purchaser  the  weigher's  certificate  mentioned 
in  section  1340,  and  upon  the  sale  of  each  load  the  seller  shall 
deliver  to  the  purchaser  the  said  certificate. 

1345.  At  the  request  of  any  purchaser,  every  load  or  bale  of 
hay  so  offered  for  sale  shall  be  re-weighed,  and  the  expense  of  re- 
weighing  shall  be  paid  by  the  purchaser  if  the  weight  be  found  cor- 
rect, but  if  found  incorrect  the  expense  of  weighing  such  load  or 
bale  of  hay  shall  be  paid  by  the  seller. 

1346.  Any  person  who  shall  oft'end  against  or  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  when  no  other  or  different  penalty  is  pro- 
vided, shall  be  fined  on  conviction  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Article    XXVII. 
Health. 

1347.  That  no  person  shall  hereafter  erect,  or  cause  to  be 
erected,  or  converted  to  a  new  purpose  by  alteration,  any  building  or 
structure  which,  or  any  part  of  which,  shall  be  inadequate  or  defective 
in  respect  to  ventilation,  light,  sewerage  or  an}-  of  the  usual,  proper 
or  necessary  provisions  or  precautions  for  the  preservation  of  health, 
nor  shall  the  builder,  lessee,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any  such  or  of 
any  other  building  or  structure  (having  the  right  or  ability  to  remedy 
or  prevent  the  same),  cause  or  allow  any  matter  or  thing  to  be  or 
to  be  done  in  or  about  any  such  building  or  structure  dangerous  or 
prejudicial  to  health. 

13^8.  That  no  owner,  agent  or  lessee  of  any  building  or  any 
part  thereof,  shall  lease  or  let  or  hire  out  the  same  or  any  portion 
thereof,  to  be  occupied  b}"  any  person  or  allow  the  same  to  be  occu- 
pied by  any  person,  or  allow  the  same  to  be  occupied  as  a  place 
in  which  any  one  may  dwell  or  lodge,  except  when  said  buildings 
or  such  parts  thereof  are  sutffciently  lighted,  ventilated,  pro^•ided 
and  accommodated,  and  in  all  respects  in  that  condition  of  cleanli- 
ness and  wholesomeness  for  which  this  article  or  any  law  of  this 
state  provides,  or  in  which  they  or  either  of  them  require  any  such 
premises  to  be  kept. 

1349.  That  no  person,  being  the  owner,  proprietor,  lessee,  man- 
ager or   superintendent  of  any  store,  factory,  workshop  or   other 


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structure  or  place  of  employment  where  workmen  and  workwomen 
are  employed  for  wages,  shall  cause,  permit  or  allow  the  same  or 
any  portion  or  apartment  of  or  any  room  in  said  store,  factory, 
workshop  or  other  structure  or  place  of  employment,  to  be  over- 
crowded or  inadequate,  faulty  or  insufficient  in  respect  of  ventilation 
and  cleanliness;  and  in  every  such  building  or  apartment,  or  room 
in  any  such  building,  where  one  or  more  persons  are  employed  as 
aforesaid,  at  least  five  hundred  cubit  feet  of  air  space  shall  be 
allowed  to  each  and  every  person  employed  therein,  and  the  air 
changed  or  renewed  by  ventilation  at  least  once  in  every  twenty 
minutes  during  the  hours  of  employment. 

1350.  All  such  places  of  employment  or  service  shall  be  kept  in 
a  cleanly  condition,  free  from  the  effluvia  of  a  sewer,  drain,  privy, 
stable  or  other  nuisance;  also  as  far  as  practicable  from  all  gases, 
vapors,  dust  or  other  impurities  generated  by  manufacturing  pro- 
cesses or  otherwise  and  injurious  to  health.  Sufficient  and  separate 
privies  and  urinals  shall  be  provided  for  male  and  female  employes 
and  such  privies  shall  be  ventilated. 

1 35 1.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  visit  or  cause  to  be 
visited  by  an  officer,  all  such  places  of  employment  or  service  within 
the  city  at  least  once  a  month,  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this 
article  are  complied  with,  and  shall  have  such  arrangements  made  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  safety  and  health  of  the  employes, 
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  this  article  and  such  laws  as  may  be  in 
force  concerning  health  and  sanitar}^  measures. 

1352.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  annually  during  the 
first  quarter  of  each  and  every  fiscal  year,  place  full  and  detailed 
statistical  reports  of  the  work  of  the  inspectors  before  the  city  coun- 
cil.    The  reports  shall  specify  the  following: 

1.  Number  of  males  and  females  of  all  ages  employed;  also 
number  of  boys  and  girls  under  fifteen  years  of  age  employed. 

2.  The  number  of  violations  of  this  article  and  the  number  of 
abatements,  with  detailed  accounts  of  improvements  effected. 

3.  General  and  special  sanitary  condition  of  all  people  in  labor 
or  service  in  factories,  workshops,  stores,  warehouse,  elevators, 
3'ards,  and  domestic  w^orkrooms. 

4.  Number  and  kind  of  dangerous  and  unhealthy  emplo^'ments. 
and  diseases  of  the  several  trades  and  occupations. 

Such  reports  shall  be  printed  as  public  documents,  for  the  infor- 
mation of  the  people. 

1353.  That  no  owner,  lessee  or  keeper  of  any  tenement-house, 
lodging-house,  boarding-house  or  manufactory  shall  cause  or  allow 


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the  same  to  be  over-crowded,  or  cause  or  allow  so  great  a  number 
of  persons  to  dwell,  be  or  sleep  in  any  such  house  or  any  portion 
thereof,  as  thereby  to  cause  any  danger  or  detriment  to  health. 

1354.  That  every  person  who  shall  be  the  owner,  lessee  or 
keeper  or  manager  of  any  tenement-house,  boarding-house,  lodging- 
house  or  manufactory,  shall  provide  or  cause  to  be  provided  for  the 
accommodation  thereof  and  for  the  use  of  the  tenants,  lodgers, 
boarders  and  workers  thereat,  adequate  privies  or  water-closets,  and 
the  same  shall  be  so  adequately  ventilated,  and  shall  at  all  times  be 
kept  in  such  cleanly  and  wholesome  condition  as  not  to  be  offensive, 
or  be  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  health.  And  no  offensive  smell 
or  gases  from  or  through  any  outlet  or  sewer,  or  through  any  such 
privy  or  water-closet,  shall  be  allowed  by  any  person  aforesaid  to 
pass  into  such  house  or  any  part  thereof  or  into  any  other  house  or 
building. 

1355.  That  every  owner,  lessee  and  tenant,  and  manager  of 
any  boarding-house  or  manufactory,  shall  cause  every  part  thereof 
and  its  appurtenances  to  be  put,  and  shall  thereafter  cause  the  same 
to  be  kept,  in  a  clean  and  wholesome  condition,  and  shall  speedih' 
cause  every  apartment  thereof  in  which  any  person  may  sleep, 
dwell  or  work,  to  be  adequately  lighted  and  ventilated;  and  if  the 
same  be  a  manufactory,  shall  cause  every  part  thereof  in  which  any 
person  may  work  to  be  maintained  at  such  temperature,  and  be 
provided  with  such  accommodations  and  safeguards  as  not,  by  any 
reason  of  the  want  thereof,  or  of  anything  about  the  condition  of 
any  such  manufactory  or  its  appurtenances,  to  cause  unnecessary 
danger  or  detriment  to  the  health  of  any  person  being  properly 
therein  or  thereat. 

1356.  That  no  person  having  the  right  and  power  to  prevent 
the  same,  shall  knowingly  cause  or  permit  any  person  to  sleep  or 
remain  in  any  cellar,  or  in  an}^  place  dangerous  or  prejudicial  to 
health,  by  reason  of  a  want  of  ventilation  or  drainage,  or  by  reason 
of  the  presence  of  any  poisonous,  noxious  or  offensive  substance  or 
otherwise. 

1357.  That  no  person  having  the  right  and  power  to  prevent 
the  same,  shall  knowingly  cause  or  permit  any  child  under  fifteen 
years  of  age  to  be  employed  at  night  in  any  place  where  machinery 
is  used,  or  more  than  eight  hours  in  any  day,  at  any  trade  or  em- 
ployment, and  then  only  between  the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  a.  :m. 
and  six  o'clock  p.  m. 

1358.  Every  house,  building  or  portion  thereof  in  the  citv  of 
Chicago,  designed  to  be  used,  occupied,  leased  or  rented,  or  which 


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is  used,  occupied,  leased  or  rented  for  a  tenement  or  lodging-house,, 
shall  have  in  every  room  which  is  occupied  as  a  sleeping  room,  and 
which  does  not  communicate  directly  with  the  external  air,  a  venti- 
lating or  transom  window  having  an  opening  or  area  of  three  square 
feet  over  the  door  leading  into  and  connected  with  the  adjoining; 
room  if  such'  adjoining  room  communicates  with  the  external  air^ 
and  also  a  ventilating  or  transom  window  of  the  same  opening  or 
area  communicating  with  the  entry  or  hall  of  the  house,  or  where 
this  is  from  the  relative  situation  of  the  rooms  impracticable,  such 
last  rhentioned  ventilating  or  transom  window  shall  communicate 
with  an  adjoining  room  that  itself  communicates  with  the  entry  or 
hall.  Every  such  house  or  building  shall  have  in  the  roof  at  the  top 
of  the  hall  an  adequate  and  proper  ventilator,  of  a  form  approved  by 
the  commissioner  of  buildings. 

1359.  The  roof  of  ever}^  house  shall  be  kept  in  good  repair 
and  so  as  not  to  leak,  and  all  rain  water  shall  be  so  drained  or  con- 
veyed therefrom  as  to  prevent  its  dripping  on  the  ground,  or 
causing  dampness  in  the  walls,  yard  or  area. 

1360.  Every  such  building  shall  be  provided  with  good  and 
sufficient  water-closets  or  privies,  and  shall  have  proper  doors,  trapSy 
soil-pans  and  other  suitable  works  and  arrangements,  so  far  as  may 
be  necessary  to  insure  the  efficient  operation  thereof. 

1 361.  Such  water-closets  or  privies  shall  not  be  less  in  number 
than  one  to  every  twenty  occupants  of  said  house;  but  water  closets- 
or  privies  may  be  used  in  common  by  the  occupants  of  any  two  or 
more  houses,  provided  the  access  is  convenient  and  direct,  and  pro- 
vided the  number  of  occupants  in  the  houses  for  which  they  are- 
provided  shall  not  exceed  the  proportion  above  required  for  every 
privy  or  water-closet. 

1362.  Every  house  situated  upon  a  lot  or  street  in  which  there 
is  a  sewer,  shall  have  the  water-closets  or  privies  furnished  with  a 
proper  connection  with  the  sewer,  which  connection  shall  be  in  all 
parts  adequate  for  the  purpose,  as  to  permit  entirely  and  freely  to 
pass  whatever  enters  the  same. 

1363.  All  such  water-closets  and  vaults  shall  be  provided  with 
the  proper  traps,  and  connected  with  the  house  sewer  by  a  proper 
tight  pipe,  and  shall  be  provided  with  sufficient  water  and  other 
proper  means  for  flushing  the  same;  and  every  owner,  lessee  and 
occupant  shall  take  adequate  measures  to  prevent  improper  sub- 
stances from  entering  such  water-closets  or  privies  or  their  connec- 
tions, and  to  secure  the  prompt  removal- of  anv  improper  substances; 
that  may  enter  them  so  that  no  accumulation  shall  take  place,   and 


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SO  as  to  prevent  any  exhalation  therefrom,  otiensive,  dangerous  or 
prejudicial  to  health,  and  so  as  to  prevent  the  same  from  being  or 
becominij  obstructed. 

1364.  Where  no  sewer  exists  in  the  street,  the  yard  or  area 
shall  be  so  graded  that  all  water  from  the  roof  or  otherwise,  and  all 
Jilth  shall  flow  freely  from  it  and  all  parts  of  it  into  the  street  gutter, 
by  a  passage  beneath  the  sidewalk  which  shall  be  covered  by  a  per- 
manent cover,  but  so  arranged  as  to  permit  access  to  remove  obstruc- 
tions or  impurities. 

1365.  Every  tenement  or  lodging-house  shall  have  the  proper 
and  suitable  conveniences  or  receptacles  for  receiving  garbage  and 
other  refuse  matter.  No  tenement  or  lodging-house  nor  any  por- 
tion thereof,  shall  be  used  as  a  place  of  storage  for  any  combustible 
article,  or  any  article  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  health;  nor  shall 
any  horse,  cow,  calf,  swine,  pig,  sheep  or  goat  be  kept  in  said  house. 

1366.  Ever}-  tenement  or  lodging-house  and  ever}-  part  thereof, 
shall  be  kept  clean  and  free  from  any  accumulation  of  dirt,  tilth,  gar- 
bage or  other  matter  in  or  on  the  same,  or  in  the  yard,  court,  pas- 
sage, ar^a  or  alley  connected  with  or  belonging  to  the  same.  The 
owner  or  keeper  of  any  lodging-house,  and  the  owner  or  lessee  of 
any  tenement  house  or  part  thereof,  shall  thoroughly  cleanse  all  the 
rooms,  passages,  stairs,  floors,  windows,  doors,  walls,  ceilings,  privies, 
•cesspools  and  drains  thereof  of  the  house  or  part  of  the  house  of  which 
he  is  the  owner  or  lessee,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  commissioner  of 
health,  so  often  as  shall  be  required  by  or  in  accordance  with  any 
regulation  or  order  of  said  commissioner,  and  shall  well  and 
sufflcientlv  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  commissioner  whitewash 
the  walls  and  ceilings  thereof  twice  at  least  in  every  year,  and  in  the 
months  of  April  and  October,  unless  the  said  commissioner  shall 
otherwise  direct. 

1367.  The  owner  or  keeper  of  any  lodging-house,  and  the 
owner,  agent  of  the  owner,  and  the  lessee  of  any  tenement  house 
or  part  thereof,  shall  whenever  any  person  in  such  house  is  sick  of 
fever  or  of  anv  infectious,  pestilential  or  contagious  disease,  and 
such  sickness  is  known  to  such  owner,  keeper,  agent  or  lessee,  give 
immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  department  of  health  or  to  some 
•oflicer  of  the  same,  and  thereupon  said  officer  shall  cause  the  same  to 
be  inspected,  and  may  if  found  necessary  cause  the  same  to  be  im- 
mediately cleansed  or  disinfected  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  in  such 
manner  as  the}'  may  deem  necessary  and  etlectual;  and  they  ma}" 
also  cause  the  blankets,  bedding  and  bed  clothes  used  by  any  such 
sick  person  to  be  thoroughly  cleansed,  scoured  and  fumigated,  or 
in  extreme  cases  to  be  destroyed. 


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ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


1368.  Whenever  it  shall  be  decided  by  the  commissioner  of 
health  that  any  building  or  part  thereof  is  unfit  for  human  habita- 
tion by  reason  of  its  being  so  infected  with  disease,  or  from  other 
causes,  as  to  be  likely  to  cause  sickness  among  the  occupants,  and 
notice  of  such  decision  shall  have  been  affixed  conspicuously  on  the 
building  or  part  thereof  so  decided  to  be  unlit  for  human  habitation, 
and  personally  served  upon  the  owner,  agent  or  lessee,  if  the  same 
can  be  found  in  the  state,  requiring  all  persons  therein  to  vacate  such 
building  or  part  thereof  for  the  reasons  to  be  stated  therein  as  afore- 
said, such  building  or  part  thereof  shall  within  ten  days  thereafter 
be  vacated,  or  within  such  shorter  time,  not  less  than  twenty-four 
hours,  as  in  said  notice  may  be  specified. 

1369.  No  house  hereafter  erected  shall  be  used  as  a  tenement 
house  or  lodging  house,  and  no  house  heretofore  erected  and  not 
now  used  for  such  purpose,  shall  be  converted  into,  used  or  leased 
for  a  tenement  or  lodging  house,  unless  in  addition  to  the  require- 
ments hereinbefore  contained  it  conforms  to  requirements  contained 
in  the  following  sections. 

1370.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  hereafter  to  erect  for,  or  convert  to  the 
purposes  of  a  tenement  or  lodging-house,  a  building  on  the  front  of  any 
lot  where  there  is  another  building  on  the  rear  of  the  same  lot, 
unless  there  is  a  clear,  open  space  exclusively  belonging  thereto,  and 
extending  upwards  from  the  ground  of  at  least  ten  feet  between  said 
buildings,  if  they  are  one-story  high  above  the  level  of  the  ground; 
if  they  are  two-stories  high,  the  distance  between  them  shall  not  be 
less  than  fifteen  feet;  if  they  are  three-stories  high,  the  distance 
between  them  shall  be  twenty  feet ;  and  if  they  are  more  than  three- 
stories  high,  the  distance  between  them  shall  be  twenty-five  feet. 
At  the  rear  of  every  building  hereafter  erected  for  or  converted  tO' 
the  purposes  of  a  tenement  or  lodging-house  on  back  part  of  any  lot, 
there  shall  be  a  clear,  open  space  of  ten  feet  between  it  and  any 
other  building.  But  when  thorough  ventilation  of  such  open  spaces 
can  be  otherwise  secured,  said  distances  may  be  lessened  or  modi- 
fied in  special  cases  by  a  permit  from  the   department   of  buildings. 

1 37 1.  In  ever}'  such  house  hereafter  erected  or  converted,  every 
habitable  room  except  rooms  in  the  attic  shall  be  in  every  part  not 
less  than  eight  feet  in  height  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling;  and  every 
habitable  room  in  the  attic  of  any  such  building  shall  be  at  least 
eight  feet  in  height  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling,  throughout  not  less 
than  one  half  the  area  of  such  room.  Ever}^  such  room  shall  have 
at  least  one  window  connecting  with  the  external  air,  or  over  the 
door  a  ventilator  of  perfect  construction,  connecting  it  with  a  room 
or  hall  which  has  a  connection  with  the  external  air,  and  so  arranged 


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as  to  produce  a  cross  current  of  air.  The  total  area  of  window  or 
windows  in  every  room  communicating  with  the  external  air,  shall 
be  at  least  one-tenth  of  the  superficial  area  of  every  such  room ;  and 
the  top  of  one  at  least  of  such  windows  shall  not  be  less  than  seven 
feet  and  six  inches  above  the  floor,  and  the  upper  half  at  least  shall 
be  made  so  as  to  open  the  full  width,  Ever^^  habitable  room  of  a 
less  area  than  one  hundred  superficial  feet,  if  it  does  not  communi- 
cate directly  with  the  external  air,  and  is  without  an  open  fire-place, 
shall  be  provided  with  special  means  of  ventilation  by  a  separate  air- 
shaft  extending  to  the  roof,  or  otherwise,  as  the  commissioner  of 
buildings  may  prescribe. 

1372.  Every  such  house  hereafter  erected  or  converted  shall 
have  adequate  chimneys  running  through  every  floor,  with  an  open 
fire-place  or  grate,  or  place  for  stove,  properh'  connected  with  one 
of  said  chimneys,  for  ever}^  family  and  set  of  apartments;  it  shall 
have  proper  conveniences  and  receptacles  for  ashes  and  rubbish;  it 
shall  have  water  furnished  at  one  or  more  places  in  such  house  or 
in  the  yard  thereof,  so  that  the  same  may  be  adequate  and  reason- 
ably convenient  for  the  use  of  the  occupants  thereof;  it  shall  have 
the  floor  of  the  cellar  properly  cemented  so  as  to  be  water-tight; 
the  halls  of  each  floor  shall  open  directly  to  the  external  air,  with 
suitable  windows,  and  shall  have  no  room  or  other  obstruction  at  the 
end,  unless  sufficient  light  or  ventilation  is  otherwise  provided  for 
said  hall  in  a  manner  approved  b}^  the  commissioner  of  buildings. 

1373.  A  tenement  house  within  the  meaning  of  this  article 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  every  house,  building  or  por- 
tion thereof  which  is  rented,  leased,  let  or  hired  out  to  be  occu- 
pied or  is  occupied  as  the  home  or  residence  of  more  than  three 
families  living  independently  of  one  another  and  doing  their  cooking 
upon  the  premises;  or  b}^  more  than  two  families  upon  a  floor  so 
living  and  cooking,  but  having  a  common  right  in  the  halls,  stair- 
ways, yards,  water-closets  or  privies  or  some  of  them. 

1374.  A  lodging-house  shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  any 
house  or  building  or  portion  thereof,  in  which  persons  are  harbored 
or  received  or  lodged  for  hire  for  a  single  night  or  for  less  than  a 
week  at  one  time,  or  an}-  part  of  which  is  let  for  an}-  person  to  sleep 
in  for  any  term  less  than  a  week. 

1375.  A  cellar  shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  everv  base- 
ment or  lower  story  of  any  building  or  house  of  which  one-half  or 
more  of  the  height  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling  is  below  the  level  of 
the  street  adjoining. 

1376.  That  no  master  or  teacher,  or  manager  of  or  in  any 
school,  public  or  private,  or  of  or  in  any  Sunday  school  or  g3'mnasium. 


2^6  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

nor  the  officers  or  managers  thereof,  nor  officers  or  managers  nor 
persons  having  charge  of  an}-  place  of  public  worship,  shall  so  far 
omit  or  neglect  any  duty  or  reasonable  care  or  precaution  respecting 
the  safety  or  health  of  any  scholar,  pupil  or  attendant,  or  respecting 
the  temperature,  ventilation  or  cleanliness  or  strength  of  any  church, 
hall  of  worship,  school  house,  school  room  or  place  of  practice  or 
exercise,  or  relative  to  anything  appurtenant  thereto,  as  that  by 
reason  of  such  neglect  or  omission  the  health  of  any  person  shall 
suffer  or  incur  any  avoidable  peril  or  detriment. 

1377.  That  every  agent,  or  other  person  having  the  charge, 
control  or  management,  or  who  collects  or  receives  the  rents,  of 
any  lands,  premises  or  other  property  in  the  city,  shall  disclose  the 
name  or  names  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  land,  premises  or 
property,  or  the  name  or  names  of  the  person  or  persons  for  whom 
such  agent  or  other  person  is  acting,  upon  application  being  made 
therefor  by  any  inspector,  agent  or  officer  of  the  department  of 
health  or  the  department  of  buildings. 

1378.  That  no  keeper,  or  other  officer  or  person  having  control 
or  authority  in  any  city  jail,  prison,  station  or  other  place  where  anv 
person  may  be  kept  or  confined,  shall  needlessly  or  illegally  cause 
or  allow  any  peril  or  detriment  to  the  health  of  any  such  person  by 
reason  of  too  little  or  too  much  heat,  or  of  a  want  of  food,  drink  or 
ventilation,  or  from  the  want  or  neglect  of  any  other  reasonable  care, 
protection  or  precaution. 

1379.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  throw,  place  or  deposit,  or 
cause  to  be  thrown,  placed  or  deposited,  any  dung,  carrion,  dead 
animal,  offal  or  putrid  or  unwholesome  substance,  or  the  contents  of 
any  privy  upon  the  margin  or  banks  or  into  the  waters  of  lake 
Michigan  within  the  limits  of  said  city  of  Chicago,  or  upon  the 
margin,  banks  or  into  the  waters  of  the  Chicago  river  or  either  of 
its  branches,  or  upon  an}'  public  grounds,  or  upon  any  lot  within  the 
limits  of  said  city. 

1380.  That  no  person  shall  permit  or  have  any  offensive  water 
or  other  liquid  or  substance  on  his  premises  or  grounds  to  the  preju- 
dice of  life  or  health,  whether  for  use  in  any  trade  or  otherwise ;  and 
no  establishment  or  place  of  business  for  tanning,  skinning  or  scour- 
ing, or  for  dressing  hides  or  leather,  or  for  carrying  on  any  offensive 
or  noisome  trade  or  business,  shall  hereafter  be  opened,  started  or 
established  in  the  city  of  Chicago  without  a  permit  from  the  city 
council.  And  every  such  establishment  now  existing  shall  be  kept 
cleanly  and  wholesome,  and  be  so  conducted  in  every  particular  as 
not  to  be  offensive  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 


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1 38 1.  That  no  swill,  brine,  urine  of  animals,  or  other  offen- 
sive animal  substance,  nor  any  stinking,  noxious  liquid  or  other  tilthy 
matter  of  any  kind,  shall  by  any  person  be  allowed  to  run  or  fall 
from  out  of  any  building,  vehicle  or  erection  into  or  upon  any  street 
or  public  place,  or  be  taken  or  put  therein  save  as  herein  elsewhere 
provided. 

1382.  That  no  butcher's  offal  or  garbage,  nor  any  dead  animals, 
nor  any  putrid  or  stinking  animal  or  vegetable  matter  shall  be  thrown 
by  any  person,  or  allowed  to  go  into  any  street,  place,  sewer  or 
receiving  basin,  or  into  any  river,  canal,  slip  or  standing  or  running 
water  or  excavation,  or  upon  any  ground  or  premises  in  the  said 
city. 

1383.  That  no  person  shall  draw  off,  or  allow  to  run  off  into 
any  ground,  street  or  place  of  said  city,  the  contents  (or  any  part 
thereof)  of  any  vault,  privy,  cistern,  cesspool  or  sink ;  nor  shall  any 
owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any  building  to  which  any  vault,  sink, 
privy  or  cesspool  shall  appertain  or  be  attached,  permit  the  con- 
tents or  any  part  thereof  to  flow  therefrom,  or  to  rise  within  two 
feet  of  any  part  of  the  top,  or  said  contents  to  become  offensive; 
nor  shall  any  privy  or  other  erection  in  this  section  mentioned  be 
tilled  with  or  covered  with  dirt  till  its  filthy  contents  shall  be  emp- 
tied. 

1384.  That  no  person  shall  throw  into  or  deposit  in  any  vault, 
sink,  privy  or  cesspool  any  offal,  ashes,  meat,  fish,  garbage  or  other 

.  substance,  except  that  of  which  any  such  place  is  the  appropriate 
receptacle ;  nor  shall  any  slops  or  kitchen  waste  be  permitted  to  run 
into  any  privy  or  cesspool,  except  the  same  be  connected  with  the 
sewer. 

1385.  That  neither  the  contents  of  any  such  tub,  or  of  any 
receptacle,  cesspool,  privy,  vault,  sink  or  water-closet,  cistern,  nor 
anything  in  any  room,  excavation,  vat,  building,  premises  or  place, 
shall  be  allowed  to  become  a  nuisance  or  offensive  so  as  to  be 
dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  health. 

1386.  That  no  person  shall  deposit  upon  any  street  or  public 
place  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  upon  any  paved 
street,  anv  dirt  or  brick  or  other  material  or  dirt  taken  from  any 
ground  therein  in  such  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  free  flowage  along 
any  gutter. 

1387.  That  no  lime,  ashes,  coal,  dry  sand,  hair,  feathers  or 
other  substance  that  is  in  a  similar  manner  liable  to  be  blown  by  the 
wind,  shall  be  sieved  or  agitated  or  exposed;  nor  shall  any  mat, 
carpet  or  cloth  be  shaken  or  beaten,  nor  any  cloth,  yarn,  garment  or 

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material  or  substance  be  scoured,  cleaned  or  hung,  nor  any  business 
,be  conducted  over  or  in  any  street  or  public  place,  or  where  it  or 
particles  therefrom  or  set  in  motion  thereby  will  pass  into  any  such 
street  or  public  place,  or  into  any  occupied  premises;  that  neither 
any  usual  nor  any  reasonable  precaution  shall  be  omitted  by  any  per- 
son to  prevent  fragments  or  other  substances  from  falling  to  the 
peril  of  life,  or  dust  and  light  material  flying  into  any  street,  place  or 
building,  from  any  building  or  erection  while  the  same  is  being 
altered,  repaired  or  demolished  or  otherwise. 

1388.  That  no  part  of  the  contents  of  any  privy,  vault,  sink, 
cesspool,  except  substances  other  than  excrements  insoluble  in 
water,  or  any  accumulation  of  any  offensive  fluid,  liquid  or  semi- 
Mquid  substance  or  material,  being  in  any  excavation,  cellar  or  place 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  removed  therefrom, 
nor  shall  the  same  be  transported  through  any  of  the  streets  or 
avenues  of  said  city,  unless  and  except  the  same  shall  be  removed 
and  transported  by  means  of  an  air-tight  apparatus,  or  in  such  a 
manner  as  shall  prevent  entirely  the  escape  of  any  noxious  or  oflen- 
sive  odors  therefrom,  and  by  a  permit  from  the  department  of 
health. 

1389.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  using,  making 
or  having  any  drain,  soil-pipe  or  passage  to  connect  with  any  sewer 
from  any  ground,  building,  erection  or  place  of  business,  and  in  like 
manner  the  duty  of  the  owner  and  tenant  of  all  grounds,  buildings 
and  erections,  and  of  the  parties  interested  in  such  place  of  business 
or  the  business  thereat,  and  in  like  manner  the  duty  of  all  depart- 
ments, officers  and  persons  (to  the  extent  of  the  right  and  authority 
of  each),  to  cause  and  require  that  such  drain,  soil-pipe,  passage  and 
connection  shall  at  all  times  be  adequate  for  its  purpose,  and  such  as 
shall  convey  and  allow  freely  and  entirely  to  pass  whatever  enters 
or  should  enter  the  same. 

1390.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  departments,  officers 
and  persons  having  power  and  authorit}^  so  to  do  or  require  (and  to 
the  extent  thereof),  to  cause  to  be  used  sufficient  water,  and  other 
adequate  means  to  be  taken,  so  that  whatever  substances  may  enter 
any  sewer  shall  pass  speedily  along  and  from  the  same,  and  suffi- 
ciently far  into  some  water  or  proper  reservoir,  so  that  no  accumu- 
lations shall  take  place,  and  no  exhalations  from  thence  proceed,  dan- 
gerous or  prejudicial  to  health. 

1391.  That  the  proper  officers  and  authorities  shall,  to  the 
extent  of  their  power  and  ability,  cause  the  sewers  and  drainage  of 
said  city  to  be  so  well  located  and  constructed,  so  adequate  in  size, 
and  to  be  so  kept  in  repair  and  cleaned,  and  so  adequately   supplied 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  339 

with  water,  and  with  such  proper  arrangements  and  constructions  in 
every  particular,  that  life  and  health  shall  not  be  needlessly  exposed, 
or  suffer  unnecessary  peril  or  detriment  by  their  neglect,  or  by  rea- 
son of  the  defects  or  deficiencies  of  any  se\vers  or  drainage,  or  the 
want  thereof. 

1392.  That  no  person  or  company  being  a  manufacturer  of  gas, 
or  engaged  about  the  manufacture  thereof,  shall  throw  or  deposit  or 
allow  to  run,  or  having  the  right  or  power  to  prevent  the  same  shall 
permit  to  be  thrown  or  deposited  in  any  public  waters,  river,  canal, 

■♦  slip,  or  into  any  sewer  therewith  connected,  or  into  any  street  or 
public  place,  an}^  gas-tar  or  any  refuse  matter  of  or  from  any  gas- 
house,  works  or  manufactory;  nor  shall  any  such  person  or  company 
allow  any  substance  or  odor  to  escape  from  such  house,  works  or 
manufactory,  or  make  any  gas  of  such  ingredients  or  quality  that 
any  substance  shall  escape  therefom,  or  be  formed  in  the  process  of 
burning  any  gas,  which  shall  be  offensive  or  dangerous,  or  preju- 
dicial to  life  or  health.  Nor  shall  any  such  person  or  company  fail 
to  use  the  most  approved  or  all  reasonable  means  for  preventing  the 
escape  of  odors. 

1393.  That  no  water-closet,  sink,  tub,  vat  or  other  structure 
shall  hereafter  be  constructed  within  the  city  of  Chicago  having  con- 
nection with  or  by  any  sewer  or  underground  passage,  unless  the 
same  is  provided  with  adequate  or  the  best  generall}^  approved  con- 
structions and  precautions  for  preventing  gases  and  other  offensive 
currents,  substances  and  smells  from  passing  up  or  out  through  such 
connection  from  such  sewer  or  passage;  nor  shall  any  such  water- 
closet  or  privy  be  constructed  without  adequate  provisions  for  the 
etlectual  and  proper  ventilation  and  cleansing  thereof. 

1394.  That  no  part  of  the  contents  of  or  substances  from  any 
sink,  privv  or  cesspool,  nor  any  manure,  ashes,  garbage,  offal,  rub- 
bish, dirt,  nor  any  refuse  or  waste  or  thing  which  by  its  decomposi- 
tion could  or  would  become  offensive  to  human  beings  or  detri- 
mental to  health,  or  create  or  tend  to  create  a  nuisance,  shall  be  by 
any  person  thrown,  deposited  or  placed  upon  any  street  or  public 
place,  nor  upon  any  vacant  lot  of  land  or  vacant  place  upon  the  sur- 
face of  any  lot  of  land  within  the  cit}-  of  Chicago,  whether  sucli 
lot  be  inclosed  or  otherwise,  without  the  written  permission  of  the 
commissioner  of  health,  nor  shall  any  of  said  substances  be  allowed 
by  any  person  to  run  or  drop  from  the  premises  occupied  by  such 
person,  into  or  upon  any  street  or  public  place,  nor  upon  any  vacant 
lot  of  land,  or  vacant  place  upon  the  surface  of  any  lot  of  land  in 
said  city,  nor  shall  the  same  be  thrown,  deposited  or  placed  by  any 
person  nor  allowed  to  fall  or  run  from  the  premises  occupied  by  such 


3<j-0  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

person  into  the  river,  or  any  canal  or  slip,  save  through  the  proper 
underground  connection;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
knowing  of  the  violation  of  this  article  to  report  the  same,  and 
if  known  the  name  of  the  person  violating  it,  together  with  the 
residence  of  such  person  and  the  facts  concerning  such  violation  to 
the  commissioner  of  health  within  forty-eight  hours  after  the  knowl- 
edge of  such  violation. 

1395.  That  every  tub  or  other  receptacle  in  any  necessary  house, 
sink  or  privy  (or  placed  or  allowed  to  stand  therein  by  any  owner, 
tenant  or  occupant  of  any  building  or  premises),  and  used  to  contain* 
any  liquid  or  partially  liquid  substance,  shall  be  sufficiently  strong, 
perfectly  tight,  and  adequately  provided  with  a  strong  cover  and 
with  hoops  and  handles;  shall  not  be  allowed  to  be  filled  to  within 
four  inches  of  any  part  of  the  top,  and  shall  not  be  allowed  (or  its 
contents)  to  be  offensive.  And  the  provisions  of  this  article  rela- 
tive to  emptying  cesspools,  and  to  throwing  any  substance  therein, 
shall  apply  to  said  tubs  and  receptacles  as  if  here  repeated  and 
applied  thereto. 

1396.  No  person  shall  throw,  drop  or  allow  to  fall  into  the  river, 
canal,  slip,  or  into  any  street  or  place,  any  substance  being  or  hav- 
ing been  part  of  the  contents  of  any  such  vault,  cesspool,  privy,  sink, 
tub  or  receptacle,  or  any  offal. 

1397.  That  no  meat,  lish,  birds  or  fowl,  or  vegetables,  nor 
any  milk,  not  being  then  health}-^,  fresh,  sound,  wholesome  and  safe 
for  human  food,  nor  any  meat  or  fish  that  died  by  disease  or  acci- 
dent, shall  be  brought  within  said  city,  or  offered  or  held  for  sale  in 
any  public  or  private  market  as  such  food  anywhere  in  said  city. 

1398.  That  no  calf,  pig  or  lamb,  or  the  meat  thereof,  shall 
be  brought,  held  or  offered  for  sale  as  such  food  in  said  city,  which 
at  the  date  of  its  death  (being  a  calf)  was  less  than  four  weeks  old; 
or  (being  a  pig)  was  when  killed  less  than  five  weeks  old;  or  (being 
a  lamb)  was  when  killed  less  than  eight  weeks.  Nor  shall  any 
meagre,  sickly  or  unwholesome  fish,  birds  or  fowl  be  bought,  held, 
sold  or  offered  for  sale  as  such  food  in  said  city. 

1399.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  killed  for  human  food  while  in 
an  overheated,  feverish  or  diseased  condition;  and  all  such  diseased 
cattle  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  the  place  where  found  and  their 
disease,  shall  be  at  once  reported  to  the  commissioner  of  health  by 
the  owner  or  custodian  thereof,  that  the  proper  order  may  be  made 
relative  thereto. 

1^00.  That  no  meat  or  dead  animal  above  the  size  of  a  rabbit 
shall  be  taken  to  any  public  or  private  market  for  food  until  the  same 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  3_j.I 

shall  have  fully  cooled  (and  all  blood  shall  have  ceased  dripping 
therefrom)  after  its  killing,  nor  until  the  entrails,  head  (^unless  the 
same  be  skinned),  hide,  horns  and  feet  shall  have  been  removed; 
nor  shall  gut-fat,  or  any  unwholesome  or  offensive  matter  or  thing 
be  brought  to  or  near  any  such  market. 

1 401.  That  no  decayed  or  unwholesome  vegetables  shall  be 
brought  into  said  city,  to  be  consumed  or  offered  for  sale  for  human 
food,  nor  shall  any  such  articles  be  kept  or  stored  therein. 

1402.  That  no  person,  being  the  manager  or  keeper  of  any 
saloon,  boarding-house,  or  lodging-house,  or  being  employed  as  a 
clerk,  servant  or  agent  thereat,  shall  therein  or  thereat  offer  or  have 
for  food  or  drink,  or  to  be  eaten  or  drank,  any  poisonous,  deleterious 
or  unwholesome  substance,  nor  allow  anything  therein  to  be  done  or 
to  occur  prejudicial  to  health. 

1403.  That  no  cased,  blown,  plaited,  raised,  stuffed,  putrid,  im- 
pure or  unhealthy  or  unwholesome  meat  or  tish,  bird  or  fowl  shall 
be  held,  bought  or  sold  or  offered  for  sale  for  human  food,  or  held  or 
kept  in  any  market  public  or  private  or  an}-  public  place  in  said  city. 

1404.  That  no  meat,  fish,  vegetables  or  milk,  or  unwholesome 
liquid,  shall  knowingly  be  bought,  sold,  held,  offered  for  sale,  labelled, 
or  any  representation  made  in  respect  thereof  under  a  false  name  or 
quality,  or  as  being  what  the  same  is  not  as  respects  wholesomeness, 
soundness  or  safety  for  food  or  drink. 

1405.  That  every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee,  or  occupant 
of  any  room,  stall  or  place  where  any  meat,  fish  or  vegetables, 
designed  or  held  for  human  food  shall  be  stored  or  kept,  or  shall  be 
held  or  offered  for  sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such  room,  stall  and  place 
and  its  appurtenances  in  a  clean  and  wholesome  condition ;  and  every 
person  having  charge,  or  being  interested,  or  engaged  whether  as  prin- 
cipal or  agent,  in  the  care,  or  in  respect  to  the  custody  or  sale  of  any 
meat,  fish,  birds,  fowl  or  vegetables  designed  for  human  food,  shall 
put  and  preserve  the  same  in  a  clean  and  wholesome  condition,  and 
shall  not  allow  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  poisoned,  infected 
or  rendered  unsafe  or  unwholesomq  for  human  food. 

1406.  That  no  butcher  or  dealer  shall  keep  in  any  market  any 
refrigerator  or  ice-box,  unless  the  same  shall  be  lined  with  lead  or 
some  proper  substance  so  as  to  be  water-tight,  nor  unless  the  same 
be  provided  with  a  pipe  of  lead,  zinc  or  copper  leading  therefrom 
to  the  proper  waste  pipe. 

1407.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  knowing  of  any 
fish,  meat,  fowls,  birds  or  vegetables  being  bought,  sold  or  ofiere'd 
or  held   for  sale  as  food  for  human  beings,  or  being  in  anv  market 


342  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

public  or  private  in  said  city,  and  not  being  sound,  healthy  or  whole- 
some for  such  food,  to  forthwith  report  such  facts  and  the  particu- 
lars relating  thereto,  to  the  department  of  health  or  to  one  of  its 
officers  or  inspectors. 

1408.  That  no  person  shall  without  consent  of  the  commissioner 
of  health  bring  into  said  city  for  use  as  a  drink  for  human  beings, 
or  otier  or  have  for  sale  in  said  city  as  such  drink  any  poisonous  or 
deleterious  liquid. 

1409.  If  any  person  shall  expose  for  sale  in  any  market  house 
or  elsewhere  in  said  city,  any  emaciated,  tainted  or  putrid  meat  or 
provisions,  which  from  these  or  other  causes  may  be  deemed  un- 
wholesome, such  person  shall  on  conviction  be  fined  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sanitary  superintendent  or  health 
officer  to  forthwith  seize  and  confiscate  all  such  meat  and  provisions. 

1 4 10.  That  no  person  shall  have  at  any  place  where  milk,  butter 
or  cheese  is  kept  for  sale,  nor  shall  at  any  place  sell  or  deliver  or  offer 
or  have  for  sale  or  keep  for  use,  nor  shall  any  person  bring  or  send 
to  said  city,  any  unwholesome,  skimmed,  watered  or  adulterated 
inilk,  or  milk  known  as  "■  swill  milk,"  or  milk  from  cows  or  other 
animals  that  for  the  most  part  have  been  kept  in  stables  or  that 
have  been  fed  on  swill,  or  milk  from  sick  or  diseased  cows  or  other 
animals,  or  any  butter  or  cheese  made  from  any  such  milk  or  any 
unwholesome  butter  or  cheese. 

141 1.  That  no  person  shall  allow  to  run  or  pass  into  any  water- 
pipe,  any  animal,  vegetable,  or  mineral  substance  whatever;  nor 
shall  any  person  do  or  permit  to  be  done  (having  right  or  power  to 
prevent  the  same),  any  act  or  thing  that  will  impair  or  imperil  the 
purity  or  wholesomeness  of  any  water  or  other  fluid  used  or  designed 
as  a  drink  in  an}"  part  of  said  city. 

141 2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  ever}"  person,  officer  and 
department,  having  any  authority  and  control  in  regard  to  any  water 
designed  for  human  consumption  (and  within  the  proper  sphere  of 
the  duty  of  each  thereof),  to  take  all  usual  and  also  all  reasonable 
measures  and  precautions  to  secure  and  preserve  the  purity  and 
wholesomeness  of  such  water. 

1413.  That  no  person  shall  destrov,  nor  in  anvwise  injure  or 
impair  any  drinking-hvdrant  or  part  thereof  in  the  said  citv;  nor 
shall  any  person  interfere  with  the  use  of  or  enjoyment  of  the 
water  therein  or  therefrom,  or  interrupt  the  flow  thereof,  for  or  as 
a  drink;  nor  shall  any  person   put   any  dirty,  poisonous,  medicinal 


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or  any  noxious  substance  into  or  near  said  water  or  h3^drant  whereby 
such  water  is  made  or  may  be  regarded  as  dangerous  or  unwhole- 
some as  a  drink. 

i_|.i4.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  kept  in  any  place  of  which  the 
water,  ventilation  and  food  are  not  sutlicient  and  wholesome  for  the 
preservation  of  their  health,  safe  condition  and  wholesomeness  of 
food. 

141 5.  That  every  person  shall  cause  every  stable  and  place 
where  any  cows,  horses  or  other  animals  may  be,  to  be  kept  at  all 
times  in  clean  and  wholesome  condition,  and  shall  not  allow  any 
animal  to  be  therein  while  infected  with  any  disease,  contagious  or 
pestilential  among  such  animals,  without  a  permit  from  the  health 
commissioner. 

1416.  That  no  cattle,  swine,  pigs  or  sheep,  geese,  goats  or  horses, 
shall  be  yarded  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  without  the  permit  of 
said  commissioner,  or  otherwise  than  according  to  the  regulations  of 
the  department  of  health. 

141 7.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  placed  or  carried  while  bound  or 
tied  by  their  legs,  or  bound  down  by  the  necks,  in  any  vehicle  in 
this  city,  but  shall  be  allowed  freely  to  stand  in  such  vehicle  when 
transported  and  while  being  therein. 

1418.  That  the  keeping  and  slaughtering  of  all  cattle,  and  the 
preparation  and  keeping  of  all  meat  and  fish,  birds  and  fowl  shall 
be  in  that  manner  which  is  or  is  generally  reputed  or  known  to  be 
best  adapted  to  secure  and  continue  their  safety  and  wholesomeness 
as  food.  The  slaughtering  of  cattle  shall  not  be  permitted  or  con- 
ducted at  any  place  in  the  city  of  Chicago  without  a  special  per- 
mit from  the  city  council. 

1419.  That  every  butcher  and  every  person  owning,  leasing  or 
occupying  any  place,  room  or  building  where  any  cattle  have  been 
or  are  killed  or  dressed,  and  every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee 
or  occupant  of  any  room  or  stable  where  any  cattle  may  be  kept, 
or  market  public  or  private  and  having  power  and  authority  so  to 
do,  shall  cause  such  place,  room,  building,  stall  (^and  market  being 
private),  and  their  yards  and  appurtenances,  to  be  thoroughly 
cleansed  and  purified,  and  all  ofi'al,  blood,  fat,  garbage,  refuse  and 
unwiiolesome  or  otiensive  matter  to  be  therefrom  removed  at  least 
once  in  every  twenty-four  hours  after  the  use  thereof  for  any  of  the 
purposes  herein  referred  to;  and  shall  also  at  all  times  (unless  some 
public  authority  prevents),  keep  all  woodwork,  save  floors  and 
counters,  in  any  building,  place  or  premises  aforesaid,  thoroughly 
painted  or  whitewashed.         i 


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1420.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  slaughtered,  dressed  or  hung,  or 
the  meat  or  any  part  thereof  within  said  cit}^,  wholly  or  partly 
within  any  street,  avenue  or  sidewalk  or  public  alley  or  place;  nor 
shall  any  blood  or  dirty  water  or  other  substance  from  such  cattle, 
meat  or  place  of  killing  or  the  appurtenances  thereof,  be  allowed 
to  run,  fall  or  to  be  in  any  such  street,  avenue,  sidewalk,  alley  or 
place. 

14 2 1.  That  no  building  occupied  wholly  or  partly  as  a  slaughter- 
house or  any  part  thereof,  or  any  building  on  the  same  lot,  shall 
without  a  special  permit  from  the  commissioner  of  health  be  occu- 
pied for  a  dwelling  or  lodging  place;  that  every  such  building  shall 
at  all  times  be  kept  adequately  and  thoroughly  ventilated;  that  no 
blood  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  therein  over  night;  that  adequate 
underground  connections  shall  be  made  from  every  such  building 
with  a  public  sewer,  and  the  floor  of  such  building  on  which  the 
slaughtering  is  done,  and  the  yard,  shall  be  cemented  and  paved  so 
as  not  to  absorb  blood,  and  so  as  to  carry  all  liquid  into  the  sewers. 

1422.  That  neither  the  business  of  slaughtering  cattle,  nor  the 
keeping  of  any  slaughter-house,  nor  the  yarding  of  cattle,  shall  be 
begun  or  undertaken  at  any  new  or  additional  place  within  the  city 
of  Chicago,  except  pursuant  to  a  permit  from  the  city  council;  nor 
shall  any  person  or  corporation  keep  any  slaughter-house  or  yard, 
or   any   cattle  therein  hereafter  without  a  permit  from  said  council. 

1423.  That  no  person  shall  kill  or  dress  any  animal  or  meat  in 
any  market,  nor  have,  or  permit  to  escape  therein,  or  within  one 
hundred  feet  thereof,  any  poisonous,  noxious  or  oliensive  substance. 

1424.  That  every  butcher,  grocer  and  milk  dealer,  and  their 
agents,  shall  allow  the  parties  authorized  by  the  commissioner  of 
health,  to  freely  and  fully  inspect  their  cattle  and  milk,  meats,  fish 
and  vegetables,  held,  oftered  or  intended  for  sale,  and  will  be  ex- 
pected to  answer  all  reasonable  and  proper  questions  asked  by  such 
persons  relative  to  the  condition  thereof,  and  of  the  places  where 
such  articles  may  be. 

1425.  That  no  otlal  or  butcher's  refuse  shall  be  conveyed  through 
any  street  or  avenue  of  the  city  of  Chicago  between  the  hours  of 
10  o'clock  A.  M.  and  jo  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  that  no  oftal  or  refuse 
shall  be  conveyed  at  any  time  unless  the  same  be  in  tight  boxes,  bar- 
rels or  vessels,  from  which  no  odor  shall  escape. 

1426.  That  no  keeper  of  an}^  public  pound  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago shall  allow  the  same,  or  any  animal  therein,  by  reason  of  any 
want  of  care,  food,  ventilation  or  cleanliness,  or  otherwise,  to  be  or 
become  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  human  health. 


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1427.  That  no  person  shall  boil  any  offal,  swill,  bones  or  fat  in 
said  city,  save  in  ordinary  cooking;  nor  shall  the  business  of  bone 
crushing,  bone  boiling,  bone  grinding,  bone  burning,  shell  burning, 
fat  boiling,  gut  cleaning,  nor  the  skinning  or  making  of  glue  from 
anv  dead  anim.ils  or  parts  thereof,  nor  anv  other  occupation  that  is 
dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life  or  health,  be  hereafter  established  or 
carried  on  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  or  within  one  mile  thereof, 
unless  the  same  be  allowed  by  a  permit  of  the  city  council. 

1428.  That  no  person  shall  boil  any  offal,  swill  or  bones,  nor  any 
fat,  tallow  or  lard  (except  upon  the  same  being  taken  at  once  from 
the  animal,  and  while  the  same  is  fresh  and  otherwise  inoffensive); 
nor  shall  the  business  of  bone  crushing,  bone  boiling,  bone  grinding, 
bone  burning,  shell  burning,  gut  cleaning,  nor  the  skinning  of  or 
making  of  glue  from  anv  dead  animal  or  part  thereof,  nor  the  storage 
or  keeping  of  scrap,  fat  or  grease  or  offensive  animal  matter,  be  per- 
mitted or  conducted  at  any  place  within  the  limits  of  the  citv  or 
within  one  mile  thereof,  without  a  special  permit  from  the  city  coun- 
cil; nor  shall  the  business  of  boiling  or  rendering  the  fresh  lard  fat, 
or  tallow  aforesaid,  be  conducted  within  said  city,  without  a  like 
special  permit  from  said  council:  and  such  permit  must  be  applied 
for  in  writing,  specifving  the  nature  and  precise  location  of  the  pro- 
posed business,  and  such  application  shall  not  be  acted  upon  until  the 
second  regular  meeting,  two  weeks  after  such  application. 

1429.  That  all  persons  engaged  in  the  busmess  of  boiling  or 
rendering  of  fat,  lard  or  animal  matter,  shall  cause  the  scrap  or 
residuum  to  be  so  dried  or  otherwise  prepared,  as  effectually  to 
deprive  such  material  of  all  offensive  odors,  and  to  preserve  the 
same  entirely  inoffensive  immediately  after  the  removal  thereof  from 
the  receptacles  in  which  the  rendering  process  may  be  conducted. 

1430.  That  no  person  shall  hereafter  erect,  start  or  establish  in 
said  city,  without  the  consent  of  the  city  council,  an}'  manufactory  or 
place  of  business  for  boiling  any  varnish  or  oil,  or  for  the  distilling 
of  any  ardent  or  alcoholic  spirits,  or  for  making  any  lampblack,  tur- 
pentine or  tar,  or  for  conducting  any  other  business  that  will  or  does 
generate  any  unwholesome,  offensive  or  deleterious  gas,  smoke, 
deposit  or  exhalation,  or  any  business  that  is  or  would  be  dangerous 
to  life  or  detrimental  to  health. 

1 43 1.  That  no  ground  or  material  filled  with  offensive  matter 
or  substance,  or  that  will  emit  or  allow  to  arise  through  or  from 
the  same  any  offensive  smell  or  deleterious  exhalation,  shall  be 
opened  or  turned  up,  or  the  surface  thereof  removed,  between  the 
first  day  of  May  and  the  first  dav  of  October  of  anv  vear.  except 
according  to  permit  first  therefor  obtained  from  the  citv  council. 


346  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1432.  That  no  fat,  tallow  or  lard  shall  be  melted  or  rendered 
except  when  fresh  from  the  slaughtered  animal,  and  taken  directly 
from  the  place  of  slaughter,  and  in  a  condition  free  from  sourness 
and  taint,  and  all  other  cause  of  offense  at  the  time  of  rendering, 
and  that  all  melting  and  rendering  are  to  be  in  steam  tight  vessels, 
the  gases  and  odors  therefrom  to  be  destroyed  by  combustion  or 
other  means  equally  effective,  and  according  to  the  best  and  most 
approved  means  and  processes;  and  every  thing  preceding,  follow- 
ing and  in  connection  w^ith  such  melting  and  rendering,  and  the 
premises  where  the  same  shall  be  conducted,  must  be  free  from  all 
offensive  odor,  and  other  cause  of  detriment  to  the  public  health. 
No  fat,  lard  or  tallow  shall  be  brought  into  the  city  of  Chicago  to 
be  rendered  or  melted,  and  none  is  to  be  rendered  or  melted  that 
has  come  from  any  place  outside  of  said  city,  except  as  part  of  the 
living  animal. 

1433.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner,  tenant,  lessee 
and  occupant  of  any  and  every  house,  dwelling,  building  or  place  of 
business  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  forthwith  to  provide,  or  cause  to  be 
provided,  and  all  times  thereafter  to  keep,  and  be  kept  and  provided, 
within  such  house,  dwelhng,  building  or  place  of  business,  suitable 
and  sufficient  vessels  for  receiving  and  holding,  without  leakage,  and 
without  being  filled  to  within  four  inches  of  the  top  thereof,  all  the 
ashes,  rubbish,  garbage  and  liquid  substances  of  whatever  kind  that 
may  accumulate  from  said  building  or  place  of  business,  or  the  por- 
tion thereof  of  which  such  person  may  be  the  owner,  tenant,  lessee 
or  occupant. 

1434.  In  that  portion  of  the  city  bounded  on  the  north  b}^  the 
main  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  on  the  west  by  the  south  branch 
of  said  river,  on  the  east  by  the  lake  and  on  the  south  by  Twelfth 
street,  every  vessel  for  the  deposit  of  ashes  shall  be  of  iron,  with  a 
cover  of  the  same  material,  to  be  always  kept  in  good  condition,  and 
when  of  greater  capacity  than  two  bushels,  shall  be  provided  with 
handles  at  the  sides  midway  from  top  to  bottom. 

1435.  That  a  separate  suitable  vessel  shall  be  provided  for 
rubbish  and  liquid  substances,  and  ashes  and  garbage  shall  not  be 
placed  in  the  same  vessel  with  rubbish  and  liquid  substances;  and  all 
ashes,  rubbish,  garbage  and  liquid  substances  that  should  be  removed 
from  such  house,  dwelling,  building  and  place  of  business,  shall  be 
placed  therein,  and  no  such  vessel  shall  remain  on  any  sidewalk,  or 
in  any  public  place  longer  than  may  be  needful  for  the  removal  of 
the  contents  thereof. 

1436.  That  such  vessels  or  receptacles  shall  be  placed  and  kept 
in  such  position  (unless  kept  within  or  upon  private  grounds,  within 


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the  sidewalks)  as  the  inspectors  of  the  department  of  health  shall 
provide  or  direct;  and  no  person  not  for  that  purpose  authorized 
shall  interfere  therewith  or  with  the  contents  thereof. 

1437.  No  ashes  or  garbage  shall  be  deposited  in  that  portion  of 
the  city  described  in  section  1434  after  seven  o'clock  a.  m.,  and  the 
vessel  containing  them  shall  be  removed  within  the  premises  as  soon 
as  they  have  been  emptied  by  the  scavengers,  whenever,  in  the  absence 
of  alleys,  it  is  necessary  to  place  them  on  the  sidewalks  or  streets; 
and  it  shall  be  the  dutv  of  owners  or  agents  of  premises  where 
more  than  two  tenants  occupy  the  same  building,  to  provide  the 
vessel,  or  a  sufficient  number  of  them,  for  containing  all  the  ashes  to 
be  deposited  dail}^  from  such  building;  and  the  penalty  provided  for 
in  section  1493  may  be  recovered  against  the  owners,  agents  or  ten- 
ants of  such  building. 

1438.  That  the  drivers  of  all  carts  for  the  removal  of  an}-  gar- 
bage, offal,  rubbish  or  dirt  from  any  building  or  premises,  shall  give 
adequate  notice  to  those  dwelling  in  any  street  whose  buildings  or 
premises  such  cart  is  about  to  or  should  approach  for  the  removal 
of  an}'  substance  aforesaid. 

1439.  That  every  cart  and  other  vehicle  hereafter  constructed 
for  or  intended  to  be  loaded  with  manure,  swill,  ashes,  offal,  rub- 
bish or  garbage,  or  other  offensive  or  noxious  substance,  shall  be 
constructed  according  to  this  article,  and  the  regulations  and  orders 
of  the  department  of  health. 

1440.  That  no  cart  or  other  vehicle  for  carrying  any  offal, 
swill,  garbage  or  rubbish,  or  the  contents  of  any  privy,  vault, 
cesspool  or  sink,  or  having  upon  it  or  in  it  an}'  manure  or  other 
nauseous  or  offensive  substance,  shall,  without  necessit}'  therefor, 
stand  or  remain;  nor  shall  a  needless  number  gather  before  or  near 
any  building,  place  of  business  or  other  premises  where  an}' 
person  may  be;  nor  shall  any  such  cart  or  vehicle  occupy  an  un- 
reasonable length  of  time  in  loading  or  unloading  or  in  passing 
along  any  street  or  through  anv  inhabited  place  or  ground;  nor 
shall  any  such  cart  or  vehicle,  or  the  driver  thereof  or  anything 
thereto  appertaining,  be  ^or  by  any  person  having  a  right  to  control 
the  same  be  allowed  to  be)  in  a  condition  needlessly  filthy  or  offen- 
sive; and  when  not  in  use,  all  such  carts,  |^hicles  and  all  imple- 
ments used  in  connection  therewith,  shall  be  stored  and  kept  in  some 
place  where  no  needless  offense  shall  be  given  to  any  of  the  people 
of  said  city. 

1 44 1.  That  all  carts  and  vehicles  in  the  last  section  mentioned, 
and  boxes,  tubs  and   receptacles  thereon  in  which   any  substance   in 


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said  section  referred  to  may  be  or  is  carried,  shall  be  strong  and 
tight,  so  that  no  part  ot  such  contents  or  load  shall  fall,  leak  or  spill 
therefrom;  and  shall  be  adequately  and  tightly  covered,  so  as  to 
prevent  the  same  from  being  offensive. 

1442.  That  no  driver  of  such  cart  or  vehicle,  nor  any  person 
having  undertaken  or  being  engaged  about  the  loading  or  unloading 
thereof,  nor  any  person  or  persons  engaged  about  the  cleaning  or 
emptying,  or  having  undertaken  to  empty  or  remove  any  manure, 
garbage,  offal  or  the  contents  of  any  vault,  sink,  privy,  cesspoo."  or 
any  noxious  or  offensive  substance,  shall  do  or  permit  to  be  done 
about  the  same,  or  in  connection  therewith,  that  which  shall  be  need- 
lessly offensive  or  filthy  in  respect  to  any  person,  street,  place,  build- 
ing or  premises,  and  all  carts  or  vehicles  shall  be  thoroughly  disin- 
fected and  put  in  an  inoffensive  condition  when  not  in  use. 

1443.  That  no  person  shall  allow  (and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  scavenger,  contractor  and  person  who  has  ordered  or  procured 
or  is  having  any  of  the  following  articles  carried,  or  who  is  driving 
the  same),  to  prevent  any  cart  or  vehicle  to  be  so  fully  loaded,  or 
being  in  such  bad  condition  of  repair,  or  of  such  faulty  construction, 
or  being  so  improperly  driven  or  managed,  that  any  offensive  liquid, 
or  any  manure,  garbage,  rubbish,  offal,  dirt  or  material  thereon,  shall 
fall  upon  or  in  an}^  place,  street  or  premises;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  every  such  person  to  at  once  replace  on  such  vehicle  and 
remove  what  has  so  fallen. 

1444.  That  all  putrid  or  offensive  matter,  and  all  night  soil,  and 
the  contents  of  sinks,  privies,  vaults  and  cess  pools,  and  all  noxious 
substances  in  the  said  city  shall,  before  their  removal  or  exposure, 
be  disinfected  and  rendered  inoffensive  by  the  person  who  removes, 
or  is  about  to  remove  the  same. 

1445.  That  neither  the  owner,  tenant  nor  occupant  of  any 
building  or  premises  in  the  cit}^  of  Chicago,  shall  employ,  cause  or 
permit  any  part  of  the  contents  of  any  vault,  privy,  sink  or  cesspool 
(being  thereon,  and  of  which  he  has  control),  to  be  removed,  unless 
according  to  a  permit  or  the  regulations  of  the  said  department  of 
health. 

1446.  That  no  pile  or  deposit  of  manure,  offal,  dirt  or  garbage, 
nor  any  accumulation  of  any  offensive  or  nauseous  substance,  shall 
be  made  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  upon  any  open  space 
inclosed  within  any  portions  thereof,  or  upon  the  docks  adjacent 
thereto,  or  upon  any  open  grounds  near,  or  upon  any  vessel  or  scow 
other  than  those  to  be  speedily  and  according  to  the  duty  of  any 
person  removed,  lying  at   any  such   dock  or  wharf,  except   accord- 


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349 


ing  to  a  permit  obtained  from  the  department  of  health,  and  accord- 
ing to  its  regulations.  And  no  person  shall  contribute  to  the  mak- 
ing of  any  such  accumulations.  Nor  shall  any  straw,  hay  or  other 
substance  which  has  been  used  as  bedding  for  animals,  be  placed  or 
dried  upon  any  street  or  sidewalk,  or  roof  of  any  building;  nor  shall 
any  such  straw,  hay  or  other  substance  be  deposited,  nor  shall 
accumulation  thereof  be  made,  within  two  hyndred  feet  of  any  street, 
without   a  permit   from  said  department. 

1447.  That  no  pile  or  deposit  of  manure,  of^al  or  garbage,  nor 
accumulation  of  any  offensive  or  nauseous  substance,  shall  be  made 
within  the  limits  of  said  city;  nor  shall  any  person  or  corporation 
unload,  discharge  or  put  upon  or  along  the  line  of  any  railroad, 
street  or  highway,  or  public  place  within  said  city,  any  manure, 
offal,  garbage  or  other  offensive  or  nauseous  substance;  nor  shall 
cars  or  flats  loaded  with  or  having  in  or  upon  them  any  such  sub- 
stance or  substances  be  allowed  to  remain  or  stand  on  or  along  any 
railroad,  street  or  highway  within  the  limits  of  said  city  within  three 
hundred  yards  of  any  inhabited  dwelling.  All  manure  vaults  attached 
to  stables,  where  more  than  two  horses  are  kept,  shall,  between 
April  and  November  in  each  year,  be  emptied  twice  in  each  week, 
and  such  vault  shall  in  no  case  be  permitted  to  become  a  nuisance. 

1448.  That  no  manure,  garbage  or  other  material  that  is  liable 
to  emit  an  offensive  exhalation  shall,  in  or  adjacent  to  the  city,  be 
turned  or  stirred  (^except  about  its  removal)  in  such  way  as  to  be 
liable  by  reason  thereof  to  increase  such  exhalations. 

1449.  That  every  proprietor,  lessee,  tenant  and  occupant  of 
any  03'ster-house,  oyster-saloon,  or  other  premises  where  any 
oysters,  clams,  lobsters  or  shell  or  other  fish  are  consumed,  used  or 
sold,  or  where  any  of  the  refuse  matter,  offal  or  shells  thereof 
accumulate,  shall  daily  cause  all  such  shells,  offal  and  refuse  matter 
to  be  removed  therefrom  to  some  proper  place,  and  shall  keep  his 
house,  saloon  and  premises  at  all  times  free  from  an^^  offensive 
smells  or  accumulations. 

1450.  That  no  hotel  or  house  swill  or  garbage  or  otlcnsive 
material  of  a  liquid  nature,  or  partly  liquid  nature,  not  removed  or 
required  to  be  moved  by  the  contractors  for  street  cleaning,  shall  be 
transported  through  or  along  any  street  in  the  city,  except  in  tightly 
covered  and  bound  casks  or  boxes,  and  none  of  the  contents  of 
such  casks  or  boxes  shall  be  allowed  to  fall  or  leak  or  spill  there- 
from. 

145 1.  That  the  owners,  lessees,  tenants  and  managers  of  every 
blacksmith   or  other   shop,   forge,   coal-vard,  foundry,  manufactory 


350  ■  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

and  premises  where  any  business  is  done,  shall  cause  all  ashes, 
cinders,  rubbish,  dirt  and  refuse  to  be  removed  to  some  proper  place, 
so  that  the  same  shall  not  accumulate  at  any  of  the  above  mentioned 
premises,  or  in  the  appurtenances  thereof,  nor  the  same  become 
tilthy  or  offensive;  nor  shall  any  smoke,  cinders,  dust,  gas  or  offen- 
sive odor  be  allowed  to  escape  from  any  such  building,  place  or 
premises,  to  the  detriment  or  annoyance  of  any  person  not  being 
therein  or  thereupon  engaged. 

1452.  That  no  vault,  privy,  sink,  cistern  or  cesspool  shall  here- 
after be  made  or  rebuilt  in  the  city,  except  in  accordance  with  the 
regulations  of,  and  by  permit  of  the  department  of  health. 

1453.  That  no  diseased  or  sickly  horse,  cattle,  swine,  sheep, 
dog  or  cat  or  other  animals,  nor  any  that  have  been  exposed  to  any 
disease  that  is  contagious  among  such  animals,  shall  be  brought  into 
the  city  of  Chicago. 

1454.  That  no  person  shall  keep,  retain  or  allow  or  employ  to 
be  kept  or  retained,  at  any  place  within  the  city,  any  horse,  ass  or 
colt,  having  the  disease  known  as  glanders  or  farcy. 

1455.  That  no  person  shall  leave  in  or  throw  into  an}'  place  or 
street  or  public  water,  or  offensively  expose  or  bury  the  body  (or 
any  part  thereof)  of  any  dead  oi*  fatally  sick  or  injured  animal;  nor 
shall  an}'  person  keep  any  dead  animal,  or  any  offensive  meat,  bird, 
fowl  or  iish  in  a  place  where  the  same  may  be  dangerous  to  the  life, 
or  detrimental  to  the  health  of  any  person. 

1456.  That  any  animal,  being  in  any  street  or  public  place 
within  the  city,  and  appearing  in  the  estimation  of  any  officer  or 
inspector  of  the  department  of  health  (and  of  two  discreet  citizens, 
called  by  such  officer  or  inspector  to  view  the  same  in  his  presence) 
injured  or  diseased  past  recovery  for  any  useful  purpose,  and  not 
being  attended  and  properly  cared  for  by  the  owner  or  some  proper 
person  to  have  charge  thereof  for  the  owner;  or  not  having  been 
removed  to  some  private  premises  or  to  some  place  designated  bv 
such  officer  or  inspector  within  one  hour  after  being  found  or  left  in 
such  condition,  may  be  deprived  of  life  by  such  officer  or  inspector, 
or  as  he  may  direct,  and  shall  thereafter,  unless  at  once  removed 
by  the  owner  or  proper  person,  be  treated  as  any  other  animal  found 
on  a  street  or  place. 

1457.  That  any  person  having  a  dead  animal  or  an  animal  past 
recovery,  and  not  killed  for  and  proper  for  use  as  meat  or  fish,  or  in 
an  offensive  condition,  or  sick  with  an  infectious  or  contagious  dis- 
ease on  his  premises  in  said  city,  and  every  person  whose  animal, 
or  any  animal  in  his  charge  or  under  his  control  in  any  street  or 


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place,  may  die  or  become  or  be  in  a  condition  past  recovery,  shall 
at  once  remove  or  cause  the  removal  of  such  animal,  dead  or  alive, 
to  some  proper  place;  and  when  such  place  may  be  designated  by 
the  city  council,  to  the  place  so  designated. 

1^58.  That  every  person  having  within  his  possession  or  con- 
trol or  upon  any  premises  occupied  or  owned  by  him,  any  dead 
animal  not  proper  for  food  and  liable  to  become  noxious  and  detrimen- 
tal to  health,  shall  at  once  give  notice  thereof  to  the  officer  in  charge 
of  the  nearest  police  station,  and  such  officer  shall  at  once  cause 
notice  thereof  to  be  given  to  the  department  of  health. 

1459.  That  no  person  other  than  the  inspectors  or  officers  of 
the  department  of  health,  or  department  of  police,  or  persons  thereto 
authorized  by  contract  or  otherwise,  shall  in  any  way  interfere  with 
such  dead,  sick  or  injured  animal  in  any  street  or  place,  and  no  per- 
son shall  skin  or  wound  such  animal  in  such  street  or  public  place, 
unless  to  terminate  its  life  as  herein  authorized,  except  that  the  owner 
or  person  having  control  of  such  animal  may  terminate  the  life 
thereof  in  the  presence  and  bv  the  consent  of  a  policeman,  or  an 
inspector  or  officer  of  said  department. 

1460.  That  no  person  shall  obstruct,  delav  or  interfere  with  the 
proper  and  free  use.  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  may  be  and 
should  be  set  apart  and  devoted,  of  any  dock  or  wharf  set  apart 
for  the  use  of  an^'  contractor  or  person  engaged  in  removing  anv 
ofial,  garbage,  rubbish,  dirt,  dead  animals,  night-soil  or  other  like 
substances,  or  with  the  proper  performance  of  such  contracts. 

1461.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  contractor,  scavenger 
and  person,  his  agents  and  employes,  who  has  contracted  or  under- 
taken to  remove  any  diseased  or  dead  animal,  offal,  rubbish,  garbage, 
dirt,  street-sweepings,  night  soil  or  other  filthy,  ofiensive  or  noxious 
substance,  or  is  engaged  about  any  such  removal,  or  in  loading  or  un- 
loading of  any  such  substance,  to  do  the  same  with  dispatch,  and  in 
every  particular  in  a  manner  as  cleanly  and  little  offensive  and  with 
as  little  danger  and  prejudice  to  life  and  health  as  possible. 

146^2.  That  no  street  sweepings  or  other  noxious  material  shall 
h^  piled  up  or  partially  raked  together,  in  any  street  or  place  before 
the  removal  thereof,  more  than  a  reasonable  time,  nor  for  more  than 
four  hours  in  the  day-time,  under  anv  circumstances. 

1463.  That  no  ship,  boat  or  other  vessel  or  article  shall  be 
taken  or  allowed  bv  an^■  person  to  come  into,  or  lav  to  or  at  or  within 
any  dock  or  slip  (or  be  placed  thereon),  set  apart  or  appropriated  for 
the  use  or  purpose  of  the  shipment  or  removal  of  any  offal,  garbage, 


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rubbish,  dirt  or  dead  animals,  or  for  the  use  of  any  contractor  for 
the  removal  of  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  without  a  permit 
from  the  department  of  health. 

1464.  That  every  physician  shall  report  to  the  commissioner  of 
health  in  writing  every  person  having  a  contagious  or  infectious 
disease,  such  as  cholera,  yellow  fever,  scarlet  fever,  small-pox,  vari- 
oloid or  any  of  the  grades  of  such  diseases  (and  the  state  of  his  or 
her  disease,  and  his  or  her  place  of  dwelling  and  name  if  known), 
which  such  physician  has  prescribed  for  or  attended  for  the  first 
time  since  having  such  disease,  during  any  part  of  the  preceding 
twenty-four  hours;  but  not  more  than  two  reports  shall  be  required 
in  one  week  concerning  the  same  person;  but  every  attending  or 
practicing  physician  thereat  must,  at  his  peril,  see  that  such  report 
is  or  has  been  made  b}'  some  attending  ph^'sician. 

1465.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  practicing 
physician  in  the  city  to  report  in  writing  to  the  commissioner  of 
health,  the  death  of  any  of  his  patients  who  shall  have  died  in  said 
city,  of  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  within  twenty-four  hours 
thereafter,  and  to  state  in  such  report  the  specific  name  and  type  of 
such  disease. 

1466.  That  every  keeper  of  any  boarding-house  or  lodging- 
house,  and  every  inn-keeper  and  hotel-keeper  shall,  within  twenty- 
four  hours,  report  in  writing  to  the  commissioner  of  health  the  same 
particulars  in  the  last  section  required  of  any  plwsician  concerning 
any  person  being  at  any  of  the  aforesaid  houses  or  hotels,  and 
attacked  with  anv  contajjious  disease. 

1467.  That  the  commissioners,  managers,  principals  or  other 
proper  head  officer  of  each  and  every  public  or  private  institution 
in  said  city  shall,  twice  in  each  week,  report  in  writing  (or  cause  such 
report  by  some  proper  and  competent  person  to  be  made  twice  in 
each  week),  to  the  commissioner  of  health,  and  state  therein  the  name, 
if  known,  and  condition  and  disease  of  any  and  every  person  being 
thereat,  and  sick  of  any  contagious  disease. 

1468.  That  the  master,  chief-officer  and  consignee  or  one  of 
them,  of  every  vessel  not  being  in  quarantine,  or  within  quarantine 
limits,  but  being  within  one-fourth  of  a  mile  of  any  dock  or  build- 
ing of  said  city,  shall  daily  report  to  the  commissioner  of  health,  or 
cause  to  be  reported  in  writing  the  particulars,  and  shall  therein 
state  the  name,  disease  and  condition  of  any  person  being  in  or  on 
such  vessel,  and  sick  of  any  contagious  disease. 

1469.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  knowing  of 
any   individual  in  said  city  sick  of  any  contagious  disease  (where 


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such  person  shall  have  reason  to  regard  such  individual  as  neglected 
or  not  properly  cared  for,  and  to  avoid  giving  said  disease  to  others), 
and  the  duty  of  every  physician  hearing  of  any  such  sick  person, 
who  he  shall  have  reason  to  think  requires  the  attention  of  the  de- 
partment of  health,  to  at  once  report  the  facts  to  the  commissioner 
of  health  in  regard  to  the  disease,  condition  and  dwelling-place  or 
position  of  such  sick  person. 

1470.  That  the  keepers,  lessees,  tenants  and  owners  of  every 
boarding-house  and  lodging-house  shall  within  six  hours  after  the 
fact  shall  come  to  his  or  her  or- their  knowledge,  notify  the  commis- 
sioner of  health  in  writing  of  the  fact  of  any  seafaring  man  or 
person  latel}'  from  an\^  vessel  being  taken  sick  at  such  house,  and 
shall  in  such  notice  state  w' here  such  sick  person  may  be  found,  and 
from  what  vessel  and  when  he  came  to  the  best  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  person  or  persons  giving  such  notice. 

147 1.  That  every  master  and  chief  officer  of  any  vessel,  and 
every  physician  of  or  who  practiced  on  any  vessel  which  shall 
arrive  at  an}^  dock  or  wharf  in  the  city  from  any  other  port,  shall  at 
once  report  to  the  department  of  health  the  particulars  of  any 
infected  person  or  article  on  such  vessel  or  that  came  thereon,  which 
he  has  reason  to  think  may  endanger  the  public  health  of  this  city. 

1472.  That  every  master,  charterer,  owner,  part-owner  and 
consignee  of  any  vessel  or  of  the  cargo  thereof  which  shall  be  in 
the  water  of  said  city,  unless  detained  in  quarantine,  shall  at  once 
give  or  cause  to  be  given  to  the  commissioner  of  health  written 
notice  of  any  infected  article  or  person,  and  of  every  person  sick  of 
a  contagious  disease,  being  or  having  within  ten  days  been  on  board 
said  vessel;  and  also  of  each  and  every  fact  and  thing  relative  to 
said  vessel,  sick  person  or  cargo,  or  to  the  crew  of  said  vessel,  which 
any  of  the  tirst-mentioned  persons  shall  have  reason  to  think  mav  be 
useful  for  this  department  to  know,  or  be  or  become  dangerous  or 
prejudicial  to  life  or  health  in  said  city. 

1473.  That  no  person  sh^ll  bring  to  any  dock,  wharf  or  build- 
ing within  one  thousand  feet  thereof  in  said  city,  or  unload  at  any 
dock,  building  or  pier  therein,  or  have  on  storage  in  the  said  city  any 
skins,  hides,  rags,  or  similar  articles  or  materials,  having  been 
brought  from  any  infected  place,  without  or  otherwise  than  accord- 
ing to  a  written  perriiit  so  to  do  from  the  department  of  health:  and 
no  person  shall  sell,  exchange  or  in  anv  wav  make  anv  exposure  of 
any  straw,  bedding  or  articles  that  have  been  exposed  to  any  conta- 
gious disease  or  are  liable  to  communicate  such  disease,  till  after  the 
same  have  been  adequately  cleansed  or  disinfected. 

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1474.  That  no  captain,  officer,  consignee,  owner  or  other  per- 
son in  charge  of  any  vessel  (having  right  and  authority  to  pre- 
vent the  same)  shall  remove  or  aid  in  removing  from  any  vessel  to 
the  shore  (save  as  legall}^  authorized  by  the  department  of  health, 
and  into  quarantine  grounds  or  building  only)  any  person  sick  of  or 
that  has  been  exposed  to  and  is  liable  very  soon  to  develop  any  con- 
tagious disease,  nor  so  remove  or  aid  in  removing  an}^  articles  that 
have  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  any  such  disease,  except  in 
accordance  with  a  permit  of  said  department  or  with  its  special 
regulations. 

1475.  That  no  person  shall  bring  into  this  city  from  any  in- 
fected place,  or  from  any  vessel  or  building  in  v/hich  had  lately 
been  any  person  sick  of  a  contagious  disease,  any  article  or  person 
whatsoever,  nor  shall  any  such  person  come  into  said  city  without  a 
permit  of  the  department  of  health;  and  it  shall  be  no  excuse  that 
such  person  or  article  so  offending,  or  the  occasion  of  offense,  has 
passed  through  quarantine,  or  has  a  permit  from  any  other  source 
than  said  department. 

1476.  That  no  person  shall  within  the  city  without  a  permit 
from  the  commissioner  of  health,  carry  or  remove  from  one  building 
to  another,  or  from  any  vessel  to  the  shore,  an}'  person  sick  of  any 
contagious  disease.  Nor  shall  any  person  by  any  exposure  of  any 
individual  sick  of  an}^  contagious  disease,  or  of  the  body  of  such 
person,  or  by  any  negligent  act  connected  therewith  or  in  respect  of 
the  care  or  custody  thereof,  or  by  a  needless  exposure  of  himself, 
cause  or  contribute  to  or  promote  the  spread  of  disease  from  any 
such  person  or  from  any  dead  body. 

1477.  That  everv  person,  being  the  parent  or  guardian,  or 
having  the  care,  custod}',  or  control  of  any  minor  or  other  individual, 
shall  (to  the  extent  of  any  means,  power  and  authorty  of  said  parent, 
guardian  or  other  person,  that  could  properly  be  used  or  exerted 
for  such  purpose),  cause  and  procure  such  minor  or  individual  to  be 
so  promptly,  frequently  and  et^ectively  vaccinated,  that  such  minor 
or  individual  shall  not  take  or  be  liable  to  take  the  small-pox. 

1478.  That  no  parent,  master  or  custodian  of  any  chilo  or  minor, 
(having  the  power  and  authority  to  prevent,)  shall  permit  any  such 
child  or  minor  to  be  unnecessarily  exposed,  or  to  needlessly  expose 
any  other  person  to  the  taking  or  to  the  infection  of  any  contagious 
disease. 

1479.  That  no  principal  of  any  school,  and  no  principal  or 
teacher  of  any  private  sectarian  or  other  school,  shall  admit  to  any 
.such  school  any  child  or  minor  who  shall  not   have   been    vaccinated 


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within  seven  vears  next  preceding  the  admission  or  application  for 
admission  to  any  such  school  of  such  child  nor  minor;  or  shall  any 
such  principal  or  teacher  retain  in  or  permit  to  attend  any  such 
school  any  child  or  minor  who  shall  not  have  been  vaccinated  within 
seven  years  next  preceding  the  taking  effect  of  this  article. 

1480.  The  evidence  of  such  vaccination  to  be  presented  to  any 
such  principal  or  teacher  as  is  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  a  certificate  signed  by  the  commissioner  of  health  or  any 
physician  duly  licensed  by  the  state  board  of  health. 

1481.  The  commissioner  of  health  is  hereby  empowered  to  visit 
any  and  all  public  and  private  schools  in  the  cit}^,  and  to  make  or 
cause  to  be  made  an  examination  of  the  children  and  minors  in  attend- 
ance therein,  as  often  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  secure  compli- 
ance with  the  provisions  hereof. 

1482.  Any  principal  of  a  public  school,  or  principal  or  teacher 
of  any  private  or  other  school,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provi- 
sions of  section  1479,  or  shall  in  any  way  prevent  or  attempt  to 
prevent  the  commissioner  of  health  from  exercising  the  power  con- 
ferred on  him  by  section  148 1,  shall  be  fined  for  each  offense  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

1483.  That  no  person  shall  retain,  expose  or  allow  to  be  retained 
or  exposed  the  dead  body  of  an^^  human  being,  to  the  peril  or  pre- 
judice of  the  life  or  health  of  any  person. 

1484.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  ever}-  person  who  has  dis- 
covered or  seen  the  bod}-  of  a  dead  human  being,  or  any  part  thereof 
(if  there  is  reason  for  such  person  to  think  that  the  fact  of  the  death, 
or  the  place  of  such  body  or  part  thereof  is  not  publicly  known),  to 
immediately  communicate  to  the  department  of  health  the  fact  of 
such  discover}'  of  such  body,  the  place  where  and  time  when  the 
same  was  discovered  or  seen,  and  where  the  same  is  or  may  be 
found,  and  any  facts  known  by  which  said  body  may  be  identified 
or  the  cause  of  death  ascertained. 

1485.  That  ever}'  physician,  midwife  and  other  person  who 
may  professionally  assist  or  advise  any  birth  shall  make  and  keep 
a  registry  of  every  birth,  and  therein  enter  the  time  and  place, 
ward  and  street  number  of  such  birth,  and  the  sex  and  color  of  every 
child  born,  and  the  names  and  residence  of  each  of  the  parents  (so 
far  as  the  foregoing  facts  can  be  ascertained),  and  every  physician 
and  professional  adviser  who  has  attended  any  person  during  a  last 
illness,  or  has  been  present   by  request  at  the   death  of  any  person, 


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shall  make  and  preserve  a  registry  of  such  death,  stating  the  cause 
thereof,  and  specifying  the  date,  hour,  place  and  street  number  of 
the  place  of  such  death. 

i486.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  mentioned  in 
the  last  section  or  required  to  make  or  keep  any  such  register,  to 
present  to  the  department  of  health  a  copy  of  such  register,  signed 
by  such  person,  or  a  written  statement  by  him  signed,  of  all  the  facts 
in  said  register  required  to  be  entered,  within  five  days  after  the 
birth,  and  within  thirty-six  hours  after  the  death  of  any  person  to 
whom  such  registry  may  or  should  relate,  which  shall  thereupon  be 
placed  on  file  with  said  department. 

1487.  That  no  person  shall  take,  can-y,  expose,  or  place  or  in- 
duce any  other  person  so  to  do,  in  or  upon  any  street  or  public 
place  any  substance,  animal  or  thing  which  shall  imperil  the  health 
of  any  person  who  is  or  may  properly  be  in  such  street  or  place. 

1488.  That  all  cesspools  and  privy  vaults  shall  be  water  tight, 
and  when  on  lots  adjacent  to  sewers  shall  be  connected  with  the 
same  in  the  manner  required  by  the  regulations  of  the  department 
of  public  works. 

1489.  That  no  person  owning  or  occupying  any  building  or 
premises  shall  use  the  same,  or  permit  the  use  of  the  same,  or  rent 
the  same  to  be  used  for  any  business  or  employment,  or  for  any 
purpose  of  pleasure  or  recreation,  if  such  use  shall,  from  its  bois- 
terous nature,  disturb  or  destroy  the  peace  of  the  neighborhood  in 
which  such  building  or  premises  are  situated,  or  be  dangerous  or 
detrimental  to  health. 

1490.  That  no  person  shall  bring  into  the  city,  or  keep  therein 
for  sale  or  otherwise,  either  for  food  or  for  any  other  purpose  or 
purposes  whatever,  any  animal,  dead  or  alive,  matter,  substance  or 
things  which  shall  be  or  which  shall  occasion  a  nuisance  in  said 
city,  or  which  may  or  shall  be  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  health. 

1 49 1.  That  no  building,  vehicle,  structure,  receptacle  or  thing 
used  or  to  be  used  for  anv  purpose  whatever,  shall  be  made,  used, 
kept,  maintained  or  operated  in  the  citv,  if  the  use,  keeping,  main- 
taining or  operating  of  such  building,  vehicle,  structure,  receptacle  or 
thing  shall  be  the  occasion  of  any  nuisance,  or  dangerous  or  detri- 
mental to  health. 

1492.  That  no  substance,  matter  or  thing  of  any  kind  what- 
ever, which  shall  be  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  health,  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  exist  in  connection  with  any  permitted  business,  or  be  used 


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therein  or  to  exist  in  connection  therew  ith,  or  to  be  used  in  any  work 
or  labor  carried  on  or  to  be  carried  on  or  prosecuted  in  the  city,  and 
that  no  nuisance  shall  be  permitted  to  exist  in  connection  with  any 
business  or  in  connection  with  any  such  work  or  labor. 

1493.  That  any  person  who  violates,  disobeys,  omits,  neglects 
or  refuses  to  comply  with,  or  who  resists  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  or  who  refuses  or  neglects  to  obey  any  of  the  rules,  orders, 
or  sanitary  regulations  of  the  department  of  health,  or  who  omits, 
neglects  or  refuses  to  comply  with,  or  who  resists  any  officer  or 
order  or  special  regulation  of  said  department  of  health  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars 
nor  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  oft'ense. 

1494.  The  ambulances  of  the  department  of  health  while  en- 
gaged in  going  for  or  in  carrying  sick  or  wounded  persons  to  or 
from  the  hospitals  shall  have  the  right  of  wa}^  in  the  streets  of  the 
city,  as  against  any  person;  carriage  or  incumbrance,  put,  driven  or 
being  in  said  streets,  and  no  person  shall  obstruct  said  ambulances 
while  so  engaged,  if  there  shall  be  an  opportunity  to  get  out  of  the 
way  of  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion. 

Article  XXVIII. 
Horses. 

1495.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  horses  or 
other  animal  in  the  city  of  Chicago  with  greater  speed  than  at  the 
rate  of  six  miles  an  hour,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense,  to  be  recovered  from  the  owner  or  driver  thereof  severally 
and  respectively. 

1496.  No  person,  upon  turning  the  corner  of  any  street  or 
crossing  the  intersection  of  any  street  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall 
ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  horses  or  other  animal  with  greater 
speed  than  at  the  rate  of  four  miles  an  hour,  under  the  penalty  of 
ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1497.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  horses  or 
other  animal  in  or  through  anv  alley  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  at 
the  time  of  issuing  from  or  quitting  such  allev,  with  a  greater  rate 
of  speed  than  a  walk,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1498.  No  horse  shall  be  sutTered  or  permitted  to  go  loose  or  at 
large  in  any  of  the  streets  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  the  penalty 
of  ten  dollars  for  every  such  offense,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  or 
person  having  the  care,  charge,  or  keeping  thereof  severallv  and 
respectivelv. 


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1499.  No  person  shall  suffer  or  permit  to  go,  or  lead,  or  ride 
or  drive  any  horse  upon  any  sidewalk  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under 
the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner 
or  person  having  the  care,  charge  or  keeping  thereof  severally  and 
respectively. 

1500.  No  person  shall  run  or  race  any  horse  in  any  public 
street,  road  or  avenue  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  nor  shall  consent  to 
or  suffer  such  racing,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  re- 
covered from  the  person  or  persons  who  shall  so  race,  or  suffer  or 
permit  such  racing,  and  the  owner,  rider  and  the  person  having 
charge  of  any  animal  which  shall  so  race  and  run  severally  and 
respectively. 

1 501.  The  last  preceding  section  of  this  article  shall  be  con- 
strued to  prevent  and  punish  the  running,  racing,  or  trotting  of  any 
horse  or  horses  for  any  trial  of  speed,  or  for  the  purpose  of  passing 
any  other  horse  or  horses,  whether  the  same  be  founded  upon  any 
stake,  bet  or  otherwise. 

1502.  No  person  shall  show  or  expose  for  sale  at  auction  any 
horse  or  other  animal  in  any  street,  alley  or  avenue  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

1503.  No  person  shall  drive  any  horse  before  a  sleigh  or  sled 
through  an}^  of  the  public  streets  or  avenues  of  this  city,  unless 
there  shall  be  a  sufhcient  number  of  bells  attached  to  the  harness  of 
such  horse  and  sleigh  or  sled,  to  warn  persons  of  his  approach, 
under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  paid  by  the 
driver,  owner  or  person  having  the  care,  charge  or  keeping  thereof 
severally  and  respectively. 

1504.  No  person  shall  lead,  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  horses 
or  other  animal,  over  or  upon  any  of  the  bridges  in  the  cit}'^  of  Chi- 
cago at  an}^  other  pace  than  a  walk,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1505.  No  person  shall  leave  any  horse,  horses  or  other  animal 
attached  to  any  carriage,  wagon,  cart,  sleigh,  sled  or  other  vehicle 
in  any  part  of  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  or  lanes  of  this  city,  with- 
out securely  fastening  such  horse,  horses  or  other  animal,  under  a 
penalty  for  each  offense  of  not  less  than  two  dollars. 

Article    XXIX. 
Horse    Railroads. 

1506.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
engaged  in  the  occupation  of  operating  and  running  street  cars  for 


CITV    OF    CHICAGO.  359 

the  conveyance  of  passengers  upon  any  line  of  horse  or  city  railway 
within  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  month  of  April  of  each  year  to 
apply  for  and  obtain  from  the  city  of  Chicago  a  license  therefor,  for 
which  said  license  every  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall,  at 
the  time  application  is  made  for  such  license,  pay  into  the  treasury  of 
said  city  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  each"  car  operated  and  run,  or 
proposed  to  be  operated  and  run  by  such  person,  firm  or  corporation 
during  the  year.  Anv  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the 
occupation  aforesaid,  failing  or  refusing  to  take  out  a  license  therefor 
as  above  required,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  a  failure  to 
obtain  such  license  for  each  day  that  the  same  continue  shall  be 
deemed    a  separate   and  distinct  offense  and  violation  of  this  article. 

1507.  There  shall  be  conspicuously  placed  in  every  street  car 
operated  and  run  in  the  cit}-  of  Chicago  a  certificate  signed  by  the 
city  clerk  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city,  which  shall  give  the 
number  of  the  car  in  which  it  is  placed,  and  shall  be  to  the  effect  that 
the  person,  firm  or  corporation  operating  and  running  said  car  has 
taken  out  a  license  therefor  from  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  has  paid 
into  the  city  treasury  of  said  citv  the  license  fee  required  therefor 
as  provided  for  by  this  article.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
failing  or  refusing  to  keep  such  certificate  conspicuously  posted  in 
any  street  car  operated  and  run  by  him  or  them  shall  be  fined  for 
such  violation  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twentv-five 
dollars. 

1508.  The  gauge  of  all  horse  or  other  city  railroads  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  now  laid  or  hereafter  to  be  laid,  is  herebv  fixed  at 
four  feet  eight  and  one  half  inches. 

1509.  All  rails  which  shall  hereafter  be  laid  on  any  horse  rail- 
road track  or  other  railroad  track  on  the  streets,  alleys  or  other 
public  grounds  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  a  tram  rail,  having  a 
profile  taken  crosswise  of  the  rail,  such  as  is  shown  on  the  sketch 
following,  marked  "' A  ": 


The  w^idth  of  said  rail  from  outside  to  outside  shall  be  five 
inches;  the  width  of  the  tram  shall  be  three  inches  horizontal: 
the  height  along  the  w^agon  edge,  or  the  height  from  the  tram  to 
the  highest  part  of  the  rail,  shall  not  be  more  than  seven-eighth.-^ 


360  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

of  an  inch;  the  upper  part  of  the  rail  shall  be  laid  below  the  level 
of  the  surface  of  the  street,  and  the  whole  manner  of  constructing 
said  railways,  so  as  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

1 5 10.  The  several  horse  railroad  companies  having  their  rail- 
w^ay  tracks  located  in  and  along  the  difierent  streets  within  the  city 
of  Chicago  shall,  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  May  and  during 
and  until  the  first  day  of  November  in  each  and  ever}^  year,  keep 
moistened  and  well  sprinkled  with  water  the  several  streets  within  the 
city  of  Chicago  upon  and  along  which  they,  or  either  of  them  may 
use  or  operate  their  respective  railway  tracks.  And  each  and  every  of 
such  horse  railroad  companies  shall,  for  each  and  every  day  they  or 
any  of  them  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars. 

151 1.  Said  companies  shall  keep  the  tracks  of  their  respective 
roads  in  such  a  condition  that  said  tracks  shall  not  at  any  time  be 
elevated  above  the  surface  of  the  streets  on  which  the}'  are  laid,  so 
that  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  at  all  times  cross  said  tracks  at 
all  points,  in  any  direction,  without  obstruction;  thev  shall  also 
keep  in  good  repair  such  portions  of  the  streets  as  they  severally 
have  agreed  or  may  agree  with  said  city  so  to  do. 

151 2.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  see  that  the 
provisions  of  the  last  section  are  complied  with,  and  shall  require 
inspectors  of  side-walks  and  foremen  of  street  labor  to  report  to  said 
commissioner  all  cases  that  come  to  their  knowledge  of  any  neglect 
or  failure  of  any  of  said  companies  so  to  comply.  Said  commis- 
sioner shall  also  keep  a  book,  accessible  to  the  public,  in  which  any 
resident  in  said  city  may  enter  complaint  of  the  condition  of  said 
tracks,  or  the  streets  in  which  the  same  are  laid. 

1 51 3.  Whenever  said  companies  or  either  of  them  shall  neglect 
or  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  section  151 1,  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works  shall  cause  a  notice  to  be  served  upon  such 
company  or  companies,  requiring  the  track  or  tracks  or  part  of 
track  or  tracks,  or  the  portions  of  the  streets  required  to  be  kept  in 
repair  by  such  compan}'^  or  companies  mentioned  in  such  notice,  to 
be  put  in  the  condition  required  by  said  section,  wathin  five  days 
after  the  service  of  such  notice. 

1 5 14.  Either  of  said  companies  who  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  put 
their  track  or  tracks  or  part  of  track  or  tracks,  or  any  portion  of  the 
streets  mentioned  in  such  notice,  in  the  condition  required  b}'  section 
15 II,  within  five  days  after  the  service  of  such  notice,   shall   forfeit 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  36 1 

and  pay  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  and  not  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  every  day  such  neglect  or  failure  shall  continue 
after  the  expiration  of  said  five  days;  and  the  said  commissioner  shall 
report  every  such  case  to  the  city  attorney,  who  shall  immediately 
prosecute  the  offending  company  to  judgment  and  execution  before 
any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

1 515.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  of  the  horse  railwa}-  companies 
of  the  city  of  Chicago  to  suffer  any  car  to  be  run  on  any  of  the 
streets,  or  any  portion  or  part  thereof  in  the  said  city  at  any  time, 
unless  the  same  shall  be  in  charge  of  and  under  the  control  of  some 
competent  conductor,  who  shall  be  a  person  other  than  the  driver  of 
said  car.  For  each  and  every  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  the  said  companies,  or  either  of  them,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

1 5 16.  All  railroad  cars  shall  be  distinctly  numbered  both  inside 
and  outside,  and  the  cars  of  different  routes  running  in  part  on  the 
same  track  shall  be  distinguished  by  a  difference  of  color,  so  far  as 
practicable,  and  the  appropriate  lettering  to  indicate  the  streets  or 
routes  upon  which  the  same  run;  and  in  the  night  shall,  in  all  casee, 
be  sufficiently  distinguished  by  the  form  or  color  of  the  signal  light, 
and  have  signal  Hghts  in  the  sides  as  well  as  front,  so  as  to  prevent 
the  cars  of  different  routes  being  mistaken  for  each  other. 

15 1 7.  The  cars  shall  have  the  right  to  the  tracks  as  against  any 
person,  carriage,  vehicle  or  incumbrance  put,  driven  or  being  thereon 
with  a  view  to  delay  or  embarrass  the  progress  of  the  cars;  and  no 
person  shall  obstruct  the  said  tracks,  or  obstruct  or  prevent  the  cars 
from  running  or  progressing  thereon  by  placing,  driving  or  stopping 
or  causing  to  be  driven  at  a  slow  pace  or  stopped,  any  vehicle  or 
other  obstacle  in,  upon,  across,  along  or  near  said  tracks  in  the  way 
of  anv  car,  if  there  shall  be  an  opportunit}'  to  turn  off,  after  being 
notified  by  the  ringing  of  the  car  bell,  under  a  penalty  of  five  dollars. 

1 5 18.  No  car  shall  be  used  by  any  of  the  city  railway  com- 
panies upon  their  respective  routes  which  has  a  broken  window, 
door,  step  or  insufficient  fastening,  or  is  otherwise  damaged,  longer 
than  during  the  day  such  break,  insufficient  fastening  or  damage 
mav  occur. 

1 5 19.  All  city  railway  companies  shall  be  subject  to  the  follow- 
ing regulations,  as  herein  specified: 

I.  There  shall  be  at  all  times  when  practicable  between  the 
hours  of  6  A.  M.  and  12  at  night,  from  the  fifteenth  of  November 
to  the  first  of  May,  and  the  hours  of  5  a.  m.  and  12  p.  m.  in  the 
other  months,  cars  running  on  the  respective  routes  of  all  city  rail- 


7,62  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

way  companies,  as  the  public  shall  require,  under  the  penalty  of  not 
less  than  twenty-Hve  dollars  for  each  and  every  violation  of  this  section. 

2.  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Companv  shall,  in 
addition,  run  at  least  one  car  from  Randolph  street  at  its  intersec- 
tion with  State  street,  over  and  along-  the  usual  streets  to  Blue  Island 
avenue,  and  thence  on  and  along  said  Blue  Island  avenue  as  far  as 
the  said  company's  track  is  now  laid,  as  late  as  i  o'clock  of  each 
and  every  night,  Sunda^-s  excepted,  and  as  late  as  12  o'clock  on 
Sunday  nights,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twentv-five  dol- 
lars for  each  violation  of  this  section. 

3.  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Compan}-  shall  also 
run  a  car  between  State  street  and  Western  avenue  once  in  every 
three  minutes  on  Randolph  and  Madison  streets  respectively,  and 
also  run  a  car  once  in  every  five  minutes  on  the  Clinton  and  Jefferson, 
on  the  Blue  Island  avenue,  and  on  the  Milwaukee  avenue  lines,  in 
said  city,  between  the  hours  of  6  o'clock  and  8  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  between  12  o'clock  and  2  o'clock,  and  between  5  o'clock 
and  7  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  each  and  ever}'  day,  under  the  penalty 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

4.  The  Chicago  West-  Division  Railroad  Compan}^  is  further 
required  to  run  a  car  between  State  street  and  Western  avenue, 
on  Randolph  and  Madison  streets,  every  ten  minutes,  between  the 
hours  of  10  and  11  p.  m..  and  every  fifteen  minutes  between  the 
hours  of  II  and  12  midnio-ht,  on  each  and  every  nifi^ht  ;  and  be- 
tween  the  hours  of  12  midnip-ht  and  6  a.  m.  they  shall  run  at 
least  one  car  every  hour  of  each  and  every  day. 

1520.  Cars  stopping  at  a  Street  intersection  shall  stop  at  the 
further  walk  thereof,  so  that  the  cars  shall  not  when  stopped  inter- 
fere with  the  travel  on  cross  streets:  and,  subject  to  the  foregoing 
provision  of  this  section,  and  excepting  on  bridges,  all  street  cars 
shall  stop  to  receive  and  to  let  off  passengers  wherever  the}'  are  de- 
sired to  do  so,  excepting  between  the  hours  of  6  o'clock  and  8 
o'clock  A,  M.  and  5  o'clock  and  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  during  which  hours 
they  may  regulate  their  stopping  by  the  first  provision  of  this  section. 
Each  team  of  horses  hitched  to  a  street  car  shall  have  a  bell  or  bells 
attached  to  them. 

1521.  The  said  companies,  when  no  other  or  different  penalty 
is  herein  provided,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  any 
violation  on  their  part  of  any  provision  of  this  article;  and  any  con- 
ductor, driver  or  other  person  -\dolating  any  provision  of  this  article 
when  no  other  or  different  penalty  is  herein  provided,  shall  be  liable 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  police  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  article. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  363 

1522.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  to  daily  report  all  viola- 
tions of  laws,  ordinances  and  regulations  appertaining  to  railroads 
or  other  public  conveyances  to  the  superintendent  of  police. 

Article  XXX. 
House  of   Correction. 

1523.  The  buildings  and  enclosures  erected  and  now  standing, 
or  that  may  be  erected  on  that  part  of  E.  \  of  S.  ^ .  ]^  of  sec.  25,  town 
39  N.,  R.  13  E.,  lying  N.  of  the  W.  branch  of  the  S.  branch  of 
the  Chicago  river,  being  between  Twenty-sixth  street  and  the  west 
branch  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  situate  and  lying 
within  the  city  of  Chicago,  are  constituted  and  established  a  house 
of  correction  for  the  said  city ;  and  any  buildings  and  enclosures  that 
ma}'  hereafter  be  erected  on  any  lot  or  lands  purchased,  owned  or 
leased  by  the  city  of  Chicago  for  the  purposes  of  a  house  of  cor- 
rection, whether  within  or  without  the  limits  of  said  city,  shall  be 
subject  to  the  conditions  and  provisions  of   this  article. 

1524.  The  superintendent  of  the  house  of  correction  shall  have 
the  custody,  rule,  charge  and  keeping  of  the  house  of  correction,  and 
of  all  persons  committed  thereto,  under  the  supervision  and  direction 
of  the  board  of  inspectors;  and  he  shall  enforce  such  order  and  dis- 
cipline as  shall  be  directed  by  the  board  of  inspectors. 

1525.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  the  house 
of  correction  to  receive  into  the  said  house  of  correction  such  per- 
sons as  may  be  committed  thereto  by  any  court  or  magistrate  in 
Cook  county,  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  state  or  by  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  city,  or  any  town  or  village  in  Cook  county  having  a 
contract  with  the  city  of  Chicago  for  the  care  of  its  prisoners,  and 
to  put  each  of  said  persons  so  committed  as  are  able  to  work  to 
the  work  which  they  are  respectively  best  able  to  do.  not  to  exceed 
ten  hours  for  each  working  day. 

1526.  Every  person  committed  to  the  house  of  correction  shall 
be  allowed  for  each  da^^'s  work,  exclusive  of  his  or  her  board,  the 
sum  of  fifty  cents,  which  shall  be  applied  in  payment  and  satisfac- 
tion of  the  fine  and  costs  imposed  upon  such  person. 

1527.  From  and  after  the  date  of  the  execution  of  an  agreement 
to  that  effect  between  the  city  and  the  board  of  commissioners  of 
Cook  county,  he  shall  receive  into  said  house  of  correction  any  per- 
son or  persons  who  may  be  sentenced  or  committed  thereto  by  any 
court  or  magistrate  in  and  of  Cook  county,  when  such  commitment 
is  for  a  time  not  less  than  thirty  days. 


364  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1528.  Every  person  committed  to  the  house  of  correction  shall 
obey  the  superintendent  thereof  in  all  his  lawful  commands,  and  shall 
not  molest  or  hinder  him  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  and  shall  not 
escape  or  attempt  to  escape  or  assist  others  to  escape  or  attempt 
to  escape  therefrom,  or  destroy  or  injure  any  property  appertaining 
to  the  house  of  correction,  and  shall  not  transgress  or  violate  the  rules 
of  discipline  or  any  of  them.  Any  person  violating  this  section 
shall  be  lined  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  imprisoned  not 
exceeding  ninety  days,  or  either,  in  the  discretion  of  the  magistrate 
or  court  convicting. 

1529.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  superintendent  of  the  house  of 
correction,  and  it  is  hereby  made  his  duty  to  arrest  or  cause  to  be 
arrested  and  taken  before  a  justice  of  the  peace  every  person  who 
shall  molest  or  in  an}^  manner  interfere  with  the  said  superintend- 
ent or  with  any  person  in  his  custody  or  charge  as  a  prisoner, 
while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  either  in  the  house  of  correction 
or  elsewhere;  and  any  person  who  shall  so  molest  or  interfere  with 
the  superintendent  .of  the  house  of  correction  or  person  in  his  cus- 
tody or  charge,  shall  be  fined  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

1530.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the  police  force  of 
the  city  of  Chicago  delivering  any  person  to  the  house  of  correction 
to  deliver  to  the  superintendent  the  mittimus  or  execution,  and  return 
immediately  to  the  comptroller  a  duplicate  thereof,  by  virtue  of  which 
said  person  was  committed. 

1 53 1.  No  person  shall  be  released  from  the  house  of  correction 
by  the  superintendent  thereof,  except  upon  the  payment  of  the  fine 
or  on  the  certificate  of  the  comptroller,  as  provided  in  section  541, 
or  by  an  order  of  the  mayor  or  some  court  of  competent  jurisdic- 
tion. He  shall  only  release  prisoners  received  by  virtue  of  a  contract 
with  any  county,  village  or  town,  by  expiration  of  sentence,  by  order 
of  the  board  of  village  trustees  or  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

1532.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  the  house  of 
correction  to  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  comptroller  on  the  first 
day  of  each  quarter  a  statement,  duly  sworn  to,  showing  the  names 
of  all  persons  who  have  been  confined  in  the  house  of  correction  dur- 
ing the  quarter  past,  the  number  of  davs  of  their  several  confine- 
ments during  said  quarter,  the  date  of  their  committal  and  the  names 
of  all  persons  discharged  or  released  during  said  quarter,  and  by 
what  authority  they  were  -discharged  or  released. 

1533.  The  board  of  inspectors  shall  have  the  right  to  make  all 
proper  rules  and  regulations  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the 
aforesaid  provisions. 


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1534.  The  superintendent  of  the  house  of  correction  shall  make 
out  and  deliver  to  the  clerk  of  the  county  board  of  commissioners  of 
Cook  county  on  the  first  day  of  each  quarter,  a  statement  duly  ver- 
ified, showing  the  names  of  all  persons  who  have  been  confined  in 
the  house  of  correction  during  the  quarter  past,  under  any  provisions 
of  the  criminal  code  of  this  state,  the  amount  of  tines  and  the  num- 
ber of  days  as  shown  by  the  executions  or  mittimus  from  the  justice 
or  inferior  courts  of  this  county  of  their  several  confinements  during 
said  quarter,  the  date  of  their  committal,  and  the  names  of  all  per- 
sons discharged  or  released  during  said  quarter,  and  by  what  author- 
ity they  were  discharged  or  released. 

1535.  The  board  of  inspectors  of  the  house  of  correction  are 
hereby  authorized  to  make  contracts  with  any  county  in  the  state, 
or  with  the  trustees  of  an}^  town  or  village  in  Cook  county,  for  the 
care  and  custody  of  prisoners  for  any  term  of  years,  not  less  than 
two  nor  more  than  ten  years,  at  a  price  not  less  than  twenty-live 
cents  per  day  for  each  such  prisoner.  All  contracts  shall  extend  for 
the  care  of  such  prisoner  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  sentence; 
and  the  labor  of  every  such  prisoner  shall  be  the  property  of  and 
for  the  benefit  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

1536.  Whenever  the  city  physician  shall  be  unable  to  attend  anv 
prisoner  requiring  medical  aid,  the  said  superintendent  is  hereby 
authorized  to  employ  such  other  medical  assistance  as  he  may  deem 
necessary. 

1537-  The  said  superintendent  is  also  hereby  authorized  to 
accept  the  fine  imposed  upon  any  prisoner  committed  to  the  house  of 
correction,  whenever  the  same  shall  be  tendered  to  him ;  and  all  fines 
so  received  by  him  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  city  comptroller  within 
twenty-four  hours  thereafter. 

Article  XXXI. 
Ice. 

1538.  No  person  shall  sell  or  of^er  or  expose  for  sale  any 
impure  ice  within  the  limits  of  the  city;  and  all  ice  sold,  otlered  or 
exposed  for  sale  shall  be  sold  by  avoirdupois  weight,  except  in  such 
cases  where  it  may  be  otherwise  agreed  upon  between  the  buN'er 
and  the  seller. 

1539.  All  sellers  of  ice  at  the  time  of  the  dehvery  thereof 
shall  be  provided  with  a  suitable  steelyard,  balance,  or  other  appa- 
ratus for  weighing,  dul}'  adjusted  and  sealed  bv  the  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures,  with  which  to  weigh  the  quantity  of  ice  sold,  if 
required  by  the  buyer. 


366  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1540.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  owner  or  driver  of  anv 
wagon  used  for  the  sale  of-  ice  in  any  of  the  streets,  avenues  or 
public  places  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  permit  or  allow  the  scale, 
balance,  steelyard  or  other  apparatus  thereon,  or  the  beam  to  which 
it  may  be  attached,  or  other  implements  for  handling  ice,  to  project 
or  hang  outside  or  bevond  the  side  or  end  of  such  wagon  when  in 
motion. 

15^}!.  No  person  shall  cut  an}^  ice  or  any  holes  therein  in  the 
Chicasfo  river  and  its  branches  within  this  citv,  without  a  written 
permission  from  the  mayor. 

1542.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  article  shall  be 
subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Article  XXXII. 

Intellig'ence  Offices. 

1543.  Any  person  who  shall  establish  or  keep  any  office  or 
place  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  place 
or  employment  for  male  or  female  family  domestics,  servants  or 
o::her  laborers,  or  for  procuring  or  giving  information  concerning 
such  places  for  or  to  such  domestics,  servants  or  laborers,  or  for 
procuring  or  giving  information  concerning  such  domestics,  servants 
or  laborers  for  or  to  employers,  shall  be  deemed  a  keeper  of  an 
intelligence  office. 

1544.  The  mayor  shall  from  time  to  time  issue  licenses  to  so 
many  and  such  persons  as  he  shall  think  proper,  to  keep  intelligence 
offices  in  this  city,  and  shall  have  power  to  revoke  all  or  any  of  the 
said  licenses  at  pleasure. 

1545.  Each  license  shall  designate  the  house  in  which  the  per- 
son licensed  shall  keep  his  office,  and  the  number  of  such  license, 
and  shall  continue  and  be  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  next 
ensuing  the  date  thereof,  and  no  longer,  unless  sooner  revoked  by 
the  mayor. 

1546.  Every  person  who  may  be  licensed  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  pa}'  to  the  city  collector,  for 
the  use  of  the  city,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  execute  a 
bond  to  the  city  with  sureties  to  be  approved-  by  the  mayor,  in  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  observance 
of  all  the  ordinances  of  the  citv. 

1547.  No  person  shall  keep  any  intelligence  office  in  the  city 
of  Chicago  without  having  such  .license,  as  aforesaid,  or  after  the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  367 

same  shall  have  been  revoked,  or  shall  have  expired,  or  at  any 
other  house  or  place  than  is  designated  in  such  license,  under  the 
penalty  of  hfty  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

1548.  Any  person  keeping  an  intelligence  office  as  aforesaid, 
who  shall  directly  or  indirectly  or  through  an}'  agent  or  other  per- 
son or  persons  make  use  of  any  improper  device,  deceit,  false  rep- 
resentation, false  pretense  or  any  imposition  whatsoever  for  any 
improper  purpose,  or  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  fee,  money, 
gratuity  or  other  thing  of  value  from  an}^  customer,  person  or  per- 
sons, or  patron  or  patrons  shall,  on  conviction,  be  lined  in  a  sum  not 
less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Article    XXXIII. 
y//s^/rcs  of  the  Peace. 

1549.  That  the  several  justices  of  the  peace  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete  docket  of  all  city  cases  com- 
menced, tried  and  disposed  of  before  them,  as  well  as  all  city  cases 
which  ma}'  come  before  them  by  change  of  venue  from  police  courts 
or  otherwise,  and  note  upon  said  docket  so  kept  what  disposition 
was  made  as  to  fines  and  forfeitures,  or  steps  taken  in  each  and 
every  case. 

1550.  That  the  said  several  justices  of  the  peace  shall  make 
upon  blanks  to  be  furnished  to  them  reports  to  the  city  comptroller 
at  the  close  of  each  and  every  month,  of  all  cases,  fines  and  forfeit- 
ures for  the  violation  of  ordinances  imposed,  collected  and  paid  to 
them,  or  execution  issued  during  said  month,  with  the  name  of  the 
defendant,  number  of  the  execution,  amount  of  the  fine,  fees  and  for- 
feitures collected,  or  otherwise  disposed  of. 

1 55 1.  That  the  said  several  justices  of  the  peace  at  the  close 
of  each  and  every  month,  at  the  date  of  making  their  said  report  to 
the  city  comptroller,  as  directed,  pay  into  the  city  treasury  all  fines 
and  forfeitures  for  the  violation  of  city  ordinances  when  collected, 
and  all  other  moneys  collected  by  them  for  the  use  of  the  city,  save 
and  except  their  proper  costs  and  charges. 

Article   XXXIV. 
Lam-ps. 

1552.  The  department  of  public  works  shall  have  the  charge 
or  control  of,  and  shall  erect  all  lamp  posts  and  lamps,  and  street- 
signs  designating  the  names  of  the  streets,  which  shall  be  placed  on 
said  lamps. 


368  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1553.  The  post  office  department,  under  the  direction  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  is  hereby  granted  permission  to  attach 
and  fasten  post-office  boxes  to  the  public  lamp  posts  in  this  city ;  and 
any  person  or  persons  who  shall  deface  or  in  any  way  injure  any 
such  post-office  box  shall,  for  each  offense,  be  subject  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

1554.  No  person,  unless  authorized  by  the  respective  contractors 
for  lighting  the  streets,  shall  at  any  time  light  or  extinguish  or  cause 
to  be  lighted  or  extinguished  any  public  lamp  which  such  contractor 
is  or  shall  be  required  to  light,  under  their  contract  made  with  the 
city,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  ofiense;  and  any  and 
every  such  contractor  shall  be  liable  to  a  like  fine  of  ten  dollars  for 
wilfully  neglecting  to  light  an}^  lamp  according  to  contract. 

1555.  Any  person  breaking,  mutilating  or  obstructing  any  of 
the  public  lamps  in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  hi  liable  to  a  panalty  of 
ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1556.  Any  per^n  who  shall  break,  misplace  or  carry  away, any 
of  the  street-signs  now  or  hereafter  to  be  placed  on  any  of  the  public 
lamps,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1557.  No  person,  without  permission  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  shall  take  up,  remove  or  carry  away  any  public  lamp 
post  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for 
each  ofiense. 

1558.  No  person  shall  remove  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  removed 
any  public  lamp  post  now  or  hereafter  to  be  placed  in  front  of  his 
premises,  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  without  the  permission  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works;  and  every  such  person  shall  cause 
the  lamp  posts  so  removed  to  be  re-set  at  his  own  expense  under 
the  direction  of  said  commissioner,  immediately  upon  notice  from 
said  commissioner  so  to  do,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  ofiense. 

1559.  Any  person  who  shall  carelessly  or  maliciously  break, 
deface  or  in  any  way  injure  or  destroy  any  public  lamp  or  lamp  post 
in  this  city,  or  climb  upon,  or  hitch  any  horse  or  other  animal  to  any 
public  lamp  post,  or  hang  or  place  any  goods  or  merchandise  thereon, 
or  place  any  goods,  boxes,  wood  or  any  other  heavy  material  upon  or 
against  the  same,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  369 

Article  XXXV. 
Library. 

1560.  There  is  hereby  established  a  free  publiclibrary  and  read- 
ing room  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which 
shall  be  called  "  The  Chicago  Public  Library." 

1 561.  There  shall  be  provided  and  set  apart,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  a  room  for  the  reception 
of  any  books  that  may  be  donated  or  procured  for  such  library,  until 
a  permanent  location  shall  be  otherwise  provided. 

1562.  An}'  person  who  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  cut,  write 
upon,  injure,  deface,  tear  or  destroy  any  book,  newspaper,  plate, 
picture,  engraving  or  other  thing  of  value  belonging  to  the  Chicago 
public  library  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

1563.  x^ny  person  who  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  commit  any 
injury  upon  the  Chicago  public  library,  or  upon  the  grounds,  build- 
ing, furniture,  fixtures  or  other  property  thereof,  shall  be  liable  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  oft'ense. 

1564.  Any  person  who  shall  fail  to  return  any  book  belonging 
to  the  Chicago  public  library,  according  to  the  requirements  of  th'e 
by-laws  dul}'  made  and  adopted  by  the  directors  of  such  library  for 
the  government  thereof,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one 
nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  ofi'ense. 

Article    XXXVI. 
Licenses. 

1565.  All  licenses  shall  be  granted  by  the  ma^^or  from  time  to 
time,  to  such  persons  as  he  may  deem  proper,  residents  of  the  city 
of  Chicago. 

1566.  Each  and  every  license  authorized  and  required  by  this 
ordinance,  and  granted  by  the  mayor,  shall  be  issued  by  the  city 
clerk,  on  notice  to  him  from  the  city  collector  that  the  license  fee  or 
tax  has  been  paid  and  not  otherwise. 

1567.  All  licenses  shall  be  subject  to  the  ordinances  and  regu- 
lations which  may  be  in  force  at  the  time  of  issuing  thereof,  or 
which  may  subsequently  be  made  by  the  city  council;  and  if  any 
person  so  licensed  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  he  shall 

24: 


,^70  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

be  liable  to  be  proceeded  against  for  an}'  fine  or  penalty  imposed 
thereby,  and  his  license  mav  be  revoked  in  the  discretion  of  the 
mayor. 

1568.  No  license  granted  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  assign- 
able or  transferable  without  permission  of  the  mayor,  nor  shall  any 
such  license  authorize  any  person  to  do  business  or  act  under  it  but 
the  person  named  therein,  except  as  is  in  this  ordinance  otherwise 
provided. 

1569.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for  a  longer  period  than  one 
year,  and  every  license,  except  saloon  licenses,  shall  expire  on  the 
last  day  of  April  next  following.  Every  license  shall  be  signed  by 
the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  clerk  under  the  corporate  seal. 

1570.  In  all  cases  where  it  is  not  otherwise  expressly  provided, 
the  mayor  shall  have  power  to  hear  and  grant  applications  for 
licenses  upon  the  terms  specified  by  this  ordinance;  and  all  licenses 
shall  be  issued  to  such  person  or  persons  as  shall  comply  in  all 
respects  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  as  the  mayor  in 
his  discretion  shall  deem  suitable  and  proper  persons  to  be  licensed. 

1571-  The  city  collector  shall  receipt  for  all  moneys  for  any 
licenses  that  may  be  granted  under  the  authority  of  said  city  upon 
any  account  whatever;  his  receipt  shall  be  a  discharge  to  the  per- 
son to  whom  given,  to  the  extent  and  purport  thereof,  but  no  person 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  licensed  in  any  case  until  the  issuing  of  the 
license  in  due  form  as  herein  required. 

1572.  Whenever  it  shall  appear  from  the  license  register  kept 
by  the  clerk,  or  the  books  of  the  collector,  that  any  person  holding 
any  license  or  permit  of  any  kind  or  privilege  granted  by  the  city, 
has  failed  to  pay  the  amount  due  thereon  or  other  kind  of  penalty, 
license,  fine,  debt  or  liability  whatever,  the  clerk  or  collector,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  report  the  fact  to  the  mayor  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  promptly  to  revoke  said  license,  permit  or  privilege. 

1573-  A"y  person  or  persons  to  whom  any  license  ma^•  have 
been  issued  under  any  ordinance  of  the  city  council,  ma}-  with  the 
permission  of  the  mayor  assign  and  transfer  the  same  to  any  other 
person  or  persons,  and  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  such  license  is 
issued  or  the  assignee  or  assignees  of  such  license,  may  with  the 
permission  of  the  mayor  surrender  such  license,  and  have  a  new 
license  issued  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  old  license,  authorizing 
the  person  or  persons  so  surrendering  such  license  to  carry  on  the 
same  business  or  occupation  at  such  place  as  may  be  named  in  such 
new  license:    Provided^  that  in  all  cases  the  party  applying  for  such 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  37 1 

new  license  shall  give  a  bond  with  sureties  which  shall  conform 
as  near  as  may  be  to  the  bond  upon  which  such  surrendered  license 
was  issued. 

1574.  When  an V  saloon  license  is  issued  after  the  first  day  of  July, 
or  other  license  is  issued  after  the  first  day  of  May  in  any  year,  the 
same  shall  be  issued  to  the  person  applying  therefor  upon  his  pay- 
ing therefor  the  number  of  twelfth  parts  of  the  sum  fixed  for  a  yearly 
license  equal  to  the  number  of  months  which  will  elapse  between 
the  date  of  the  application  for  the  license  and  the  day  when  under 
this  article  said  license  is  made  to  expire:  Provided^  however^ 
that  in  determining  the  price  to  be  paid,  the  month  in  which  the 
application  is  made  shall  be  counted  and  included  in  the  number  of 
months  to  elapse:  and  provided^  further^  that  no  person  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  benefit  of  this  section  who  shall  be  engaged  in  the 
business  for  which  he  applies  for  a  license  at  the  time  of  his  applica- 
tion. 

Article    XXXVII. 

Markets. 

1 575-  -^o  person  shall  sell,  ofier  or  expose  for  sale  any  fresh 
meat,  excepting  venison,  poultry,  fish  or  wild  game,  in  any  quantity 
in  the  citv  of  Chicago,  w'ithout  having  first  obtained  a  license  as  pro- 
vided in  this  ordinance,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
otlense:  Provided,  that  nothing  herein  shall  prohibit  any  person  from 
selling  beef  or  other  fresh  meat  by  the  quarter,  or  any  greater 
quantity,  at  any  time  or  place  in  the  said  city,  the  same  being  the 
produce  of  their  own  farm  or  raising. 

1576.  No  person  shall  between  the  first  day  of  Ma}'  and  the 
first  day  of  November  in  any  year,  bring  into  or  place  or  sufier  or 
permit  to  be  brought  into  or  placed  in  any  market  or  licensed  stall, 
any  untried  fat,  commonly  called  -'  gut  fat,"  nor  at  any  time  or 
season  the  heads,  shanks  or  feet  of  any  animal  unless  the  same  be 
skinned  or  properly  cleaned,  nor  any  green  hides  or  skins  of  any 
kind  except  the  hides,  of  calves,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for 
each  ofiense. 

1577.  All  meats  sold  at  the  markets  or  licensed  stalls,  except- 
ing shanks,  oftal,  heads  and  plucks,  poultry  or  wild  game,  shall  be 
sold  by  weight  and  be  weighed  in  a  scale,  by  weights  or  a  beam, 
properly  sealed;  and  in  case  any  fraud  shall  be  committed  in  the 
weight  of  any  meat,  and  in  case  any  meat  excepting  as  aforesa'd 
shall  be  sold  without  being  weighed  as  herein  directed,  the  person 
celling  the  same  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 


372  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1578.  The  mayor  shall  from  time  to  time  grant  licenses  under 
his  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  city,  to  exercise  and  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness of  butchers  in  such  places  as  may  be  designated  in  such  licenses 
but  not  elsewhere. 

1579.  For  every  license  so  granted,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  shall 
be  paid  to  the  city  collector  by  the  party  to  whom  it  is  granted,  and 
before  issuing  the  same. 

1580.  Every  butcher  or  other  person  shall  keep  his  cellar  and 
stall  neat  and  free  from  filth  of  all  kinds  under  a  penalty  of  five 
dollars;  and  members  of  the  department  of  health  shall  at  all  times 
have  free  access  thereto,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars,  to  be  paid 
by  the  butcher  or  other  person  who  shall  refuse  or  prevent  such 
access. 

1 58 1.  No  butcher  or  other  person  shall  sweep  or  deposit  any 
dirt  or  filth  of  any  description  in  or  upon  the  public  passage  way  or 
ways  in  such  market  or  cellars,  or  in  or  upon  the  market  grounds 
or  streets  adjacent  to  said  market.  Any  person  violating  the  pro- 
visions hereof  shall  upon  conviction  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  fifty  dollars. 

1582.  An}^  person  who  shall  kill  or  dress  any  animal  in  or  near 
any  market,  or  who  shall  throw  or  permit  any  brine,  bones,  filth, 
slops,  offal,  water  or  other  liquid  or  other  substances  to  be  thrown 
out  of  the  doors  or  windows,  or  around  or  near  any  market  house, 
or  any  licensed  stall,  except  in  places  which  may  be  provided  for  the 
purpose,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

•1583.     The  word  "  butcher,"  in  the  sense  used  in  this  article, 
is  hereby  defined  to  mean  a  vendor  of  meats. 

Article    XXXVIII. 

Miscellaneous  Practices. 

1584.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  posses- 
sion any  nippers  of  the  description  known*  as  burglar's  nippers, 
pick  lock,  skeleton  key,  key  to  be  used  with  a  bit  or  bits,  jimmey, 
or  other  burglar's  instrument  or  tool  of  whatsoever  kind  or  dis- 
cription,  unless  it  be  shown  that  such  possession  is  innocent  or  for 
a  lawful  purpose,  under  the  penalt}^  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  house  of  correction  for  not  less  than 
six  months,  or  both. 

1585.  No  person  shall  engage  in  any  game,  sport,  amusement, 
or  exhibit   an}^  machine,  or  show,  or  an}^  animal,  or  indulge   in  any 


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acrobatic  feats,  or  do  anything  else  in  the  streets  or  upon  the  side- 
walks which  shall  have  a  tendency  to  frighten  horses,  or  which  shall 
collect  any  crowd  of  persons  so  as  to  interfere  with  the  passage  of 
learns  or  vehicles,  or  persons  passing  along  the  streets  and  sidewalks; 
and  any  person  who  shall  do  any  of  these  things  shall  be  fined  not 
less  thari  three  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

1586.  No  person  shall  wantonly  mar,  injure,  deface  or  destroy 
any  fence,  guide  post,  sign  board  or  awning  in  any  street  or  public 
place  in  the  city,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

1587.  No  person  shall  throw,  cast  or  put  into,  drop  or  leave  in 
any  street,  alley,  lane,  public  place  or  any  uninclosed  public  grounds 
in  the  citv  of  Chicago,  any  stone,  missiles,  nails,  ice,  glass,  iron  or 
any  other  metal,  or  any  straw,  paper,  parings  of  fruit  or  vegetables, 
or  any  other  article  or  thing,  except  ashes  on  unpaved  streets  or 
alleys,  by  which  horses,  mules  or  other  quadrupeds  shall  or  may  be 
injured  or  endangered,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  the  first  offense,  and  for  every 
subsequent  offense,  shall  in  addition  to  such  penalty  be  liable  to 
imprisonment  for  not  less  than  one  week  nor  more  than  three  months 
in  the  house  of  correction. 

1588.  No  person  shall  stop  or  obstruct  the  passage  of  the  water 
of  any  street,  gutter  or  public  sewer,  culvert,  water  pipe  or  hydrant 
laid  or  placed  by  the  city,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

1589.  No  person  shall  cut,  injure,  mark  or  deface  any  public 
building  belonging  to  the  city,  or  any  station  house  or  engine  house, 
or  any  tree,  grass  or  shrub  or  walk  in  any  square  or  public  park, 
or  any  sewer,  water  pipe  or  hvdrant  laid  or  placed  by  the  city,  under 
the  penaltv  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1590.  No  person  shall  rise  or  fly  or  attempt  to  rise  or  fl}-  any 
kite  in  anv  street  or  other  public  place  in  the  city,  under  the  penalt}' 
of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1 591.  No  person  shall  throw  or  cast  any  stone  or  other  missile 
in,  from  or  to  any  street,  public  place  or  enclosed  ground,  under  the 
penaltv  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1592.  No  person  shall  paste,  post,  paint,  print  or  nail  any  hand 
bill,  sign,  poster,  advertisement  or  notice  of  any  kind  on  any  curb- 
stone, flagstone  or  any  other  portion  or  part  of  any  sidewalk,  or 
upon  anv  tree,  lamp  post,  hitching  post,  telegraph  pole,  hydrant,  or 


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upon  any  private  wall,  door,  or  gate,  or  fence  (without  the  consent 
in  writing  of  the  owner  of  such  wall,  door,  gate  or  fence),  under  the 
penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  ofiense. 

1593.  No  person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  agent  of  any  build- 
ing in  this  city,  shall  erect  or  maintain  or  permit  to  be  erected  or 
maintained  on  or  about  the  stairway  in  or  the  entrance  to  such  build- 
ing, or  on  or  about  its  exterior  building  line,  or  upon  any  portion  of 
the  sidewalk  adjacent  to  such  building,  any  railing,  fence,  guard  or 
protection  of  any  kind,  upon  which  said  railing,  fence,  guard  or  other 
protection  there  shall  be  atlixed  or  placed  or  in  any  manner  attached 
any  spike,  nail  or  other  pointed  instrument  of  any  kind  or  descrip- 
tion, under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each 
offense;  and  each  and  every  day  any  such  person. shall  fail  or  neglect 
to  remove  from  such  railing,  fence  or  other  protection,  any  such 
spike,  nail  or  other  pointed  instrument,  after  notice  in  writing  from 
tne  commissioner  of  buildings  so  to  do,  shall  constitute  a  new,  sep- 
arate and  distinct  ofiense. 

1 594.  No  person  shall  throw,  cast,  lay  or  place  on  any  sidewalk 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  the  rind  or  peel  of  any  orange,  banana,  apple 
or  oiher  fruit,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  for  each 
ofiense. 

1595.  No  person  shall  obstruct  or  encumber  any  street  corner, 
or  other  public  place  of  the  city  by  lounging  in  or  about  the  same; 
and  after  being  requested  to  move  on  by  any  police  oflicer,  the  per- 
son so  offending  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

1596.  No  person  shall  swim  or  bathe  in  the  waters  of  lake 
Michigan  adjacent  to  the  city,  or  in  any  river,  canal  or  slip  within 
the  city  limits  unless  such  person  be  clothed  in  a  suitable  bathing 
dress,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than   five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1597.  No  person  shall  dig,  cut  or  remove  any  sod  or  earth  from 
any  street  or  other  public  place  within  the  city  without  a  permit 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or  from  any  premises  not  his 
own  without  the  consent  of  the  owner,  under  the  penalt}^  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1598.  All  idle  persons  who  not  having  visible  means  of  support 
live  without  lawful  employment ;  all  persons  habitually  idly  loitering 
about  or  wandering  abroad  and  visiting  or  staying  about  groceries, 
drinking  saloons,  houses  of  bad  repute,  gambling  houses  or  railroad 
depots,  or  lodging  in  out-houses,  market  places,  sheds,  barns  or  in  the 
open  air,  and  not  giving  a  good  account  of  themselves;  all  persons 
wandering  abroad  and  begging,  or  who  go  about  from  door  to  door 


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or  place  themselves  in  the  streets  or  other  public  places  to  beg  or 
receive  alms,  shall  be  deemed  vagrants,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be 
lined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  live  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  imprisoned  in  the  house  of  correction  not  exceeding  six- 
months,  or  both. 

1599.  No  person  shall  indecentlv  exhibit  anv  stud  horse  or  bull, 
or  let  any  such  horse  to  any  mare  or  mares,  or  any  bull  to  any  cow 
or  cows  within  the  limits  of  this  citv  unless  in  some  inclosed  place 
out  of  public  view,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  otlense. 

1600.  No  person  or  persons  shall  sell  or  otler  to  sell,  giveaway 
or  offer  to  give  away,  distribute  or  have  in  his  or  her  possession  with 
intent  to  give  away,  sell  or  distribute  in  or  upon  any  street  or  side- 
walk, or  park  or  public  property  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  book, 
pamphlet,  circular,  handbill,  advertisement  or  notice  of  any  kind  pur- 
porting to  treat  of  or  treating  of  diseases  known  as  '•'  veneral  dis- 
eases," describing  or  explaining  or  purporting  to  describe  or  explain 
the  genital  organs,  giving  or  purporting  to  give  the  nature  and 
remedies  of  diseases  peculiar  to  female  and  uterine  diseases,  or  the 
nature  or  causes  of  nervous  debility,  impotency,  sterility  or  barren- 
ness, gonorrhoea,  gleet,  stricture,  syphilis,  affection  of  the  prostate 
inland  or  the  remedies  therefor,  or  the  cause  or  remedies  for  abortion 
or  miscarriage,  or  articles  or  means  of  preventing  conception,  under 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  offense  and  violation  of  this  section. 

1601.  No  person  or  persons  shall  sell  or  otier  to  sell,  give  away 
or  otler  to  give  away,  distribute  or  have  in  his  or  her  possession  with 
intent  to  give  away,  sell  or  distribute  in  or  upon  an\-  street  or  side- 
walk or  park  or  public  property  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  book, 
pamphlet,  circular,  handbill,  advertisement  or  notice  of  any  kind 
giving  or  purporting,  to  give  information  from  whom  or  where 
medicine  or  anything  whatever  may  be  obtained  for  the  cure,  pre- 
vention or  treatment  of  uterine  diseases,  or  diseases  peculiar  to 
females,  \'enereal  diseases  or  diseases  of  the  genital  organs,  or  nervous 
debility,  impotence,  sterilit\%  or  barrenness,  gonorrhoea,  gleet,  stric- 
ture, syphilis,  affection  of  the  prostate  gland,  abortion  or  miscar- 
riage, or  articles  or  means  of  conception,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  iwentN'  dollars  nor  more  than  fihy  dollars  for  each  and  every 
ofVense  and  violation  of  this  section. 

1602.  No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  or  be  an  inmate  of  or 
in  any  way  connected  with  or  in  any  wa\'  contribute  to  the  support 
of  any  house  of  ill  fame  or  assignation,  under  the  penalty  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  further  penal t\'  of  one 


37^  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

hundred  dollars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  such  person  shall  keep 
or  maintain  said  house  after  the  first  conviction,  or  after  any  such 
person  shall  have  been  ordered  by  any  member  of  the  police  force 
to  discontinue  the  same. 

1603.  If  any  person  shall  appear  in  a  public  place  in  a  state  of 
nudity,  or  in  a  dress  not  belonging  to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in  an  inde- 
cent or  lewd  dress,  or  shall  make  any  indecent  exposure  of  his  or 
her  person,  or  be  guilty  of  any  lewd  or  indecent  act  or  behavior, 
he  shall  be  subject  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars,  nor 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

i6oz|.  Every  house  of  ill  fame  or  house  of  assignation  where 
men  and  women  resort  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  a  nuisance. 

1605.  Every  person  found  in  any  house  of  ill  fame  or  assigna- 
tion shall  be  considered  an  inmate  within  the  meaning  of  section 
1602  of  this  article. 

1606.  No  person  shall  exhibit,  sell  or  offer  to  sell  or  circulate 
or  distribute  any  indecent  or  lewd  book,  picture  or  other  thing 
whatever  of  an  immoral  or  scandalous  nature,  or  shall  exhibit  or 
perform  any  indecent,  immoral  or  lewd  play  or  other  representation, 
under  the  penalt}-  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

1607.  Any  person  who  shall  inhumaneh^  unnecessaril}'  or  cru- 
elly beat,  injure  or  otherwise  abuse  anv  dumb  animal,  or  overload  any 
team,  or  expose  any  calves  or  sheep  upon  the  streets  or  sidewalks 
with  their  legs  tied,  shall  be  subject  to  a  line  of  not  less  than  live 
dollars  nor  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1608.  No  doctor,  druggist  or  other  person  shall  make,  sell, 
put  up,  prepare  or  administer  any  prescription,  decoction  or  medi- 
cine under  any  deceptive  or  fraudulent  name,  direction  or  pretense, 
under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment in  the  house  of  correction  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both. 

1609.  No  poisonous  medicine,  decoction  or  substance  shall  be 
held  for  sale  or  sold,  except  for  kuvful  purposes  and  with  proper 
motives,  and  by  persons  competent  to  give  the  proper  directions  and 
precautions  as  to  the  use  of  the  same ;  nor  shall  any  bottle,  box,  parcel 
or  receptacle  thereof  be  delivered  to  any  person  unless  the  same  is 
marked  "poison,'"'  nor  to  any  person  to  whom  the  party  delivering 
the  same  has  reason  to  think  intends  it  for  an}-^  illegal  or  improper 
use  or  purpose,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  377 

1610.  All  scaffolds  erected  in  this  city  for  use  in  the  erection 
of  stone,  brick  or  other  buildings,  shall  be  well  and  safely  sup- 
ported, and  of  sufficient  width  and  properly  secured  so  as  to  insure 
the  safety  of  persons  working  thereon  or  passing  under  or  bv  the 
same,  to  prevent  the  falling  thereof  or  of  any  materials  that  mav  be 
used,  placed  or  deposited  thereon;  any  scaffold  which  may  be  other- 
wise erected  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance;  and  any  person  who  shall 
erect  or  use  or  cause  to  be  erected  or  used  any  scaffold  contrary  to 
the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  subject  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  to  a  like  fine  for 
every  day  the  same  shall  remain  after  notice  to  remove. 

161  r.  In  all  cases  of  persons  meeting  each  other  in  vehicles  in 
any  highway  or  thoroughfare,  or  upon  or  near  any  bridge,  each 
person  so  meeting  shall  in  all  cases  turn  off  and  go  to  the  right  side. 
Whoever  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  two  dollars  nor  exceeding  fifty  dollars:  Provided^  this 
section  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  any  case  unless  some 
injur^-  to  persons  or  property  shall  occur  by  the  drivers  of  the  car- 
riage or  wagon  refusing  to  turn  to  the  right,  nor  to  any  case  where 
it  is  impracticable  from  the  nature  of  the  ground  for  the  driver  of 
the  carria"-e  or  waijon  to  turn  to  the  rigrht. 

161 2.  Any  person  who  is  diseased,  maimed,  mutilated,  or  in 
any  way  deformed,  so  as  to  be  an  unsightly  or  disgusting  object,  or 
an  improper  person  to  be  allowed  in  or  on  the  streets,  highways, 
thoroughfares  or  public  places  in  this  city,  shall  not  therein  or 
thereon  expose  himself  or  herself  to  public  view,  under  the  penalty 
of  one  dollar  for  each  offense.  On  the  conviction  of  any  person  for 
a  violation  of  this  section,  if  it  shall  seem  proper  and  just,  the  fine 
provided  for  may  be  suspended,  and  such  person  detained  at  the 
police  station,  where  he  shall  be  well  cared  for,  until  he  can  be  com- 
mitted to  the  county  poor  house. 

161 3.  x\ny  person  who  shall  commit  any  indecent,  lewd  or  filthy 
act  in  any  place  in  the  city,  or  shall  utter  any  lewd  or  filthy  words, 
or  use  any  threateninjj  or  abusive  lanfjuajje  in  the  hearincj  of  other 
persons  publicly,  or  shall  make  any  obscene  gesture  to  or  about  any 
other  person  publicly,  shall  be  deemed  a  disorderly  person,  and  upon 
conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  or  imprisoned  in 
the   house  of  correction  not   exceedinji  six  months,  or  both. 

1614.  Any  person  who  shall  disquiet  or  disturb  any  congrega- 
tion or  assembly  met  for  religious  worship,  by  making  a  noise,  or  by 
rude  and  indecent  behavior  or  profane  discourse  within  their  place 
of  worship,  or  so  near  the  same  as  to  disturb  the  order  and  solemnity 
of  the  meeting,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


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1615.  Every  person  who  shall  kill  or  wound,  or  attempt  to  kill 
or  wound,  by  the  use  of  fire-arms,  bow  and  arrow,  pelting  with  stones 
or  otherwise,  any  bird  within  the  city  limits,  or  shoot  an  arrow  or 
throw  a  stone  or  club,  or  other  missile  at  any  bird  within  any  private 
grounds  or  public  parks,  squares  or  grounds  (^such  bird  not  being 
the  property  of  the  person  so  offending],  or  enter  upon  any  private 
inclosure  or  pubhc  ground  belonging  to  the  city  for  the  purpose  of 
doing  any  act  prohibited  in  this  section,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 
than  tive  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1616.  No  person  shall  get  upon  or  off,  or  attempt  to  get  upon 
or  ofi  any  locomotive  engine,  tender,  car  or  train  of  cars  or  any 
platform  or  step  thereof,  while  the  same  or  either  of  them  are  in 
motion,  without  first  having  obtained  from  the  person  or  persons  in 
charge  thereof  express  permission  so  to  do.  Any  violation  hereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

161 7.  No  person  shall  place  or  post,  or  cause  to  be  placed  or 
posted  in  any  street  or  other  public  place  in  the  cit}-  of  Chicago,  any 
hand-bill  or  advertisement  giving  notice  of  any  person  having  or 
professing  to  have  skill  in  the  treatment  or  curing  of  any  disorder  or 
disease,  or  giving  notice  of  the  sale  or  exposure  to  sale  of  any  nostrum 
or  medicine,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1618.  No  person  shall  permit  any  bear,  or  other  nox'ous  or  dan- 
gerous animal  to  run  at  large,  or  shall  lead  any  such  animal  with  a 
chain  or  rope  or  other  appliance,  whether  such  animal  be  muzzled  or 
unmuzzled,  in  any  street,  avenue,  lane,  highway  or  public  place  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  this  city,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

1 619.  No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit  any  water  or  other 
liquid  in  any  part  of  any  street,  alley,  lane  or  public  place,  except  in 
the  side-gutter  thereof,  under  the  penalty  of  two  dollars  for  ever}^ 
such  offense. 

1620.  No  person  shall  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
keep  or  maintain  or  become  an  inmate  of,  or  in  any  way  contribute 
to  the  support  of  any  place,  house  or  room  where  opium  is  smoked 
or  where  persons  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  smoking  opium  or 
inhaling  the  fumes  thereof,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

162 1.  No  dyer  or  scourer,  or  an}'  other  person  shall  wash, 
rinse  or  cleanse  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  washed,  rinsed  or  cleansed 
any  cloth,  yarn  or  garment  in  any  street  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  379 

1622.  No  person  shall,  without  a  permit  in  writing  from  the 
ma3'or,  beat  any  drum  or  other  instrument,  or  blow  any  horn  or 
other  instrument  for  the  purpose  of  attracting  the  attention  of  pas- 
sengers in  any  street  in  the  city  of  Chicago  to  an}'  circus,  menag- 
erie or  show  or  other  thinff  in  said  city,  tendin";  to  the  collection  of 
persons  on  the  streets  and  sidewalks,  to  the  obstruction  of  the  same, 
under  the  penalt}'  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  oflense;  nor 
shall  any  person  use  or  perform  with  any  hand  organ  or  other  mu- 
sical or  other  instrument  for  pay  or  in  expectation  of  payment,  in  any 
of  the  streets  or  public  places  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  before  9  o'clock 
A.  M.  or  after  9  o'clock  p.  m.  of  each  day,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dol- 
lars for  each  offense.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  only 
to  itinerant  musicians  and  circuses,  menageries  and  side  shows,  and 
shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  aiject  any  band  of  music  or  organized 
musical  society  engaged  in  serenading,  or  any  civic  or  military 
parade. 

1623.  No  person  shall  erect  any  booth,  or  establish  or  fix  any 
stand  for  the  sale  of  fruit,  books  or  other  merchandise,  or  any  article 
or  thing  of  value  whatever,  incumbering  any  part  or  portion  of 
the  streets  or  sidew'alks,  under  the  penalty  of  hve  dollars  for  each 
ofiense:  J-^rovided,  that  the  mayor  may  grant  permits  for  such  pur- 
pose, whenever  the  application  for  such  permits  shall  be  accompa- 
nied by  the  consent,  in  writing,  of  each  and  every  person  occupying 
the  premises  in  front  of  which  it  is  proposed  to  locate  under  such 
permission, 

1624.  Any  person  who  shall  make,  aid,  countenance  or  assist 
in  making  any  improper  noise,  riot,  disturbance,  breach  of  the 
peace  or  diversion  tending  to  a  breach  of  the  peace  in  the  streets 
or  elsewhere  in  the  city,  and  all  persons  who  shall  collect  in  bodies 
or  crowds  for  unlawful  purposes  or  for  any  purpose  to  the  annoy- 
ance or  disturbance  of  citizens  or  travelers  shall  be  severally  subject 
to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  exceedino-  one  hundred 
dollars. 

1625.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  drive 
sleighs,  cutters  or  similar  vehicles,  in  the  streets  of  this  city  w'ithout 
having  bells  attached  to  either  horse  or  vehicle,  and  any  person  or 
persons  who  shall  drive  any  sleigh  or  similar  vehicle  without  bells 
as  above  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  tive 
dollars  nor  exceedintr  ten  dollars. 


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Article    XXXIX. 

JViiisanrcs. 

1626.  For  any  person  or  persons  to  keep  or  use  any  yard,  pen, 
place  or  premises  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  or  upon  which 
more  than  three  head  of  cattle  or  swine  shall  be  conlined  or  kept  at 
any  one  time,  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance; 
and  any  person  or  persons  creating  or  permitting  said  nuisance  to 
exist,  having  the  right  or  power  to  abate  the  same,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  in  ever^^  case,  and  to  a  like  fine  for  every  day  he  or 
they  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  abate  such  nuisance  when  notified  by 
the  mayor  or  commissioner  of  health  to  abate  the  same. 

1627.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to 
carry  on  the  business  of  slaughtering  of  animals,  or  rendering  of  an}' 
animal  matter,  or  manufacturing  the  same  into  fertilizing  material,  or 
changing  the  form  thereof  in  any  manner  by  the  use  of  heat,  steam, 
fire,  chemicals  or  otherwise  at  any  place  or  in  any  establishment 
where  such  business  is  not  now  carried  on  within  the  city  of  Chicago, 
or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  of  said  city,  except  the  same  be 
done  in  that  portion  of  said  cit}^  which  is  bounded  on  the  north  by 
the  Chicago  river  and  the  Ilhnois  and  Michisj^an  canal,  on  the  east  by 
Stewart  avenue,  and  on  the  west  by  Western  avenue:  Provnlcd^ 
ahuays,  that  such  business  at  all  times,  wherever  carried  on,  shall  be 
so  conducted  as  to  create  no  offense  or  nuisance,  and  in  strict  accor- 
dance with  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois  and  the  ordinances  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  and  under  and  subject  to  the  condition  of  a  license 
from  said  city,  as  is  provided  by  this  article. 

1628.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
having  the  ownership  or  control  of  any  animal  matter  which  is 
unsound  or  in  process  of  decay  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  permit 
the  same  to  be  and  remain  while  in  such  condition  within  said  city, 
or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  more  than  twelve  hours  after 
such  animal  matter  shall  have  become  unsound,  or  after  the  process 
of  decay  shall  have  begun  in  the  same,  whether  it  be  at  an  establish- 
ment for  the  rendering  or  changing  the  character  thereof  within  the 
locahty  prescribed  and  designated  in  the  preceding  section  of  this 
article,  or  elsewhere  within  the  said  city,  or  within  one  mile  of  the 
limits  thereof. 

1629.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  guilty  of  a  violation  of 
any  provision  of  the  last  two  preceding  sections  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than   fifty  dollars  and  not   exceeding  two  hundred    dollars  for 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  381 

every  such  violation,  and  every  dav  such  violation  shall  continue 
shall  be  deemed  a  separate  and  distinct  oftense,  and  shall  subject  the 
offender  to  an  additional  fine  as  above  provided. 

1630.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  company 
or  corporation  within  the  cit}-  of  Chicago,  or  within  one  mile  of  the 
limits  thereof,  to  engage  in  the  business  of  slaughtering  animals  for 
food,  packing  them  for  market,  or  rendering  the  offal,  fat,  bones  or 
scraps  from  such  animals  or  any  dead  carcass  or  any  animal  matter 
whatever,  or  to  engage  in  the  manufacture  or  production  of  fertilizers 
or  glue,  or  the  cleaning  or  rendering  of  intestines,  unless  he  or  they 
shall  have  obtained  a  license  for  such  business.  The  mayor  is 
hereby  authorized  to  issue  a  license  for  such  purpose  to  any  person  or 
persons  applving  to  him  in  writing^i^  the  same.  Such  application 
shall  specifv  the  place  and  location  anOfche  character  of  the  business 
for  which  license  is  desired,  and  the  applicant  shall  pay  into  the 
city  treasury  as  a  license  fee  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  per 
annum. 

1 63 1.  Anv  license  so  granted  may  be  revoked  upon  written 
notice  by  the  mayor,  whenever  it  shall  appear  to  his  satisfaction  that 
the  party  so  licensed  shall  have  violated  any  provision  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  cit}'  council,  or  any  statute  law^  of  the  state  of  Illinois, 
relating  to  said  business  of  slaughtering,  packing,  rendering  and 
manufacture  of  fertilizers  or  glue. 

1632.  The  commissioner  of  health,  or  any  or  all  of  his  sanitary 
officers,  shall  be  permitted  free  entrance  at  all  hours  of  the  day  or 
night  to  all  buildings  used  for  the  purposes  specified  in  section  1627, 
and  to  free  and  unrestrained  examination  of  all  apparatus  or  utensils 
used  in  such  manufacture,  or  in  the  disposition  of  gases  generated  in 
such  manufacture. 

1633.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  an}'  provision  of  the  last 
three  preceding  sections  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  one  hundred  dollars  a  dav  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall  con- 
tinue to  carrv  on  said  business  without  a  license:  and  upon  a  second 
or  any  subsequent  conviction  for  the  like  ofiense  he  shall,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  same  fine  imposed  for  the  first  oftense,  be  imprisoned  in 
the  house  of  correction  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  thirtv  days  nor 
more  than  ninetv  days,  and  the  mavor  shall  revoke  his  license 
immediatelv  on  being  notified  of  such  conviction. 

1634.  It  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance  for  any  person  in  con- 
ducting, prosecuting  or  carrying  on    any  business  or  employment 


382  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

within  the  limits  of  the  city,  or  within  the  distance  of  one  mile  there- 
from, or  upon  the  Chicago  river  or  either  of  its  branches,  or  within 
one  hundred  rods  thereof: 

1.  To  allow  or  suffer  an}^  blood,  bones,  offal,  still  slops  or  other 
offensive  matter  to  run,  fall  or  get  into  the  Chicago  river,  or  into 
either  of  the  branches  thereof,  or  any  of  the  canals  or  slips  connected 
therewith. 

2.  To  place,  cause,  or  permit  to  be  placed,  or  permit  or  suffer 
to  remain  on  his  premises  as  aforesaid  any  blood,  bones,  offal,  filth, 
still  slops  or  other  offensive  matter  for  a  longer  period  than  twenty- 
four  hours  at  any  one  time,  from  the  first  da}'  of  March  to  the  first 
day  of  November  in  any  year,  or  exceeding  fortv-eight  hours  during 
anv  other  part  of  the  year. 

3.  To  refuse,  fail  or  neglect  to  collect  all  such  offensive  matter 
mentioned  in  this  section  and  place  the  same  in  tubs  or  vats  con- 
structed as  the  commissioner  of  health  shall  direct,  and  remove  the 
same  within  the  time  above  prescribed  to  a  distance  of  at  least  fortv 
rods  from  said  river  and  its  branches,  and  from  lake  Michio:an,  and 
a  like  distance  from  any  dwelling,  or  public  street,  or  highway,  in 
covered  and  tight  boxes  as  the  commissioner  of  health  may  direct, 
and  so  disposed  of  as  not  to  be  offensive  or  deleterious  to  the  public 
health. 

4.  For  any  person  to  refuse,  fail  or  neglect  to  keep  his  prem- 
ises in  a  clean,  healthy  and  inoffensive  condition  at  all  times;  any 
person  creating  or  permitting  any  nuisance  to  exist,  declared  such  in 
this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  ofi'ense, 
and  the  license  so  granted  to  him,  if  any  license  shall  have  been 
granted,  mav  be  revoked  at  the  discretion  of  the  mavor. 

1635.  Any  distiller,  tanner,  brewer,  butcher,  pork  or  beef 
packer,  soap  boiler,  tallow  chandler,  d3'er,  liverv  stable  keeper  or 
other  persons  whatsoever  who  shall  cause  or  sufier  anv  ofial,  manure, 
rubbish,  filth,  still  slops  or  any  refuse  animal  or  vegetable  matter,  or 
any  foul  or  nauseous  liquid  to  be  discharged  out  of  or  flow  from  any 
premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him,  or  to  be  thrown  into,  deposited 
or  left  in  the  Chicago  river  or  either  of  its  branches,  or  any  of  the  slips 
or  canals  connected  therewith,  or  into  lake  Michigan,  or  into  any 
slough  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city,  or  in  or  upon  any  street, 
alley,  public  square,  vacant  lot,  wharf  or  dock,  river  bank  or  lake 
shore,  and  any  person  or  persons  creating  or  permitting  such  nui- 
sance to  exist,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense. 

1636.  For  any  person  to  permit  or  sutler  any  substance  of  the 
nature  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section,  which  is  liable  to  become 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  38^ 

putrid  or  ofiensive  or  injurious  to  the  public  health,  to  remain  on  any 
premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him  for  a  longer  period  than  twenty- 
four  hours  at  any  one  time,  from  the  first  day  of  March  to  the  first 
day  of  Noyember  in  any  year,  or  exceeding  forty-eight  hours 
during  any  other  part  of  the  3'ear,  or  neglect  to  remoye  the  same 
within  the  time  above  designated,  in  the  manner  and  accordino-  to 
the  requisitions  prescribed  in  like  cases  in  section  1634  of  this  article, 
shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance.  Any  person 
who  shall  create  or  permit  such  nuisance  to  exist  shall  be  subject 
to  a  line  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  not  exceedino-  one 
hundred  dollars  for  every  offense,  and  a  further  penalty  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  day  the  same  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  after  a 
conviction  for  the  first  offense. 

1637.  It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance  for 
any  person  to  steam  or  boil,  or  in  any  wa}'  render  any  offal,  tainted 
or  damaged  lard  or  tallow,  or  steam  or  render  any  animal  substance 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  occasion  any  offensive  smell,  or  which  by 
undergoing  such  process  so  taints  the  air  as  to  render  it  unwhole- 
some or  offensive  to  the  smell,  within  the  limits  of  the  city  or  within 
the  distance  of  one  mile  therefrom.  Any  person  who  shall  create, 
suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance  to  exist  shall  be  subject,  for  each 
offense,  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars. 

1638.  Any  factory,  building  or  structure  of  auA-  kind,  or  tallow 
chandler's  shop,  soap  factory,  tannery,  distillery,  livery  stable,  cattle 
yard  or  shed,  barn,  packing  house,  slaughter  house,  or  renderincr 
establishment  which  shall  become  nauseous,  foul  or  offensive,  is 
hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  the  person  or  persons  ownin<T,  keep- 
ing or  maintaining  any  such  factory,  shop,  yard,  house,  buildino-  or 
structure  aforesaid,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

1639.  x\ny  store,  house,  factor}-,  building  or  structure  of  anA-  kind. 
or  an}^  grounds  or  premises  kept,  permitted  or  suffered  to  remain  for 
twenty-four  hours  in  such  condition  as  to  be  offensive  to  the  neigh- 
borhood, dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  the  health  or  safety  of  the 
occupants  or  other  persons,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  the 
owner,  proprietor,  lessee  or  agent  of  such  store,  house,  factory, 
building  or  structure  of  any  kind,  or  grounds  or  premises,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars,  and  to  a  like  fine  for  every  day  such  nuisance 
shall  continue  after  the  first  conviction. 

1640.  It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance 
for   any   person  to   erect   or   maintain   an}-  privy   as  near  as  forty 


384  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

feet  to  any  street,  dwelling,  shop  or  well,  unless  the  same  be 
furnished  with  a  substantial  vault  six  feet  deep,  and  made  tight, 
so  that  the  contents  cannot  escape  therefrom,  and  sufficiently 
secured  and  enclosed.  Any  person  owning,  erecting  or  maintaining 
such  privy  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars,  and  a  like 
penalty  for  every  week  he  shall  continue  the  same  after  the  first  con- 
viction. 

1 64 1.  It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereb}'  declared  a  nuisance  for 
an}'  person  to  suffer  or  permit  any  cellar,  vault,  private  drain,  pool, 
sewer  or  sink  upon  any  premises  belonging  to  or  occupied  by  him 
to  become  nauseous,  foul,  offensive  or  injurious  to  the  public  health. 
Any  person  who  shall  create,  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance  to 
exist  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  and  not 
exceeding  fifty  dollars  in  every  case,  and  to  a  like  line  for  every  day 
the  same  shall  continue  after  notice  to  remove  and  abate  such  nui- 
sance. 

1642.  All  privies,  any  part  of  the  contents  of  which  are  above 
the  surface,  or  within  two  feet  of  the  surface  of  the  earth,  and  all  other 
privies  that  are  foul,  emitting  smells  and  odors  prejudicial  to  the  pub- 
lic health,  are  hereby  declared  nuisances,  and  the  commissioner  of 
health  or  an}'  health  officer  or  inspector  shall  have  power  to  abate 
the  same. 

1643.  It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance  for 
any  person  to  set  or  place,  or  cause  to  be  set  or  placed  or  permit 
to  remain,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise  or  other  property  of 
any  kind  on  any  street,  sidewalk,  allc}'  or  wav.  for  a  longer 
time  than  two  hours;  and  any  person  who  shall  so  obstruct  the 
street  or  sidewalk  in  front  of  any  store  or  dwelling  w  ith  any  goods, 
wares,  merchandise  or  other  property  shall,  on  conviction  thereof 
for  the  first  ofiense,  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  for  the  second  and  everv  subsequent 
offense,  by  a  line  of  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  and  in  every  case  of  conviction  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  shall  forthwith  remove  and  abate  such  nuisance,  and  the 
expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  by  the  defendant  in  such  prosecution. 

1644.  Every  pile,  timber  or  stone  which  mav  have  been  or  shall 
be  driven,  placed  or  laid  or  projected  in,  along  or  across  the  Chi- 
cago river  or  its  branches  below  low  water  mark,  or  anv  water  line 
w^hich  may  be  established  by  the  city  council  for  the  purposes  of 
a  wharf  or  otherwise,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance;  and  every 
person  who  shall  drive  or  place  any  pile,  timber  or  stone  as  afore- 
said, or  be  the  owner  of  any  premises  on  which  the  same  shall  be 
so  driven,  placed  or  erected,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  .  385 

twenty  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  viola- 
tion hereof,  and  to  a  like  fine  for  every  three  days  such  nuisance 
shall  continue  after  notice  to  abate  the  same. 

1645.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  carry 
on,  establish,  prosecute  or  continue  within  the  city  of  Chicago  the 
occupation  or  trade  or  business  of  bone  boiling,  bone  burning,  bone 
grinding  or  skinning  of  dead  animals;  and  every  such  estabhshment 
or  establishments  or  place  of  such  business  existing  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  or  within  one  mile  thereof  is  hereby  declared  a  nuis- 
ance, and  such  trade,  occupation  or  business  shall  be  forthwith 
abated  and  discontinued ;  and  any  person  carrying  on  or  prosecuting 
such  trade,  occupation  or  business  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  fifty  dollars  for  every  violation  thereof,  and  to  a  like  fine  for 
every  day  such  nuisance  shall  continue  after  notice  to  abate  the  same. 

1646.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  foregoing  provisions  into 
effect,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to  cause  to 
be  detailed  a  sufficient  number  of  the  police  force  b^-  permission  of 
the  superintendent,  to  make  from  time  to  time  and  as  often  as  may 
be  requisite  a  thorough  and  systematic  examination  of  the  city,  and 
to  ascertain  and  report  to  the  proper  authority  for  prosecution  all 
violations  of  this  article ;  and  for  this  purpose  they  shall  be  permitted 
at  all  times  to  visit  and  enter  into  or  upon  any  building,  lot  or  grounds 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city  and  to  make  examination  thereof. 

1647.  Whenever  any  nuisance  shall  be  found  on  an}-  premises 
within  the  city  contrary  to  this  article,  the  commissioner  of  health 
is  hereby  authorized  in  his  discretion  to  cause  the  same  to  be  sum- 
maril}'  abated  in  such  manner  as  he  may  direct. 

1648.  In  all  cases  where  a  nuisance  shall  be  found  in  any  build- 
ing or  upon  any  ground  or  other  premises  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  city,  twenty-four  hours  notice  may  be  given  in  writing,  signed  bv 
the  commissioner  of  health  or  by  the  acting  health  officer,  to  the 
owner  or  occupant  of  such  building  or  other  premises  where  he  is 
known  and  can  be  found  to  remove  such  nuisance,  and  in  case  of  his 
neglect  or  refusal  to  abate  the  same  in  accordance  with  such  notice, 
he  shall  be  chargeable  with  the  expenses  which  may  be  incurred  in 
the  removal  thereof,  to  be  collected  by  suit  or  otherwise,  in  addition 
to  the  fine  or  penaltv. 

1649.  In  all  cases  where  no  provision  is  herein  made  defining 
what  are  nuisances  and  how  the  same  may  be  removed,  abated  or 
prevented  in  addition  to  what  may  be  declared  such  herein,  those 
ofienses  which  are  known  to  the  common  law  of  the  land  and  the 
statutes  of  Illinois  as  nuisances  may,  in  case  the  same  exist  within 
35 


386  .  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

the  cit}'  limits  or  within  one  mile  thereof  be  treated  as  such,  and 
proceeded  against  as  is  in  this  article  provided  or  in  accordance 
with  any  other  law  which  shall  give  the  officer  trying  the  same  juris- 
diction. 

1650.  The  emission  of  dense  smoke  from  the  smoke  stack  of 
any  boat  or  locomotive,  or  from  any  chimney  an}- where  within  the 
city,  shall  be  deemed  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  public  nuis- 
ance: Provided^  that  chimneys  of  buildings  used  exclusively  for 
private  residences  shall  not  be  deemed  within  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance. 

1 65 1.  The  owner  or  owners  of  any  boat  or  locomotive  engine, 
and  the  person  or  persons  emplo3'ed  as  engineer  or  otherwise  in  the 
working  of  the  engine  or  engines  in  said  boat  or  in  operating  such 
locomotive,  and  the  proprietor,  lessee  and  occupant  of  any  build- 
ing who  shall  permit  or  allow  dense  smoke  to  issue  or  be  emit- 
ted from  the  smoke  stack  of  any  such  boat  or  locomotive  or  the 
chimney  of  anv  building  within  the  corporate  limits,  shall  be 
deemed  and  held  guilty  of  creating  a  nuisance,  and  shall  for  every 
such  offense  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars.  Sections  1650,  165 1  and  1652  shall  take  effect 
and  be  in  force  from  and  after  May  i,  1881. 

1652.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  and 
the  superintendent  of  police  to  cause  sections  1650  and  165 1  of  this 
article  to  be  enforced,  and  to  make  complaint  against  and  cause  to 
be  prosecuted  all  persons  violating  the  same. 

Article  XL. 

Officers. 

1653.  All  officers  appointed  by  the  mayor,  with  the  approval 
of  the  cit}^  council,  whose  term  of  office  is  not  otherwise  expressly 
provided  for  by  law,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the  term  of 
two  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  succeeding  the  general 
election  for  mayor,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and 
qualified. 

1654.  The  bonds  of  all  officers  shall  be  executed  with  two  or 
more  sureties,  conditioned  as  provided  in  this  article  and  section  ^ 
of  article  vi,  of  "  an  act  to  provide  for  the  incorporation  of  cities 
and  villages,'"  adopted  by  the  city  of  Chicago,  April  23d,  1875. 

1655.  Such  sureties  shall  justify  separately  on  the  back  of  the 
bond,  that  the}-  are  respectively  worth  the  sums  stated  in  their 
respective  justifications  over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabilities  by 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  387 

them  owing  or  incurred,  or  for  which  their  property  is  liable  or  in- 
cumbered at  the  time  of  justification,  and  over  and  above  all  exemp- 
tions by  law  of  their  property  from  execution.  The  sums  stated  in 
such  justitications  on  the  bond  of  any  officer  shall  in  the  aggregate 
amount  to  the  penalty  of  such  bond. 

1656.  The  execution  of  such  bond  shall  be  acknowledged  by 
the  otlicer  and  his  sureties  before  some  person  authorized  to  take  the 
acknowledgment  of  deeds,  and  a  certificate  of  such  acknowledg- 
ment made  thereon;  after  the  approval  of  the  bond  by  the  cicy 
council,  the  cit}'  clerk  shall  endorse  thereon  the  date  of  its  approval 
and  file  the  same. 

1657.  The  salaries  or  compensation  of  all  officers,  clerks  and 
employes  of  the  city,  except  aldermen,  shall  be  determined  and  fixed 
by  the  city  council  in  the  annual  appropriation  bill  or  by  ordinance. 

1658.  The  salaries  and  pay  of  all  officers  and  employes  shall 
be  monthly  to  each  person  entitled  thereto,  in  the  manner  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department  of  tinance. 

1659.  Any  city  officer  upon  whom  the  dutv  devolves,  is  hereby 
authorized  to  demand  and  receive  as  fees  for  the  use  of  the  city, 
(except  where  provision  is  herein  made  to  the  contrary): 

For  transferring  each  license,  one  dollar. 

For  taking  bond  on  such  transfer,  one  dollar. 

For  each  deed  for  real  estate  issued  by  the  city,  two  dollars. 

For  the  use  of  the  corporate  seal  on  any  attestation,  acknowledg- 
ment or  other  certificate,  fifty  cents. 

Administering  oath  and  attesting  the  same,  twenty-five  cents. 

For  certified  copies  of  any  record,  each  one  hundred  words, 
twent3^-five  cents. 

1660.  All  officers  of  the  city  shall  in  addition  to  the  reports  by 
this  ordinance  required  to  be  made  by  them,  report  to  the  mayor  in 
writing  when  required,  the  condition  of  their  respective  offices  and  of 
the  business  and  all  matters  therein  touchinof  the  interests  of  the 
city. 

1661.  Every  person  having  been  an  officer  of  the  cit^'of  Chicago 
shall  within  five  days  after  notification  and  request  deli\'er  to  his  suc- 
cessor in  office  all  property,  books  and  effects  of  every  description  in 
his  possession  belonging  to  the  city  or  appertaining  to  his  said  office, 
under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars. 

1662.  The  offices  of  the  respective  city  officers  except  as  here- 
inafter mentioned,  shall  be  open  every  day  except  Sunda\'s  and  such 
holidays  as  shall  be  observed  by  the  general  custom  of  the  city,  or 


388  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

bv  recommendation  of  public  authorit}^,  from  nine  o'clock  in  the  fore- 
noon to  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  The  office  of  the  mayor  shall 
be  open  at  such  hours  as  he  shall  prescribe.  The  office  of  treasurer 
shall  be  open  during  banking  hours  of  the  city  deposit  banks. 

1663.  Any  officer  violating  any  provision  of  this  article  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  misconduct  in  office  and  liable  to  removal  from 
office  therefor. 

Article    XLI. 

Official  Paper. 

1664.  The  city  comptroller  shall  annually  on  the  first  Monday 
of  December,  advertise  in  such  daily  newspaper  or  newspapers  pub- 
lished in  the  city  of  Chicago  as  he  ma}^  select,  inviting  proposals 
for  the  following  contracts: 

1.  For  the  publication  in  one  English  and  also  in  one  German 
newspaper,  both  journals  being  published  at  least  six  times  a  week, 
of  those  matters  and  things  required  by  law  or  any  ordinance  of  the 
city  to  be  published  in  a   lewspaper. 

2.  For  the  printing  and  furnishing  of  all  forms  and  blanks 
which  ma}^  be  required  b}'  the  several  departments  and  officers  of  the 
city  government. 

1665.  Such  advertisement  shall  be  published  for  ten  consecu- 
tive days;  and  each  contract  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest  reliable  and 
responsible  bidder.  Separate  bids  shall  be  made  for  each  of  said 
contracts;  and  all  bids  shall  be  sealed  and  directed  to  and  deposited 
with  the  comptroller  within  twenty  days  after  the  date  of  the  first 
publication  of  said  adver.tisement. 

1666.  Said  bids  shall  be  opened  at  the  hour  and  place  men- 
tioned in  said  advertisement  by  the  comptroller  in  the  presence  of 
the  ma3^or  and  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on  finance  who  shall 
constitute  a  board  for  such  purpose,  and  it  shall  then  and  there  be 
ascertained  and  determined  by  the  majority  of  said  board,  who  is 
if  any  one  the  lowest  reliable  and  responsible  bidder  for  each  of 
said  contracts. 

1667.  If  two  or  more  persons  make  the  same  bid  which  is  the 
lowest  bid  for  either  contract,  and  both  or  all  are  equally  reliable  and 
responsible  persons  in  the  opinion  of  a  majority  of  said  board,  said 
comptroller  shall  re-advertise  for  proposals  for  such  contract  and 
such  subsequent  advertisement  may  be  in  the  discretion  of  the 
comptroller  for  three  instead  of  ten  davs  as  required  in  section  1665. 
But  if  one  of  said  persons  making  the  same  bid  which  is  the  lowest 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  389 

bid,  is  in  the  opinion  of  a  majority  of  said  board  reliable  and  re- 
sponsible and  the  others  are  not,  then  such  contract  shall  be  awarded 
to  such  so  adjudged  reliable  and  responsible  person. 

1668.  In  determining  who  is  the  lowest  reliable  and  responsi- 
ble bidder  for  the  tirst  mentioned  contract,  said  board  may  take 
into  consideration  the  circulation  of  the  bidder's  newspaper  within 
the  limits  of  the  city. 

1669.  All  bids  received  by  the  comptroller,  and  the  action  of 
said  board  thereon,  shall  be  reported  by  said  comptroller  to  the  city 
council  for  its  approval;  and  when  approved  b}^  that  body,  the 
said  several  contracts  shall  be  let  by  said  comptroller  to  the  person 
or  persons  to  whom  they  were  awarded  by  said  board,  for  the 
period  of  one  year  and  no  longer. 

1670.  The  newspapers  to  which  the  first  named  contract  may 
be  awarded  and  let  shall  be  the  official  journals  of  the  city;  and  each 
shall  forthwith  furnish  a  bond  with  two  sureties,  to  be  approved  by 
the  comptroller,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  their  respective  contracts. 

167 1.  All  matters  to  be  printed  in  the  official  journals  except 
such  as  emanate  from  the  city  council,  shall  first  be  delivered  to  the 
comptroller  for  his  approval;  and  all  payments  for  printing  done  by 
the  official  journals  shall  be  made  monthl}^ 

1672.  One  copy  of  each  dail}^  newspaper  published  in  the  city 
of  Chicago  shall  be  furnished  to  the  respective  offices  of  the  mayor 
and  the  city  clerk,  which  said  newspapers  shall  be  placed  regularly 
on  file  as  pari  of  the  public  archives  of  the  cit}'. 

1673.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller  to  obtain  from 
each  of  the  city  officers  as  far  as  practicable  correct  copies  of  all 
such  blanks,  forms  and  other  matter  to  be  printed,  as  may  be  re- 
quired in  the  duties  of  their  several  offices;  which  said  copies  shall 
be  exposed  in  his  office  for  examination  and  inspection  by  all  per- 
sons who  mav  desire  to  bid  for  said  second  contract  durino;  the  time 
of  the  publication  of  said  advertisement. 

1674.  The  bids  for  said  last  mentioned  contract  shall  be  for  the 
price  per  ream  and  page  at  which  each  and  every  size  of  the  blanks, 
forms  and  other  printed  matter  required  in  said  contract  will  be  fur- 
nished and  printed  by  the  party  bidding. 

1675.  The  person  or  persons  to  whom  said  last  mentioned 
contract  maybe  awarded  and  let,  shall  forthwith  furnish  a  good  and 
sufficient  bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  comptroller,  in  the  sum  of  two 
thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract. 


390  ordinances  of  the 

Article    XLII. 
Ordinances. 

1676.  Every  ordinance  shall  be  engrossed  by  the  clerk  before 
the  vote  is  taken  on  its  tinal  passage,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by 
three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  except  such  ordinances 
as  may  be  sent  to  the  council   by  the  department  of  public  works. 

1677.  All  ordinances  passed  by  the  city  council  shall  be  recorded 
by  the  clerk  in  a  proper  books  or  book  with  indexes.  The  originals 
shall  be  filed  in  the  clerk's  office,  and  due  proof  of  the  publication  of  all 
ordinances  requiring  publication  by  the  certificate  of  the  printer  or 
publisher  shall  be  procured  b}'  the  clerk  and  attached  thereto,  or 
written  and  attested  upon  the  face  of  the  record  of  such  ordinances. 

1678.  In  all  cases  where  the  same  otlense  may  be  made  punish- 
able or  shall  be  created  by  different  clauses  or  sections  of  the  ordi- 
dinances  of  the  city,  the  prosecuting  officer  may  elect  under  which 
to  proceed;  but  not  more  than  one  recovery  shall  be  had  against  the 
same  person  for  the  same  ofl'ense. 

1679.  Whenever  in  this  or  in  any  ordinance  hereafter  passed, 
a  minimum  but  no  maximum  line  or  penalty  is  imposed,  the  court 
may  in  its  discretion  adjudge  the  otiender  or  oti'enders  to  pay  any 
sum  of  money  exceeding  the  minimum  tine  or  penalty  so  fixed,  not 
exceeding  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars. 

1680.  When  any  ordinance  repealing  a  former  ordinance,  clause 
or  provision  shall  be  itself  repealed,  such  repeal  shall  not  be  con- 
strued to  revive  such  former  ordinance,  clause  or  provision  unless 
it  shall  be  therein  so  expressly  provided. 

1681.  Whenever  anv  words  in  any  ordinance  importing  the 
plural  number  shall  be  used  in  describing  or  referring  to  any  matters, 
parties  or  persons,  any  single  matter,  partv  or  person  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  included  although  distributive  words  may  not  be  used.  And 
when  any  subject  matter,  party  or  person  shall  be  referred  to  in  any 
ordinance  by  w^ords  importing  the  singular  number  only,  or  the 
masculine  gender,  several  matters,  parties  or  persons,  and  females 
as  well  as  males  and  bodies  corporate  shall  be  deemed  to  be  included: 
Provided,  that  these  rules  of  construction  shall  not  be  applied  to  any 
ordinance  which  shall  contain  any  express  provision  excluding  such 
construction,  or  where  the  subject  matter  or  context  of  such  ordi- 
nance may  be  repugnant  thereto. 

1682.  Whenever  in  any  ordinance  the  doing  of  any  act  or  the 
omission  to  do  anv  act  or  duty  is  declared  to  be  a  breach  thereof, 
and  there  shall  be  no  fine  or  penalty  declared  for  such  breach,  any 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  39I 

person  who  shall  be  convicted  of  any  sucli  breach  shall  be  adjudged 
to  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

1683.  In  every  prosecution  brought  for  a  violation  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  the  otiense  charged  is  one 
punishable  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  as  a  misdemeanor, 
the  court  or  magistrate  trying  the  cause  may  upon  conviction  in 
lieu  of  the  fine  imposed  by  the  ordinance  or  in  addition  thereto, 
cause  the  offender  to  be  imprisoned  in  the  house  of  correction  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  three  months. 

1684.  All  the  printed  books  containing  the  revised  ordinances 
shall  be  deposited  with  the  city  comptroller.  He  shall  deliver  one 
copy  thereof  to  each  otiicer  of  the  city,  and  to  such  other  persons  as 
the  city  council  may  direct. 

1685.  The  mayor  shall  have  power  to  extend  to  or  reciprocate 
courtesies  of  other  cities,  by  presenting  to  them  a  copy  of  the  revised 
ordinances  bound  at  the  expanse  of  the  city  in  such  manner  as  to 
him  may  seem  suitable. 

Article    XLIII. 
Parks  and  Public  Grounds. 

1686.  The  several  public  parks,  squares  and  grounds  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  known  and  designated  b}^  the  names  applied 
thereto  respectively  on  the  map  of  the  city  of  Chicago  published  by 
J.  Van  Vechten  and  Snyder  in  the  year  1877. 

1687.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
to  supei"intend  all  inclosed  public  grounds  and  keep  the  fences  there- 
of in  repair,  the  walks  in  order  and  the  trees  properly  trimmed  and 
improve  the  same  according  to  plans  approved  by  the  city  council. 
He  shall  likewise  cause  printed  or  written  copies  of  prohibitions 
of  this  article  to  be  posted  in  the  said  grounds  or  parks. 

1688.  No  person  shall  enter  or  leave  any  of  the  public  parks  of 
the  city  of  Chicago  except  by  their  gateways;  no  person  shall  climb 
or  walk  upon  their  walls  or  fences, 

1689.  Neither  cattle,  horses,  goats,  swine  or  other  animals,  ex- 
cept as  herein  provided,  shall  be  turned  into  any  one  of  the  said  parks 
bv  any  person. 

1690.  All  persons  are  forbidden  to  carry  firearms  or  to  throw 
stones  or  other  missiles  within  any  one  of  the  public  parks.  AH 
persons  are  forbidden   to  cut,  break  or  in  any  way  injure  or   deface 


392  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

the  trees,  shrubs,  phints,  turf  or  any  of  the  buildings,  fences,  bridges 
or  other  construction  or  property  within  or  upon  any  of  the  said 
parks. 

1691.  No  person  shall  converse  with  or  in  any  way  hinder  those 
engaged  in  their  construction. 

1692.  No  person  shall  expose  any  article  or  thing  for  sale  upon 
any  of  said  parks,  except  such  person  shall  have  been  previously  li- 
censed by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  nor  shall  any  hawking 
or  peddling  be  allowed  therein. 

1693.  No  threatening,  abusive,  insulting  or  indecent  language 
shall  be  allowed  in  any  part  of  either  of  the  said  parks  whereby  a 
breach  of  the  peace  may  be  occasioned.  No  person  shall  be  allowed 
to  tell  fortunes  or  play  at  any  game  of  chance  at  or  with  any  table 
or  instrument  of  gaming,  nor  to  do  therein  any  obscene  or  indecent 
act. 

1694.  In  case  of  any  emergency  where  life  or  property  is 
endangered,  all  persons  if  required  so  to  do  by  the  superintendent 
or  any  of  his  assistants,  shall  remove  from  the  portion  of  either  of 
said  parks  specified  by  the  superintendent  or  his  assistants  and 
remain  off  the  same  until  permission  is  given  to  return. 

1695.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  may  direct  that  any 
of  the  entrances  to  the  public  parks  be  closed  at  any  time. 

1696.  No  person  shall  bathe  or  fish  in,  or  go  or  send  or  ride 
any  animal  in  any  of  the  waters  of  either  of  the  said  public  parks, 
nor  disturb  any  of  the  fish,  water  fowl  or  other  birds  in  any  of  said 
parks,  or  any  deer,  sheep  or  other  animal  belonging  to  and  pre- 
served therein,  nor  throw  or  place  any  article  or  thing  in  the  waters 
within  either  of  said  parks. 

1697.  No  person  shall  post  or  otherwise  affix  any  bills,  notice 
or  other  paper  upon  any  structure  or  thing  within  either  of  said 
parks  nor  upon  any  of  the  gates  or  inclosures  thereof. 

1698.  No  person  shall  without  the  consent  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works,  play  upon  any  musical  instrument  nor  shall 
any  person  take  into  or  carry  or  display  in  the  said  public  parks 
anv  flag,  banner,  target  or  transparency.  No  military  or  target 
company  civic  or  other  shall  be  permitted  to  parade,  drill  or  per- 
form therein  any  military  or  other  evolutions  or  movements.  Nor 
shall  any  fire  engine,  hook  and  ladder  truck,  hose  cart  or  other  ma- 
chine on  wheels  commonly  used  for  the  extinguishing  of  fires  be 
allowed  on  an}^  part  of  said  parks  without  the  previous  consent  of 
the  commissioner  of  public  works. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  393 

1699.  No  person  other  than  employes  shall  light,  make  or  use 
any  fire  thereon. 

1700.  No  person  shall  go  upon  the  grass,  lawn  or  turf  of  the 
parks  except  when  and  where  the  word  "  common  "  is  posted,  indi- 
cating that  persons  are  at  liberty  at  that  time  and  place  to  go  on  the 
grass. 

1 701.  Any  member  of  the  city  poHce  shall  have  power  to  ar- 
rest anv  person  who  shall  not  desist  from  any  violation  hereof  when 
directed,  and  cause  him  to  be  committed  for  examination. 

1702.  The  foregoing  sections  of  this  article  so  far  as  apphca- 
ble  shall  apply  to  all  the  public  squares  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

1703.  Anv  person  who  shall  violate  any  or  either  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  or  any  section  or  clause  or  any  provision  of  any  sec- 
tion thereof,  or  who  shall  neglect  or  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with 
any  or  either  of  the  requirements  thereof,  shall  on  conviction  pay 
a  tine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Article  XLIV. 
Pawnbrokers  and  Loanbrokcrs  or  Keepers  of  Loan  Offices. 

1704.  The  mavor  may  from  time  to  time  grant  licenses  to  such 
persons  as  shall  produce  to  him  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  good 
character  to  exercise  or  carr}-  on  the  business  of  a  pawnbroker,  or 
of  a  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a  loan  of!ice;  and  no  person  shall  ex- 
ercise or  carry  on  the  business  of  a  pawnbroker,  loanbroker  or  keep- 
er of  a  loan  office  without  being  dul}-  licensed,  under  the  penalty  of 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  he  or  she  shall  exercise  or  carry  on 
said  business  without  such  license. 

1705.  Any  person  who  loans  money  on  deposit  or  pledge  of 
personal  property  or  other  valuable  thing,  or  who  deals  in  the  pur- 
chasing of  personal  propertv  or  other  valuable  thing  on  condition  of 
selling  the  same  back  again  at  a  stipulated  price,  is  hereby  defined 
and  declared  to  be  a  pawnbroker. 

1706.  Every  person  receiving  such  Hcense  shall  pay  therefor 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  city. 

1707.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  at  the  time  of  receiving 
such  license,  enter  with  two  sufficient  sureties  into  a  joint  and 
several  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  penalty  of  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  all  such  ordi- 
nances of  the  oitv  council  as  may  be  passed  or  in  force  respecting 
pawnbrokers  and  loanbrokers  or  keepers  of  loan  offices,  at  any  time 
during  the  continuance  of  such  license. 


394  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1708.  Every  pawnbroker  and  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a  loan 
office,  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  fairly  written  in  ink  at 
the  time  of  each  loan  an  accurate  account  and  description  in  the 
English  language  of  the  goods,  article  or  thing  pawned  or  pledged, 
the  amount  of  money  loaned  thereon,  the  time  of  pledging  the  same, 
the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  such  loan,  and  the  name  and  resi- 
dence of  the  person  pawning  or  pledging  the  said  goods,  article  or 
thing.  No  entry  made  in  such  book  shall  be  erased,  obliterated  or 
defaced. 

1709.  Every  pawnbroker  and  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a  loan 
office,  shall  at  the  time  of  each  loan  deliver  to  'the  person  pawning 
or  pledging  any  goods,  article  or  thing,  a  memorandum  or  note 
signed  by  him  or  her  containing  the  substance  of  the  entry  required 
to  be  made  in  his  or  her  book  by  the  last  preceding  section;  and  no 
charge  shall  be  made  or  received  by  any  pawnbroker  or  loanbroker 
or  keeper  of  a  loan  office  for  any  such  entr}^  memorandum  or  note. 

1 7 10.  The  said  book  as  well  as  every  article  or  other  thing  of 
value  pawned  or  pledged,  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  ma3^or  or  any  member  of  the  police  force. 

171 1.  No  pawnbroker,  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a  loan  office, 
shall  under  any  pretence  whatever  purchase  or  buy  any  second- 
hand furniture,  metals  or  clothes  or  any  other  article  or  thing  what- 
ever otiered  to  him  or  her  as  a  pawn  or  pledge. 

17 1 2.  Every  pawnbroker,  loanbroker  or  keeper  of  a  loan  of- 
tice  who  shall  violate  or  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  or 
either  of  the  provisions  of  sections  of  this  article,  when  no  other  pen- 
alty is  imposed,  shall  for  every  such  offense  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  dollars. 

1 7 13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  licensed  person  aforesaid  to 
make  out  and  deliver  to  the  superintendent  of  police  ever}^  day 
before  the  hour  of  12  a.  m.,  a  legible  and  correct  copy  from  the  book 
required  in  section  1708  hereof,  of  all  personal  property  and  other 
valuable  things  received  on  deposit  or  purchased  during  the  pre- 
ceding day,  together  with  the  time,  meaning  the  hour  when  received 
or  purchased,  and  a  description  of  the  person  or  persons  by  whom 
left  in  pledge  or  from  whom  the  same  were  purchased. 

1 7 14.  No  personal  property  received  on  deposit,  purchased  or 
pledged  by  any  such  licensed  person,  shall  be  sold  or  permitted  to  be 
redeemed  or  removed  from  the  place  of  business  of  such  licensed 
person  for  the  space  of  twenty-four  hours  after  the  copy  and  state- 
ment required  to  be  delivered  to  the  superintendent  shall  have  been 
delivered  as  required  by  the  preceding  section. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  395 

17 15.  No  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  receive  on  deposit 
or  pledge  any  personal  property  or  other  valuable  thing  before  the 
hour  of  six  a.  m.,  nor  after  the  hour  of  eight  p.  m.,  during  the  months 
of  January,  February,  March,  April,  October,  November  and  De- 
cember of  each  year;  nor  before  the  hour  of  live  a.  m.  nor  after  the 
hour  of  nine  p.  m.,  during  the  months  of  May,  June,  July,  August 
and  September  of  each  year. 

1 7 16.  No  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  take  or  receive  in 
pawn  or  pledge  for  money  loaned,  any  property,  bonds,  notes,  secur- 
ities, article  or  other  valuable  thing  from  any  minor,  or  the  owner- 
ship of  which  is  in  or  which  is  claimed  by  any  minor,  or  which  ma}' 
be  in  the  possession  or  under  the  control  of  any  minor. 

1 71 7.  No  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  carry  on  any  other 
business  or  avocation  directly  or  indirectly  in  the  same  building,  or 
in  any  building  adjoining  the  place  or  building  in  which  he  or  she 
may  be  licensed  to  carry  on  the  business  of  pawn  broker,  loan 
broker  or  keeper  of  a  loan  office. 

1 7 18.  No  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  employ  any  per- 
son under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  to  take  pledges  in  pawn. 

1 7 19.  No  person  so  licensed  shall  take  any  article  in  pawn 
from  any  person  appearing  to  be  intoxicated,  nor  from  any  person 
known  to  be  a  notorious  thief,  or  to  have  been  convicted  of  larceny 
or  burglary. 

1720.  It  shall  be  the  the  dut}-  of  the  superintendent  of  police 
to  report  to  the  mayor  any  failure  to  comply  with  any  provision  of 
this  article,  and  the  mayor  may  revoke  the  license  of  such  person. 

172 1.  The  mavor  mav  forthwith  revoke  the  license  of  any  per- 
son who  shall  have  been  convicted  before  any  police  justice,  or 
justice  of  the  peace,  of  any  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  article, 
whether  the  judgment  of  such  justice  shall  have  been  appealed 
from  or  not. 

Article    XLV. 

jPed/ars. 

1722.  Every  person  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  barter  or 
exchange  at  retail  anv  farm  produce,  butter,  milk,  poultry,  tish  "or 
other  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  traveling  from  place  to  place'in, 
upon  and  along  the  streets  of  this  city,  shall  be  deemed  a  pedlar;  and 
shall  annually  and  before  engaging  in  said  business  obtain  a  license 
as  a  pedlar.  No  person  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  a  pedlar 
without  a  license,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-rive  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 


396  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1723.  All  persons  who  shall  use  any  wagon,  cart  or  other 
vehicle  in  the  business  of  a  pedlar  as  aforesaid  shall  be  deemed 

'pedlars  of  the  first  class.   All  other  pedlars  shall  be  known  as  pedlars 
of  the  second  class. 

1724.  Pedlars  of  the  second  class  shall  pay  an  annual  license  fee 
of  five  dollars:  Provided^  that  the  mayor  may  in  his  discretion 
grant  licenses  to  peddle  fruit,  cakes,  nuts,  candies  or  refreshments 
from  a  basket  without  any  fee  whatsoever, 

1725.  Applications  for  licenses  for  pedlars  of  the  first  class  shall 
be  made  to  the  mayor  in  writing;  and  each  such  application  shall 
specify  the  number  of  wagons  or  other  vehicles  intended  to  be  em- 
ployed by  the  applicant  in  carrying  on  his  said  business,  and  upon 
the  granting  of  the  license  by  the  mayor,  every  said  applicant  shall 
pay  to  the  city  collector  as  a  license  fee  annually  the  sum  of  five 
dollars  for  each  and  every  wagon  or  other  vehicle  so  to  be  employed 
in  said  business,  and  thereupon  the  city  clerk  shall  issue  said  license 
in  the  manner  and  as  provided  in  other  cases. 

1726.  Every  license  shall  state  the  number  of  wagons  or  other 
vehicles  authorized  to  be  employed;  but  such  number  may  be  in- 
creased upon  a  further  written  application  to  the  mayor,  and  the 
payment  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  additional  vehicle  so  asked 
for. 

1727.  Every  wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle  licensed  under  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  shall  be  conspicuously  and  permanently 
marked  with  the  name  and  place  of  business  of  the  owner  or  owners 
thereof,  and  with  the  number  of  his  or  their  license. 

1728.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  health  to 
secure  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and  also  to 
report  to  the  mayor  every  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  article 
which  may  render  the  person  committing  the  same  liable  to  revo- 
cation of  license  as  hereinafter  specified;  to  prevent  so  far  as  he  has 
legal  power  to  do  so,  all  sale  of  or  dealing  in  decayed  or  unwholesome 
produce,  poultry  or  fish,  or  impure,  adulterated  or  unwholesome  milk; 
and  to  procure  the  arrest,  conviction  and  punishment  of  any  and  all 
offenders  against  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

1729.  He  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  enter  any  and  all 
wagons  or  other  vehicles  used  and  emploN  ed  by  pedlars  of  the 
first-class  within-  the  corporate  limits,  and  whenever  he  has  rea- 
son to  believe  that  any  article  found  therein  is  adulterated,  impure 
or  unwholesome,  he  shall  take  samples  thereof  and  cause  the  same 
to  be  analyzed,  or  otherwise  satisfactorily  tested,  and  the  result 
of  such  shall  be  recorded  and  preserved  as  evidence. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


597 


1730.  Whoever  sells  or  exchanges,  or  has  in  his  possession 
with  intent  to  sell  or  exchange,  or  offers  for  sale  or  exchange  any 
unwholesome  produce,  poultry,  fish  or  adulterated  or  unwholesome 
milk,  or  milk  to  which  water  or  any  foreign  substance  has  been 
added,  shall  for  such  offense  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars. 

1 73 1.  All  milk  produced  from  sick  or  diseased  cows,  and  all 
milk  obtained  from  cows  kept  in  distillery  yards  or  pens  and  fed  on 
distilleiy  slop  or  waste  shall  be  deemed  impure  and  unwholesome 
within  the  meaning  of  this  article,  and  all  milk  to  which  water,  ice 
or  any  other  substance  has  been  added  shall  be  deemed  adulterated 
within  the  meaning  of  this  article;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  an}- 
person  or  persons  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  milk  from 
which  the  cream  or  any  part  thereof  has  been  removed,  unless  such 
milk  be  sold  as  "  skimmed  milk,"  and  the  character  of  the  same  be 
expressly  and  distinctly  stated  to  the  purchaser. 

1732.  Any  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  under  this  article  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  cheat,  misrepresentation  or  imposition 
while  acting  in  such  capacity,  or  who  shall  peddle  any  other  kind  of 
goods,  merchandise  or  article  or  use  any  other  mode  of  conveyance 
than  that  specified  in  his  license  without  leave  of  the  mayor,  shall 
on  conviction  thereof  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

1733.  This  article  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  apply  to  any 
person  or  persons  coming  into  the  city  from  the  country  with  teams 
with  any  produce  for  market,  or  to  any  person  selling  vegetables, 
berries  or  the  produce  of  their  own  farms  or  premises;  nor  shall  the 
same  be  so  construed  as  to  make  it  a  penal  offense  for  children  under 
the  age  of  twelve  years  to  peddle  apples  or  other  fruit  provided  they 
do  not  occupy  a  stand;  nor  shall  it  be  so  construed  a?  to  apply  to 
the  peddling  of  newspapers. 

1734.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  article, 
or  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  requirement  thereof  where 
no  other  or  different  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  And 
in  addition  to  such  fine  all  licenses  that  may  have  been  issued  to 
any  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  revoked  by  the  mayor  imme- 
diately upon  his  receiving  notice  of  such  conviction. 

Article  XLVI. 

Phiiuhcrs. 

1735.  Any  person  desiring  to  do  business  in  connection  with 
the   water  works  of  the  city  of  Chicago  as   a  plumber,  shall  first 


398  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

obtain  a  license  as  such  plumber  from  the  department  of  public  works 
and  shall  pay  a  fee  of  one  dollar  therefor,  which  fee  shall  be  paid  to 
the  cashier  of  the  water  office  of  said  city  who  shall  account  for  the 
same  as  all  other  receipts  which  come  into  his  hands  belonging  to  the 
water  fund  of  the  city,  and  no  person  shall  receive  such  license  who 
shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  have  an  estab- 
lished place  of  business  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  and  who  shall 
not  furnish  the  commissioner  of  public  works  with  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  his  responsibility  and  skill  to  ply  his  trade  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department  of  public  works 
and  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

1736.  Every  person  desiring  such  license  shall  file  with  the 
commissioner  of  public  works  a  petition  in  writing,  giving  the  name 
of  the  firm,  if  he  shall  be  one  of  a  firm,  and  each  member  thereof, 
and  place  of  business,  asking  to  become  a  licensed  plumber,  and 
said  petition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  bond  signed  by  two  or  more 
sureties,  to  be  approved  bv  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  in  the 
sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  that  he,  or  they,  will  in- 
demnify and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  from  all  accidents 
and  damages  caused  by  any  negligence  in  either  the  execution  or 
protection  of  his  work,  or  for  any  unfaithful  or  inadequate  work  done 
under  and  bv  virtue  of  his  license :  and  that  said  licensee  as  such  will 
also  conform  to  all  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  the  citv  for  his 
government,  or  in  default  thereof  will  submit  to  such  penalties  as  are 
o.r  may  be  prescribed  by  the  citv  council  for  the  government  of 
licensed  plumbers. 

1737.  Any  change  of  the  firm  name  or  location  of  business 
must  be  promptly  reported  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  and 
the  license  shall  be  kept  in  a  conspicuous  place  at  the  place  of 
business. 

1738.  When  two  or  more  persons  are  co-partners,  licenses  shall 
issue  in  the  name  of  the  firm  or  co-partnership  and  no  license  shall  be 
transferable. 

1739.  ^'^y  plumber  who  shall  be  guilty  of  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  forfeit  his  license  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  fine  upon  conviction  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

1740.  All  licensed  plumbers  shall  be  held  responsible  for  all  acts 
of  their  agents  or  employes  done  by  virtue  of  his  or  their  said  license. 
No  license  shall  be  granted  for  a  greater  period  than  one  year  or 
the  unexpired  portion  thereof;  all  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  last 
day  of  December  of  each  year  unless  sooner  revoked. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  399 

1 741.  All  applications  for  permits  for  the  introduction  or  use  of 
water  shall  be  made  in  writing  upon  the  printed  forms  furnished  by 
the  department  of  public  works,  the  blanks  to  be  specitically  and 
properl}^  filled  in  and  signed  by  the  owner  or  duly  authorized  agent 
of  the  owner,  and  no  work  whatever  shall  be  done  in  the  street,  or 
outside  a  building,  by  any  plumber  or  other  person  until  after  the 
issuance  of  such  permit.  This  restriction  shall  not  prevent  licensed 
plumbers  or  other  persons  from  rendering  assistance  in  case  of  acci- 
dent to  service  water  pipes  occurring  at  night,  or  at  any  time 
requiring  immediate  action:  Provided^  however^  prompt  report  shall 
be  made  at  the  department  of  public  works  and  a  permit  for  the 
occasion  secured. 

1742.  No  person  except  the  tappers  employed  by  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works  will  be  permitted  under  any  circumstances  to 
tap  the  street  main,  or  insert  stop-cocks  or  ferrules  therein;  all 
service  cocks  or  ferrules  must  be  inserted  at  or  near  the  top  of  the 
street  main,  and  not  in  any  case  nearer  than  six  inches  from  the 
bell  of  the  pipe;  the  size  of  the  cock  to  be  inserted  shall  be  that 
specified  in  the  permit. 

1743.  In  making  excavations  in  streets,  alleys  or  highways  for 
the  laving  of  service  pipes  or  making  repairs  or  for  an}-  other  pur- 
pose, the  paving  material  and  earth  removed  must  be  kept  separate 
and  deposited  in  a  manner  that  will  occasion  the  least  inconvenience 
to  the  public,  with  provision  for  the  passage  of  water  along  the 
gutter  and  a  safe  passage  way  for  foot  travel. 

1744.  No  lead  pipe  shall  be  used  in  any  work  done  under  the 
authority  of  a  license  issued  by  the  city  of  Chicago,  except  such  as  is 
known  to  the  trade  as  '' strong,''  and  must  weigh  as  follows: 

Half-inch    internal    diameter i|  pounds  per  lineal  foot. 

Five-eighths     "  "       2^  "  " 

Three-fourths  "  "       3"  "  " 

One  inch            "  "       4  "  " 

(3ne  and  one-fourth  "        4I  *'  " 

One  and  one-half  "       6  "  " 

One  and  three-fourths  "       6),  "  " 

Two  "       8^ 

No  pipe  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  street  service  of  a 
dinerent  material  or  size  than  herein  specified  except  by  special 
permit. 

1745.  All  service  pipes  leading  from  the  street  mains  to  the 
building  line  shall  as  far  as  practicable  be  laid  in  the  ground  to  a 
depth  of  not  less   than  five  feet,  and  said  pipe  shall  be  laid  in  such 


400  ORDINANCES    OP"    THE 

manner  and  be  of  such  surplus  length  as  to  prevent  breakage  or 
rupture  by  settlement,  and  all  joints  in  said  pipes  must  be  of  the  kind 
termed  "  plumber  or  wiped  joints."  The  connections  of  pipe  bv  the 
so-called  "  cup-joint  "  is  prohibited. 

1746.  Every  service  pipe  must  be  provided  with  a  stop  and 
waste  cock  for  each  consumer,  easily  accessible,  placed  beyond 
damage  by  frost  and  so  situated  that  the  water  can  be  convenientl}- 
shut  oft'  and  drained  from  the  pipes. 

1747.  Said  stop-cocks  unless  otherwise  speciallv  permitted 
shall  be  connected  to  service  pipes  within  the  sidewalk  at  or  near 
the  curb  Hne  of  the  same,  and  be  inclosed  in  and  protected  by  a  cast 
iron  box  with  a  cover  having  the  letter  "  W  ''  of  suitable  size  cast 
thereon;  said  iron  box  must  be  of  form  and  dimensions  satisfactory  to 
the  commissioner  of  public  works  and  must  extend  from  service 
pipe  to  surface  of  sidewalk,  and  be  of  proper  size  to  admit  a  stop 
key  for  operating  the  stop  cock. 

1748.  Whenever  two  or  more  distinct  buildings  or  premises  are 
to  be  supplied  by  means  of  branch  or  sub-service  pipes  supplied  by 
a  single  tap  in  the  street  main,  each  branch  must  be  independently 
arranged  with  stop-cock  and  box  on  the  curb  line  in  the  man- 
ner above  prescribed.  All  cocks  used  at  the  sidewalks  by  licensed 
plumbers  shall  be  of  the  kind  known  as  "  round  water  way." 

1749.  Before  filling  the  trench  the  service  cock  in  the  street 
main  must  be  covered  with  a  suitable  cast  iron  box  furnished  by  the 
city,  the  earth  must  be  well  rammed  under  the  main,  to  a  level  with 
the  top  thereof,  from  thence  the  trench  must  be  filled  in  lavers  of 
not  more  than  twelve  inches  in  depth,  and  each  layer  thoroughly 
rammed  or  puddled  to  prevent  settlement.  This  work  together 
with  the  replacing  of  sidewalks,  ballast  and  paving  shall  be  done  in 
all  cases  bv  the  city.  A  sufficient  amount  must  be  deposited  with 
the  city  before  issuing  the  permit  for  opening  the  street  to  cover  this 
expense.  In  all  cases  where  the  street  to  be  opened  has  been  recently 
paved  with  blocks,  sufficient  of  the  paving  must  be  removed  so 
that  the  foundation  boards  or  planks  (if  any,)  can  be  taken  up  with- 
out cutting.  No  permit  shall  be  granted  for  the  opening  of  any  paved 
street  for  the  tapping  of  mains  or  laying  of  service  pipes,  when 
the  ground  is  frozen  to  a  depth  of  twelve  inches  or  more,  except  when 
in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  there  is  a  suffi- 
cient emergency  to  justify  it. 

1750.  Plumbers  are  prohibited  from  connecting  pipes  whereby 
steam  boilers  may  be  supplied  with  the  water  direct  with  city 
pressure.     All  such  boilers  shall  be  provided  with  a  tank  or  other 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  4OI 

receptacle  of  sufficient  capacity  to  hold  at  least  six  hours'  supply,  in 
case  of  a  pipe  district  being  shut  off  to  repair  mains  or  make  con- 
nections or  extensions.  In  such  cases  the  cit}'  of  Chicago  will  not 
be  responsible  for  a  lack  of  water  for  steam  boilers  or  for  any  other 
purpose. 

175 1.  No  alteration  or  addition  whatever,  in  or  about  any 
water  meter,  conduit  pipe,  or  water  cock  in  connection  with  the 
water  supph^  to  any  building  or  premises,  shall  be  made  or  caused 
to  be  made  by  any  plumber  or  any  person  whomsoever,  without 
first  obtaining  a  written  permit  so  to  do  from  the  commissioner  of 
public  works. 

1752.  No  water  meter  shall  be  connected  with  the  water  sup- 
ply pipes  of  any  building  or  premises,  until  such  meter  shall  be 
tested  and  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  and  a 
special  permit  granted  therefor. 

1753.  Wherever  any  material  change  is  to  be  made  in  the 
plumbing  work,  beyond  that  specified  in  the  permit  therefor,  the 
plumber  is  hereby  required  to  give  previous  notice  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works,  presenting  the  original  permit  for  correction 
and  record. 

1754.  ^'^^'^y  plumber  or  other  person  who  shall  turn  on  the 
supply  of  water  to  any  building  or  premises  from  which  the  supply 
has  been  shut  off' by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  on  account 
of  non-payment  of  water  rate  or  for  any  other  cause,  or  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  done  without  having  first  obtained  a  written  permit 
for  so  doing,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1755.  No  water  closet,  or  apparatus  of  any  kind  shall  be  con- 
nected with  the  water  supply,  through  which  the  water  will  pass, 
when  such  water  closet  or  apparatus  are  not  in  use,  unless  such 
water  closet  or  apparatus  are  controlled  by  a  water  meter. 

1756.  All  work  done  by  licensed  plumbers  shall  be  subject  to 
the  inspection,  supervision  and  approval  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  and  all  faulty  or  defective  work  w^hich  may  at  any 
time  be  discovered  shall  be  made  satisfactory  to  the  commissioner 
of  public  works,  and  no  further  permit  will  be  issued  to  the  party  in 
default  until  this  section  shall  have  been  fully  complied  with. 

1757.  All  permits  issued  for  any  work  to  be  done  under  the 
authorit}^  of  this  article  shall  be  returned  to  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  wdthin  twenty-four    hours    after    the    work    shall  be 

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402  ORDINANCES    OP^    THE 

completed,  and  such  permits  shall  contain  a  written  statement  of  the 
facts  and  the  time  the  water  was  turned  on  for  use,  which  shall  be 
signed  by  such  plumber. 

1758.  Any  plumber  whose  license  shall  be  declared  forfeited 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  for  a  violation  of  any  pro- 
vision of  this  article,  shall  not  again  be  entitled  to  do  work  under 
this  article  unless  said  declaration  of  forfeiture  shall  be  revoked  by 
the  said  commissioner. 

Article   XLVII. 

Police  Courts. 

1759.  The  city  of  Chicago  is  hereby  divided  into  four  districts 
for  police  courts,  as  follows: 

1.  The  first  district  shall  comprise  all  that  territory  bounded  on 
the  north  by  the  Chicago  river,  south  by  the  city  limits,  east  by 
lake  Michigan,  and  west  by  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river 
to  its  intersection  with  South  Halsted  street,  thence  by  South  Hal- 
sted  street  to  the  south  city  limits. 

2.  The  second  district  shall  comprise  all  that  territory  bounded 
on  the  north  b}'  West  Harrison  street,  south  by  the  city  limits,  east 
by  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river  to  its  intersection  with 
South  Halsted  street,  thence  by  South  Halsted  street  to  the  south 
city  limits,  and  west  by  the  city  limits. 

3.  The  third  district  shall  comprise  all  that  territory  bounded 
on  the  north  by  West  Division  street,  south  b}-  West  Harrison 
street,  east  b}-  the  north  and  south  branches  of  the  Chicago  river, 
and  west  by  the  city  limits. 

4.  The  fourth  district  shall  comprise  all  that  territory  bounded 
on  the  north  by  the  city  limits,  south  bv  the  Chicago  river  and  West 
Division  street,  east  by  lake  Michigan,  and  west  by  the  north 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river  to  Division  street,  thence  on  the  west 
by  the  city  limits. 

176c.  In  each  of  said  districts  there  shall  be  and  there  is  hereby 
created  and  established  a  police  court  and  office,  located  as  follows: 

1.  The  police  court  of  the  first  district  shall  be  held  at  the 
Harrison  street  station. 

2.  The  police  court  of  the  second  district  shall  be  held  at  the 
police  station,  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Twelfth  and  Johnson 
streets. 

3.  The  police  court  of  the  third  district  shall  be  held  at  the  Union 
street  station. 

4.  The  police  court  of  the  fourth  district  shall  be  held  at  the 
Chicago  avenue  station. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO,  4O3 

1 761.  The  mayor  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  city  council, 
shall  on  the  first  Monday  in  May,  1881  (or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
may  be)  and  biennially  thereafter,  designate  four  justices,  four  police 
court  clerks  and  four  police  bailili's  to  be  assigned  to  the  said  police 
courts. 

1762.  The  justices  so  designated  shall  be  justices  of  the  peace 
in  and  for  the  city  of  Chicago ;  and  when  so  designated  and  qualified 
shall  hold  two  sessions  of  court  daily,  Sundays  excepted,  one  in  the 
morning  and  one  in  the  afternoon. 

1763.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  force  to  cause  all  persons 
who  may  be  arrested  for  a  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city  or 
any  law  of  the .  State,  to  be  taken  before  the  court  of  the  district 
within  the  limits  of  which  the  offense  was  committed,  for  trial  or 
examination  as  the  case  may  be. 

1764.  The  said  justices  shall  be  compensated  by  salary  to  be 
fixed  bv  the  city  council,  for  doing  the  business  of  said  police  court 
in  lieu  of  all  other  compensation  or  fees  whatever  accruing  from  the 
business  to  be  disposed  of;  and  the  said  justices  so  designated  shall 
not  enter  upon  their  duties  unless  they  first  sign  and  execute  an 
express  relinquishment  in  writing  in  favor  of  the  city  of  all  other  fees, 
emoluments  or  compensation  whatever  than  what  may  be  provided 
by  a  salary  to  be  fixed  as  aforesaid  by  the  city  council;  and  such 
express  relinquishment  shall  be  filed  in  the  comptroller's  office ;  and 
all  justices'  fees  and  costs  collected  in  all  actions  brought  for  said 
city  shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasurv  as  other  revenue  of  the 
city. 

1765.  The  several  police  justices  shall  keep  a  daily  list  of 
all  cases  tried  and  disposed  of  before  them  (independent  of  that  kept 
by  the  clerk),  and  note  upon  said  list  what  disposition  was  made  or 
steps  taken  in  each  and  every  such  case. 

1766.  Each  of  said  police  justices  shall  at  the  end  of  each 
and  every  month  file  said  report  or  list  of  cases  with  the  city  comp- 
troller for  examination. 

1767.  There  is  hereby  created  the  following  offices: 

1.  One  police  court  clerk,  and  one  police  bailifi',  for  the  police 
court  of  the  first  district. 

2.  One  police  court  clerk,  and  one  police  bailift',  for  the  police 
court  of  the  second  district. 

3.  One  police  court  clerk,  and  one  police  bailiff",  for  the  police 
court  of  the  third  district. 

4.  One  police  court  clerk,  and  one  police  bailiff',  for  the  police 
court  of  the  fourth  district. 


404 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


1768.  The  police  court  clerk  shall  execute  a  bond  in  the  sum  of 
live  thousand  dollars  with  such  sureties  as  the  city  council  shall 
approve,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

1769.  Deputy  clerks  may  be  appointed  when  in  the  opinion  of 
the  city  council  it  shall  be  necessary;  in  which  case  said  deputies 
shall  be  nominated  by  the  mayor  and  approved  by  the  city  council. 

1770.  In  case  of  the  temporary  inability  or  absence  of  the  clerk  or 
in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  said  office  and  when  there  is  no  deputy,  the  po- 
lice court  may  appoint  some  competent  person  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  the  office  until  the  vacancy  is  filled. 

1 77 1.  The  duties  of  the  police  court  clerk  shall  be  to  keep  a  full, 
detailed  and  complete  account  on  his  docket  of  all  cases  and  persons 
arrested  and  brought  before  the  police  court ;  how^  tried  and  disposed 
of;  the  number  of  cases  disposed  of;  the  cases  in  which  moneys  have 
been  collected;  and  the  cases  in  which  money  is  to  be  collected;  the 
amount  of  all  forfeitures,  penalties  and  fines  assessed,  or  the  punish- 
ment fixed  in  each  case  with  the  fees  and  costs  accrued  and  accruing 
thereon;  and  to  collect,  prosecute  and  receive  payment  of  all  such 
fees,  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures,  and  all  judgments  and  executions, 
and  all  mone3^s  whatever  accruing  or  to  be  paid  in  for  the  use  of  said 
citv  from  the  enforcement  of  any  of  the  law^s  thereof,  and  forthwith 
to  pay  over  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  said  city. 

1772.  Witness  fees  in  all  cases  in  the  police  court  in  which  the 
citv  is  a  party  shall  be  taxed  and  collected  only  when  demanded  or 
claimed  by  the  witness  at  the  time  of  the  trial;  and  no  witness  shall 
be  allowed  more  than  one  fee  for  any  one  day's  attendance,  nor  shall 
any  witness  fee  be  taxed  in  an}^  case  in  favor  of  any  member  of  the 
police  force.  All  witness  fees  when  collected  shall  be  paid  into  the 
city  treasury  for  the  benefit  of  such  witnesses.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  clerk  to  deliver  to  each  witness  who  is  entitled  to  re- 
ceive from  the  city  any  watness  fee  a  certificate  thereof,  showing 
the  name  of  such  witness,  the  suit  in  which  he  testified,  and  the 
amount  to  which  he  is  entitled. 

1773.  The  comptroller  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  treasurer, 
on  presentation  of  said  certificate,  in  favor  of  the  party  entitled  to  such 
fee,  provided  the  same  be  presented  within  one  week  after  the  filing 
of  the  daily  report,  referring  to  said  certificate,  hereinafter  required 
from  the  clerk  of  said  court. 

1774.  Each  of  said  police  court  clerks  shall  daily  make  a  writ- 
ten report  under  oath  to  the  city  comptroller  of  all  cases  disposed 
of  on  that  day  by  the  police  court   of  w^hich  he  is  clerk,  giving  full 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  405 

particulars  in  each  case,  and  of  all  moneys  received  and  collected  by 
him  during  said  day  and  the  amount  of  moneys  outstanding  to  be 
collected  in  such  cases. 

1775.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  court  clerk  to  see  that 
all  cases  are  properly  prosecuted  before  said  police  court  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  prosecuting  attorney,  and  no  police  officer  shall  conduct 
any  prosecution. 

1776.  Every  such  police  court  clerk  shall  also  pay  over  to  the 
city  treasurer  at  the  close  of  every  day  all  moneys  received  and  col- 
lected by  him  as  such  clerk,  and  he  shall  take  a  receipt  and  duplicate 
receipt,  and  file  said  duplicate  with  the  city  comptroller. 

1777.  In  case  of  the  failure  of  any  such  clerk  to  make  such  report 
and  pay  over  said  moneys  daily  as  herein  required,  a  notice  shall  be 
served  on  him  by  the  comptroller,  that  within  three  days  he  is  re- 
quired to  make  such  returns  and  pay  over  all  moneys  received,  and 
in  case  of  the  failure  of  said  clerk  to  pay  over  said  moneys  and  make 
such  report  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  comptroller,  he  shall  be  sus- 
pended or  removed  from  office  by  the  mayor,  and  in  case  of  his 
removal,  the  mayor  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  coun- 
cil shall  appoint  his  successor  to  fill  the  vacancy  during  the  unex- 
pired term. 

1778.  The  police  bailitis  shall  besides  doing  ordinary  court 
duty,  take  charge  of  all  executions  issued  by  the  court  and  justices 
of  the  peace  in  city  cases  in  their  respective  districts,  and  shall  see  to 
the  collection  of  the  same. 

1779.  Said  bailifls  shall  each  give  bonds  to  the  city  of  Chicago, 
with  one  or  more  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  in  the  sum 
of  three  thousand  dollars,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties 
and  for  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  and  collected  by  them 
into  the  city  treasury. 

1780.  For  any  misconduct,  neglect  of  duty  or  for  the  failure  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  any  provision  of  this  article,  they 
shall  be  subject  to  removal  from  office  by  the  mayor. 

1 78 1.  The  several  police  bailiffs  shall  keep  in  books  to  be  fur- 
nished by  the  city  comptroller,  a  full  and  accurate  account  and  docket 
of  all  executions  and  procedendos  which  may  come  into  their  hands, 
showing  the  names  of  defendants,  date  and  number  of  executions  and 
procedendos,  amount  of  fines  or  penalties  imposed,  and  what  dispo- 
sition if  any  has  been  made  of  the  same. 

1782.  Said  police  bailiffs  shall  make  a  written  report  to  the  city 
comptroller  every  Monday  of  each  week,  of  all  executions  placed  in 


406  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

their  hands  for  collection  during  the  preceding  week,  (save  and  ex- 
cept those  sent  to  the  house  of  correction),  with  the  name  of  party, 
number  of  execution,  amount  of  fine,  penalty  and  costs,  together 
with  the  reason  why  said  person  was  not  sent  to  the  house  of  cor- 
rection, 

1783.  The  police  bailiffs  shall  at  the  close  of  each  and  every 
month  make  a  written  report  to  the  city  comptroller  of  all  moneys 
collected  by  them,  and  of  all  cases  and  executions  in  their  hands 
that  were  collected  and  disposed  of  during  the  month,  with  the  name 
of  party,  number  of  execution  and  amount  of  fine,  fees  and  forfeit- 
m"es  collected  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  and  shall  make  said  report 
Etnd  statement  under  oath  before  some  competent  officer,  that  such 
statement  is  a  fair  and  correct  report  of  the  dispositions  of  such  cases, 
and  of  the  moneys  received  and  collected  by  them  during  the 
month. 

1784.  Any  person  or  persons  arrested  for  the  violation  of  any 
city  ordinance  shall  have  the  right  to  release  himself  or  herself  from 
such  arrest  by  giving  special  bail  in  double  the  amount  of  the  highest 
fine  which  can  be  imposed  for  the  claimed  violation,  conditioned  for  his 
or  her  personal  appearance  at  the  next  regular  session  of  the  police 
court  to  be  held  in  the  precinct  where  the  arrest  was  made. 

1785.  Any  police  captain  or  lieutenant  who  may  be  in  charge  of 
the  police  station  where  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  confined 
when  such  bail  is  offered,  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  take 
and  approve  said  bail  bond. 

1786.  No  person  shall  be  taken  as  special  bail  for  any  person 
arrested  for  the  violation  of  any  citv  ordinance  who  shall  not  be  a 
householder  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  unless  he  or  she  shall  de- 
posit with  the  captain  or  sergeant  taking  such  bail  a  sum  of  money 
equal  to  the  penal  amount  of  such  bond,  and  stipulate  in  said  bond 
that  said  money  may  be  held  by  the  city  of  Chicago  to  answer,  pay 
and  discharge  any  judgment  which  may  be  rendered  on  such 
bond. 

Article   XLVIII. 

Police  Defartuicnt. 

1787.  The  several  members  of  the  police  force  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  when  on  duty  shall  devote  their  time  and  attention  to  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  their  stations  according  to  the  laws  and 
ordinances  of  the  citv  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  depart- 
ment of  police;  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  the  best  of  their  ability 
to  preserve  order,  peace  and  quiet,  and  enforce  the  laws  and  ordi- 
nances throughout  the  city. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  4O7 

1788.  They  shall  have  power  to  arrest  all  persons  in  the  city 
found  in  the  act  of  violating  any  law  or  ordinance  or  aiding  and  abet- 
ting in  any  such  violation,  and  shall  arrest  all  persons  found  under 
suspicious  circumstances,  and  shall  take  all  such  persons  so  arrested 
to  the  place  designated  by  such  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations. 

1789.  Thev  shall  have  power  and  authorit}-  in  the  city  to  serve 
and  execute  warrants  and  other  process  for  the  apprehension  and 
commitment  of  persons  charged  with  or  held  for  examination  or  trial, 
or  taken  in  execution  for  the  commission  of  any  crime  or  misde- 
meanor, or  violation  of  any  law  or  ordinance  of  the  city;  and  while 
executing  or  serving  or  assisting  in  the  execution  or  service  of  any 
such  warrant  or  process,  shall  be  vested  with  and  have  all  the  powers 
and'  authority  conferred  on  constables  at  common  law  and  by  the 
laws  of  this  state. 

1790.  An}^  member  of  the  police  force  who  shall  neglect  or  re- 
fuse to  perform  any  duty  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
or  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department  of  police,  or  who  shall 
in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  extor- 
tion, oppression,  favoritism  or  willful  wrong  or  injustice,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penaltv  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  otlense. 

1 791.  Whoever  in  the  city  shall  resist  any  member  of  the  police 
force  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  or  shall  in  any  way  interfere  wnth 
or  hinder  or  prevent  him  from  discharging  his  duty  as  such  member, 
or  shall  ofler  or  endeavor  to  do  so,  and  whoever  shall  in  any  manner 
assist  any  person  in  custody  of  any  member  of  the  police  force  to  es- 
cape or  attempt  to  escape  from  such  custody,  or  attempt  to  rescue 
any  person  in  custodv,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

1792.  Any  person  who  shall  falselv  represent  any  of  the  mem- 
Ders  of  the  police  department  of  this  city,  or  who  shall  maliciously 
or  with  intent  to  deceive  use  or  imitate  anv  of  the  signs,  signals  or 
devices  adopted  and  used  by  the  department  of  police,  or  shall  wear 
in  public  the  uniform  adopted  as  the  police  uniform  after  having  been 
removed  or  suspended,  shall  be  subject  to  be  fined  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  for  a 
term  not  exceeding  three  months,  or  both. 

1793.  Hackmen,  cabmen,  omnibus  drivers,  draymen,  porters, 
runners  and  other  persons  when  at  or  about  any  railroad  depot  or 
station,  or  steamboat  or  canal  boat  landing,  or  other  public  place  in 
the  cit}-,  shall  obev  the  commands  and  directions  of  the  police  of- 
ficer or  otiicers  who  may  be  stationed  or  doing  duty  on  or  about 
such  depots  or  stations  or  landings  or  other  places,  for  the   preser- 


408  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

vatioii  of  order  and  enforcing  the  ordinances.  Whoever  shall  refuse 
to  obey  the  commands  and  directions  of  a  police  officer  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  subject  to  be  fined  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

1794.  The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  ap- 
point not  to  exceed  four  men,  who  are  qualitied  by  law  to  act  as  police 
officers,  to  be  known  as  the  mayor's  police,  whose  duty  shall  be  to 
look  after  and  to  prosecute  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  vend  or 
dispose  of  any  article  or  thing  of  any  kind  whatsoever  without  first 
having  obtained  legal  permission  so  to  do,  or  who  shall  in  any  man- 
ner violate  the  ordinances  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago;  and  to  discharge 
such  other  duties  as  the  mayor  may  direct. 

1795.  The  person  or  persons  so  appointed  shall  receive  the  same 
compensation  as  is  paid  to  the  patrol  police  force,  to  be  paid  out  of 
the  contingent  fund  of  said  city,  and  may  be  dismissed  at  the  pleas- 
ure of  the  mayor. 

1796.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  to  report  the  appoint- 
ments made  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sec- 
tion of  this  article  to  the  superintendent  of  police,  who  shall  legally 
empower  the  person  or  persons  so  appointed  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  a  police  officer. 

Article   XLIX. 
Porters  and  Runners. 

1797.  Any  person  of  good  moral  character  on  application  to  the 
mayor  in  writing  shall  be  entitled  to  a  license  to  act  as  public  porter  and 
runner,  upon  his  executing  for  the  use  of  the  city  of  Chicago  a  bond 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the 
mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  live  hundred  dollars,  conditioned  to  observe 
and  keep  all  ordinances  upon  this  subject,  and  upon  the  payment  of 
the  sum  of  twelve  dollars  per  annum  and  no  other  fees:  Provided^ 
that  all  licenses  issued  or  granted  under  this  article  shall  expire  or  be 
renewed  on  the  first  day  of  May  in  each  and  every  year. 

1798.  The  keeper  or  keepers  of  any  hotel  or  public  house  who 
shall  have  obtained  a  license  for  any  porter  or  runner  in  his,  her  or 
their  employ,  may  at  his,  her  or  their  option  have  the  same  revoked, 
and  be  entitled  to  another  for  the  remaining  portion  of  the  year  for 
which  such  license  shall  originall}-  have  been  granted  without 
additional  charge  or  fee  therefor:  Provided^  that  no  such  license 
shall  be  changed  or  transferred  to  any  other  hotel  or  public  house 
without  an  order  from  the  mayor  or  city  council  for  that  purpose  first 
had  and  obtained;  and  each  and  every  keeper  or  proprietor  of  any  such 
hotel  or  public  house  shall  be   personally  liable   for  each   and  every 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  4O9 

violation  of  this  article  or  an}'  clause  thereof,  when  committed  by 
any  porter  or  runner  in  his,  her  or  their  employ,  or  who  shall  be 
acting  under  the  license  granted  to  any  such  hotel  or  public  house 
keeper  or  proprietor,  or  either  of  them,  for  the  use  of  such  hotel  or 
public  house. 

1799.  No  person  shall  act  as  porter  or  runner,  either  for  himself 
or  any  public  house  or  hotel,  or  in  any  manner  act  in  that  capacity 
or  ask  the  patronage  or  custom  of  an}^  traveler  or  other  person  for 
any  public  house,  hotel,  steam  boat,  canal  boat,  propeller,  railroad 
depot  or  station,  transportation  company,  stage  company  or  line, 
canal  or  steamboat  landing  or  dock,  or  other  place  of  business  of  the 
person  or  persons,  company,  line  or  corporation  by  whom  he  shall  be 
employed,  unless  he  shall  first  obtain  a  license,  or  be  furnished  with 
one  by  the  person  or  persons,  company,  line  or  corporation  for  whom 
he  is  acting,  according  to  the  provisions  hereof;  nor  unless  he  shall, 
when  so  acting  as  public  porter  or  runner  as  aforesaid,  wear  con- 
spicuously upon  his  breast  a  badge  as  follows,  to  wit :  A  brass  plate, 
elliptical  in  form,  with  a  catch  or  pin  to  attach  the  same  to  the  front 
of  the  breast,  upon  which  shall  be  painted  or  engraved  in  legible  let- 
ters, of  not  less  than  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  length,  the  name  of 
the  public  house,  hotel,  railroad  depot  or  station,  or  line,  boat  or 
company,  or  other  place  for  which  the  said  porter  or  runner  is  acting; 
and  also,  in  legible  letters,  of  not  less  than  one-half  of  an  inch  in 
length,  the  word  "  porter  "  or  "  runner  "  as  the  w^earer  may  be.  and 
also  in  legible  letters,  not  less  than  five-ei(jhths  of  an  inch  in  length, 
the  number  of  the  license  of  the  said  porter  or  runner.  The  said 
plate  shall  not  be  less  than  three  and  one-half  inches  in  length,  nor 
less  than  two  inches  in  width.  And  no  person  in  said  city  shall  in 
any  manner  act  as  runner  for  any  public  house,  hotel,  company, 
boarding  house  or  person,  unless  such  runner  shall  present  to  the 
person  or  persons  solicited,  a  card,  plainly  printed  in  a  language 
understood  by  such  person,  containing  the  name  of  the  person,  com- 
pany or  place,  and  the  business  and  location  of  the  company,  person 
or  place  for  whom  such  runner  may  be  acting,  and  if  he  be  a  runner 
for  a  boarding  house,  hotel  or  other  place  of  entertainment,  such  card 
shall  contain  also  the  price  of  lodging,  and  of  board  by  the  day,  by 
the  week,  by  the  single  meal,  and  the  price  of  conveyance  of  persons 
and  baggage  to  and  from  such  boarding  house,  hotel  or  other  place 
of  entertainment,  conspicuously  printed  on  such  card  or  bill. 

1800.  No  person  shall  at  any  railroad  depot  or  station,  steam- 
boat, canal  boat,  propeller,  dock  or  landing,  or  other  place  in  this 
city,  ask  or  solicit  any  traveler  or  other  person  or  persons  to  ride 
in  or  use  any  hackney  coach,  cab,  omnibus  or  other  vehicle  which 
runs  for  hire    and   for   the  conveyance   of  passengers,  unless  he  or 


4lO  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

they  shall  have  a  license  for  that  purpose  first  had  and  obtained: 
Provided^  that  nothing-  herein  contained  is  intended  to  prevent  the 
owner  or  licensed  driver  of  any  licensed  hackney  coach,  cab  or 
omnibus  from  notifying  any  person  that  his  hackney  coach,  cab  or 
omnibus  is  licensed,  and  runs  for  hire  for  the  conveyance  of  passen- 
gers. 

1 80 1.  No  person  shall  as  a  runner  or  porter  at  any  place  or 
any  railroad  or  railway  grounds,  or  on  any  street  adjacent  thereto, 
ask,  solicit  or  engage  any  person  to  repair  to  anv  steamboat,  rail- 
road or  other  public  conveyance,  excepting  such  agents  for  other 
railroads,  steamboats  or  other  public  conveyances  as  may  be  author- 
ized thereto  by  the  person  having  charge  of  the  said  passenger 
houses  respectively;  and  persons  so  authorized  shall,  at  all  times  when 
on  duty,  wear  appropriate  badges  designating  their  emplo3^ment: 
Provided^  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  anj^ 
licensed  hackman  asking  or  soliciting  custom  for  his  hack  while 
wearing  the  badge  specified  in  section  1157  of  article  12. 

1802.  No  porter  or  runner  shall  at  anv  time  or  place  make 
use  of  any  device,  deceit,  imposition  or  false  representation  in  rela- 
tion to  the  charge  of  fare,  character,  custom  or  location  of  any  pub- 
lic house  or  hotel,  private  house,  street,  place  of  business,  locality  or 
number  whatever  in  said  city,  or  in  relation  to  the  time  or  place  of  the 
arrival  or  departure  of  any  vessel,  boat,  stage,  railroad  car  or  train 
or  other  conveyance,  to  an^^  stranger,  non-resident  or  citizen,  or  in  any 
other  manner  use  any  deceit  as  to  the  arrival  or  departure  of  any 
stage,  steamboat,  railroad  car  or  train,  or  other  conveyance,  or  as  to 
any  locality,  place,  name  or  number,  or  be  guilty  of  any  misrepre- 
sentation or  evil  practice  toward  any  emigrant  or  other  person. 

1803.  Public  porters  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  for  each  trunk 
or  package  which  they  may  carry  twelve  and  a  half  cents  for  any 
distance  not  exceeding  one-fourth  of  a  mile,  and  twenty-five  cents 
for  any  distance  exceeding  one-fourth  of  a  mile;  and  no  public  por- 
ter shall  demand  or  exact  any  greater  sums  than  are  herein  permitted. 

1804.  No  porter  or  runner  shall  at  any  time  or  place  when  en- 
gaged in  his  employment  make  any  unusual  noise  or  disturbance,  or 
make  use  of  profane,  obscene  or  boisterous  language,  or  use  any  lan- 
guage or  be  guilty  of  any  act  calculated  to  disturb  the  public  peace 
or  the  good  orderof  the  city,  or  harass,  vex  or  disturb  strangers  or 
citizens. 

1805.  Any  member  of  the  police  force  shall  have  power  to  ar- 
rest and  commit  any  porter  or  runner  for  examination  who  shall  be 
engaged  in  the   commission  of  any   act  prohibited  by  this  article. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  4II 

The\-  shall  also  have  power  to  give  any  directions  which  may  be  re- 
quired for  the  preservation'  of  the  peace,  or  the  convenience  of  the 
public  at  an}'  railroad  termination,  steamboat  or  other  public  land- 
ings, and  no  person  shall  refuse  to  obey  any  such  directions,  or  shall 
resist  such  officer  in  the  discharge  of  any  duty. 

1806,  Any  person  who  shall  violate  anv  section  or  an}'  clause 
or  provision  of  any  section  of  this  article,  or  shall  fail  to  perform 
any  act  or  thing  required  hereby  shall,  on  con\'iction,  be  lined  in  a 
sum  of  money  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  may  be  imprisoned  in  the  house  of  correction  for  the 
space  of  ninetv  davs  at  hard  labor,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
court  before  whom  such  conviction  shall  be  had;  and  if  committed 
by  any  such  licensed  porter  or  runner  herein  provided  for,  his 
license  ma}'  be  revoked,  in  the  discretion  of  the  mayor. 


Article  L. 
Pounds. 

1807.  No  cows,  horses,  swine,  sheep,  goats  or  geese  shall  be 
permitted  to  run  at  large,  or  cattle  of  any  kind  to  be  herded,  or  run 
at  large  wi  bin  that  portion  of  the  west  division  of  the  city  com- 
mencing at  the  intersection  of  Division  street  with  the  Chicago 
river,  thence  west  along  Division  street  to  Milwaukee  avenue;  thence 
north  west  along  Milwaukee  avenue  to  Western  avenue  :  thence 
south  along  Western  avenue  to  Kinzie  street  ;  thence  west  along 
Kinzie  street  to  Rockwell  street  ;  thence  south  along  Rockwell 
street  to  Lake  street;  thence  west  along  Lake  street  to  Kedzie 
avenue  ;  thence  south  along  Kedzie  avenue  to  Twelfth  street; 
thence  east  along  Twelfth  street  to  Loomis  street;  thence  north 
along  Loomis  street  to  Harrison  street;  thence  east  along  Harrison 
street  to  the  Chicago  river;  thence  north  along  said  river  to  Division 
street  and  place  of  beginning;  or  that  portion  of  said  west  division 
bounded  as  follows:  On  the  east  bv  St.  Louis  avenue,  on  the  north 
by  Ogden  avenue,  on  the  west  by  Mowrev  avenue,  and  on  the  south 
by  Twentv-sixth  street;  or  that  portion  of  the  south  division  of  said 
city  north  of  Sixteenth  street,  and  south  of  Sixteenth  street  east 
of  Clark  street  ;  or  any  part  of  the  north  division  of  the  city  ex- 
cept that  portion  lying  between  the  Chicago  river  and  Ogden 
canal;  under  the  penalty  of  three  dollars  for  each  animal  so  permitted 
to  run  at  large  or  herded,  together  with  the  costs  of  impounding 
and  the  expense  of  sustenance  for  such  animal  or  an'm  ils  when 
impounded,  as  hereinafter  provided,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  person 
having  charge,  care  or  keeping  thereof,  severally  and  respectively. 


412  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1808.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  hereby  directed  to 
locate  and  construct  in  each  division  of  the  city  one  good  and  suit- 
able pound,  to  be  placed  under  the  care  and  direction  of  a  pound- 
keeper  for  each  said  division  of  the  city,  to  be  appointed  as  herein 
provided. 

1809.  Each  pound-keeper  shall  before  entering  upon  his  duties 
execute  a  bond  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  comptroller,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

1 810.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  pound-keeper  for 
the  south  division,  pound-keeper  for  the  west  division,  and  pound- 
keeper  for  the  north  division  of  the  cit}-,  each  of  whom  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  mayor  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
city  council  on  the  first  Monday  of  May,  1881,  or  as  soon  thereafter 
as  may  be,  and  biennially  thereafter. 

181 1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  everv  pound-keeper  in 
said  city,  to  take  up  and  impound  any  such  animal  or  animals  known 
to  him  to  be  running  at  large  within  the  aforesaid  pound  Hmits  of  the 
division  of  said  city  in  which  the  pound  kept  b}-  him  is  situated;  and 
for  each  neglect  or  refusal  to  do  so  he  shall  forfeit  and  pav  a  penalty 
of  five  dollars. 

1 81 2.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  person  over  eighteen  years  of 
age  to  take  up  any  such  animal  or  animals  running  at  large  contrary" 
to  the  provisions  of  section  1807  of  this  article,  and  take  the  same 
to  the  pound  in  the  division  of  said  citv  where  such  animal  or  ani- 
mals ma}^  be  taken  up,  and  for  so  doing  he  shall  receive  from  the 
treasurer  of  said  city,  when  collected,  an  impounding  fee  of  lifty  cents 
for  each  animal  so  taken  up  and  impounded  by  him.  And  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  pound-keeper  to  enter  upon  his  books  forthwith  the 
name  and  residence  of  the  person  so  taking  any  such  animal  to  the 
pound. 

181 3.  There  shall  be  charged  for  each  animal  impounded  an 
impounding  fee  of  fifty  cents,  and  also  fifty  cents  for  each  day  or 
part  of  a  day  for  providing  sustenance  for  each   animal  impounded. 

1 814.  At  any  time  before  the  sale  of  an}^  animal  or  animals  im- 
pounded, the  owner  or  owners  thereof  may  redeem  the  same  by 
paying  to  the  pound-keeper  the  penalty  prescribed  in  section  1807 
of  this  article,  together  with  the  impounding  fee  and  costs  of  susten- 
ance as  prescribed  in  the  said  section,  and  in  case  proceedings  shall 
have  been  instituted  before  a  judicial  officer,  the  cost  of  such  pro- 
ceedings and  the  amount  of  the  judgment,  if  judgment  shall  have 
been  recovered  under  this  article,  together  with  subsequently  accrued 
costs  of  sustenance,  shall  be  the  redemption  money  to  be  paid. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  z}13 

1 815.  When  any  animal  or  animals  shall  be  impounded'  as 
aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  keeper  of  the  pound  where  the 
same  is  impounded  forthwith  to  make  complaint  before  some  justice  of 
the  peace  of  the  said  city  against  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  ani- 
mals if  known,  and  thereupon  a  w^arrant  shall  be  issued,  and  upon 
the  return  thereof  excuted,  or  the  defendant  having  appeared,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  justice  to  inquire  whether  the  defendant  has  been 
guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  article;  and,  if  the  defendant  be  found 
guilty,  judgment  shall  be  rendered  against  him  for  the  penaltv,  im- 
pounding fee,  and  cost  of  sustenance  herein  prescribed  and  the  costs 
of  suit,  and  an  order  shall  be  entered  that  the  animal  or  animals 
shall  be  sold  to  satisfy  said  judgment,  in  case  the  same  shall  not  be 
paid  forthwith.  Such  order  shall  describe  the  animal  or  animals,  and 
state  the  time  and  place  of  impounding. 

1 81 6.  When  thl^  owner  of  any  animal  impounded  shall  be  un- 
known, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound-keeper  when  the  same 
shall  be  impounded  to  make  complaint  as  provided  in  the  last  sec- 
tion, against  the  unknown  owner  of  such  animal,  describing  the  same, 
and  thereupon  the  officer  before  whom  ^uch  complaint  shall  be  made 
shall  issue  a  notice  in  substance  as  follows,  to  wat: 

POUND    NOTICE. 

Whereas,  complaint  has  this  day  been  made  before  me,  that  tiie  imknown  owner 

of  the  following  described  animals,  to  wit: impounded  at on  the 

day  ot A.  D.  18 — ,  has  permitted  the   same  to  run   at   large,  contrary  to  the 

provisions  of  an  ordinance  entitled   "  An  ordinance  to  prohibit  the  running  at  large 
of  certain  animals  therein  mentioned,  within  the  limits  mentioned." 

Now,  therefore,  notice  is    liereby   given,   that  a  trial  will  be  had  upon  the  said 

complaint,  at  my  oflice,  in  the   city  of  Chicago,  on  the day  of A.  D. 

18 — ,  at  the  hour  of  —  m.,  when  and  where   the  unknown  owner  inay  appearand 

delend,  if  he  see  fit  so  to  do.     Witness    my.  hand  and    otficial    seal,  this day  of 

,  A.  D.  18—. 

J.  P.,  or  P.  M.     [l.  s.] 

The  day  named  in  said  notice  for  trial  shall  not  be  less  than  five 
nor  more  than  ten  days  from  the  time  of  issuing  the  same,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound-keeper  making  the  complaint  forth- 
with to  post  three  copies  of  said  notice,  one  at  the  pound  where  the 
animal  is  impounded,  one  at  the  office  of  the  justice  or  police  magis- 
trate issuing  the  same,  and  one  on  a  board  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose, within  the  hall  of  the  court  house  in  said  city,  and  to  return 
the  said  notice,  with  the  time  and  manner  of  said  posting. 

1817.  The  justice  or  police  magistrate  issuing  said  notice  shall 
enter  the  cause  upon  his  docket,  as  follows,  to  wit:  The  Cit^■  of 
Chicago  vs.  The  Unknown  Owner  of  [here  specify  the  animals]. 
And  upon  the  return  of  the  notice  prescribed  in  the  last  section,  like 
proceedings  shall  be  had  as  in  the  c:ise  of  personal  service  or  appear- 
ance. 


414  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

■  18 1 8.  In  all  trials  for  violation  of  this  article  the  accused  shall 
have  the  right  of  trial  by  jury,  and  in  proceedings  against  unknown 
owners  the  trial  must  be  by  jury. 

181 9.  Upon  the  rendition  of  any  judgment  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion 18 1 5  of  this  article,  the  justice  of  the  peace  or  police  magis- 
trate rendering  the  same  shall  issue  to  the  keeper  of  the  pound  where 
the  animal  or  animals  are  impounded  an  order  which  shall  be  in  the 
following  form  as  nearly  as  may  be: 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,     To ,  Pound-keeper. 

We  command  you,  that  of  the  following  described  goods  and  ciiattels,  to-wit :    

,  the  property  of ,  you    make  the  sum  of dollars  and cents 

debt,  and dollars  and  cents  costs,  which  the  city  of  Chicago  lately  recovered 

before  me,  against  the  said ,  and  hereof  make  due  return. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal,  this  the day  of ,  A.  D.  18 — . 

— ^ ,  J.  P.  or  P.  M.     [L.  .s.] 

1820.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  order,  the  pound-keeper  shall 
immediately  post  three  notices  in  like  places  as  provided  in  section" 
1 8 16  of  this  article,  in  substance  as  follows: 

POUND  NOTICE. 

Taken  up  and  impounded  in  the  city  pound  of  the division  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, at ,  the  following  described  animals: which,  vmless    redeemed, 

will  be  sold  at  public  auction  for  cash  to  the   highest   bidder,  at   said   pound  at   the 

hour  of O'clock,  in  the  forenoon,  on  the day  of  ,  18 — . 

,  Pound-keeper. 

The  day  of  sale  mentioned  in  said  notice  shall  be  the  third  day 
after  posting  the  same,  exclusive  of  Sunda3's,  hoHda3-s  and  election 
days,  and  if  said  animal  or  animals  are  not  redeemed,  the  pound- 
keeper  shall  sell  the  same  in  accordance  with  said  notice.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  pound-keeper  receiving  such  order  as  is  prescribed 
in  section  18 19  of  this  article  to  return  the  same  within  twenty 
days  from  its  date  to  the  office  issuing  the  same,  with  an  indorse- 
ment showing  when  and  how  the  same  was  executed. 

1 82 1.  No  person  shall  purchase  or  be  interested  directly  or  in- 
directly in  the  purchase  of  any  animal  taken  up,  impounded  or  sold 
by  him  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  under  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  animal,  and  if  a  pound-keeper,  the  forfeiture  of  his  office. 

1822.  If  any  person  shall  break  open,  or  in  any  manner  directly 
or  indirectly  aid  or  assist  in,  or  counsel  or  advise  the  breaking  open 
of  any  city  pound,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars. 

1823.  No  person  shall  hinder,  delay  or  obstruct  an}^  person  en- 
gaged in  taking  to  any  city  pound  any  animal  or  animals  liable  to  be 
impounded,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  ten  dollars  for  each  animal  so  being  taken. 


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1824.  Each  and  every  pound-keeper  of  said  city  shall  by  the 
end  of  each  month  pay  to  the  comptroller  of  the  city  all  mone}'s  re- 
ceived by  him,  over  and  above  the  necessary  expenditures  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  pound  during  the  month  by  virtue  of  his  office 
of  pound-keeper,  and  shall  at  the  end  of  each  month  render  to  the 
comptroller  of  the  citv  a  full  statement  on  oath  of  all  the  animals 
received  into  his  pound  during  said  month,  describing  the  same  with 
the  names  of  the  owners  if  known  of  the  animals  redeemed,  the 
dates  when  received  respectively,  and  the  dates  of  redemption 
of  those  sold  and  the  times  of  sale,  and  of  all  moneys  received  by 
him  during  said  month  for  the  redemption  or  upon  the  sales  of  ani- 
mals or  otherwise  as  pound-keeper,  and  of  all  moneys  expended  by 
him  in  the  maintenance  of  the  pound,  and  shall  attach  to  such  state- 
ment receipts  for  all  such  moneys.  Each  pound-keeper  shall  also 
keep  a  record  in  which  he  shall  enter  from  time  to  time  as  thev  oc- 
cur, all  matters  required  to  be  shown  in  such  statements,  and  in 
which  he  shall  cause  to  be  written  the  receipts  of  owners  of  animals 
by  them  redeemed. 

1825.  When  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any  animal  or  animals 
shall  exceed  the  amount  of  judgment  and  costs,  and  the  expense  of 
sustenance  which  shall  have  accrued  subsequently  to  the  rendition  of 
the  judgment,  and  such  excess  shall  have  been  paid  to  the  comptroller, 
the  owner  or  owners  of  such  animal  or  animals  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
warrant  on  the  city  treasurer  for  such  excess,  upon  presenting  to  the 
city  comptroller  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  right  thereto. 

1826.  Any  person  who  shall  take  or  drive  any  such  animal 
from  any  enclosed  lot  or  tract  of  ground,  or  from  any  stable  or  other 
building,  or  from  outside  of  anv  pound  limits  into  the  limits  of  anv 
pound  district,  to  any  pound  in  said  city,  or  with  the  intent  that  such 
animal  may  be  impounded,  shall  be  liable  to  a  tine  of  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  every  animal  so  driven  or  taken 
from  the  place  or  places  aforesaid. 

1827.  It  shall  be  the  dutv  of  every  such  pound-keeper  to  keep 
such  books,  and  in  such  manner  as  the  citv  comptroller  shall  direct, 
which  shall  show,  among  other  things,  all  the  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures of  and  for  his  pound;  and  the  comptroller  shall  at  least  once 
a  month  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  such  pound-keeper. 

1828.  No  pound-keeper  shall  receive  any  other  compensation 
or  perquisite  than  his  salarv  which  shall  be  lixd  by  the  citv  council 
in  the  annual  appropriation  bill:  but  in  case  anv  member  of  the  police 
force  is  appointed  such  pound-keeper,  this  proviso  shall  not  be  so 
construed  as  to  atlect  his  right  to  compensation  or  pav  as  such  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force. 


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1829.  Eveiy  pound-keeper  shall  be  subject  to  removal  from 
office  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  whenever  he  shall  deem  the  interests 
of  the  city  require  such  removal. 

Article   LI. 
Railroads. 

1830.  No  railroad  corporation  shall  by  itself,  agents  or  em- 
ployes, run  any  passenger  train  upon  or  along  any  railroad  track 
within  the  corporate  hmits  of  the  city  of  Chicago  at  a  greater  rate 
of  speed  than  ten  miles  an  hour;  nor  shall  any  such  corporation  by 
itself,  agents  or  employes,  run  any  freight  car  or  cars  upon  or 
along  any  railroad  track  within  said  city  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed 
than  six  miles  per  hour. 

1 83 1.  No  railway  company,  railroad  engineer,  train  conductor 
or  other  person,  shall  cause  or  allow  any  locomotive  engine,  car  or 
cars  or  train  of  cars,  to  stop  in  or  remain  upon  any  street  and  rail- 
road crossing  within  said  city,  at  which  by  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  a  flag-man  is  ordered  to  be  stationed  and  kept,  for  a  longer 
period  than  five  minutes  at  any  one  time,  nor  upon  any  other  street 
and  railroad  crossing  in  said  city  for  a  longer  period  than  five 
minutes:  Provided.,  however,  that  in  case  a  collision  should  take 
place  at  any  or  either  of  the  crossings  aforesaid,  reasonable  time 
shall  be  allowed  to  remove  any  obstruction  that  may  be  caused 
thereby. 

1832.  Should  any  street  and  railroad  crossing  in  said  city  be 
and  remain  occupied  and  obstructed  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  any 
train  of  railroad  cars  for  and  during  the  period  of  five  minutes,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  railroad  compan}-  upon  whose 
line  of  road  such  obstruction  may  occur,  their  agents  or  employes, 
on  or  before  the  expiration  of  said  live  minutes,  when  from  any 
cause  the  entire  train  cannot  be  propelled  or  removed  to  any  one 
side  of  any  street  occupied  and  obstructed  as  aforesaid,  to  cause  such 
cars  as  may  be  on  or  near  said  crossing  to  be  uncoupled,  and  some 
one  division  of  the  train  as  thus  made  removed  from  ofi"  the  afore- 
said street  and  railroad  crossing  in  such  manner  as  to  leave  said 
street  entirely  free  and  unobstructed,  and  said  train,  when  again 
coupled,  shall  be  removed  forthwith  from  off  any  such  crossing  as 
aforesaid. 

1833.  Every  locomotive  engine,  railroad  car  or  train  of  cars 
running  in  the  night  time  on  any  railroad  track  in  said  city,  shall 
have  and  keep  while  so  running  a  brilliant  and  conspicuous  light  on 
the  forward  end  of  such  locomotive  engine,  car,  or  train  of  cars.     If 


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such  engine  or  train  be  backing,  it  shall  have  a  conspicuous  light 
in  the  rear  car  or  engine,  so  as  to  show  in  the  direction  said  car 
is  movinfj. 

1834.  -^o  company,  corporation  or  person  shall  be  allowed  to 
deposit  or  place  in  the  street,  an}'  lumber  or  other  material,  nor  shall 
they  load  or  unload  any  car  from  the  street,  nor  erect  or  maintain 
any  switch-house  or  other  building,  upon  any  street,  highway  or 
alley  within  the  city  limits,  except  by  the  written  permission  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works. 

1835.  No  railroad  compan}-  shall  cause  or  allow  the  whistle  of 
any  locomotive  engine  to  be  sounded  within  the  city,  except  neces- 
sary brake  signals,  and  such  as  may  be  absolutely  necessary  to  pre- 
vent injury  to  persons,  and  to  property  other  than  their  own,  and  that 
in  their  possession  as  freight. 

1836.  The  bell  of  each  locomotive  engine  shall  be  rung  con- 
tinually while  running  within  said  city,  except  locomotives  running 
upon  the  railroad  tracks  situated  east  of  Indiana  avenue,  on  the 
shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  between  Weldon  station  and  Park  row 
in 'said  city,  when  no  bell  shall  be  rung  or  whistle  blown,  except  as 
signals  of  danger. 

1837.  Each  railroad  company  running  on  any  railroad  within 
said  city,  shall  erect  at  the  entrance  of  such  railroad  within  the  city, 
a  signboard,  having  thereon  the  words  "  stop  speed,"  "  ring  the  bell," 
legiblv  painted  thereon,  and  keep  the  same  so  erected. 

1838.  Each  superintendent  of  any  railroad  shall  furnish  each 
engineer  and  train  conductor  of  any  railroad  running  within  the  city 
a  certified  or  printed  copy  of  this  article,  and  shall,  moreover,  fur- 
nish to  any  officer  of  said  city  applying  therefor  the  name  of  any 
person  in  the  employment  of  said  railroad  company  who  shall  ha\'e 
been  charged  with  having  violated  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
article. 

1839.  No  railroad  company  shall  cause  or  allow  the  cylinder 
cock  or  cocks  of  any  or  either  of  their  several  locomotive  engines  to 
be  opened  so  as  to  permit  steam  to  escape  therefrom  at  any  time 
while  running  upon  or  along  any  railroad  track  laid  in  an\'  street,  or 
when  the  engine  is  in  immediate  proximity  to  any  street  or  railroad 
crossing  in  said  city:  Provided^  /lozucvcr,  that  when  such  engine 
shall  be  standing  at  such  point  in  said  city,  and  for  three  revolutions 
of  the  driving  wheel  after  being  put  in  motion,  the  said  cocks  may 
be  opened  for  the  purpose  of  allowing  condensed  steam  to  escape. 

1840.      x\ny  railroad  company  or  railroad  corporation  who   shall 
by  themselves,  their  agents  or   employes,  or  any  agent   or  employe 


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of  any  railroad  company  or  railroad  corporation  who  shall  cause  or 
allow  any  empty  railroad  car  or  cars  to  be  detached  from  any  loco- 
motive engine  and  left  to  remain  upon  any  street  or  sidewalk  and 
railroad  crossing  within  said  city,  for  a  longer  period  than  five 
minutes,  shall  be  tined  in  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every 
consecutive  live  minutes  any  such  railroad  car  or  cars  detached  as 
aforesaid  shall  be  so  permitted  to  remain  on  such  street,  sidewalk  or 
railroad  crossing. 

1 84 1.  All  railroad  companies  whose  track  or  tracks  cross  or 
intersect  an}"  of  the  streets  in  the  city  of  Chicago  east  of  the  west 
line  of  Western  avenue,  or  north  of  the  south  line  of  Egan  avenue, 
and  also  at  all  crossings  of  street  or  horse  railways,  shall  station, 
keep  and  maintain  at  all  times,  at  their  own  expense,  at  each  and 
every  of  said  street  and  railroad  crossings,  a  flagman,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  signal  persons  traveling  in  the  direction  of  any  or  either 
of  the  crossings  and  warn  them  of  the  approach  of  any  locomotive 
engine,  or  any  impending  danger. 

1842.  Whenever,  on  any  street  crossed  by  the  track  or  tracks 
of  an}'  railroad  company,  the  city  council  shall  deem  it  necessary  to 
require  said  railroad  company  to  provide  protection  against  injury 
to  persons  and  property  at  such  crossing  by  the  erection  and  mainte- 
nance of  gates,  guards  or  other  protection,  or  the  construction  of  a 
viaduct,  said  city  council  may,  by  resolution,  so  declare  and  direct 
that  any  such  railroad  company  shall,  wdthin  a  certain  time,  to  be 
fixed  by  the  mayor  and  commissioner  of  public  works,  erect,  con- 
struct and  maintain  a  sufiicient  safeguard  at  such  crossing,  spcify- 
ing  the  kind  of  protection  to  be  erected,  constructed  and  maintained 
as  aforesaid,  whether  it  be  a  gate  or  gates,  or  viaduct  or  other 
efiicient  protection;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissoner  of 
public  works  to  serve  upon  the  said  railroad  company  named  in 
said  resolution,  a  certified  copy  thereof,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
passage  of  said  resolution,  and  at  the  same  time  to  notify  the  said 
railroad  company,  in  writing,  of  the  time  fixed  by  the  mayor  and 
said  commissioner,  within  which  the  protection  so  ordered  shall  be 
constructed. 

1843.  Whenever  any  railroad  company  shall  have  been  directed 
by  the  city  council  to  erect,  construct  and  maintain  at  any  street 
crossed  by  its  track  or  tracks,  any  gate  or  gates,  viaduct  or  other 
protection  as  provided  in  the  last  preceding  section,  every  such 
company  shall  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  mayor  and  com- 
missioner of  public  works,  erect,  construct  and  thereafter  maintain 
the  protection  specified  in  said  resolution,  under  the  penalty  of  two 
hundred  dollars  for  every  offense,  and  for  each  and  every  ten  days 
after  the  expiration  of  the  time  so  fixed  for  the  construction  of  such 


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protection,  any  such  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  proceed 
to  the  erection  and  construction  of  the  kind  of  protection  specified 
in  such  resolution,  shall  constitute  a  new  and  distinct  offense. 

1844.  Every  such  gate,  guard,  viaduct  and  the  approaches 
thereto,  or  other  protection,  when  so  ordered  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
erected  and  constructed  at  the  sole  cost  and  expense  of  said  railroad 
company,  under  the  supervision  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
and  the  same  shall  forever  thereafter  be  kept  and  maintained  by 
such  railroad  company  in  proper  repair  and  condition,  at  its  own 
cost  and  expense,  and  without  expense  or  cost  to  the  cit}^  of 
Chicago,  under  the  supervision  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
and  to  his  satisfaction. 

1845.  No  train  of  a  greater  length  than  will  reach  from  one 
street  to  another  shall  be  moved  for  the  purpose  of  transferring 
said  train,  or  any  part  of  it,  to  another  and  opposite  or  adjoining 
track  or  tracks,  in  making  up  trains,  or  distributing  the  same, 
except  where  viaducts  are  provided. 

1846.  Any  railroad  company  or  railroad  corporation  who  shall, 
of  themselves,  their  agents  or  employes,  violate  or  fail  to  observe 
any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  article,  or  any  agent  or  em- 
plove  of  any  railroad  company  or  railroad  corporation,  or  otjier 
person,  who  shall  violate  or  fail  to  observe  the  same  shall,  for  each 
violation  or  failure  to  observe  the  same,  where  no  other  penalty  is 
imposed,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  any  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction. 

Article  LII. 
River. 

1847.  Hereafter,  all  vessels,  crafts  or  floats  navigating  the 
Chicago  river,  or  either  of  the  branches  thereof,  or  an}^  of  the  slips 
on  said  river,  or  either  of  said  branches,  whether  using  steam  or 
otherwise,  are  expressly  prohibited  from  dragging  their   anchors   in 

anv  part  of  the  Chicago  river,  or  either  of  its  branches  or  slips. 

# 

1848.  All  tugs  engaged  in  towing  vessels  or  craft  in  the 
Chicago  river,  its  branches,  or  slips  connecting  therewith,  are  here- 
by prohibited  from  townng  any  vessel  or  craft  of  anv  description, 
while  its  anchor  or  anchors  are  dragging  on  the  bottom  of  said  river 
or  any  of  its  branches  or  slips. 

1849.  Any  person  or  persons,  having  charge  or  control  of  anv 
such  vessel,  craft,  tug  or  float,   who  shall  violate  the   provisions   of 


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ihis  article,  or  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  and  every  violation;  and  all  such  persons,  as  well  as  the  owner 
or  owners  of  such  vessels,  crafts,  tugs  or  floats,  shall  be  liable  for  all 
damages  accruing  by  reason  of  the  violation  of  this  article,  or  any  of 
the  sections  or  provisions  thereof. 

Article   LIII. 

Saloons. 

1850.  The  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
grant  licenses  for  the  sale  of  spirituous,  vinous  and  fermented  liquors 
to  any  person  who  shall  apply  to  him,  in  writing,  upon  said  person 
furnishing  sufficient  evidence  to  satisf}^  him  that  he  or  she  is  a  person 
of  good  character,  and  upon  such  person  executing  to  the  city  of 
Chicago  a  bond  with  at  least  two  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the 
mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  conditional  ,that 
the  licensed  party  shall  faithfully  observe  and  keep  all  ordinances 
now  in  force,  or  hereafter  to  be  passed,  during  the  period  of  such 
license,  and  that  he  will  keep  closed  on  Sunday  all  doors  opening  out 
upon  an}^  street  from  the  bar  or  room  where  such  liquors  are  sold, 
and  that  all  windows  opening  upon  any  street  from  such  bar  or  room 
wh^re  such  liquors  are  sold  shall  be  on  Sundays  provided  with  blinds, 
shutters  or  curtains,  so  as  to  obstruct  the  view  from  such  streets  into 
such  rooms. 

185 1.  Every  person,  on  compliance  with  these  requirements, 
and  the  pa3^ment  to  the  city  collector  of  the  sum  of  fifty-two  dollars, 
shall  receive  a  license  under  the  corporate  seal,  signed  by  the  mayor 
and  countersigned  by  the  clerk,  which  shall  authorize  the  person  or 
persons  therein  named  to  sell,  barter,  give  away  or  deliver  wines 
and  other  liquors,  whether  vinous,  ardent  or  fermented,  in  quantities 
less  than  one  gallon,  in  the  place  designated  in  the  license. 

1852.  Every  license  so  granted,  unless  sooner  revoked,  shall 
expire  on  the  last  day  of  June  next  thereafter.  It  shall  be  dated 
as  of  the  day  of  application,  and  no  person  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
duly  licensed  to  whom  a  license  has  not  been  actually  issued,  or 
transferred,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

1853.  Every  common  or  ill-governed  house,  or  house  or  other 
place  kept  by  any  person  licensed  as  aforesaid,  where  any  person  is 
permitted  or  sufiered  to  play  any  game  of  chance  for  money  or  other 
valuable  thing,  is  hereby  declared  a  disorderly  house;  and  no  person 
shall  keep  or  maintain  such  disorderly  house,  under  the  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
otTense. 


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1854.  Any  license  so  granted  may  be  reyoked  upon  written 
notice  by  the  mayor,  whenever  it  shall  appear  to  his  satisfaction  that 
the  party  so  licensed  shall  haye  yiolated  any  pro\ision  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  city  council  relating  to  spirituous  liquors,  or  any  condi- 
tion of  the  bond  aforesaid. 

1855.  Any  and  all  persons  licensed  under  this  article  or  any 
ordinance  of  the  city  for  the  sale  of  liquors,  shall  immediately  cause  to 
be  and  remain  posted  upon  some  conspicuous  part  of  the  room  or  bar 
kept  or  used  for  such  purpose,  his  or  their  license. 

1856.  Any  person  so  licensed,  who  shall  not  cause  such  license 
to  be  and  keep  the  same  posted  as  required  in  the  preceding  section, 
or  who,  not  being  licensed,  shall  cause  or  permit  any  paper  or  docu- 
m::nt  purporting  to  be  a  license  to  be  or  remain  posted  as  aforesaid, 
shall,  on  conyiction,  be  tined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  twenty   dollars. 

1857.  Any  person  who  shall  hereafter  haye  or  keep  any  tayern, 
grocery,  ordinary,  yictualing  or  other  house  or  place  within  the  city^ 
for  the  sellin"-.  crivino"  away,  or  in  any  manner  dealin<j  in  any  yinous, 
spirituous,  ardent,  intoxicating  or  fermented  liquors,  in  quantities  less 
than  one  gallon;  or  who,  by  himself,  his  agents  or  servants,  shall  sell, 
give  away  or  in  any  manner  deal  in  any  yinous,  spirituous,  ardent  or 
fermented  liquors,  in  less  quantities  than  one  gallon,  without  a  license 
for  that  purpose  in  pursuance  hereof,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars:  Provided,  that  druggists  or  persons  whose  chief  busi- 
ness is  to  sell  drugs  and  medicines,  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be  within 
the  provisions  hereof,  in  selling  quantities  less  than  as  aforesaid,  for 
purposes  purely  medical,  mechanical  or  sacramental :  and  in  all  cases 
of  conviction  under  this  article,  the  court  or  magistrate  shall  have 
power,  in  its  or  his  discretion,  to  sentence  the  offender  to  imprisonment 
in  the  house  of  correction  for  a  period  not  exceeding  two  months,  in 
addition  to  the  penalty. 

1858.  No  person  shall  hereafter,  by  himself,  his  agent  or  ser- 
yant,  solicit,  ask  or  take  any  order  from  any  person  or  persons  within 
said  city,  for  the  sale  or  delivery  of  any  yinous,  spirituous,  ardent, 
intoxicating  or  fermented  liquors,  in  quantities  less  than  one  gallon, 
at  any  other  place  than  that  named  in  such  person's  license,  or  sell, 
offer  for  sale  or  deliver  any  such  vinous,  spirituous,  ardent,  intoxi- 
cating or  fermented  liquors,  in  quantities  less  than  one  gallon,  at  any 
other  place  than  that  named  in  his  license,  within  the  city  of  Chicago, 
under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifteen,  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  offense. 

1859.  ^o  person  shall  keep  open  any  saloon,  bar-room  or  tip- 
pling house   during  the  night  time   between  the  hours  of   twelve 


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o'clock  midnight,  and  five  o'clock  a.  m.,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofi'ense. 

i860.  Whenever  the  wife,  or  any  other  relative  of  any  person 
habitually  addicted  to  the  use  of  intoxicating  drink,  by  notice  in  writ- 
ing personally  served,  shall  make  a  request  to  any  liquor  dealer  not 
to  sell,  or  in  any  manner  give  away  liquor  to  such  person,  it  shall 
thereafter  be  unlawful  for  such  liquor  dealer  to  sell  or  give  away  any 
liquor  to  such  person.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

1 86 1.  Every  saloon,  grocery,  room  or  place  where  intoxicating 
liquors  are  sold,  in  which  minors  are  permitted  to  drink  intoxicating 
drinks  of  any  kind,  or  play  with  dice,  dominoes,  cards,  balls  or  other 
articles  used  in  gaming,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  disorderly  house. 
Every  proprietor  or  keeper  of  such  saloon,  grocery  or  place  where 
such  drinking,  gaming  or  playing  shall  take  place,  as  aforesaid,  shall, 
for  the  first  offense  of  keeping  the  disorderly  house  aforesaid,  be 
subjected  to  a  fine  of  not  exceeding  fiftv  dollars,  and  for  the  second 
offense,  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  his 
license  shall  forthwith  be  revoked. 

Article    LIV. 

Scaz'oig'crs. 

1862.  The  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  grant  licenses  to  any  person,  company  or  corporation,  to  engage 
in  the  business  of  emptying,  cleaning  or  removing  the  contents  of 
privy  vaults;  and  every  person,  company  or  corporation  engaged  in 
said  business  shall  be  deemed  a  night  scavenger  within  the  meaning 
of  this  article. 

1863.  No  person,  company  or  corporation  within  the  city  of 
Chicago  shall  empty,  clean  or  remove  the  contents  of  any  privy 
vault,  or  in  any  manner  engage  in  the  business  of  night  scavenger, 
without  first  having  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  under  the  penalty 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided, 
that  the  owners,  occupants  or  agents  of  privy  vaults  within  the 
city  desiring  to  clean  and  remove  the  contents  thereof  themselves 
without  the  aid  of  night  scavengers,  mav  be  allowed  to  do  so  upon 
the  written  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  health  or  his 
assistant,  and  then  only  in  such  manner  as  he  in  said  permit  shall 
direct. 

1864.  Every  person,  company  or  corporation  applying  for  such 
license  shall   pay  to  the   city   collector   the  sum  of  five  dollars,  and 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  423 

execute  a  bond  to  the  city  in  the  penal  sum  of  tive  hundred  dol- 
lars, with  not  less  than  two  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the 
ma3'or,  conditioned  that  said  scavenger  will  comph'  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article,  and  every  ordinance  which  may  be  hereafter* 
passed  by  the  city  council  touching  their  said  employment,  and  will 
also  comply  with  and  obey  the  directions  and  regulations  of  the  com- 
missioner of  health  of  the  city  made  in  pursuance  of  law. 

1865.  No  Hcensed  person,  company  or  corporation  within  the 
city  of  Chicago  shall  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed,  the  contents 
of  any  privy  vault  without  a  permit  hrst  obtained  from  the  commis- 
sioner of  health,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for 
each  otTense. 

1866.  Every  such  permit  shall  give  the  name  of  the  scavenger, 
describe  the  premises  where  the  work  is  to  be  done,  and  state  where 
the  contents  thereof  shall  be  deposited. 

1867.  Each  scavenger  shall  make  return  to  the  commissioner 
of  health  of  every  permit  issued  to  him,  within  live  days  after  the 
woi'k  shall  have  been  performed,  certifying  to  the  number  of  yards 
or  loads  removed  from  the  vault  or  vaults  therein  described,  and  the 
place  where  the  same  was  deposited,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1868.  The  cleaning,  emptying  and  removing  of  the  contents 
of  privy  vaults  shall  be  done  in  an  inoffensive  manner,  and  any 
scavenger  having  begun  any  such  scavenger  work  shall,  without 
any  interruption  or  delay,  finish  the  same,  and  shall  in  every  instance 
leave  the  priv}'  in  as  good  condition  upon  the  vault  as  when  the 
work  was  undertaken. 

1869.  The  contents  of  privy  vaults  so  removed  by  any  scav- 
enger shall  be  conveyed  beyond  the  city  limits  in  air-tight  tanks  or 
vessels,  and  shall  be  disposed  of  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cause  no 
offense.  Said  tanks  or  vessels  shall  be  kept  clean  and  inoffensive 
when  not  in  actual  use. 

1870.  Scavengers  who  engage  in  the  business  of  removing  the 
contents  of  privy  vaults  at  night  shall  cause  to  be  painted  upon  the 
wagon  box  of  their  wagons,  in  letters  and  figures,  their  names  and  the 
number  of  their  licenses,  together  with  a  lighted  lamp  with  plain  glass 
fronts  and  sides,  with  the  number  of  the  license  of  such  wagon 
painted  with  black  paint  on  the  sides  and  front  of  each  of  said  laiups, 
in  distinct  and  legible  figures  at  least  two  inches  in  size  and  so  placed 
that  said  lamps  may  be  distinctly  seen,  and  said  number  easily  read. 

187 1.  No  privy  vault  shall  be  opened,  nor  the  contents  thereof 
disturbed  or  removed  between  the  hours  of  six  o'clock  a.  m.  and  ten 


424  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

o'clock  P.  M.  of  any  day,  nor  shall  such  contents  be  deposited  or  buried 
within  the  city,  except  upon  the  special  permission  of  the  commissioner 
of  health  of  said  city,  and  in  such  manner  and  places  as  shall  be  by  him 
directed.  And  if  any  night  scavenger  shall  not  bury  said  contents, 
as  above  provided,  and  cover  the  same  so  as  to  prevent  any  smell 
arising  therefrom,  his  license  shall  immediately  be  forfeited  and  an- 
nulled. Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

1872.  Night  scavengers  shall  be  allowed  to  charge  and  receive 
for  each  load  so  by  them  taken  and  removed,  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
seven  cubic  feet,  a  smn  not  exceeding  three  dollars  for  each  and 
every  load  so  remov^ed, 

1873.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioner  of  health 
or  health  officer,  an\^  privy  vault  shall  be  offensive  and  need  clean- 
ing, it  shall  be  his  duty  to  notify  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant,  to 
cleanse  the  same  witliin  a  period  named  in  said  notice,  and  unless 
the  person  so  notified  shall  comply  within  the  time  mentioned,  it 
shall  be  the  dut}^  of  said  officer  to  cause  said  vault  to  be  cleaned  by 
one  or  more  of  the  city  scavengers  aforesaid,  and  such  person  so  fail- 
ing to  comply  with  said  notice,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  less  than  twent}^  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars: 
Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  discharge 
the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the  premises  from  any  liability  other- 
wise provided,  to  pa}^  all  the  expenses  of  such  cleaning. 


1874.  ^^  case  no  owner  or  agent  can  be  found  in  the  city,  such 
officers  shall  cause  such  offensive  vault  to  be  cleaned,  and  in  either 
case  the  expense  shall  be  collected  as  in  other  cases  of  the  removal 
or  abatement  of  nuisances. 


1875.  Any  pei-son  without  license  as  aforesaid,  who  shall  en- 
gage in  business  as  night  scavenger,  or  who  shall  undertake  to  re- 
move any  contents  of  any  priv3'  vault  within  the  cit}^  without  license 
or  permit,  as  aforesaid,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  pay  a  ffne  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense ;  and 
any  night  scavenger  so  as  aforesaid  licensed,  or  owner,  agent  or 
occupant  so  as  aforesaid  acting  under  pennit  as  aforesaid,  who  shall 
fail  to  comply  with  any  order,  direction  or  regulation  of  the  com- 
missioner of  health,  or  who  shall  violate  any  provision  or  section, 
or  clause   of  any  provision  or  section  of  this  article,  where  no  other 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  425 

penalty  is  imposed,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  pay  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  forfeit  his  license. 


1876.  The  commissioner  of  health  is  hereby  authorized  to  em- 
ploy from  time  to  time,-  as  many  persons,  upon  such  terms  and  with 
such  appliances  and  conveyances  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  the 
removal  of  garbage,  offal,  swill  and  ashes. 

1877.  Every  person  so  engaged  shall  be  deemed  a  "day  scav- 
enger," and  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  department  of  health  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

1878.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  cause  a  printed  notice 
to  be  left  at  each  and  every  hotel,  tavern,  eating-house  and  dwelling 
house  in  the  cit}^  stating  that  a  scavenger  will  call  for  ofial,  garbage, 
swill  (and  on  improved  streets,  ashes),  at  certain  times  mentioned  in 
the  notice,  and  requiring  that  such  oflal,  garbage,  swill  (and  on  im- 
proved streets,  ashes),  be  ready  in  suitable  vessels,  for  the  scavenger 
when  he  calls  for  the  same.  A  copy  of  section  1879  of  this 
article  shall  be  appended  to  such  notice. 

1879.  Any  person  who  shall  after  notice,  neglect  or  refuse  to 
have  the  offal,  garbage  or  swill,  upon  his  or  her  premises,  ready  for 
the  scavenger  in  the  manner  and  at  the  time  mentioned  in  said  notice, 
shall  pay  a  penalty  of  hve  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  such 
offal,  garbage  or  swill  shall  remain  on  such  premises  after  the  same 
has  been  called  for  by  the  scavenger. 


Article    LV. 
Seal. 

1880.  The  seal  heretofore  provided  and  used  by  and  for  the 
city  of  Chicago  (the  impression  on  which  is  a  representation  of  a 
shield,  with  a  sheaf  of  wheat  in  the  centre,  a  ship  in  full  sail  on  the 
right,  a  sleeping  infant  on  the  top,  an  Indian  with  bow  and  arrow 
on  the  left,  and  with  the  motto,  "  Urbs  in  Horto,"  at  the  bottom  of 
the   shield;  with   the   inscription,    "City   of   Chicago:  Incorporated 


4 


26 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


4th  March,  1837,"  around  the  outer  edge  of  said  seal;  which  seal, 
represented  as  aforesaid,  is  hereunto  annexed),  shall  be,  and  is  here- 
by established,  and  declared  to  have  been,  and  now  to  be,  the  seal  of 
the  city  of  Chicago, 


Article   LVL 

Second-hand  Dealers  and  Keepers  of  ynnk  Shops. 

1 88 1.  No  person  shall  use,  exercise  or  carry  on  the  trade  or  busi- 
ness of  a  dealer  in  second-hand  furniture,  household  goods  or  other 
articles,  without  being  specially  licensed  for  such  purpose,  or  shall 
carry  on  any  such  business  at  any  other  house  or  place  than  the  one 
designated  in  such  license,  or  shall  continue  to  carry  on  such  business 
after  such  license  may  have  been  revoked,  under  the  penalty  of  iifty 
dollars  for  every  such  otiense. 


1882.  The  mayor  may  grant  licenses  to  such  persons  as  shall 
produce  to  him  satisfactory  evidence  of  good  character  to  exercise  or 
carry  on  the  business  of  dealing  in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  second- 
hand furniture,  clothes  or  other  articles,  in  the  said  city. 

1883.  Every  person  receiving  such  license  shall  pay  therefor  the 
sum  of  thirty-five  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  cit3^ 


1884.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  at  the  time  of  receiving 
such  license,  enter,  with  two  sufficient  sureties,  into  a  joint  and  several 
bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the   penalty  of   five   hundred   dollars, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  /|27 

conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  all  such  ordinances  of  the  city 
council  as  may  be  in  force  or  passed  respecting  dealers  in  second- 
hand articles,  at  any  time  during  the  continuance  of  such  license. 

1885.  Ever}'  such  dealer  shall  keep  a  book,  in  which  shall  be 
fairly  written,  at  the  time  of  the  purchase  of  any  article  or  thing,  in 
the  way  of  his  or  her  business,  an  accurate  account  and  description 
of  the  article  or  thing  so  purchased,  the  price  paid  therefor,  the  pre- 
cise time  of  making  such  purchase,  and  the  name  and  residence  of  the 
person  from  whom  such  purchase  was  made. 

1886.  The  said  book  shall,  at  all  reasonable  times,  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  any  member  of  the  police 
force. 

1887.  Every  such  dealer  who  shall  violate  or  neglect  or  refuse 
to  comply  with  any  or  either  of  the  provisions  of  the  last  two  pre- 
ceding sections  of  this  article,  shall  for  every  such  offense  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars. 

1888.  No  dealer  in  second-hand  articles  shall,  during  his  license 
as  such,  receive  or  hold  a  license  to  carry  on  the  business  of  a  pawn- 
broker or  a  keeper  of  a  junk  shop;  and  no  keeper  of  a  junk  shop 
shall,  during  his  license  as  such,  receive  or  hold  a  license  to  carry  on 
the  business  of  a  pawnbroker  or  of  a  dealer  in  second-hand  articles. 

1889.  Every  license  granted  or  to  be  granted  to  any  dealer  in 
second-hand  articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk  shop,  may  be  revoked  by 
the  mayor  on  satisfactory  cause  appearing  to  him  for  so  doing. 

1890.  No  person  shall  use,  exercise  or  carry  on  the  business  of 
a  keeper  of  a  junk  shop,  or  what  is  commonly  called  a  junk  shop, 
for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  junk,  rags  or  old  rope,  paper  or  bag- 
ging, old  iron,  brass,  copper,  tin,  empty  bottles,  slush  or  lead,  with- 
out being  specially  licensed  for  such  purpose  as  aforesaid,  or  shall 
carry  on  any  such  business  at  any  other  house  or  place  than  the  one 
designated  in  such  license,  or  shall  continue  to  carry  on  such  busi- 
ness after  such  license  may  have  been  revoked,  under  the  penalty  of 
twenty-tive  dollars  for  every  such  otiense. 

1 891.  The  mayor  may  grant  licenses  to  such  persons  as  he 
ma}'  deem  proper,  to  keep  what  are  commonlv  called  junk  shops,  for 
the  purchase  and  sale  of  junk,  old  rope,  old  iron,  brass,  copper,  tin 
and  lead,  rags,  slush  and  empt}'  bottles. 


428  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1892.  Every  person  receiving  such  license  shall  pay  therefor 
the  sum  of  twenly-seven  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  city. 

1893.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  at  the  time  of  receiving 
such  license,  enter  with  sufficient  surety  into  a  joint  and  several  bond 
to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars,  conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  such  ordinances  of  the 
city  council  as  may  be  passed  or  in  force  respecting  the  keeping  of 
junk  shops  at  any  time  during  the  continuance  of  such  license. 

1894.  No  keeper  of  a  junk  shop  shall  buy  or  sell  any  coin  of 
any  description,  or  any  article  of  gold  or  silver,  or  any  wearing 
apparel,  or  any  article  of  household  furniture,  or  any  implement, 
tool  or  utensil,  in  a  sound,  unbroken  or  undamaged  condition;  nor 
shall  such  keeper  receive  in  the  line  of  his  business,  any  article  or 
thing  by  way  of  pledge  or  pawn;  nor  shall  he  or  she  loan  or 
advance  any  sum  of  money  on  the  security  of  any  such  article  or 
thins'. 

1895.  Every  keeper  of  a  junk  shop  shall  provide  and  keep  a 
book,  in  which  shall  be  fairly  written  at  the  time  of  every  purchase, 
a  description  of  the  article  so  purchased,  the  name  and  residence  of 
the  person  from  whom  such  purchase  was  made,  and  the  day  and 
hour  of  such  purchase. 

1896.  Every  such  book  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspec- 
tion of  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  any  member  of  the  police  force. 

1897.  Every  such  keeper  of  a  junk  shop  who  shall  violate  or 
neglect,  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
article,  or  either  of  them,  shall  for  every  such  oftense  forfeit  and  pay 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

1898.  No  person  shall  keep  what  is  commonly  called  a  junk 
shop  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  junk,  rags  or  old  rope,  paper  or 
bagging,  old  iron,  brass,  copper,  tin,  empty  bottles,  slush  or  lead; 
and  no  person  shall  draw^  or  drive,  or  procure  to  be  drawn  or  driven, 
through  the  streets  of  this  city,  any  hand-cart,  wheelbarrow  or  other 
cart  or  vehicle,  or  use  any  boat  or  other  kind  of  vessel  for  the  purpose 
of  collecting  junk,  rags,  old  rope,  paper  or  bagging,  old  iron,  brass, 
copper,  tin,  empty  bottles,  slush  or  lead;  nor  shall  any  person  be  en- 
titled to  have  a  cart  or  carts,  boat  or  boats,  or  other  vehicle  or  ve- 
hicles to  be  used  for  the  aforesaid  purpose,  unless  said  person  shall 
be  a  licensed  keeper  of  a  junk  shop;  and  no  person  shall  be  entitled 
to  use  any  such  cart,  boat  or  other  vehicle  unless  he  is  a  citizen ;  nor 
shall  any  person  deal  in  buying  or  selling  either  of  such  articles  with- 
out being  first  licensed  by  the  mayor  for  such  purpose. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO, 


429 


1899.  Every  licensed  keeper  of  a  junk  shop,  for  the  purchase 
and  sale  of  rags,  old  rope,  old  iron,  brass,  copper,  empty  bottles,  tin, 
slush  or  lead,  shall  be  entitled  to  keep  one  or  more  carts,  wagons 
or  other  vehicles,  and  one  or  more  boats  or  other  vessels,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  collecting  old  junk,  rags,  old  rope,  old  iron,  brass,  copper, 
empty  bottles,  tin,  slush  or  lead  in  the  city  of  Chicago:  Provided,  he 
or  she  shall  before  using  such  carts,  wagons,  boats  or  other  vessels, 
or  causing  the  same  to  be  used,  cause  to  be  painted  on  the  outer  side 
of  such  hand-carts,  wheelbarrows  or  other  carts  or  vehicles,  boats  or 
vessels,  his  name  at  length,  the  street  and  number  of  his  place  of 
business,  the  number  of  his  license  in  plain  letters  and  figures  put  on 
with   paint,  of  not  less  than  two  and  a   half  inches   in    length. 

1900.  A  separate  license  shall  be  obtained  by  the  owner  there- 
of for  each  and  every  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  boat  or  other 
vessel;  and  the  owner  of  every  such  licensed  cart  or  other  vehicle, 
boat  or  other  vessel,  shall  procure  for  every  such  cart  or  other 
vehicle,  boat  or  other  vessel,  one  metal  badge  containing  the  license 
number  of  such  cart  or  boat,  and  no  person  shall  buy  or  sell,  or 
solicit  for  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  rags,  paper,  bottles,  old  metal 
or  junk  of  any  description,  unless  he  have  such  badge  conspicuously 
displa^'ed  upon  his  person,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twent}^- 
live  dollars  for  every  offense.  The  form  and  material  of  such  badges 
shall  be  determined  by  the  mayor. 

1 901.  Every  owner  of  a  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  boat  or 
other  vessel,  on  receiving  his  or  her  license,  shall  pay  for  each  and 
everv  cart,  wagon,  or  other  vehicle,  boat  or  other  vessel,  to  the  city 
collector  for  the  use  of  said  city  the  sum  of  five  dollars  annually. 

1902.  In  case  any  person  so  licensed  as  aforesaid,  either  as  a 
dealer  in  second-hand  articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk  shop,  shall  remove 
his  or  her  store  or  place  of  business  from  the  place  designated  in 
said  license,  he  or  she  shall  immediately  thereupon  give  notice  to  the 
mayor  and  have  the  same  indorsed  upon  such  license,  and  the  num- 
ber of  his  or  her  place  of  business  shall  thereupon  be  changed  on  the 
sides  of  the  vehicle  or  vessel  used  by  such  licensed  dealer,  and  made 
to  correspond  with  such  change  of  store  or  place  of  business. 

1933.  No  dealer  in  second-hand  ai-ticles  or  keeper  of  a  junk 
shop  shall  purchase  any  goods,  article  or  thing  whatsoever,  except 
old  rags  and  waste  paper,  from  any  minor  under  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  oftense. 

1904.  No  dealer  in  second-hand  articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk 
shop  shall  purchase  in  the  way  of  his  or  her  business  any  goods,  arti- 


430 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE 


cle  or  thing  whatsoever,  from  any  person  or  persons  whomsoever, 
between  the  hours  of  lo  o'clock  p.  m.  and  6  o'clock  a.  m.,  under  the 
penaltv  of  twent3'-tive  dollars  for  every  such  oflense. 

1905.  Every  license  to  be  granted  to  an^•  dealer  in  second-hand 
articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk  shop,  shall  designate  the  house  or  place 
in  which  the  person  receiving  such  license  shall  be  authorized  to 
carry  on  such  business. 

1906.  Every  such  license  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first 
day  of  May  next  following  the  granting  thereof,  unless  sooner 
revoked  by  the  mayor,  and  no  longer. 

1907.  If  any  goods, -article  or  thing  shall  be  advertised  in  any 
daily  newspaper  printed  in  the  city  of  Chicago  as  having  been  lost  or 
stolen,  and  if  the  said  goods,  article  or  thing,  or  anv  such  answering 
to  the  description  of  the  goods,  article  or  thing  so  advertised,  or  any 
part  or  portion  thereof,  shall  then  be  or  thereafter  come  into  the  pos- 
session of  any  dealer  in  second-hand  articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk 
shop,  he  or  she  shall  forthwith  give  information  thereof,  in  writing, 
at  the  office  of  the  superintendent  of  police,  and  shall  also  state  from 
whom  the  same  were  received,  under  the  penalty  of  two  hundred 
dollars  for  every  neglect  or  otiense. 

1908.  Ever}'  dealer  in  second-hand  articles  or  keeper  of  a  junk 
shop  who  shall  receive  or  be  in  possession  of  any  goods,  articles  or 
things  which  may  have  been  lost  or  stolen,  or  alleged  or  supposed 
to  have  been  lost  or  stolen,  shall  forthwith  on  a  demand  to  view  the 
same,  present  the  same  to  the  mayor  or  any  alderman,  under  the  pen- 
alty of  two  hundred  dollars  for  every  neglect  or  refusal  to  do  so. 

1909.  The  superintendent  of  police,  aided  and  assisted  bv  such 
policemen  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  shall  be  the  inspector  of  pawn- 
brokers, dealers  in  second-hand  articles,  junk  shops  and  intelligence 
offices. 

1910.  Whoever  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article 
where  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penaltv  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  every  such  otiense. 


Article    LVII. 

Sezvers  and  Drains. 

191 1.  No  connection  with  or  opening  into  any  sewer  or  drain 
shall  be  used  for  the  conveyance  or  discharge  into  said  sewer  or 
drain  of  steam  from  any  steam-boiler  or  engine,  or  from  anv  manu- 
factory- or  building  in   which   steam   is   either   generated   or  used, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


under  the  penalty  of  lifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  during 
any  part  of  which  such  connection  or  opening  may  have  been  used 
for  that  purpose.  This  penalty  shall  be  imposed  upon  and  recovered 
from  the  owner  and  occupants,  severally  and  respectively,  of  such 
manufactory  or  building. 

1912.  All  connection  with  sewers  or  drains  used  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  off  animal  refuse  from  water-closets  or  otherwise,  and 
slop  of  kitchens,  shall  have  fixtures  for  a  sufficiency  of  water  to  be 
so  applied  as  to  properly  carry  off  such  matters,  under  the  penalty 
of  five  dollars  for  each  day  the  same  are  permitted  to  remain  with- 
out such  fixtures  for  supplying  said  water. 

1913.  No  butcher's  oflal  or  garbage,  dead  animals  or  obstruc- 
tions of  any  kind  whatsoever,  shall  be  placed,  thrown  or  deposited 
in  any  receiving-basin  or  sewer;  and  any  person  so  offending  or 
causing  any  such  obstruction  or  substance  to  be  placed  so  as  to  be 
carried  into  such  basin  or  sewer  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  ten 
dollars  for  each  offense ;  and  any  person  injuring,  breaking  or  remov- 
ing any  portion  of  any  receiving-basin,  covering-flag,  man-hole,  vent 
or  any  part  of  any  sewer  or  drain,  or  obstructing  the  mouth  of  any 
sewer  or  drain,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for 
each  ofiense;  nor  shall  any  quantity  of  marble  or  other  stone,  iron, 
lead,  timber  or  any  other  substance,  exceeding  one  ton  in  weight,  be 
placed  or  deposited  upon  any  wharf  or  bulkhead  through  which  any 
sewer  or  drain  may  run;  nor  upon  or  over  any  sewer  or  drain  where 
the  same  shall  be  within  three  feet  of  the  surface  of  the  street,  under 
the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  recovered  of  the 
person  or  persons  causing  or  permitting  the  same. 

1914.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  having  charge  of  the 
sweeping  and  cleaning  of  the  streets  in  the  city  to  see  that  the  gutters 
are  properly  scraped  out  before  the  water  is  suffered  to  flow  from 
any  hydrant  for  the  purpose  of  washing  the  same,  in  order  that  no 
substance  or  obstruction  be  carried  into  any  of  the  receiving-basins; 
every  person  violating  this  section  to  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

191 5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  policeman  to  be  vigilant  in  the 
enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and  report  any  viola- 
tions thereof  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works.  The  captains  of 
the  several  police  districts  shall,  on  observing  or  being  informed  of 
the  opening  of  or  excavating  in  any  street  or  avenue,  require  the 
person  making  such  opening  or  excavation  to  exhibit  to  him  the  au- 
thority or  permission  for  such  opening;  and  if  none  has  been  given 
by  the  proper  officer,  or  if  the  exhibition  thereof  be  refused,  said  cap- 
tain of  police  shall  without  delay  report  the  same  to  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works. 


432  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1 916.  Any  person  who  shall  uncover  or  excavate  under  or 
around  the  brick  or  pipe  sewers  in  this  city,  for  any  purpose  what- 
ever, without  the  written  consent  of  said  commissioner,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars;  the  person  or  persons  by  whom  the  work  is  done,  and  their 
employers,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  section. 

191 7.  Any  person  who  shall  lay,  alter  or  disturb  any  part  of  a 
house  drain  or  drains,  catch-basin  or  strainer  of  said  drain  or  drains, 
cess-pool  or  water-closet,  connected  with  any  brick  or  pipe  sewer 
belonging  to  said  city,  without  being  duh'  licensed  to  perform  the 
same  by  said  commissioner,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  and  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  which 
shall  be  recoverable  against  the  person  or  persons  performing  the 
work,  or  their  employers. 

1918.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  or  persons  construct- 
ing or  using  any  private  drain,  sewer,  cess-pool,  water-closet  pipe 
or  other  pipe  connecting  with  or  emptying  into  an}^  brick  or  pipe 
drain  or  sewer  belonging  to  said  city,  to  construct  and  use  the  same 
strictly  in  conformitv  with  the  orders  and  directions  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works,  which  orders  and  directions  shall  be  given  in 
writing  for  such  purpose ;  and  any  person  who  shall  construct  or  use, 
or  cause  to  be  constructed  or  used,  an}'  such  drain,  sewer,  cess-pool 
or  water-closet  pipe  in  a  different  manner  from  that  so  ordered  and 
directed  by  said  commissioner,  or  in  violation  of  the  orders  of  said 
commissioner,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars, 
which  shall  be  recoverable  against  the  person  or  persons  so  con- 
structing or  using  said  sewer,  drain  or  pipe,  or  their  emplo3'ers,  and 
the  owner  of  the  lot  or  lots  or  premises  in  which  said  work  is  con- 
structed or  used,  shall  be  deemed  and  considered  as  authorizing  such 
construction  or  use  and  liable  to  such  penalty. 

1919.  That  the  public  sewers  of  the  city  may  be  fully  protected 
against  improper  use  and  injur v,  the  said  commissioner  and  his  au- 
thorized agents  shall  have  free  and  unobstructed  access  to  any  part 
of  the  premises  where  house  drains,  cess-pools  or  water-closets,  con- 
nected with  or  draining  into  said  sewers,  are  laid,  for  the  purpose  of 
examining  the  construction,  condition  and  usage  of  the  saine,  and 
making  necessary  alterations  or  repairs,  at  any  time  of  the  day  be- 
tween the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  a.  m.  and  six  o'clock  p.  i\r.;  and 
any  owner,  occupant  or  other  person,  on  refusing  to  allow  any  offi- 
cer or  agent  of  said  commissioner  access  to  the  premises  for  such 
purposes,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGOv  ^33 

Article  LVIII. 
Sidezvalks. 

1920.  All  sidewalks  which  may  hereafter  be  ordered  by  the  city 
council,  shall  be  constructed  under  the  superintendence  and  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  the  department  of  public  works,  and  shall  be  of  the  width 
herein  specified,  unless  a  different  width  shall  be  specified  in  the  order, 
to  wit:  on  all  streets  which  are  one  hundred  feet  wide  and  upward, 
twenty  feet;  on  streets  eighty  feet  and  upward  in  width,  sixteen 
feet ;  on  streets  sixty-six  feet  and  under  eighty  feet  in  width,  fourteen 
feet;  on  streets  sixty  feet  and  under  sixty-six  feet,  twelve  feet;  on 
streets  fifty  feet  and  under  sixty  feet  in  width,  ten  feet ;  and  on  streets 
sixty  feet  and  more  than  fifty  feet,  ten  feet;  and  on  streets  less  than 
fifty  feet  in  width  and  more  than  forty  feet,  six  feet;  and  on  streets 
thirty  feet  and  less  than  forty  feet,  four  feet.  When  built  of  full 
width,  a  substantial  curbing  of  stone  or  white-oak  plank,  not  less  than 
three  inches  in  thickness  well  tied  in,  shall  be  laid  on  the  outer  edge 
of  the  sidewalk. 

192 1.  The  grades  for  sidewalks  shall  be  given  in  the  several 
divisions  by  the  department  of  public  works  until  a  permanent  grade 
shall  be  established  by  the  city  council.  If  any  person  shall  build  or 
assist  in  building  an}-  sidewalk  where  no  grade  has  been  established, 
without  first  obtaining  a  grade  therefor  from  the  department  of  pub- 
lic works,  or  contrary  to  an}^  grade  which  may  be  obtained  from 
said  department,  or  shall  build  or  assist  in  building  any  sidewalk 
contrary  to  any  grade  which  may  have  been  or  mav  be  established 
by  the  city  council,  or  contrar}'  to  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
he  shall,  in  either  case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
every  offense,  and  to  a  like  penalt}-  for  every  day  he  shall  fail  to  re- 
move or  reconstruct  the  same  after  notice  by  the  department  of  pub- 
lic works  to  remove  or  reconstruct  the  same. 

1922.  Sidewalks  shall  be  constructed  so  as  to  incline  upwards 
from  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk  towards  the  buildintrs  or 
boundary  of  the  lot  at  the  rate  of  one  inch  in  thi-ee  feet,  and  no  part 
of  said  sidewalk  shall  be  taken  for  private  use  b}'  lowering  or  cut- 
ting down  the  same  next  to  the  building,  or  railing  oft"  the  same  by 
any  wooden  or  iron  railing,  or  by  shutting  oft"  the  public  from  passing 
along  and  over  the  same,  and  said  sidewalk  shall  not  be  raised  up 
next  to  the  building  by  constructing  a  platform  or  platforms  on  the 
same,  of  either  wood,  iron  or  stone,  but  said  sidewalk  shall  be  built 
flush  up  to  the  building  on  a  uniform  grade  as  herein  provided. 
Entrances  to  areas  and  basements  and  flights  of  stairs  or  steps  may 
be  made  which  shall  not  extend  into  or  onto  the  sidewalk  more  than 
two  feet  next  to  the  building,  and  the  width  of  the   steps,  stairs  or 

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434  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

entranpe  to  areas  and  basements  in  sidewalks  shall  not  be  more  than 
four  feet.  Said  steps,  stairs  or  entrances  shall  be  securely  protected, 
and  no  open  space  next  to  the  building  other  than  entrance  ways 
to  areas  and  basements  forming  a  portion  of  the  sidewalk  shall  be 
allowed. 

1923.  No  person  shall  insert  any  smooth  pieces  of  glass  in  anv 
sidewalk  for  any  purpose  whatever,  and  all  pieces  of  smooth  glass 
which  have  been  inserted  in  any  sidewalk  shall  be  forthwith  removed 
under  a  penalty  of  live  dollars  for  each  and  every  dav  the  same  shall  be 
allowed  to  remain  after  the  expiration  of  ten  days  from  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance. 

1924.  No  part  or  portion  of  any  sidewalk  where  the  grade  has 
been  established  shall  be  laid  or  relaid  at  any  different  grade  or  anv 
other  level  than  the  adjacent  portions  of  such  sidewalks,  and  for 
every  violation  of  this  section,  there  is  hereby  imposed  upon  the  per- 
son violating  the  same  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  live  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars,  and  he  shall  also  alter  said  sidewalk  so  as  to  make  the 
same  conform  to  the  established  a'rade,  and  in  case  he  nesrlects  and 
refuses  so  to  do  within  a  reasonable  time,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
department  of  public  works  to  alter  the  same,  and  the  costs  and  ex- 
pense of  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  such  owner  and  may  be  recov- 
ered froni  him  in  an  action  in  the  name  of  the  citv. 

1925.  No  person  shall  extend  or  build  any  sidewalk  beyond  the 
established  width,  and  on  all  streets  where  courts  or  open  spaces  are 
allowed  for  planting  trees  or  for  grass  plats,  the  same  shall  not  be 
covered  with  plank,  except  such  parts  and  portions  of  said  space  as 
may  be  allowed  to  be  used  for  coal  vaults. 

1926.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  May,  1881,  no  side- 
walk shall  be  constructed,  laid  or  re-built  in  that  portion  of  the  south 
division  north  of  and  including  Van  Buren  street,  in  the  cit}^  of 
Chicago,  except  the  same  shall  be  constructed,  laid  or  re-built  of 
stone  or  other  incombustible  material,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  violation  of 
this  section;  and  each  day  that  such  sidewalk  shall  remain  so  con- 
structed, laid  or  re-built  in  violation  of  this  section,  shall  be  a  sepa- 
rate and  distinct  offense,  and  the  person  so  violating  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  a  like  penaltv  for  each  and  everv  dav  the  same  remains. 

1927.  That  any  sidewalk  built,  re-laid  or  constructed  prior  to 
said  first  day  of  May,  1881,  within  the  territory  aforesaid,  may  be 
repaired:  Provided  the  cost  of  such  repair  does  not  exceed  ten  per 
cent,  of  the  oripinal  cost  of  such  sidewalk. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  435 

1928.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  occupy  or  use  for  vaults, 
areas  or  other  purposes  the  space  beneath  the  sidewalks  included 
within  the  sidewalk  lines  of  any  street  in  said  city,  unless  a  permit 
therefor  shall  have  first  been  obtained  from  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  of  said  citv :  such  permits  to  continue  and  to  be  issued 
only  upon  the  condition  that  the  partv  receiving  the  same  shall,  as  a 
compensation  for  the  privileges  granted  by  said  permit  build,  maintain 
and  keep  in  repair  a  sidewalk  over  such  space  intended  to  be  used 
for  vaults,  areas  or  other  purposes;  such  sidewalks  to  be  of  the 
material  and  constructed  in  the  manner  particularly  specified  in  such 
permit. 

1929.  Such  permits  shall  specify  in  general  terms  the  purposes 
for  which  the  spaces  under  the  sidewalks  shall  be  used,  and  shall 
also  contain  a  condition  that  upon  the  failure  to  construct,  maintain 
or  repair  such  sidewalk  in  accordance  with  any  order  that  may  from 
time  to  time  be  given  by  said  commissioner  of  public  works  or  city 
council,  the  permit  may  be  declared  annulled  bv  said  commissioner 
of  public  works,  and  that  all  rights  and  privileges  under  such  permit 
shall  cease  from  the  time  such  permit  shall  be  declared  annulled. 

1930.  No  permit  shall  be  granted  for  the  permanent  use  and 
occupancy  of  so  much  space  under  the  sidewalks  at  the  corners  of 
streets  as  may  be  necessary  for  hydrants,  lamp  posts,  or  for  access  to 
the  same,  and  such  space  shall  be  specified  and  reserved  in  all  cases 
for  the  use  of  the  citv  whenever  they  may  require  the  same  for  anv 
purpose.  The  fee  for  everv  such  permit  shall  be  five  dollars;  and 
shall  be  paid  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

1 93 1.  Any  owner,  builder  or  other  person  who  shall  in  violation 
of  this  article,  occupy  or  use  any  part  of  the  public  street  beneath 
or  under  any  such  sidewalks,  or  included  within  the  sidewalk  lines, 
or  if  there  be  no  such  sidewalk,  shall  occupy  or  use  below  the  grades, 
such  part  thereof  as  comes  within  the  sidewalk  lines  of  such  street, 
without  a  permit  first  had  and  obtained  under  this  article,  shall  be 
liable  to  a  fine  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  the  first  offense,  and  to  a  like 
fine  for  everv  twentv-four  hours  such  occupation  or  use,  without 
such  permit,  shall  continue. 

1932.  Everv  opening  in  any  vault  or  coal  hole  or  aperture  in  the 
sidewalk  over  said  coal  hole  or  vault,  shall  be  covered  with  a  sub- 
stantial iron  plate  with  a  rough  surface  to  prevent  accidents,  and  the 
entire  construction  of  said  coal  holes  and  vaults  shall  be  subject  to  the 
directions  and  supervision  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
such  other  person  as  the  city  council  may  designate. 

1933.  The  owner  and  tenant  of  the  abutting  estate,  in  front  of 
which  the  coal  hole  or  vault  is  thus  permitted  to  be  constructed,  shall 


436  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

be  held  responsible  to  the  city  for  any  and  all  damages  to  persons  or 
property  in  consequence  of  any  defect  in  the  construction  of  such 
vault  or  coal  hole,  or  for  allowing  the  same  or  any  portion  thereof 
to  remain  out  of  repair,  and  such  owner  and  tenant  shall  be  required 
to  keep  the  said  vault  or  coal  hole,  its  walls  and  coverings,  in  good 
order  at  all  times. 

1934.  The  occupant  of  any  estate  abutting  on  such  a  vault  or 
coal  hole  shall  be  held  responsible  to  the  city  for  any  and  all  damages 
occasioned  to  persons  or  property  in  consequence  of  the  aperture  in 
the  sidewalk  being  left  exposed  and  uncovered,  or  from  the  covering 
thereof  being  left  insecure  or  unfastened;  and  said  occupant  shall  be 
required  to  keep  such  coal  hole  or  vault  cover  in  good  order,  and 
safe  for  public  travel  over  the  same. 

1935.  No  person  shall  remove  or  insecurely  fix,  or  cause  or  pro- 
cure or  sufier  or  permit  to  be  removed  or  to  be  insecurely  fixed,  so 
that  the  same  can  be  moved  in  its  bed,  any  grate  or  covering  of  any 
coal  hole,  vault  or  chute  under  any  street,  sidewalk  or  other  public 
place  under  the  penalt}^  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense: 
Provided^  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  the  building  with  which  such  shall  be  connected  from 
removing  such  grate  or  covering  for  the  proper  purpose  of  such  coal 
hole,  vault  or  chute,  provided  he  enclose  such  opening  or  aperture, 
and  keep  the  same  enclosed  while  such  grate  or  covering  shall  be 
removed,  with  a  strong  box  or  curb  at  least  twelve  inches  high,  firmly 
and  securel}'  made:  and  -provided^  further^  that  he  shall  not  remove 
such  grate  or  covering  until  after  sunrise  of  any  day,  and  shall  replace 
such  grate  or  covering  before  one-half  hour  after  sunset. 

1936.  No  boiler,  steam-shaft,  furnace  or  steam  pipe  or  cess-pool, 
shall  be  constructed  or  located  for  use,  and  no  explosive  substance  or 
inflammable  oil  or  substance  shall  be  stored  or  kept  for  any  purpose 
under  any  sidewalk  in  this  city,  and  .  no  excavation  when  permitted 
shall  be  ventilated  into  the  streets,  unless  the  aperture  or  ventilating 
hole  or  opening  shall  be  securely  covered  as  herein  provided. 

1937.  Whenever  any  coal  hole  or  vault  under  any  sidewalk,  or 
any  aperture  constructed  therein,  is  not  covered  or  secured  as  herein 
provided,  or  in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  is 
unsafe  or  inconvenient  for  the  public  travel,  said  commissioner  mav 
order  the  same  to  be  removed  and  a  suitable  one  put  in  its  place ;  and 
if  the  same  shall  not  be  done  within  two  days  from  the  service  of  said 
order  on  the  owner  or  tenant  of  the  premises  or  other  person  having 
the  care  thereof,  the  commissioner  may  make  such  change,  and  the 
expense  thereof   shall  be  paid  by  such  owner,  tenant  or  other  person 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  437 

having  the  care  of  the  premises;  and  no  person  shall  leave  such  coal 
hole,  excavation  or  aperture  open  or  unfastened  after  sunset,  nor  in 
the  day  time  unless  while  in  use  by  some  person  or  persons  actually 
attending  the  same. 

1938.  Whenever  the  owner  or  occupant  of  real  estate  in  the 
city  of  Chicago  shall  be  notified  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  to  raise,  lower,  repair  or  relay  any  sidewalk  or  to  raise, 
lower,  repair  or  cleanse  an}-  private  drain  in  front  of,  adjacent  to  or 
upon  any  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  such  owner  or  occupant  to  cause  the  said  improvement  to  be 
made  in  the  manner  and  within  the  time  prescribed  b}^  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works.  If  an}^  such  owner  or  occupant  shall  neg- 
lect or  refuse  to  comph-  with  an}'  such  requirement,  he  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penaltv  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  ten 
dollars  for  each  day's  neglect. 

1939.  Hereafter  no  person  shall  construct  or  place,  or  cause  to 
be  constructed  or  placed,  any  portico,  porch,  door,  window  or  step 
which  shall  project  into  or  over  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  such  man- 
ner as  to  obstruct  free  passage  along  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
ofiense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  that  the  said  portico,  porch, 
door,  window  or  step  may  be  continued  as  aforesaid. 

1940.  No  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  shall  be  used  for  the  storage 
of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  of  any  kind  or  description  what- 
ever, and  which  shall  occupy  a  greater  space  than  three  feet  next 
the  building  or  boundary  line  of  his  or  her  lot;  and  if  any  person 
shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley  or  side- 
walk, any  barrel,  box,  hogshead,  crate,  package  or  an}'  matter  or 
thing  whatever  which  shall  take  up  more  space  than  three  feet  next 
to  the  building,  and  shall  suft'er  the  same  to  remain  thereon  more 
than  six  hours,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars,  and  anv  policeman  or  public  officer  shall  be 
empowered  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  the 
party  placing  the  same  there,  and  the  said  party  shall  also  be  sub- 
ject to  a  fine  of  one  dollar  an  hour  for  each  and  every  hour  that  said 
goods,  wares,  merchandise,  matters  or  things  remain  there  after  the 
expiration  of  six  hours. 

1941.  x\ll  awnings  hereafter  erected  shall  be  elevated  at  least 
eight  feet  at  the  lowest  part  thereof  aboxe  the  top  of  the  sidewalk, 
and  shall  not  project  over  the  sidewalk  to  exceed  three-fourths  of 
the  width  thereof;  they  shall  be  supported  without  posts  bv  iron 
brackets  or  by  an  iron  frame  work  attached  firmly  to  the  building, 
so  as  to  leave  the  sidewalk  wholly  unobstructed  thereby.      All  awn- 


438  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

mgs  heretofore  erected  in  a  different  manner  shall  be  removed  in  a 
reasonable  time  after  notice,  as  hereinafter  specified.  If  any  person 
shall  erect  any  awning  contrar^^  to  the  provisions  hereof,  or  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  forthwith  to  remove  any  awning  or  awning  posts 
after  Avritten  notice  to  remove  the  same,  to  be  given  by  the  commis- 
sioner of  buildings,  he  shall  be  subjected  to  a  penalty  of  five  dollars 
for  every  such  otiense,  and  to  a  further  penalt}'  of  live  dollars  for  every 
day  he  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such  notice,  after  a  lapse  of  five 
days  from  the  service  thereof. 

1942.  All  awnings,  in  such  portions  of  the  streets  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  as  are  or  hereafter  may  be  lighted  by  public  lamps,  shall 
be  covered  with  cloth,  leather  or  other  light  and  pliable  substance, 
and  securely  attached  to  the  building  and  properly  supported,  with- 
out post,  by  iron  or  other  metallic  fastenings  and  supports,  and  shall 
be  elevated  at  least  eight  feet  at  the  lowest  part  thereof  above  the 
top  of  the  sidewalk,  and  shall  not  project  over  the  sidewalk  to  exxeed 
three-fourths  of  the  width  thereof,  so  as  to  leave  the  sidewalk  wholly 
unobstructed  thereby,  and  no  such  awning  shall  be  erected  or  re- 
paired, either  wholly  or  in  part  of  wood.  All  other  awnings  shall 
be  elevated  in  the  lowest  p'art  thereof  at  least  eight  feet  above  the 
top  of  the  sidewalk,  and  may  be  supported  by  a  rail  placed  on  posts 
erected  on  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk.  Any  person  who  shall 
erect  any  awning  contrary  to  the  provisions  hereof,  or  refuse  or  neg- 
lect forthwith  to  remove  any  awning  or  awning  posts,  heretofore 
or  hereafter  erected  contrarv  to  the  provisions  hereof,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  offense,  and  to  a  further 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  day  he  shall  fail  to  comply  there- 
with after  written  notice  from  the  commissioner  of  buildings  to 
remove  the  same. 

1943.  No  person  shall  at  any  time  fasten  any  horse  or  horses 
in  such  a  way  that  the  horse,  vehicle  reins  or  line,  shall  be  an  obstacle 
to  the  free  use  of  the  sidewalk  under  a  penalty  of  one  dollar  for 
each  ofiense,  and  the  person  in  whose  possession  or  use  such  horse 
or  horses  shall  then  be  shall  be  deemed  the  offender,  unless  he  can 
prove  the  contrarv  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  magistrate  before  whom 
he  shall  be  prosecuted. 

1944.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners  of  each  building  in 
front  of  which  any  sidewalk  is  now  or  shall  hereafter  be  constructed, 
to  provide  and  securely  fasten  in  such  sidewalk,  one  iron  ring  of  not 
less  than  two  inches  in  diameter  and  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  thick- 
ness, at  some  one  point,  or  erect  a  suitable  post  for  hitching  in  every 
twenty-five  feet  of  such  sidewalk.  Every  person  who  shall  wil- 
fully violate  or  neglect  to  complv  with  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  two  or  more  than  ten  dollars. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  439 

194.5.  Any  person  who  shall  keep  or  leave  open  any  cellar  door, 
or  grating-  of  any  vault  on  any  highway  or  sidewalk,  or  sutler  the 
same  to  be  left  or  kept  open,  or  who  shall  sutler  any  sidewalk  in 
front  of  his  premises  to  become  or  continue  so  broken  as  to  endan- 
ger life  or  limb,  shall  be  subject  to  a  tine  of  not  exceeding  tifty  dol- 
lars in  every  case.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  policemen  to  take  note 
of  all  defects  in  sidewalks,  and  w^ien  out  of  repair,  notify  owners  or 
occupants  of  premises  in  front  of  which  said  sidewalks  are,  and  also 
report  the  same  to  the  department  of  public  works  and  see  to  the 
enforcement  of  this  article. 

1946.  No  person  while  receiving  or  delivering  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  shall  permit  the  same  to  remain  on  any  sidewalk  longer 
than  two  hours,  and  for  this  purpose  he  shall  not  occupy  over  four  feet 
of  the  outer  edw  of  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  his  store  or  building'. 

1947.  No  person  or  persons  shall  push  or  draw  back  any  horse, 
wagon,  cart  or  other  \'ehicle  over  anv  sidewalk,  or  use,  ride  or  drive 
anv  horse,  wao-on,  sled  or  sleiirh  thereon,  unless  it  be  in  crossinjj  the 
same  to  go  into  a  yard  or  lot  where  no  other  suitable  crossing  or 
means  of  access  is  provided,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  one 
dollar  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1948.  All  cross  walks  in  the  city  shall  be  kept  reserved  free 
from  any  sleighs,  wagons,  carts  or  carriages,  or  horses  or  other 
animals  being  placed  or  suffered  to  stand  thereon,  except  so  far  as 
may  be  necessary  in  crossing  the  same;  and  the  owner  or  driver 
of  any  sleigh,  wagon,  cart  or  other  carriage,  or  horse  or  other 
animal,  otTending  herein  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  three 
dollars. 

1949.  No  person  shall  lead,  drive  or  ride  any  horse,  or  drag 
any  wheel  or  hand  barrow,  or  saw  any  wood,  or  lay  or  place  any 
wood,  coal  or  other  thing,  or  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  or 
any  other  article  whatsoe\'er,  upon  anv  footpath  or  sidewalk  under 
the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1950.  No  person  shall  drive,  or  back,  or  lead  an}-  horse  or  cart 
or  other  wheel  carriage,  on  the  footpath  or  sidewalk  of  anv  street, 
under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 

195 1.  No  owner  or  occupant  of  anv  store  or  house  shall  per- 
mit or  suffer  any  cart  or  other  wheel  carriage  to  be  driven  or  other- 
wise to  pass  or  go  over  or  upon  the  footpath  or  sidewalk  opposite 
to  such  house  or  store  for  the  purpose  of  loading  or  unloading  such 
cart  or  other  wheel  carriage,  or  for  any  other  purpose  whatever 
under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  ofiense. 


440  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1952.  If  any  cartman  or  other  person  shall  break  or  otherwise 
injure  any  footpath  or  sidewalk,  he  or  they  shall,  within  twenty-foui 
hours  thereafter,  cause  the  same  to  be  well  and  sufficiently  repaired 
and  mended  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars. 

1953.  T.he  mayor,  aldermen  or  any  public  officer,  are  authorized 
to  cause  any  obstruction,  encroachment,  article  or  thing  which  may 
be  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  to  be  removed 
within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  served  upon  the  owner, 
agent  or  person  in  possession  of  the  premises  where  such  violation 
occurs,  or  in  case  the  owner,  agent  or  person  in  possession  cannot 
be  found,  then  by  posting  such  notice  upon  the  premises  or  sidewalk 
in  front  thereof,  and  the  owner,  agent  or  party  causing  such 
violation  shall  pay  all  expenses  and  costs  of  such  removal  in  addition 
to  the  penalties  aforesaid.  And  any  person  who  shall  wrongfully 
interfere  with  such  removal  shall  sutler  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  ma}^  be  impris- 
oned in  the  house  of  correction  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court  or  magistrate  before  whom  such  person  may  be 
convicted. 

1954.  From  and  after  the  first  day  of  May  until  the  first  day  of 
October  of  each  and  every  3'^ear  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  an}^  person  or 
persons  to  wash  or  cause  to  be  washed  any  pavement  or  windows  with 
a  hose  or  street  washer,  or  by  throwing  or  dashing  water  against  or 
upon  the  same,  between  the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning 
and  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  and  all  dirt,  dust  and  rubbish  must 
be  swept  oft' from  all  sidewalks  bv  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  of 
each  and  every  day.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  five  dollars  for 
each  and  ever}^  offense. 

1955.  Eveiy  owner  or  occupant  of  any  house  or  other  build- 
ing, and  the  owner  or  proprietor,  lessee  or  person  entitled  to  the 
possession  of  any  vacant  lot,  and  every  person  having  the  charge  of 
any  church,  jail  or  public  hall  or  public  building  in  this  city,  shall 
during  the  winter  season  and  during  the  time  snow  shall  continue 
on  the  ground,  by  nine  o'clock  on  every  morning  when  necessary 
clear  the  sidewalks  and  gutters  in  front  of  such  house  or  other  build- 
ing and  in  front  of  such  lot  from  snow  and  ice,  and  keep  them  con- 
veniently free  therefrom  during  the  day;  or  shall  in  case  the  snow 
and  ice  are  so  congealed  that  they  cannot  be  removed  without 
injur}^  to  the  pavement,  cause  the  said  snow  and  ice  to  be  strewed 
with  ashes  or  sand;  and  shall  also,  at  all  times,  keep  such  side- 
walks clear  and  free  from  all  dirt,  filth  or  other  obstructions  or  in- 
cumbrances, so  as  to  allow   citizens  to  use   the   said   sidewalks  in 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  44I 

an  eas}'  and  commodious  manner;  and  every  person  neglecting  or 
refusing  to  comply  with  this  section  shall  incur  a  penalt}'  of  two 
dollars  for  each  neglect  or  refusal. 

1956.  It  shall  be  the  dut}'  of  all  policemen  to  report  to  th^  de- 
partment of  public  works  all  defects  in  sidewalks,  and  in  case  of 
accident,  they  shall  report  the  same  to  the  law  departrrtent,  together 
with  the  names  of  anv  witnesses  to  said  accident,  if  known  to 
them. 

Article   LIX, 
Signs. 

1957.  No  person  shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed,  or  suspend 
or  cause  to  be  suspended,  from  any  house,  shop,  store,  lot  or  place, 
over  or  into  any  street  or  sidewalk,  an}^  goods,  wares  or  merchandise 
whatever,  or  signs  or  anv  other  thing,  so  that  the  same  shall  project 
from  the  wall  or  front  of  said  house,  shop,  lot  or  place,  more  than 
three  feet  towards  or  into  the  street  or  over  the  sidewalk. 

1958.  Signs  securely  fastened  may  be  suspended  over  the  side- 
walks not  exceeding  three  feet,  at  a  height  above  the  sidewalks  not 
less  than  nine  feet,  and  no  sign,  show  bill,  lantern  or  show  board 
which  at  its  lowest  part  is  less  than  nine  feet  in  height  above  the 
sidewalk,  shall  project  into  any  street  more  than  three  feet,  under  a 
penalt}-  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for 
each  otiense,  and  the  like  penalty  for  every  day  such  sign,  show^  bill, 
show  board  or  other  thing  may  be  continued  or  remain  after  an 
order  to  remove  the  same  given  by  any  policeman  or  public  officer 
to  remove  the  same. 

1959.  All  signs,  show^  bills,  show  boards,  lanterns  or  signs  of 
any  description  whatsoever,  which  have  been  erected  or  put  up  in 
any  manner  different  from  what  is  herein  required  and  provided  for, 
shall  be  removed  forthwith,  and  any  person  who  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  remove  the  same  within  twenty  days  after  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  or  after  notice  given  by  any  policeman  or  public 
officer,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars  for  every  day  said  sign,  show^  bill,  lantern  or  show 
board  may  remain  after  said  notice  has  been  given  to  said  person  to 
remove  the  same. 

i960.  No  clothing,  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  signs,  boxes, 
poles  or  other  article  or  thing,  shall  be  placed  in  front  of  any  store, 
shop  or  other  place  in  said  city,  or  on  or  above  the  sidewalk,  so  as 
to  occupy  more  than  three  feet  next  to  the  buildings  or  premises  on 
such   sidewalk;  and  when   placed  on  the  sidewalk  such  articles  shall 


442  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

not  be  more  than  four  feet  high  above  the  top  of  the  sidewalk,  and 
when  placed  or  suspended  above  the  top  of  the  sidewalk,  shall  be 
so  placed  or  hung 'that  the  lowest  part  of  such  articles  shall  be  at 
least^eight  feet  above  the  top  of  the  sidewalk,  and  shall  not  swing 
more  than  three  feet  from  the  building  or  boundary  line  of  the  lot. 
Barbers'  poles  may  be  constructed  six  feet  in  height,  but  shall  be 
placed  within  three  feet  of  the  building  or  boundary  line  of  the  lot. 

1961.  It  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  erect  a 
lamp  post  opposite  his  or  her  house,  store  or  place  of  business,  with 
such  lettering  or  device  as  such  person  may  think  proper,  in  a  line 
with  those  erected  by  the  city  near  the  curb  line:  ProvidaL  said 
lamps  and  lamp  posts  shall  not  be  less  in  size  than  those  erected  by 
the  cit}',  and  the  lamps  or  illuminated  sign  placed  thereon  shall  not 
be  more  than  three  feet  wide,  and  the  posts  shall  be  erected  of  the 
same  height  and  in  the  same  manner  and  of  the  same  material  as 
those  now  used  by  the  city  for  burning  purposes. 

1962.  The  connection  of  said  lamp  post  or  posts  shall  be  made 
through  a  gas  meter  to  be  supplied  by  the  person  or  persons  erect- 
ing the  same,  so  that  the  expense  of  the  gas  consumed  shall  not  be 
paid  by  the  city.  No  show  boards  shall  be  attached  to  or  placed 
upon  any  lamp  posts.  All  lamp  posts  erected  by  any  person  shall 
be  removed  at  any  time  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  occupant, 
whenever  the  mayor,  commissioner  of  public  works,  or  the  city 
council  shall  order. 

1963.  All  lamps  or  lamp  posts  which  have  been  heretofore 
erected  and  used  as  signs,  which  shall  be  made  to  conform  with  the 
requirements  of  this  article,  may  be  allowed  to  remain,  subject 
however  to  be  removed  at  any  time  as  above  provided. 

1964.  Illuminated  clocks  which  have  been  erected  on  the  outer 
edge  of  sidewalks  upon  posts,  and  which  are  in  actual  use,  and  which 
are  kept  in  running  order  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  and  regulated 
so  as  to  indicate  the  correct  time,  may  be  allowed  to-  remain  subject 
to  be  removed   at   any  time  as  above  provided. 

1965.  Drinking  fountains  made  of  iron  maybe  erected  upon  the 
outer  edge  of  sidewalks  at  such  points  and  places  as  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  may  designate:  Provided,  that  the  consent  of  the 
owner  or  agent  of  the  premises  in  front  of  which  it  is  proposed  to 
erect  such  fountain  is  first  obtained. 

1966.  No  sign  or  other  posts,  except  awnings  and  lamp  posts  as 
herein  provided,  shall  be  erected  or  placed  on  or  upon  anv  sidewalk 
or  street  or  other  public  way  within  the  city  limits,  or  if  heretofore 
erected  or  placed  shall  be  permitted   to  remain  on    or   upon  or   over 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  443 

any  sidewalk  or  street  or  other  public  way,  under  a  penalty  of  live 
dollars,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  such  post,  sign  or  other  thing 
shall  be  allowed  to  remain  after  notice  to  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
the  premises  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works  to  remove  the 
same;  but  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  erection  of  posts 
in  front  of  each  building  for  the  purpose  of  hitching  horses;  every 
such  post  so  erected  shall  be  not  more  than  eight  inches  nor  less  than 
six  inches  in  diameter,  and  no'  to  exceed  four  feet  in  height,  and  shall 
be  placed  in  a  line  within  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk. 

1967.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  post  or  paint  an  advertisement  upon  any  private  wall, 
door,  gate  or  fence  (^without  consent  in  writing  first  obtained  of  the 
owner  of  such  wall,  door,  gate  or  fence),  or  upon  any  curbstone, 
flagging,  gutter  stone,  sidewalks,  lamp  posts,  gateways,  telegraph 
poles,  fire  plugs,  wooden  or  iron  railing  or  fence  of  any  public  grounds 
or  buildings,  of  the  announcements  for  sale  or  barter  of  any  descrip- 
tion of  drugs,  merchandise  or  medicine,  or  of  the  nature  of  treatment 
of  any  disease,  of  any  public  amusement  or  lottery,  or  notices  of  a 
general  public  character,  or  any  advertisement  whatever,  without  the 
previous  written  permission  of  the  mayor.  Any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  twenty 
dollars  for  each  and  every  oflense. 

1968.  Whoever  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
where  a  specific  fine  has  not  been  provided  for,  shall  upon  conviction 
thereof  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 

.  and  every  oftbnse. 

1969.  In  all  cases  arising  under  this  article,  the  court  or  magis- 
trate before  whom  conviction  may  be  had,  shall  have  power,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  penalty  or  fine,  to  cause  the  ofienders  to  be  imprisoned  for 
a  period  not  exceeding  three  months,  in  his  discretion. 

1970.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  police  to  see 
to  the  enforcement  of  each  and  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and 
each  and  every  policeman  shall,  whenever  there  is  any  obstruction  in 
any  street  or  alley  or  sidewalk,  endeavor  to  remove  the  same,  and  in 
case  such  obstruction  shall  be  of  such  a  character  that  the  same  can- 
not readily  be  removed,  then  said  poTiceman  shall  report  the  same  to 
the  department  of  public  works,  and  the  said  department  shall  be 
authorized  to  remove  the  same. 

Article    LX. 
Sfcaiii     Whistles. 

1 97 1.  No  person  shall  blow  or  cause  to  be  blown  the  steam 
whistle   of   any  steamboat,  wharf   boat,  tug  or   other   boat,  for   any 


^^4  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

purpose  whatever,  while  l3^ing  at  anchor  at  any  wharf  or  dock  in 
said  city,  or  when  approaching  or  leaving  such  wharf  or  dock,  or 
when  passing  through  any  draw-bridge  in  said  city,  from  the  time 
said  boat  shall  have  entered  the  approach  to  such  bridge,  until  it 
.shall  have  passed  through  said  draw-bridge,  and  beyond  the  op- 
posite approach,  or  when  running  in  the  Chicago  river  or  any  of  its 
branches  in  said  city,  except  when  absolutely  necessary  as  a  signal 
of  danger  and  in  cases  and  under  circumstances  prescribed  bv  the  laws 
and  regulations  of  the  United  States  requiring  the  use  of  such  whistles. 

1972.  No  person  shall  blow  or  cause  to  be  blown  the  steam 
whistle  of  any  locomotive  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
for  any  purpose,  except  to  avoid  collisions  or  in  cases  of  imminent 
danger. 

1973.  No  person  shall  blow  or  cause  to  be  blown  within  the 
city  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  the  steam  whistle  of  any  station- 
ary engine  as  a  signal  for  commencing  or  suspending  work,  or  for 
any  other  purpose,  except  as  specitied  in  the  two  preceding  sections 
of   this  article. 

1974.  All  boats  in  passing  or  repassing  up  and  down  on  the 
Chicago  river  may  use  a  steam  whistle  to  signal  bridge  tenders  to 
open  and  swing  bridges,  but  such  signals  shall  be  given  b}'  three 
sharp,  short  sounds  of  the  whistle,  to  be  given  in  succession  as  quick 
as  possible,  and  not  to  be  prolonged,  and  the  size  of  the  whistle  to 
be  used  for  this  purpose  shall  not  exceed  one  inch  in  diameter. 

1975.  The  department  of  public  works  may  at  anytime  direct 
that  bells  shall  be  substituted  in  place  of  steam  whistles  to  be  used 
for  giving  notice  to  bridge  tenders  to  open  bridges. 

1976.  Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall  be  construed  as 
forbidding  the  use  of  steam  whistles  as  alarm  signals  in  case  of  fire 
or  collision,  or  other  imminent  danger,  nor  for  the  necessary  signals 
by  the  steam  engines  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city. 

1977.  Any  violation  of  or  failure  to  comply  with  any  provision 
of  this  article  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  house  of  cor- 
rection for  a  period  not  exceeding  ninety  days. 

Article    LXI. 

Streets. 

1978.  The  several  streets,  avenues  and  public  places  in  the  city 
of  Chicago  shall  hereafter  be  known   and   designated  by  the  name 


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445 


applied  thereto  respectively  on  the  map  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  pub- 
lished by  J.  Van  Vechten  and  L.  M.  Snyder,  in  the  year  1877, 
except  as  follows,  to  wit: 


ERRONEOUS    NAME. 

LOCATION. 

PROPER   NAME. 

Its  entire  length 

R ucker  street 

Its  entire  length 

North  Centre  avenue. 

N.Franklin  street 

N.  E.%  S.  E.X  Sec.  33. 40, 14 

North  Park  avenue. 

Yager  street 

W.  y2  Sec.  12,  39,13 

Albany  avenue. 

* 

Blk.  43,  Ogden's  Addn 

North  Curtis  street. 

S  hurt  left"  avenue 

Its  entire  length 

Blks.  2G  and  27,  C.  T.  Subd. 

Fifth  avenue 

Williams  street 

p.  of  Sec.  17,  39,  14 

Tilden  street. 

Garibaldi  street 

Its  entire  length 

Shields  avenue. 

Tompkins  street 

Blk.  43,  C.  T.  Subd.  p.  of  Sec. 

17,39,  14 

^^'inthrop  Place. 

Fabius  street 

Blks.  10  and   11,  Sheflield's 

Addn 

Seminarv  avenue. 

Kansas   street  

Blks.  47,  48  and  49,   C.  T. 

Sub.  of  p.  of  Sec.  17,  39,  14 

West  Eleventh  street. 

Bremer  street 

Its  entire  length 

Milton  avenue. 

E m eral d  street 

Sec.  29,  39,  14 

Poplar  avenue. 

Pine  street 

Blk.  21,  C.T.  Sub.  Frac,  Sec. 

3,39,  14 

Tower  Place. 

Barry  Point  Road 

Its  entire  length 

Colorado  avenue. 

Foster  street 

Its  entire  length 

Law  avenue. 

W hite  street 

Its  entire  length 

Locust  street. 

Smith  street 

Its  entire  length 

Ogden  place. 

Hubbs  street 

Its  entire  length 

Parnell  avenue. 

1979.  x\nd  it  is  hereby  made  the  dut}'  of  the  owners  or  occu- 
pants of  all  buildings  situated  in  the  city  of  Chicago  to  number  them 
in  the  manner  herein,  and  as  may  be  hereafter  provided  by  the  city 
council. 

1980.  The  decimal  system  of  numbering  streets  is  hereby  adopt- 
ed, but  the  numbers  heretofore  assigned  to  lots  or  houses,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided,  shall  remain  the  numbers  of  such  lots  or  houses 
respectively  until  otherwise  changed  by  the  city  council. 

198 1.  All  lots  or  houses  on  streets  in  the  south  division  of  the 
city,  lying  south  of  Twelfth  street,  shall  be  numbered  as  follows: 

1.  All  east  and  west  streets  shall  be  numbered  from  east  to 
west,  beginning  east;  and  all  north  and  south  streets  shall  be  num- 
bered from  north  to  south,  beginning  north,  and  all  streets  having  a 
northerly  or  southerly  course  shall  be  deemed  north  and  south  streets. 

2.  One  hundred  numbers  shall  be  assigned  to  each  block  on 
every  north  and  south  street,  bounded  on  the  north  and  soutli  by 
streets  designated  by  numerals,  or  that  would  be  so  designated  if  such 
streets  were  extended  so  as  to  intersect  said  north  and  south  streets. 
No  other  intersecting  streets,  courts  or  alleys  shall  be  deemed  bound- 
aries. 


^^6  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

3.  Every  north  and  south  street  aforesaid  shall  begin  at  the 
soulh  line  of  said  Twelfth  street  with  the  number  twelve  hundred, 
increasing  towards  the  south,  the  even  numbers  being  on  the  west 
side  of  the  street. 

1982.  The  department  of  pviblic  works  shall  cause  to  be  pre- 
pared from  time  to  time,  maps  of  the  several  streets,  showing  the 
numbers  of  all  lots  or  houses,  and  in  all  cases  where  the  number  or 
numbers  of  houses  or  lots  shall  hereafter  be  changed  b}'  the  city 
council,  the  said  houses  or  lots  shall  be  renumbered  during  the 
months  of  December,  January,  February,  March  and  April,  and  a": 
no  other  time. 

1983.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall  assign  to  each 
lot  or  house  its  proper  number,  and  deliver,  free  of  charge,  to  the 
owner  or  occupant  a  certificate  designating  each  number. 

1984.  Each  of  the  figures  of  ever}-  number  shall  be  not  less  than 
three  inches  in  length,  being  so  marked  as  to  be  distinctly  and  easily 
read;  said  numbers  shall  be  placed  in  a  conspicuous  place,  on  the  side 
of  or  above  the  front  door  of  the  buildings  to  which  the  same  are 
attached. 

1985.  Any  person  being  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building 
now  erected  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  who,  after  being  notified  by  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works  that  the  street  numbers  are  on  record  at  his 
office,  shall  for  thirty  days  neglect  or  refuse  to  number  any  buildings 
owned  or  occupied  by  him,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  or  who  shall  number  such  building  without  having  first  obtained 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  works  a  certificate  designating  the 
proper  number  of  such  building,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
five  dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  thirty  days 
thereafter  that  he  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  number  said  building,  or 
shall  maintain  thereon  a  number  without  having  first  obtained  from 
said  commissioner  said  certificate. 

19S6.  Any  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  hereafter  erected  in 
the'  city  of  Chicago,  who  shall,  for  thirty  days  after  the  same  shall  be 
erected,  neglect  or  refuse  to  number  said  building  according  to  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  or  who  shall  number  said  building  without 
havinjif  first  obtained  from  said  commissioner  a  certificate  desio'na- 
ting  the  proper  number,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  five  dollars, 
and  a  further  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  thirty  da3'S  thereafter 
that  said  building  shall  be  without  its  number  according  to  the  provis- 
ions of  this  article,  or  shall  have  a  number  thereon  without  said  cer- 
tificate having  first  been  obtained  from  said  commissioner. 

1987.  Whenever  any  street  shall  have  been  numbered  or  renum- 
bered, as  the  case  may  be,  in  pursuance  of  this  article  or  any  ordinance 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  447 

hereafter  passed,  such  numbers  shall  not  be  changed  or  altered  without 
the  consent  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  under  the  penalty 
of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  sued  for  and  collected 
of  the  person  or  persons  so  violating, 

1988.  Li  all  cases  w'here  a  street  shall  have  been  numbered  or  re- 
numbered in  pursuance  of  this  article  or  any  ordinance  hereafter 
passed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
thereafter  to  adjust  and  renumber  such  street  as  the  same  may  be 
required  from  time  to  time ;  and  in  all  cases  where  there  is  a  mistake 
or  conflict  in  numbers,  said  commissioners  shall  direct  and  make  the 
proper  adjustment  of  the  same. 

1989.  The  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  in  the  city  of  Chicago 
shall  be  kept  free  and  clear  of  all  obstructions,  incumbrances  and  en- 
croachments for  the  use  of  the  public,  and  shall  not  be  used  or 
occupied  in  any  other  w  av  than  is  herein  provided  in  this  article. 

1990.  No  person  shall  injure  or  tear  up  any  pavement,  side  or 
crosswalk,  or  any  part  thereof,  dig  any  hole,  ditch  or  drain  in,  or  dig 
or  remove  any  sod,  stone,  earth,  sand  or  gravel  from  any  street,  alley 
or  public  ground  in  the  cit}-  of  Chicago,  without  having  first  obtained 
written  permission  from  the  department  of  public  works;  or  hinder 
or  obstruct  the  making  or  repairing  an\-  public  improvement  or  work 
ordered  by  the  city  council,  or  being  done  under  lawful  authority  for 
the  city  of  Chicago,  under  the  penalty  for  each  offense  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

1991.  Any  person,  company  or  corporation,  who  shall  incum- 
ber or  obstruct,  or  cause  to  be  incumbered  or  obstructed  any  street, 
alley,  public  landing,  wharf  or  pier,  or  other  public  place  in  said  city, 
by  placing  therein  or  thereon  any  building  materials,  or  any  article 
or  thing  whatsoever,  without  having  first  obtained  wa'itten  permis- 
r.ion  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalt^'  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  nor  more  than  tifty  dollars  for 
each  offense,  and  a  further  penalt^•  of  ten  dollars  for  each  da}-  or 
pa"l  of  a  day  such  incumbrance  or  obstruction  shall  continue. 

1992.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  hereby  authorized 
to  order  any  article  or  thing  whatsoever  which  may  incumber  or  ob- 
struct any  street,  alley,  public  landing,  wharf  or  pier  within  said  city 
to  be  removed;  if  such  article  or  thing  shall  not  be  removed  within 
six  hours  after  notice  to  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof  to 
remove  the  same,  or  if  the  owner  cannot  be  readily  found  for  the 
purpose  of  such  notice,  he  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  to 
some  suitable  place,  to  be  designated  by  the  said  commissioner. 
And  the  owner  of  any  article  so  removed  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of 
ten  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  costs  of  such  removal. 


4^8  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

1993.  Any  article  or  thing  which  may  be  removed  in  accord- 
ance with  the  preceding  section,  if  of  sufficient  value  to  more  than 
pay  the  expenses  thereof,  shall  be  advertised  ten  days  and  sold  by 
the  department  of  public  works,  unless  the  same  shall  be  sooner 
reclaimed,  and  the  penalty  and  cost  paid  by  the  owners  thereof. 
The  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury  and 
the  balance,  if  any  after  deducting  the  penalty  and  costs,  shall  be 
paid  to  any  person  or  persons  furnishing  satisfactory  proof  of  own- 
ership. 

1994.  No  wagon,  sleigh,  sled,  carriage,  railway  carriage  or  vehi- 
cle of  any  kind  or  description,  or  any  part  of  the  same,  without  horses 
or  other  beasts  of  burden,  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  or  stand  in  any 
improved  streets  of  this  city  for  more  than  one  hour,  except  for 
the  purpose  of  being  repaired,  and  then  only  in  front  of  the  prem- 
ises of  the  person  so  repairing,  and  within  ten  feet  of  the  curbing, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars;  and  any  such  wagon,  sled,  sleigh,  carriage,  railway  car 
or  vehicle,  or  any  part  of  the  same,  may  be  removed  by  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works  or  any  police  officer,  as  provided  in  section 
1992  of  this  article. 

1995.  No  person  shall  erect  or  place  an}-  building,  in  whole  or 
in  part,  upon  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk  or  other  public  ground 
within  this  city,  under  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars. 

1996.  The  owner  of  any  building,  fence,  porch,  steps,  gallery 
or  other  obstruction,  now  standing  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
erected  or  placed  upon  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  public 
ground  within  this  city,  or  which  may  be  left  standing  upon  an}^ 
new  street  that  has  been  or  may  hereafter  be  opened,  shall  remove 
the  same  within  such  reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  thirty  nor  less 
than  three  days,  as  he  shall  be  required  so  to  do  by  a  notice  signed 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  a 
further  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every  day  the  same  shall  so  remain. 

1997.  Whenever  the  owner  of  any  building,  fence  or  other  ob- 
struction, upon  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk  or  public  ground  in  this 
city  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  remove  the  same,  after  notice  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  preceding  section,  or  if  the  owner  cannot  be  readily 
found  for  the  purpose  of  such  notice,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  a 
nuisance,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
and  is  hereby  made  his  duty  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  or 
taken  down,  in  his  discretion,  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  re- 
coverable of  the  owner  in  an  action  of  assumpsit,  and  every  person 
who  shall  oppose  or  resist  the  execution  of  the  orders  of  said  com- 
missioner in  the  premises  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


449 


1998.  Whenever  from  any  cause,  any  street  or  alley  of  the 
city  shall  be  obstructed  by  a  press  of  teams  attached  to  vehicles, 
loaded  or  otherwise,  the  mayor,  any  alderman  or  police  officer  may 
give  such  directions  in  regard  to  the  removal  of  such  teams,  vehicles, 
etc.,  as  in  the  opinion  of  such  officer  may  be  required  by  the  public 
convenience,  any  person  or  persons  refusing  or  neglecting  to  obey 
such  directions  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars,  and  may  be  arrested  forth- 
with to  answer  for  such  refusal  or  neglect. 

1999.  No  company,  corporation  or  person  shall  be  allowed  to 
deposit  or  place  in  the  street  any  lumber  or  other  material,  nor  shall 
they  load  or  unload  any  car  from  the  street,  nor  erect  or  maintain 
an}^  switch  house  or  other  building  upon  any  street,  highwa^^  or 
alley  within  the  city  limits,  except  by  permission  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works,;  any. violation  of  this  section  shall  subject 
such  company,  corporation  or  person  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  oftense. 

2000.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  engaged  in  draw- 
ing stone,  ice,  mortar,  earth,  rubbish  or  manure  through  the  streets, 
shall  when  conveying  or  carrying  earth,  manure,  mortar,  shavings, 
and  rubbish,  convey  and  carry  the  same  in  tight  boxes,  and  when 
carrying  or  conveying  any  of  the  aforesaid  articles,  in  case  the  same 
fall  into  the  street  or  the  same  be  scattered  in  any  street  or  avenue, 
cause  the  same  to  be  forthwith  removed;  and  for  any  violation 
of  any  provisions  of  this  section,  he  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  oftense. 

2001.  Any  person  or  persons,  excepting  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  neglecting  or  refusing  to  remove  the  dirt,  sand  or  rub- 
bish mentioned  in  section  2009  of  this  article  within  the  time  specified 
therein,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each 
ofi'ense;  and  in  addition  thereto  the  said  commissioner  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  the  party  so  neglecting  or  re- 
fusing who  shall  be  liable  to  repay  and  refund  the  same,  and  which 
sum  shall  be  collected  and  paid  into  the  city  treasur3\ 

2002.  Any  contractors  or  other  person  or  persons  causing  any 
cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicles  to  be  loaded  and  heaped  up  with  ma- 
nure, sand,  earth,  mud,  clay  or  rubbish  so  that  the  contents  or  any 
part  thereof  shall  be  scattered  in  any  street,  avenue  or  other  public 
place  in  this  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  fi^•e  dollars  for  each 
oftense. 

2003.  Any  person  having  the  use  of  any  portion  of  the  street 
or  sidewalk  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  or   repairing   any  building, 

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450  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

or  for  any  other  purpose,  shall  cause  two  red  lights  to  be  placed  in 
a  conspicuous  place  in  front  of  such  obstruction  and  at  either  end  of 
the  same  from  dusk  until  sunrise  in  the  morning  each  night  during 
the  time  such  obstruction  remains. 

2004.  The  owner  of  an}^  building,  or  the  contractor  for  its  re- 
moval, either  or  both,  who  shall  suffer  the  same  to  be  or  remain  in 
any  of  the  streets  or  alleys,  or  upon  an}^  of  the  public  grounds  of 
the  city  for  any  time  longer  than  may  be  specified  in  the  per- 
mission of  the  commissioner  of  buildings,  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of 
ten  dollars,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  twenty-four  hours  the  same 
shall  be  continued,  and  such  building   shall   be    deemed  a  nuisance. 

2005.  The  names  of  all  streets  shall  be  placed  on  all  street 
corners,  and  shall  wherever  there  are  street  lamps  at  the  corners  of 
the  streets  be  painted  on  said  street  lamps,  or  on  the  tin,  glass  or  me- 
tallic strips  or  plates  and  hrml}^  attached  to  said  lamps  or  lamp  posts. 

2006.  For  the  better  protection  of  the  paved  streets,  alleys  and 
other  thoroughfares  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  no  vehicles  of  any  de- 
scription with  felloes  and  tires  less  than  four  inches  in  breadth  shall 
be  permitted  to  be  drawn  or  pass  over  said  pavement  with  a  greater 
burden  than  twenty-five  hundred  pounds  weight.  No  vehicle  of 
any  description  with  felloes  and  tires  less  than  five  inches  in  breadth 
shall  be  permitted  to  be  drawn  or  pass  over  the  paved  streets, 
alleys  and  thoroughfares  aforesaid  with  a  greater  burden  than  sixty 
hundred  weight.  And  every  owner  or  owners  of  such  vehicles  for 
burden,  which  shall  be  drawn  contrary  to  the  true  intent  and  mean- 
ing of  this  article,  shall  for  every  such  offense  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  together  with  the  cost  of  prosecution. 
This  section  shall  not  take  effect  until  May  i,  1882. 

2007.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  dress  stone  in  the  streets  or 
prepare  anv  material  for  building  in  the  streets  which  can  be  prepared 
elsewhere. 

2008.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  between  the  hours  of  8 
o'clock  A.  M.,  and  6.30  o'clock  p.  m.,  of  each  and  every  day,  drive 
upon  or  along  any  public  street  or  alle}^  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
of  Chicago  more  than  five  head  of  cattle  at  any  one  time;  any  per- 
son or  persons  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
upon  conviction  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  and  every  ofi'ense:  Provided^  /wuxver,  that 
cows  owned  by  individuals  and  kept  for  the  purpose  of  giving  milk, 
may  be  driven  in  large  numbers  to  pasture  in  charge  of  a  herdsman 
without  incurring  an}'  of  the  penalties  herein  provided. 

2009.  Any  and  all  persons  other  than  the  commissioner  of  pub- 
lic works,  who  may  hereafter  pave  or  cause  to  be  paved  any  street. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


451 


lane  or  other  thoroughfare  or  portion  thereof  in  this  city,  shall  have 
the  sand,  dirt  and  rubbish  cleaned  oiF  said  street,  lane  or  thorou<fh- 
fare  or  any  part  thereof  within  twelve  days  after  any  such  pavement 
shall  be  completed,  except  such  pavement  as  shall  be  laid  over  pipes, 
which  shall  be  cleared  off  within  six  days  after  the  same  shall  be  laid. 
This  section  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  applv  to  the  removal  of  all 
sand,  dirt  or  rubbish  collected  in  an_v  part  of  any  and  all  streets,  lanes 
and  thoroughfares  covered  by  any  pavement  so  done  and  laid,  or  ex- 
cavation that  may  have  been  made,  or  other  work  done  in  pursuance 
thereof  ;  and  no  contract  for  paving,  in  pursuance  of  this  section,  shall 
be  accepted  as  completed  unless  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
shall  certify  that  this  section  has  been  fully  complied  with. 

2010.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  persons  employed  to  pave  or  re- 
pave  any  street  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  place  proper  obstructions 
across  such  street  or  cart-way  for  the  purpose  of  preserving  the  pave- 
ment then  newly  made  or  to  be  made,  until  the  same  shall  be  tit  for 
use,  leaving  at  all  times  a  sufficient  passage  for  foot  passengers. 

201 1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  without  the  consent  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works  in  writing,  or  without  the  consent  of 
the  person  superintending  said  paving,  throw  down,  displace  or 
remove  any  such  obstruction  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  section, 
under  the  penalty  of  fifteen  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

2012.  Nothing  contained  in  this  article  shall  be  construed  to  au- 
thorize an}'  person  or  persons  to  stop  up  or  obstruct  more  than  the 
space  of  one  block  and  one  intersection  at  the  same  time  in  anv  one 
street,  or  to  keep  the  same  so  stopped  up  for  more  than  two  days 
after  the  cart-way  is  finished. 

2013.  No  person  shall  make  a  stand  or  stopping  place  within 
any  street  or  alley  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  purpose  of  exhib- 
iting for  sale,  or  for  the  purpose  of  selling  or  offering  for  sale  any 
horses,  mules  or  cattle,  or  an}'  wagon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle 
drawn  by  either  of  the  animals  aforesaid,  under  the  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

2014.  No  cit}-  officer  shall  grant  permission  to  any  person, 
company  or  corporation  to  lay  any  pipes  for  any  purpose  whatever 
in  the  streets  or  alleys  or  public  grounds  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
except  for  private  connections  with  mains  already  laid,  unless  the 
application  for  such  permission  shall  have  been  approved  or  recom- 
mended by  the  city  council. 

2015.  No  street  or  alley  in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  paved 
until  after  all  sewers  and  water  pipes  shall  be  laid  and  constructed 
therein,  unless  otherwise  specially  authorized  by  the  city  council. 


452  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

2016.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  ever}'  person  or  persons  engaged 
in  digging  down  any  street,  in  paving  any  street,  building  any 
sewer  or  drain,  or  trench  for  water-pipes,  in  any  of  the  public  streets 
or  avenues,  under  contract  with  the  corporation  of  this  city,  made 
through  either  or  any  of  the  departments  of  the  said  corporation,  or 
by  virtue  of  any  permission  which  may  have  been  granted  to  them 
by  the  city  council  or  any  department,  or  either  of  them,  where 
such  work  if  left  exposed  would  be  dangerous  to  passengers,  to 
erect  a  fence  or  railincj  at  such  excavations  or  work  in  such  a  man- 
ner  as  to  prevent  danger  to  passengers  who  may  be  traveling  such 
streets,  roads  or  avenues,  and  to  continue  and  uphold  the  said  rail- 
ing or  fence  until  the  work  shall  be  completed,  or  the  obstruction  or 
danger  removed.  And  it  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  such  persons  to 
place  upon  such  railing  or  fence  at  twilight  in  the  evening,  suitable 
and  sufficient  lights  and  keep  them  burning  through  the  night  during 
the  performance  of  said  work,  under  the  penalty  of  two  hundred 
dollars  for  every  neglect. 

2017.  The  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall  apply  to 
every  person  who  shall  place  building  materials  in  any  of  the  public 
streets  or  avenues,  or  be  engaged  in  building  any  vault,  or  con- 
structing any  lateral  drain  from  any  cellar  to  any  public  sewer,  or 
who  shall  do  or  perform  any  work  causing  obstructions  in  the  pub- 
lic streets,  by  virtue  of  any  permit  from  any  executive  department; 
and  also  to  all  public  or  corporation  officers  engaged  in  performing 
an}'  work  in  behalf  of  the  corporation,  whereby  obstructions  or 
excavations  shall  be  made  in  the  public  streets. 

2018.  The  extent  to  which  such  railinfj  or  fence  shall  be 
built  in  the  several  cases  is  hereby  defined  as  follows,  to  wit: 

1.  In  digging  down  any  street  or  road,  by  placing  the  same 
along  the  upper  bank  of  such  excavation,  or  by  extending  the  fence 
so  far  across  the  street  or  road  as  to  prevent  persons  from  traveling 
on  such  portion  as  would  be  dangerous. 

2.  In  paving  any  street  or  avenue,  by  extending  it  across  the 
carriage-wa}'  of  such  street  or  avenue,  or  if  but  a  portion  of  the 
width  of  such  carriage-way  be  obstructed  across  such  portion;  in 
which  case  the  obstruction  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  leave  a  pas- 
sage-wav  through  as  nearly  as  may  be  of  uniform  width. 

3.  In  the  building  of  a  sewer,  by  placing  it  across  the  carriage- 
way at  the  ends  of  such  excavations  as  shall  be  made. 

4.  In  buildmg  vaults,  by  inclosing  the  ground  taken  for  the 
vaults. 

5.  In  placing  building  materials  in  the  streets,  by  placing  it 
across  so  much  of  the  street  as  shall  be  occupied  by  such  materials; 
and  the  materials  shall  be  so  placed  as  to  occupy  a  space  of  uniform 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  453 

width,  except  brick  or  stone  piled  solid  at  least  seven  feet  high.  In 
all  cases  sufficient  lights  are  to  be  placed  upon  such  building  mate- 
rials, fences  or  railings,  and  kept- burning  during  the  night  as  pro- 
vided by  the  preceding  sections. 

2019.  In  all  cases  where  an}^  person  or  persons  shall  perform 
any  of  the  work  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections,  either  vinder 
contracts  with  the  corporation  or  by  virtue  of  permission  obtained 
from  the  mavor  and  cit}-  council,  or  either  of  the  departments,  such 
persons  shall  be  answerable  for  any  and  every  damage  which  may 
be  occasioned  to  persons,  animals  or  property,  by  reason  of  care- 
lessness in  anv  manner  connected  with  the  said  work. 

2020.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  department 
having  charge  of  the  particular  class  of  improvements  to  see  that 
the  requirements  contained  in  this  article,  in  regard  to  the  erection 
of  fencing  and  placing  lights,  in  all  cases  be  complied  with  severally. 

2021.  A  like  fence  or  railing  and  lights  shall  be  put  up  and 
maintained  in  all  cases  in  which  a  street  or  other  public  place  is  dug 
out  at  the  cost  of  the  corporation. 

Article   LXII. 
Telegraph. 

2022.  No  person  shall  hereafter  erect,  construct  or  put  up,  any 
telegraph  pole,  telegraph  line  or  wire,  or  electric  conductor,  in  any 
street,  avenue  or  alley,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  cit\-  of 
Chicago,  under  the  penaltv  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
ofiense;  and  each  and  every  day  any  such  telegraph  pole,  line  or 
wire,  or  electric  conductor,  shall  be  continued  and  maintained  after 
the  first  conviction,  shall  constitute  a  new  and  separate  ofiense. 

2023.  No  person,  company  or  corporation,  to  whom  permission 
and  authority  has  heretofore  been  given  to  erect  and  maintain  tele- 
graph poles  and  lines  in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall, 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Mav,  1883,  maintain  or  use  any  tele- 
graph pole,  telegraph  line  or  wire,  or  electric  conductor,  in  any 
street,  avenue  or  alley  in  said  city,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  day  such  person,  compan^•  or  corporation  shall 
maintain  or  use  any  such  telegraph  pole,  line  or  wire,  or  conductor, 
after  said  day  and  ^^ear  last  aforesaid. 

2024.  From  and  after  the  first  day  of  Mav,  1883,  every  tele- 
graph line,  or  wire  or  electric  conductor,  used  and  operated  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  laid  under  the 


454  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

streets  of  said  city,  and  at  such  depth  from  the  surface,  that  the  neces- 
sary excavation  incident  to  la3nng  or  repairing  the  same,  shall  not 
expose  or  endanger  any  water  or  gas  pipes,  sewers  or  drains  or  any 
parts  thereof. 

2025.  Such  wires  or  conductors  shall  in  no  case  be  placed  at  a 
greater  distance  from  the  curb-stone  separating  sidewalks  from  car- 
riageway than  four  feet,  except  in  crossing  streets  running  trans- 
verse to  the  direction  of  the  said  lines,  when  such  crossing  shall  be 
made  in  the  shortest  straight  line,  or  in  making  necessary  connec- 
tions with  buildings  and  stations. 

2026.  The  method  employed  in  laying  said  conductors  shall  be 
such,  that  it  will  at  no  time  be  necessary  to  remove  so  much  of  the 
pavement,  or  to  make  such  excavation,  as  to  materially  impede  traffic 
or  passage  upon  sidewalk  or  street  during  operation  of  laying  or 
repairing  said  conductors,  except  when  in  crossing  streets  trans- 
versely, where  it  shall  be  permitted  to  remove  the  pavement  for  a 
width  not  exceeding  two  feet,  and  in  the  nearest  straight  line  from 
corner  to  corner.  In  no  case  durin-g  the  general  hours  of  passage 
and  traffic  shall  passage  be  interrupted  thereby  for  a  longer  period 
than  one  hour. 

2027.  The  work  of  removal  and  replacement  of  the  pavements 
in  any  and  all  of  the  streets,  avenues,  highways  and  public  places 
in  and  through  which  the  wire  of  any  telegraph  company  shall  be 
laid,  shall  be  subject  to  the  control  and  supervision  of  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  works;  excavations  in  an}-  and  all  of  the  unpaved 
streets,  avenues,  highways  or  public  places  shall  also  be  subject  to 
like  control  and  supervision. 

2028.  The  space  selected  for  placing  said  wires,  in  every  case 
being  limited  as  to  direction  and  general  position  by  the  foregoing 
provisions,  shall  not  exceed  two  feet  in  width  by  two  feet  in  depth. 


Article  LXIII. 

Trees. 

2029.  If  any  trees  shall  be  suffered  by  the  owner  or  occupant 
of  the  premises  to  grow  in  such  a  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  reflec- 
tion of  the  public  lamps,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  to  notify  the  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises  forth- 
with to  trim  the  same  in  the  manner  to  be  specified  in  the  notice. 

2030.  If  any  person  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  such 
notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  commissioner  to  cause  such  trees 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  455 

to  be  trimmed,  and  the  person  so  refusing  or  neglecting  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalt}^  of  one  dollar  for  each  tree  he  was  so  notified,  and 
refused  or  neglected,  to  trim. 

2031.  No  person,  other  than  the  owner  of  the-  abutting  prop- 
erty, shall  cut  down,  destroy,  break  or  in  any  way  injure  any  tree 
or  shrub  standing  in  any  street  or  public  place,  except  by  permission 
of  the  city  council  or  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  under  the 
penalty  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  for  each  ofi'ense. 

2032.  All  trees  kept,  maintained  or  cultivated  in  any  of  the  streets 
or  public  places  of  the  city  shall  have  the  boughs  or  branches  cut  or 
trimmed  close  to  the  trunk  of  the  tree,  at  least  ten  feet  above  the 
ground :  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  keep,  maintain  or  cultivate  trees 
in  any  of  the  streets  or  other  public  places  in  the  city  excepting  in 
the  manner  provided  in  this  section,  under  the  penalty  of  one  dollar 
for  each  offense. 

Article  LXIV. 

Tunnels. 

2033.  No  person  shall  ride,  lead  or  drive  any  horse  or  other 
animal,  nor  any  vehicle  of  any  sort,  through  any  street  tunnel  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  or  either  of  its  approaches,  at  a  greater  speed  than 
four  miles  an  hour. 

2034.  ^^  person  shall  drive,  or  assist  in  driving,  into  or  through 
any  such  tunnel  or  its  approaches,  any  loose  horse,  horses  or  loose 
cattle,  or  any  loose  animals  of  an}-  sort. 

2035.  No  person  shall  lead  or  drive  into  any  such  tunnel  or  into 
either  of  its  approaches,  any  cart  or  other  vehicle  loaded  with  loose 
hay  or  straw,  or  like  bulky  or  combustible  material,  or  any  vehicle 
the  dimensions  of  which  including  its  load  shall  exceed  ten  feet  in 
height  or  eight  feet  in  width. 

2036.  Any  person  violating  an}-  provision  of  either  of  the  sections 
of  this  article  shall  on  conviction  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  exceeding  twenty-tive  dollars  for  each  otTense. 


Article    LXV. 

Water  Works. 

2037,  No  person  shall  dri\e  or  lead  anv  horses  or  other  animals 
into,  or  swim  or  bathe  or  deposit  anv  dirt  or  rubbisii  in.  the  waters 
oi   lake    Michigan   within  three  blocks   of    the  pumping   works  on 


456  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

Chicago  avenue  in  said  city,  commonly  called  the  "water  works"; 
nor  shall  any  person  wash  or  clean  any  carriage  or  other  vehicle 
whatever  in  the  waters  of  lake  Michigan  within  the  aforesaid  limits, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

2038.  Every  consumer  of  the  water  of  the  Chicago  water 
wt)rks  shall  be  governed  by  and  be  subject  to  the  following  rules 
and  regulations,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  to  enforce  the  same: 

1.  No  occupant  or  owner  of  any  building  in  which  the  water  is 
introduced,  shall  be  allowed,  without  permission,  to  supply  other 
persons  or  families.  For  any  violation  of  this  provision  the  supply 
shall   be  stopped  and  the  amount  paid  forfeited. 

2.  Whenever  two  or  more  parties  shall  be  supplied  from  one 
service  pipe  connecting  with  the  distributing  main,  the  failure  on  the 
part  of  any  one  of  said  parties  to  comply  with  any  provision  of  this 
section  shall  authorize  the  commissioner  of  public  works  to  withhold 
the  supply  of  water  from  such  service  pipe,  without  any  liability 
whatsoever,  and  all  payments  made  shall  be  forfeited. 

3.  No  addition  or  alteration  whatever  in  or  about  any  conduit, 
pipe  or  water-cock,  shall  be  made  or  caused  to  be  made  by  any  per- 
son taking  the  water,  without  notice  thereof  first  given  to  and  per- 
mission had  in  writing  from  said  commissioner. 

4.  All  persons  taking  the  water  shall  keep  their  own  service 
pipes,  stop  cocks  and  apparatus  in  good  repair  and  protected  from 
frost  at  their  own  expense,  and  shall  prevent  all  unnecessary  waste 
of  water;  and  no  claim  shall  be  made  against  the  city  by  reason  of 
the  breakage  of  any  service  cock  or  service  pipe. 

5.  No  hydrants  shall  be  permitted  on  the  sidewalk  or  in  the 
front  area,  neither  shall  they  be  permitted  to  keep  running  when  not 
in  actual  use.  Taps  at  wash  basins,  water-closets,  baths  and  urinals 
shall  be  kept  closed  in  like  manner. 

6.  Applications  for  water  must  state  fully  all  purposes  for 
which  it  is  required ;  and  upon  the  payment  of  the  semi-annual  charges, 
parties  must  answer  truthfully  all  questions  put  to  them  relating  to 
its  consumption.  In  case  of  fraudulent  representation  by  the  appli- 
cant, or  the  use  of  water  for  purposes  not  embraced  in  the  applicant's 
application,  or  of  willful  or  unreasonable  waste  of  water,  the  said 
commissioner  shall  have  the  right  to  stop  the  supply  of  water,  unless 
the  offender  shall  promptly  pay  such  additional  charge  as  said  com- 
missioner may  impose. 

7.  The  officers  of  the  department  of  public  works,  and  every 
person  delegated  for  such   purpose,  shall  have  free  access  at  proper 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  •  457 

hours  of  the  day  to  all  parts  of  ever}^  building  in  which  the  water  is 
consumed,  to  examine  the  pipes  and  fixtures  and  to  ascertain  whether 
there  is  any  unnecessary  waste  of  water. 

8.  The  water  rates  or  taxes  as  hereinafter  established,  shall  ^ 
be  paid  semi-annually  in  advance  during  the  months  of  Mav  and 
November,  at  the  office  of  said  department  of  public  works.  Every 
person  who  shall  pay  his  water  rate  or  tax  at  any  time  during  the 
month  of  May,  or  during  the  month  of  November,  for  the  current 
six  months  then  commencing,  shall  have  a  rebate  of  ten  per  cent, 
on  the  whole  amount  charged  to  him  for  said  six  months ;  and  every 
person  who  shall  pa}-  his  water  rate  or  tax  during  the  month  of 
June  or  during  the  month  of  December,  for  the  current  six  months 
then  ensuing,  shall  have  a  rebate  of  five  per  cent,  on  the  whole 
amount  charged  to  him  for  said  six  months;  every  person  who  shall 
fail  to  pay  his  water  rate  or  tax  within  three  months  from  the  first 
days  of  May  and  November  in  each  year,  shall  have  the  use  of  the 
water  stopped  until  full  payment  thereof  and  all  arrearages  and 
charges  for  shutting  ofi'  and  turning  on  the  water  be  made. 

2039.  The  annual  water  rates  or  taxes  which  shall  be  paid  by 
ever}^  person  using  tlie  water  of  the  Chicago  water  works  shall  be 
as  follows: 

1.  For  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  of  twelve  feet  or 
less,  and  not  more  than  one  story  high,  the  sum  of  three  dollars;  and 
for  each  additional  stor}^,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

2.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
fifteen  feet  and  more  than  twelve  feet,  and  not  more  than  one  story 
high,  the  sum  of  four  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  storv,  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

3.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
eighteen  feet  and  more  than  fifteen  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  sum  of  five  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  story, 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

4.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
twenty-one  feet  and  more  than  eighteen  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  sum  of  six  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  storv,  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

5.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
twent}'-four  feet  and  more  than  twenty-one  feet,  and  not  more  than 
one  story  high,  the  sum  of  seven  dollars;  and  for  each  additional 
story  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

6.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
twenty-seven  feet  and  more  than  twenty-four  feet,  and  not  more  than 
one  story  high,  the  sum  of  eight  dollars;  and  for  each  additional 
story,  one  dollar  and  fift}-  cents. 


458  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

7.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
thirty  feet  and  more  than  twenty-seven  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  sum  of  nine  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  stor}', 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

8.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
thirty-three  feet  and  more  than  thirty  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  smn  of  ten  dollars ;  and  for  each  additional  story,  one 
dollar  and  hftv  cents. 

9.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
thirt3'-six  feet  and  more  than  thirty-three  feet,  and  not  more  than 
one-story  high,  the  smn  of  eleven  dollars;  and  for  each  additional 
story,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

10.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
forty  feet  and  more  than  thirty-six  feet,  and  not  more  than  one  story 
high,  the  sum  of  twelve  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  stor}-,  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

11.  For  all  private  dweUings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
forty-four  feet  and  more  than  fortv  feet,  and  not  more  than  one  story 
high,  the  sum  of  thirteen  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  story,  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

12.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
forty-eight  feet  and  more  than  forty-four  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  sum  of  fourteen  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  story, 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

13.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
iifty-two  feet  and  more  than  forty-eight  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
stor}^  high,  the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars;  and  for  each  additional  story, 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

14.  For  all  private  dwellings  having  a  frontage  not  exceeding 
fifty-six  feet  and  more  than  fifty-two  feet,  and  not  more  than  one 
story  high,  the  sum  of  sixteen  dollars;  and  for  each  additional 
story  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents;  and  for  each  additional  five  feet 
frontage  the  sum  of  one  dollar  shall  be  added  to  the  foregoing  rates. 

15.  In  the  imposition  of  rates,  all  basements  and  attics  in  pri- 
vate dwelling  houses  having  two  or  more  finished  or  occupied  rooms, 
shall  be  deemed  and  estimated  as  one  story. 

16.  If  the  families  occupying  any  private  dwelling  consist  of 
more  than  twelve  persons,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  each  person  in 
excess  of  said  number  may  be  charged. 

17.  Dwelling  houses  occupied  by  more  than  two  families,  shall, 
in  addition  to  the  regular  rates  prescribed  as  aforesaid,  be  charged 
as  follows  per  year,  to  wit: 

For  the  third  family,  three  dollars. 
For  the  fourth  family,  two  dollars. 
For  each  family  over  four  families,  one  dollar. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  459 

1 8.  For  every  store  or  place  of  business  occupied  by  one  part}-, 
when  not  over  twenty-iive  feet  front,  four  dollars;  for  each  addi- 
tional ten  feet  thereof,  two  dollars;  when  occupied  by  more  than 
one  party,  dwelling  house  rates,  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

19.  For  every  bakery,  for  each  barrel  of  flour  used  daily,  the 
sum  of  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

20.  For  the  offices  of  professional  persons,  the  sum  of  three 
dollars ;  for  business  ofiices,  store  rates. 

21.  For  saloons,  in  addition  to  frontage  rates  as  hereinbefore 
established  for  private  dwellings,  the  sum  of  six  dollars,  and  bars  in 
groceries,  when  no  tables  are  used,  three  dollars:  Provided^  when 
the  building  consists  of  but  one  room,  and  occupied  for  a  saloon 
only,  no  frontage  shall  be  charged. 

22.  For  hotels,  taverns  and  boarding  houses,  in  addition  to  the 
regular  rates  for  frontage  and  height,  as  hereinbefore  fixed  for  pri- 
vate dwellings,  for  each  lodging  room  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  or  fifty 
cents  for  each  boarder. 

23.  For  each  bathing  tub,  three  dollars.  In  private  dwellings 
containing  one  famil}-,  for  a  second  tub,  two  dollars;  for  each  tub  in 
excess  of  two,  one  dollar  each. 

24.  For  all  public  bathing  tubs,  six  dollars  each. 

25.  For  every  water  closet,  three  dollars.  In  private  dwellings 
containing  one  family,  for  a  second  close;,  two  dollars;  for  each 
closet  in  excess  of  two,  one  dollar. 

26.  For  all  public  water  closets,  six  dollars  each. 

27.  For  every  urinal,  three  dollars.  In  private  dwellings  contain- 
ing one  family,  for  a  second  urinal,  two  dollars;  for  each  urinal  in 
excess  of  two,  one  dollar. 

28.  For  building  purposes,  for  each  one  thousand  brick  laid,  the 
sum  of  five  cents;  for  each  cord  of  stone  laid,  the  sum  of  six 
cents;  for  each  one  hundred  square  yards  of  plastering,  the  sum  of 
fifteen  cents. 

29.  For  every  steam  engine  in  use  ten  hours  per  day  or  less, 
for  each  horse  power,  the  sum  of  four  dollars,  and  when  in  use 
more  than  ten  hours  per  day,  at  the  rate  in  proportion  to  the  above. 

30.  For  every  printing  office,  exclusive  of  steam  engines,  for 
every  first  power  press,  six  dollars;  for  each  other  power  press, 
four  dollars;  and  for  everv  hand  press,  two  dollars. 

31.  For  every  private  stable  where  less  than  three  carriage 
horses  are  kept,  two  dollars  for  each  horse;  for  each  additional  horse 
over  two,  one  dollar.     Dra}'  and  team  horses,  each,  one  dollar. 

32.  For  every  livery  stable,  for  each  horse  (including  washing 
of  carriages),  two  dollars. 

33.  For  every  street  sprinkler,  for  each  tub  per  month,  twenty- 
five  dollars. 


460  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

34.  For  every  fountain  having  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  jet,  in 
use  four  months  in  the  3'ear,  average  use  three  hours  per  day,  five 
dollars;  one-eighth  of  an  inch  jet,  in  use  four  months  in  the  }'ear, 
average  use  three  hours  per  day,  twenty  dollars. 

35.  For  every  vegetable  fountain,  in  use  four  months  or  less  in 
summer,  three  dollars. 

36.  For  ever}^  person  using  a  hose  two  hours  per  dav  in 
summer,  three  dollars:  Provided,  that  it  shall  not  be  used  for  the 
benefit  of  adjoining  lots,  except  when  controlled  by  meter. 

37.  For  every  workshop  employing  ten  persons  or  less,  three 
dollars;  manufacturers  emploj'ing  more  than  ten  hands,  six  dollars; 
for  each  additional  person,  twenty-five  cents. 

38.  For  each  horse  trough  on  the  sidewalk,  the  sum  of  five 
dollars. 

And  for  all  miscellaneous  uses  of  water  not  enumerated  in  this 
section,  the  price  for  such  use  shall  be  fixed  and  determined  by  the 
assessor  of  water  tax,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  commissioner 
of  public  works. 

2040.  All  wagons  or  carts  used  for  the  purpose  of  street  sprink- 
ling within  the  city,  shall  be  charged  for  license,  each,  the  sum  of 
five  dollars  per  annum,  which  sum  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  sum 
charged  for  permit  to  use  water  from  the  citv  hvdrants  for  said 
vehicle :  Provided,  Jiozvever,  that  before  issuing  such  license,  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works  shall  prescribe  the  kind  of  vehicle  to  be 
used,  specifying  particularly  the  capacity  of  the  tank,  the  number 
and  size  of  the  holes  in  the  sprinkler,  and  the  distance  of  the  same 
from  the  ground;  and  also  such  general  regulations  as  he  may 
deem  necessary  concerning  the  use  of  said  vehicles  on  the  public 
streets,  and  the  use  b\^  them  of  the  city  hydrants;  for  the  due 
observance  of  which  he  may  require  from  the  person  taking  such 
license  a  good  and  sufficient  bond. 

2041.  All  manufacturing  and  other  establishments  requiring 
a  large  supply  of  water  shall  be  required  to  use  a  meter.  All 
premises  suppHed  through  meters,  or  their  equivalents,  shall  be 
assessed  on  the  basis  of  consumption,  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per 
one  thousand  gallons  used  per  meter,  or  registered  measurement  up 
to  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  thousand  gallons  per 
month,  and  eight  cents  for  each  one  thousand  gallons  of  water  used 
per  meter  or  register  measurement,  in  excess  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty-five  thousand  gallons  per  month,  pa^^able  monthly.  All  persons 
failing  to  pay  their  water  meter  or  register  bills,  or  rates  or  taxes, 
for  three  months,  shall  have  the  water  shut  off  until  pavment 
thereof,  and  all  arrearages,  including  charges  for  shutting  ofi"  and 
turning  on  the  water,  shall  have  been  made. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  461 

2042.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  is  hereby  authorized 
to  remit  and  rebate  the  water  tax  or  rates  assessed  against  property 
used  and  occupied  wholly  for  charitable  purposes;  and  he  may  require 
every  application  for  a  rebate  or  remission  of  said  water  tax  or  rates 
to  be  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  one  or  more  taxpayers. 

2043.  All  the  hydrants  constructed  in  the  city  of  Chicago  for 
the  purpose  of  extinguishing  tires  in  said  city  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  public  hydrants,  and  no  person  or  persons  (other  than  the  mem- 
bers of  the  tire  department  of  said  city,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of 
said  department,  and  those  specially  authorized  by  the  commmis- 
sioner  of  public  works),  shall  open  any  of  the  said  hydrants,  or 
attempt  to  draw  water  from  the  same,  or  in  any  manner  interfere 
with  or  injure  any  of  said  hydrants,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  ever}'  ofiense. 

2044.  The  fire  hydrants  herein  provided  for  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  be  erected  in  such 
portions  of  the  city  as  he  shall  deem  most  exposed  to,  and  least  pro- 
tected against,  fire. 

2045.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  willfully  or  carelessly 
break  or  injure  an}-  of  the  public  hydrants,  or  shall  pollute  or  unnec- 
essarily waste  the  water  at  any  such  hydrants,  shall,  on  conviction, 
be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  exceeding  fifty  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every  ofiense. 

2046.  Any  member  of  the  fire  department  who  shall  let  out,  or 
suffer  or  permit  any  person  or  persons  to  take  the  wrenches  fur- 
nished to  the  fire  department  of  said  city  to  be  used  in  case  of-  fire, 
or  shall  sufier  or  permit  any  of  said  wrenches  furnished  said  depart- 
ment to  be  taken  from  the  engine  houses  of  said  department,  except 
as  they  accompany  the  engines  on  occasions  of  fire,  or  for  other 
purposes  connected  with  the  fire  department,  shall  forfeit  and  pay, 
on  conviction,  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  and  ever}-  ofiense. 

2047.  No  person  shall  use  any  water  supplied  through  the  Chi- 
cago water  works  for  the  purpose  of  hose  sprinkling,  between  the 
hours  of  8  A.  M.  and  6  p.  m.  in  the  da}-. 

2048.  No  person  shall  allow  the  water  to  run  to  waste  through 
hydrants  or  defective  pipes:  Pi'ovided,  /wzvcvcr,  that  a  reasonable 
time,  not  to  exceed  twenty-four  hours,  shall  be  allowed  to  parties 
having  defective  pipes  to  repair,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  repaired. 

2049.  All  mone^'S  received  from  fines  for  violations  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article  shall  be  employed  and  used  in  the  construc- 
tion and  repair  of  the  fire  hydrants,  and  shall  be  paid  over  to  the 
comptroller  for  that  purpose. 


462  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

2050.  The  comproller  shall  pa}'  out  such  sums  from  the  funds 
so  raised  and  for  the  purpose  hereinbefore  mentioned  upon  vouchers 
to  be  audited  b}'  tlie  commissioner  of  public  works. 

2051.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  in  any 
manner  to  interfere  with  any  main  or  service  water  pipes  of  the 
city,  without  permission  therefor  obtained  from  the  department  of 
public  works,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

2052.  Any  person  who  shall  turn  on  the  supply  of  water  to 
anv  premises  from  which  the  supply  has  been,  on  account  of  non- 
payment of  water  rent,  or  for  any  other  cause,  turned  off  by  the 
city,  without  having  tirst  obtained  a  permit  so  to  do  from  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works,  shall  be  subject  to  tine  of  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  liable  to  be  excluded 
from  using  the  water  for  twelve  months  thereafter. 

2053.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  an}'  person  to  construct,  have  or 
permit  to  remain  in  any  building  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  tank 
for  water,  of  a  larger  capacity  than  ten  barrels,  unless  the  said 
tank  shall  rest  upon  a  foundation  of  solid  brick  or  stone  masonry,  or 
upon  iron  girders  which  rest  upon  solid  brick  or  stone  masonry,  un- 
less said  tank  shall  remain  uncovered,  when  located  above  the  main 
floor  of  the  building,  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  he  shall  refuse  or  neglect 
to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  section. 

2054.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  or  either  of  the  rules 
and  regulations  speciiied  in  this  article,  shall,  on  conviction,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  enforcement  of  the  forfeiture,  liabilities,  stipulations  and 
reservations  therein  contained,  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

2055.  No  person  shall  in  any  manner  obstruct  the  access  .to 
any  stop-cock,  connected  with  any  water  pipe  within  any  street, 
alley  or  common  of  said  city,  by  means  of  any  lumber,  brick,  build- 
ing material  or  other  article,  thing  or  hinderance  whatsoever,  under 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

2056.  Any  person  who  shall  lay  any  water  service  pipes,  or 
introduce  into  or  about  any  building  or  on  any  grounds,  any  water 
pipes,  or  do  any  plumbing  work  in  any  building  or  on  any  grounds, 
for  the  purpose  of  connecting  such  pipes  or  plumbing  work  with 
the  pipes  of  the  Chicago  water  works,  or  of  preparing  them  for 
such  connections,  with  the  view  of  having  such  premises  supplied 
with  water  by  the  Chicago  water  works,  or  who  shall  make  any 
additions  to  or  alterations  of  any  water  pipe,  bath,  water-closet, 
stop-cock   or   other   fixture   or   apparatus   for  the  supplying  of  any 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  463 

premises  with  water,  without  being  duly  licensed  to  perform  such 
work  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, and  without  having  first  obtained  a  permit  for  doing  such 
work  from  said  commissioner,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  and  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

2057.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
and  of  all  persons  in  the  employ  of  the  city  having  police  power,  to 
enforce  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and  arrest  all  persons  violating 
the  same. 

Article  LXVI. 

Wards. 

2058.  The  city  of  Chicago  is  hereby  divided  into  eighteen  wards, 
as  follows: 

First  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  south  division  of  said  city  which 
lies  south  of  the  center  of  the  main  Chicago  river,  and  north  of  the 
center  of  Harrison  street,  shall  be  denominated  the  first  ward. 

Second  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  south  division  of,  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  Harrison  street,  and  north  of  the 
center  of  Sixteenth  street,  shall  be  denominated  the  second  ward. 

Third  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  south  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  Sixteenth  street,  and  east  of  the 
center  of  Clark  street,  and  a  line  corresponding  with  the  center  of  the 
last  named  street,  projected  southerly  to  the  center  of  Twenty-sixth 
street,  and  north  of  the  center  of  said  Twenty-sixth  street,  and  a  line 
corresponding  with  the  center  of  the  last  named  street,  projected 
easterly  to  lake  Michigan,  shall  be  denominated  the  third  ward. 

Fourth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  south  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  Twenty-sixth  street,  and  a  line 
corresponding  with  the  center  of  said  street,  projected  easterl}-  to 
lake  Michigan,  and  east  of  the  center  of  Clark  street,  and  a  line 
corresponding  with  the  center  of  the  last  named  street,  projected 
Gou'.herly  to  the  city  limits,  shall  be  denominated  the  fourth  ward. 

Fifth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  south  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  Sixteenth  street  and  west  of  the  center 
of  Clark  street,  and  a  line  corresponding  with  the  center  of  the  last 
named  street,  projected  southerlv  to  the  city  limits,  shall  be  denom- 
inated the  fifth  ward. 

Sixth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city  which 
lies  south  of  the  center  of  Sixteenth  street,  shall  be  denominated  the 
sixth  ward. 

Seventh  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  di\ision  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  Sixteenth  street  and  south  of 
Twelfth  street,  shall  be  denominated  the  seventh  ward. 


464  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

.Eighth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  Twelfth  street,  east  of  the  center 
of  Loomis  street,  and  south  of  the  center  of  Van  Buren  street,  shall 
be  denominated  the  eip-hth  ward. 

Ninth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city  which 
lies  north  of  the  center  of  Van  Buren  street,  east  of  the  center  of 
Aberdeen  and  Curtis  streets,  and  south  of  the  center  of  Randolph 
street,  shall  be  denominated  the  ninth  ward. 

Tenth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city  which 
lies  north  of  the  center  of  Randolph  street,  east  of  the  center  of 
Curtis  street,  and  south  of  the  center  of  West  Ohio  street,  shall  be 
denominated  the  tenth  ward. 

Eleventh  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  Twelfth  street,  east  of  the  center  of 
Ashland  avenue,  south  of  the  center  of  West  Ohio  street,  and  west 
of  the  following  boundary,  viz.:  Commencing  at  the  center  of  West 
Ohio  street,  running  thence  south  on  the  center  of  Curtis  street  and 
Aberdeen  street  to  the  center  of  Van  Buren  street;  thence  west  on 
the  center  of  Van  Buren  street  to  the  center  of  Loomis  street;  thence 
south  on  the  center  of  Loomis  street  to  the  center  of  Twelfth  street, 
shall  be  denominated  the  eleventh  ward. 

Twelfth  Ward-— All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  cit}^ 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  Twelfth  street,  west  of  the  center 
of  Ashland  avenue,  and  south  of  the  center  of  Lake  street,  shall  be 
denom.inated  the  Twelfth  ward. 

Thirteenth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  Lake  street,  south  of  the  center  of 
Chicago  avenue,  and  west  of  the  center  of  Ashland  avenue,  shall  be 
denominated  the  thirteenth  ward. 

Fourteenth  Ward-  -All  that  part  of  the  west  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  West  Ohio  street  and  Chicago 
avenue,  not  included  in  anv  of  the  foregoing  wards,  shall  be  de- 
nominated the  fourteenth  ward. 

Fifteenth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  north  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  center  of  North  avenue,  shall  be  denominated 
the  fifteenth  ward. 

Sixteenth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  north  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  North  avenue,  and  north  of  the 
center  of  Division  street,  shall  be  denominated  the  sixteenth  ward. 

Seventeenth  Ward — All  that  part  of  the  north  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  the  center  of  Division  street,  and  west  of  the 
center  of  Franklin  street,  shall  be  denominated  the  seventeenth  ward. 

Eighteenth  Ward— All  that  part  of  the  north  division  of  said  city 
which  lies  south  of  Di^'ision  street,  and  east  of  the  center  of  Franklin 
street,  shall  be  denominated  the  eighteenth  ward. 


city  of  chicago.  465 

Article    LXVII. 
Weighers. 

2059.  The  mayor  shall  from  time  to  time  appoint  so  many  and 
such  persons  to  be  city  weighers  as  he  may  think  proper,  and  may 
remove  them  at  his  pleasure. 

2060.  Every  city  weigher  shall,  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  duties,  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

2061.  Each  of  said  weighers  so  appointed  shall  provide  his 
own  scales,  which  shall  be  of  the  most  approved  pattern  in  use,  and 
shall  locate  them  and  keep  them  properly  adjusted  and  repaired  at 
his  own  expense. 

2062.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  weighers  so  appointed  to  have 
their  scales  adjusted  and  sealed  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  mea- 
sures at  least  once  in  every  three  months,  and  oftener  if  required. 
It  shall  further  be  their  duty  to  weigh  any  coal,  hay  or  any  other 
article,  when  so  requested  by  the  person  or  persons  bringing  the 
same. 

2063.  The  weighers  so  appointed  shall  have  power  to  appoint 
all  necessary  deputies  to  attend  said  scales,  and  the  official  bond  of 
said  weiaiier  shall  be  holden  and  answerable  for  the  acts  of  said 
deputies. 

2064.  Said  weighers  shall,  either  in  person  or  by  such  deputy, 
be  present  ftt  their  individual  scales  during  all  reasonable  hours  each 
da}',  Sundays  and  public  holidays  excepted. 

2065.  The  said  weighers  shall  be  allowed  to  charge  and  receive 
ten  cents  for  every  load  or  part  of  a  load,  or  other  article  of  any 
kind  or  nature  whatsoever  weighed  by  them,  and  shall  keep  an 
account  of  the  weight  of  every  load  by  them  weighed,  and  shall 
furnish  to  the  person  having  such  load  weighed  a  certificate  for  each 
load,  which  certificate  shall  contain  the  gross  and  net  weight  of  each 
load  weighed  bv  him. 

2066.  The  said  city  weighers  shall  severally  provide  themselves 
with,  and  each  shall  keep,  a  book  in  which  he  shall  enter  the  amount 
of  each  load,  and  the  name  of  each  person  for  whom,  and  the  date 
when  the  same  was  weighed;  and  when  the  vehicle  and  load  shall 
be  weighed  together,  the  city  weigher's  certificate  shall  state  the 
gross  weight  thereof,  and  upon  the  sale  or  delivery  of  said  load,  the 

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466  ORDINANCES    OF    THE 

v'ehicle  shall  again  be  weighed,  without  charge,  by  the  city  weigher 
who  weighed  the  original  load,  and  thus  the  net  weight  of  the  load 
ascertained. 

2067.  In  no  case  shall  any  city  weigher  state  in  his  said  certificate 
the  weight  of  any  vehicle  which  may  have  been  weighed  with  any 
load,  until  such  city  weigher  shall  have  ascertained  the  weight  of 
such  vehicle  by  actually  personally  weighing  the  same  on  his  said 
scales. 

2068.  No  person  shall  alter  any  certificate  of  any  city  weigher, 
or  use  or  attempt  to  use  the  same  for  any  other  load  or  parcel  than 
the  one  for  which  the  same  was  given,  nor,  after  the  weighing  and 
before  the  sale  and  delivery  of  any  load  or  parcel,  diminish  the  quan- 
tity thereof. 

2069.  The  city  comptroller  shall  be  permitted,  by  himself  or 
his  agent,  to  examine  at  his  pleasure  the  books  required,  as  aforesaid, 
to  be  kept  by  the  city  weighers. 

Article    LXVIII. 
Wharjing  Privileges. 

2070.  No  person  shall  occupy,  encumber  or  obstruct  anv  por- 
tion of  those  parts  of  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago  called 
wharfing  privileges,  or  any  portion  of  a  street  adjoining  the  Chicago 
river  or  either  of  its  branches,  with  a  wharf,  building,  lumber, 
stone  or  any  other  substance  or  material,  without  special  authority 
and  permission  from  the  city  council;  and  everv  occupier  of  any 
building  or  wharf,  or  owner  of  any  building  or  wharf,  lumber,  stone 
or  other  substance  or  material  which  is  now  placed  or  remaining 
upon  any  portion  of  any  such  parts  of  said  streets  as  are  sometimes 
called  wharfing  privileges,  or  any  portion  of  a  street  adjoining  the 
Chicago  river  or  either  of  its  branches,  without  the  permission  or 
authority  of  said  city  council,  shall  remove  the  same  from  said  por- 
tions of  said  streets  within  ten  days  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance  ;  and  any  person  who  shall  be  guilty  of  a  breach  of  any 
provision  of  this  article,  or  shall  place  any  building,  wharf,  lumber, 
stone  or  other  substance  or  material,  without  special  authority  or 
permission  from  the  city  council,  upon  any  of  such  portions  of  said 
streets,  and  every  occupier  of  any  such  building  or  wharf,  or  owner 
of  any  such  building,  wharf,  lumber,  stone  or  other  material,  who 
shall  sufier  the  same  to  remain  on  any  of  such  portions  of  said 
streets  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
to  said  city  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  dav  or  part  of  day 
such  building,  wharf,  lumber,  stone  or  other  substance  or  material 
shall  remain  or  continue  upon  any  of  such  portions  of  said  streets. 


city  of  chicago.  467 

Article    LXIX. 

2071.  All  public  or  general  ordinances,  or  parts  thereof,  not 
included  in  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  they  con- 
flict, or  are  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  Pri- 
vate or  special  ordinances,  orders,  and  resolutions  passed  by  "  the 
city  council,  are  not  repealed,  unless  repugnant  to  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

2072.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Passed  April  i8,  1881. 

Approved  April  18,  188 1. 

Ordered  printed  in  book  form  b}'  the  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  April  18,  188 1. 


SPECIAL  LAWS 


ORDINANCES. 


Special  Laws  and  Ordinances. 


BENEVOLENT    ASSOCIATIONS. 

AN  ACT  to  incorporate  the  Benevolent  Association  of  the  Paid  Fire  Department 
of  the  City  of  Chicago.     [Approved  March  5,  1807.] 

2073-  ^  3-  The  object  of  the  association  shall  be  to  create  a  fund 
and  provide  means  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed,  sick,  injured  and 
disabled  members  thereof  and  their  immediate  families;  and  all  the 
property  and  money  acquired  by  said  association  shall  be  held  and 
used  solely  for  that  purpose;  and  the  business,  property,  funds  and 
estate  of  the  said  association  shall  be  conducted  and  controlled  ac- 
cording to  the  constitution,  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  above 
authorized:  And  it  is  further  -provided^  that  the  one-eighth  of  the 
amount  of  all  tire  insurance  rates  now  annually  paid  into  the  city 
treasury,  to  create  a  fund  for  the  benefit  of  disabled  or  distressed 
firemen,  who  may  become  disabled  while  in  the  service  of  the  cit}^ 
of  Chicago,  shall  be  annually  paid  by  the  comptroller  of  the  city  to 
the  association,  to  be  invested  and  held  by  them  as  a  trust  fund  for 
the  benefit  of  firemen  who  shall  or  ma}'  become  disabled  while  in 
the  service  of  the  city. 

;!;  :i:  ;i;  :i;  *  M:  --i:  *  * 

Order  for  the  payment  of  moneys  into  fund.      [Passed  January  27,  1808.] 

2074.  Whereas,  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Illinois  did,  dur- 
ing the  winter  of  1867,  pass  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  incorporate 
the  Benevolent  Association  of  the  Paid  Fire  Department  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  and  for  other  purposes,"  which  was  approved  March 
5,  1867 ;  and 

Whereas,  it  is  provided  by  section  three  of  said  act  that  one- 
eighth  of  the  amount  of  all  fire  insurance  rates  now  annually  paid 
into  the  city  treasury,  to  create  a  fund  for  the  benefit  of  disabled 
and  distressed  firemen  who  ma}'  become  disabled  while  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  annually  paid  by  the  comptroller 
of  the  city  to  the  said  association;  therefore  be  it 

2075.  Ordered,  that  the  comptroller  of  the  city  of  Chicago  be, 
and  he  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  pay  to  the  proper  officer 
of  said  association  one-eighth  of  the  amount  of  all  fire  insurance 
rates  now  annually  paid  into  the  city  treasury,  to  create  a  fund  for 
the  benefit  of  disabled  or  distressed  firemen,  who  may  become  dis- 

471 


V 


472  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

abled  while  in  the  service  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  semi-annually,  on 
or  about  the  first  day  of  February  and  August  of  each  year. 


BRIDGES. 


AN    ORDINANCE    concernins?    the    vacation   of   a  part  of    Egan    avenue,    etc. 
[Passed  September  10,  1869.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2076.  ■^  I.  That  as  soon  as  "F"'  street  shall  have  been  opened 
or  extended  from  its  present  western  terminus  in  a  straight  line  west 
to  intersect  with  the  north  and  south  part  of  the  canal,  as  shown  on 
the  plat  hereto  attached,  and  a  new  street  shall  have  been  opened  and 
improved,  running  parallel  with  the  east  and  west  part  of  the  canal 
as  shown  on  the  plat  hereto  attached,  and  about  live  hundred  feet  south 
thereof,  commencing  at  Halsted  street  and  running  twenty-two  hund- 
red feet,  more  or  less,  west,  as  shown  on  the  plat  hereto  attached, 
and  said  streets  so  extended  and  opened  shall  have  been  dedicated 
for  public  use,  and  a  plat  thereof,  the  same  to  be  substantially  as 
shown  on  the  plat  hereto  attached,  shall  have  been  recorded,  then 
that  part  of  Egan  avenue  lying  west  of  Halsted  street,  together 
with  the  south  seventy-live  feet  of  Tucker,  Gage,  Laurel  and  Ull- 
man  streets,  where  the  same  intersect  with  said  Egan  a^'enue,  as 
shown  on  the  plat  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  or- 
dered vacated:  Provided^  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners  of  prop- 
erty fronting  on  the  canal  shown  on  the  plat  hereto  attached  to 
make  said  canal  navigable  for  vessels  of  all  descriptions  entering  our 
harbor,  and  to  so  maintain  it  forever  as  a  free  canal,  and  to  erect 
and  maintain  such  swings  brido-es  across  said  canal  as  mav  be  nec- 
essary  for  convenience  of  the  public:  Provided,  that  in  the  event 
of  the  extension  of  the  cit}'  south  of  said  Egan  avenue,  the  bridge 
or  bridges  shall  become  a  public  charge. 


AN   ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  Walil  Brothers    to  construct   a    swing 
bridge  over  the  South  Branch.     [Passed  June  14,  1875.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2077.  ^  I.  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  Wahl 
Brothers  to  construct  a  swing  bridge  over  the  south  branch  of  the 
Chicago  river  between  Thirtv-lirst  street  and  Thirtv-third  street,  said 
bridge  to  be  built,  maintained  and  kept  in  repair,  and  all  expenses 
of  watchmen  and  bridge  tenders  to  be  paid  by  said  Wahl  Brothers: 
Provided^  however,  that  this  ordinance  shall  not  take  etiect  until 
said  Wahl  Brothers  shall  have  entered  into  a  good  and  sufiicient 
bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  and  the  board  of  public  works, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  473 

to  indemnify  said  city  against  any  and  all  damages,  cost  and  expen- 
ses which  may  be  incurred  by  reason  of  granting  said  permission. 

2078.  ^  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage  and  the  approval  of  the  bond,  provided  for  in 
section  i  of  this  ordinance. 


CHICAGO    ERRING    WOMEN  S    REFUGE. 

AN  ACT  for  the  benefit  of  the  Chicago  Erring  Women's  Refuge  for  reform  and 
the  House  of  the  Good  Shepherd  of  Chicago.     [Approved  March  31,  180!).] 

2079.  i^  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois^ refresented  in  the  General  Assembly :  That  all  the  fines  col- 
lected bv  the  city  of  Chicago,  from  keepers,  inmates  and  visitors 
of  houses  of  prostitution  and  from  any  parson  in  any  way  connected 
therewith,  shall  be  set  aside  by  said  city  of  Chicago  for  the  sole 
use  and  benefit  of  the  Chicago  Erring  Women's  Refuge  for  reform 
and  the  House  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  in  said  cit3%  and  shct^l  be 
equallv  divided  between  said  two  institutions. 

2080.  §  2.  The  board  of  trustees  of  said  Erring  Women's 
Refuge,  and  the  superior  and  assistant  of  said  House  of  the  Good 
Shepherd,  shall  have  power  to  draw,  monthly,  upon  said  fund,  by 
their  respective  checks — that  of  the  former  to  be  drawn  by  the 
president,  and  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  and  that  of  the  latter 
to  be  drawn  by  the  superior,  and  countersigned  by  the  assistant 
superior;  said  checks  to  be  drawn  upon  the  treasurer  or  other  cus- 
todian having  said  moneys  in  control  or  possession. 

2081.  §  3.  Each  of  the  aforesaid  institutions  shall  render  an 
annual  account  of  the  expenditures  and  receipts  to  the  common 
council  of  said  city, 

2082.  §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

HORSE    RAILWAYS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and   operation   of  certain  horse 
railways  in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  August  IG,  1858.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Connnon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicag-o: 

2083.  §  I.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  Henry  Fuller, 
Franklin  Parmelee,  and  Libertv  Bigelow,  and  such  other  persons  as 
mav  hereafter  become  associated  with  them,  and  to  their  executors, 
administrators  and  assigns,  permission  or  authority  and  consent  of 
the  common  council  to  lav  a  single  or  double  track  for  a   railway. 


474  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

with  all  necessary  and  convenient  tracks  for  turnouts,  side  tracks  and 
switches,  in  and  along  the  course  of  certain  streets  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago hereinafter  mentioned,  and  to  operate  railway  cars  and  car- 
riages thereon  in  the  manner,  and  for  the  time  and  upon  the  con- 
ditions hereinafter  prescribed  :  Provided^  that  said  tracks  shall  not 
be  laid  within  twelve  feet  of  the  sidewalks  upon  any  of  the  streets. 

2084.  §  2.  That  said  parties  are  hereby  authorized  to  lay  a 
single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  in  and  along  the  course  of  the 
following  streets  in  said  city,  and  extending  the  same  as  follows: 
Commencing  on  State  street,  at  the  south  side  of  Lake  street;  thence 
south  to  the  present  city  limits.  Also,  commencing  on  State  street, 
at  the  junction  of  Ringgold  place;  thence  on  Ringgold  place  to 
Cottage  Grove  avenue;  thence  on  Cottage  Grove  avenue  to  the 
present  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago, .  Also,  commencing  on  State 
street,  at  the  junction  of  the  Archer  road;  thence  along  the  said 
Archer  road  to  the  present  limits  of  the  city.  Also,  commencing 
on  State  street,  at  the  intersection  of  Madison  street,  and  extend- 
ing "west  along  said  Madison  street  to  the  present  city  limits. 

2085.  §  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be 
operated  with  animal  powder  only;  and  said  railways  shall  not  con- 
nect with  any  other  railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no 
railway  car  or  carriage  used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  state 
shall  be  used  or  passed  upon  said  tracks. 

2086.  §  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railways  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers  and  their  ordinary  bag- 
gage, and  the  cars  or  carriages  used  for  that  purpose  shall  be  of 
the  best  style  and  class  in  use  on  such  railways.  The  common 
council  shall  have  power  at  all  times  to  make  such  regulations  as 
to  the  rate  of  speed  and  time  of  running  said  cars  or  carriage*  as 
the  public  safety  and  convenience  may  require. 

2087.  ^  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railways  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  street ;  shall  be  laid  with  modern  improved 
rails,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily 
and  freely  cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all 
directions,  without  obstruction. 

2088.  ^  6.  The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  shall  not  ex- 
ceed five  cents,  except  when  cars  or  carriages  shall  be  chartered 
for  a  specific  purpose. 

2089.  §  7.  The  said  parties,  their  associates  and  successors,  shall 
pay  one-third  of  the  cost  of  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or 
planking  on  the  streets  or  parts  of  streets  on  which  they  shall  con- 
struct their  said  railways,  and  in  the  respects  last  mentioned  shall  keep 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  475 

such  portion  of  the  respective  streets  as  shall  be  occupied  by  their  said 
railways,  or  either  of  them,  in  good  repair  and  condition  during  the 
whole  time  that  the  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said  parties  shall 
extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever  orders  may  be  passed  in  that 
behalf  by  the  common  council  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago;  and  said 
parties  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  or  consequential  damages  which 
may  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  neg- 
lect or  misconduct  of  any  agent  or  servant  of  said  parties,  in  the 
course  of  their  employment  in  the  construction  or  the  use  of  the  said 
tracks  or  railwavs,  and  said  parties  shall  moreover  pa\^  to  the  pro-p- 
ert v  owners  on  any  street  so  used  by  them  as  aforesaid  for  their 
said  railways,  which  has  since  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1858, 
been  paved,  macadamized  or  planked,  and  at  any  time  between  said 
date  last  mentioned  and  the  time  of  going  into  the  occupation  of 
either  of  said  respective  streets  with  the  said  railway  by  said  par- 
ties, their  associates  or  successors,  mav  be  paved,  macadamized  or 
planked,  one-third  of  the  reasonable  cost  and  expense  thereof  so 
paid  by  said  property  owners  respectively. 

2090.  §  8.  The  rights  and  privileges  granted  to  said  parties  b}^ 
virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless 
the  construction  of  one  of  said  railwavs  shall  be  commenced  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  dav of  November,  A.  D.  1858:  and  unless  the  said  rail- 
way commencing  on  the  south  side  of  Lake  street  and  extending  to 
Ringgold  place,  shall  be  full}"  completed  and  ready  for  use  on  or  be- 
fore the  fifteenth  dav  of  October,  A.  D.  1859;  '^^'^^  ^^^  Madison  street 
railway,  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  State  street,  and  running 
on  said  Madison  street  to  the  city  limits,  completed  and  ready  for  use 
on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  October,  A.  D.  i860;  and  said  rail- 
way from  Ringgold  place  to  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  and  along  the 
same  to  the  city  limits,  by  the  first  dav  of  Januar}-,  A.  D.  1861 :  and 
all  the  remaining  railways  hereinbefore  mentioned,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  Januar}',  A.  D.  1863,  the  said  railways,  together  with 
all  improvements  made  upon  the  same,  shall  be  forfeited  to  said  city 
of  Chicago,  unless  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  grant  to 
said  parties  a  further  extension  of  time:  Provided,  that  if  said  par- 
ties are  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  an}'  court,  the  time  of 
such  delay  shall  be  excluded,  and  the  same  time,  in  addition  to  the 
periods  above  prescribed,  shall  be  allowed  for  the  completion  of  said 
railways  as  that  during  which  they  mav  be  so  delayed. 

2091.  ^  9.  If  the  said  parties,  their  associates  or  successors, 
shall  hereafter  become  incorporated,  the  rights  and  privileges  grant- 
ed to  them  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  extend  to  such  cor- 
poration for  the  time  and  upon  the  conditions  herein  prescribed, 
and   when  such  act  of  incorporation  shall  have  been  obtained,  such 


476  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

corporation  shall  have  all  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted, 
as  the  successors  of  said  parties,  without  further  action  of  the  com- 
mon council. 

2092.  'i^  10.  The  right  to  operate  said  railways  shall  extend  to 
the  full  time  of  twenty-five  years  from  the  passage  hereof,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  said  time  the  parties  operating  said  railways  shall 
be  entitled  to  enjoy  all  of  said  privileges  until  the  common  council 
shall  elect,  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  purchase '  said  tracks  of 
said  railways,  cars,  carriages,  station  houses,  station  grounds,  depot 
grounds,  furniture  and  implements  of  every  kind  and  description, 
used  in  the  construction  or  operation  of  said  railways,  or  any  of 
the  appurtenances  in  and  about  the  same,  and  pay  for  the  same  in 
the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2093.  '§11-  Such  order  shall  fix  the  time  when  said  city  of 
Chicago  will  take  such  railways  and  other  property  before  men- 
tioned, which  shall  not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the  passage  of 
said  order,  and  at  the  time  of  taking  said  railwa3^s  and  other  prop- 
erty before  mentioned  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  pay  to  the  parties 
operating  the  same  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained' by  three  com- 
missioners, to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows:  One  to  be 
chosen  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook  county  by  the  said 
common  council;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  parties,  their  asso- 
ciates or  successors;  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen,  to  choose  the 
third  from  said  freeholders. 

2094.  ■i^  12.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of 
water  commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  cor- 
porations, are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  this  ordinance, 
but  the  rights  and   privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2095.  '^13.  The  said  Henry  Fuller,  Franklin  Parmelee  and 
Liberty  Bigelow  shall  enter  into  a  good  and  sutficient  bond  with 
the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  terms  and  conditions  herein 
contained  in  this  ordinance,  and  that  said  railways  herein  mentioned 
shall  be  completed  at  the  times  and  manner  herein  stated,  unless  de- 
layed by  the  order  or  injunction  of  some  court  having  jurisdiction 
of  such  matters,  from  so  completing  the  same,  and  until  such  bond 
shall  be  so  executed  by  said  parties,  this  ordinance  shall  have  no 
force  or  effect  whatever. 

2096.  '^14.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  heretofore 
passed,  respecting  the  subject-matter  of  this  ordinance  (except  that 
to  which  this  is  an  amendment),  or  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  or 
that  to  which  the  same  is  an  amendment,  is  hereby  repealed. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


477 


AN  ORDINANCE  to  amend  an  ordinance,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing 
the  construction  and  operation  of  certain  liorse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the 
city  of  Chicago."      [Passed  December  20,  IS-IS.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  tlic  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2097.  §  I.  That  sections  seven  and  thirteen  of  the  above  entitled 
ordinance  be  so  amended  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz :  That  section  seven 
be  so  amended  as  to  read:  The  said  parties  and  their  associates  shall, 
as  respects  the  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  tilling  or  planking 
of  the  streets,  or  parts  of  streets  upon  which  they  shall  construct 
their  said  railways,  or  any  of  them,  keep  so  much  of  said  respective 
streets  as  shall  be  occupied  by  the  said  railways,  or  either  of  them, 
in  good  repair  and  condition  during  all  of  the  time  to  which  the 
privileges  hereby  granted  to  said  parties  shall  extend,  in  accordance 
with  whatever  orders  or  regulations  respecting  the  ordinary  repairs 
thereof  may  be  passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of  said 
city ;  and  the  said  parties  shall  be  liable  for  all  the  legal  consequential 
damages  which  ma}'  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the 
carelessness  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the  agents  or  servants  of  the 
said  parties,  in  the  course  of  their  employment  in  the  construction 
or  use  of  the  railwa3's  aforesaid,  or  either  of  them.  And  section  thir- 
teeen  be  so  amended  as  to  read:  The  said  Henrv  Fuller,  Franklin 
Parmelee  and  Liberty  Bigelow  shall  enter  into  a  penal  bond,  in  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  with  the  said  city  of  Chicago, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions in  the  said  above  entitled  ordinance,  as  hereby  amended,  are 
contained  and  set  forth;  and  that  the  railways  aforesaid  shall  be 
completed  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  in  the  aforesaid  ordinance 
specified,  unless  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  some  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction,  from  so  completing  the  same.  And  the 
giving  of  the  bond  above  mentioned  shall  supersede  the  bond  here- 
tofore given  by  said  parties  under  the  original  ordinance  aforesaid, 
and  the  same  shall  be  surrendered  up  and  canceled. 

AN  ACT  to   promote    the  construction  of  horse  railways    in  the   city    of  Chicago. 
[Appro\ed  February  14,  185!).] 

2098.  §  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  i)i  the  General  Assenddx :  That  Franklin  Parmelee,  Lib- 
erty Bigelow,  Hemy  Fuller  and  David  A.  Gage,  and  their  succes- 
sors, be,  and  they  are  hereby  created  and  constituted  a  body  corpo- 
rate and  politic,  by  the  name  of  "  The  Chicago  City  Railway 
Company,"  for  the  term  of  twenty-five  years,  with  all  the  powers 
and  authority  incident  to  corporations,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter 
mentioned. 

2099.  §  2.     The  said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 


478  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

powered  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track 
railway,  with  all  necessary  and  convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs,  side 
tracks  and  appendages  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  in,  on,  over  and 
along  such  street  or  streets,  highway  or  highways,  bridge  or  bridges, 
river  or  rivers,  within  the  present  or  future  limits  of  the  south  or  west 
divisions  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  the  common  council  of  said  city 
have  authorized  said  corporators  or  an}^  of  them,  or  shall  authorize 
said  corporation  so  to  do,  in  such  manner  and  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions,  and  with  such  rights  and  privileges  as  the  said  common 
council  has,  or  may  by  contract  with  said  parties,  or  any  or  either 
of  them,  prescribe;  but  said  corporation  shall  not  be  liable  for  the 
loss  of  any  baggage  carried  on  said  railways,  kept  in  and  under  the 
care  of  its  owner,  his  servant  or  agent. 

2100.  §  3.  The  capital  stock  of  said  corporation  shall  be  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  may  be  increased  from  time  to  time 
at  the  pleasure  of  said  corporation.  It  shall  be  divided  into  shares 
of  one  hundred  dollars  each,  and  be  issued  and  transferred  in  such 
manner  and  upon  such  conditions  as  the  board  of  directors  of  said 
corporation  may  direct. 

2101.  '^4.  All  the  corporate  powers  of  said  corporation  shall 
be  vested  in  and  exercised  by  a  board  of  directors,  and  such  officers 
and  agents  as  said  board  shall  appoint.  The  first  board  of  directors 
shall  consist  of  said  Franklin  Parmelee,  Liberty  Bigelow,  Henry 
Fuller  and  David  A.  Gage,  and  thereafter  of  not  less  than  three 
nor  more  than  seven  stockholders,  who  shall  be  chcsen  each  and 
every  year  by  the  stockholders,  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner  as 
the  said  corporation  shall  bv  its  laws  prescribe.  The  said  directors 
shall  hold  their  offices  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified, 
and  may  fill  any  vacancies  which  may  happen  in  the  board  of  direc- 
tors, by  death,  resignation  or  otherwise.  They  ma}'  also  adopt  such 
b^^aws,  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  said  corpo- 
ration and  the  management  of  its  aflairs  and  business,  as  the}'  may 
think  proper,  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  this  state. 

2102.  ^  5.  The  said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized  to  ex- 
tend the  several  railways  herein  authorized  to  be  built  in  the 
manner  aforesaid  to  any  point  or  points  within  the  county  of 
Cook  in  this  state;  and,  to  enable  said  corporation  to  construct 
any  or  all  the  railways  herein  authorized,  or  their  appendages, 
the  said  corporation  is  hereby  vested  with  power  to  take  and 
apply  private  property  for  the  purposes  and  in  the  manner  pre- 
bcribed  by  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  amend  the  law  condemning 
right  of  way  for  purposes  of  internal  improvement,"  approved 
June   2:?,  1852,  and  the  several  acts  amendatory  thereof,  and  may 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  479 

exercise  all  the  powers  conferred  upon  railroad  corporations  by 
the  twenty-fifth  and  twenty-sixth  sections  of  "  An  act  to  provide 
for  a  general  system  of  railroad  incorporations,"'  approved  Novem- 
ber 5,  1849,  ascertaining  and  making  recompense  for  all  damages 
sustained,  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  hereinbefore  first 
mentioned. 

2103.  ^6.  The  said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized,  with  the 
assent  of  the  supervisor  of  any  township,  to  lay  down  and  maintain 
its  said  railway  or  railways  in,  upon,  over  and  along  any  common 
highway  in  said  township,  but  in  such  manner  as  not  to  obstruct  the 
common  travel  of  the  pubHc  over  the  same.  In  all  cases  where 
vehicles  shall  meet  the  cars  or  carriages  of  said  railways,  either  in 
the  city  or  country,  said  vehicles  shall  give  way  to  the  cars  or 
carriafjes  on  the  railway. 

2104.  4^  7.  All  the  rights  and  privileges  granted,  or  intended 
so  to  be,  to  said  FrankHn  Parmelee,  Liberty  Bigelow,  Henry  Ful- 
ler and  their  associates,  in  and  by  the  ordinances  of  the  common 
council  and  the  amendments  thereto.,  are  hereby  in  all  things 
affirmed,  and  shall  pass  to  and  become  vested  in  the  corporation 
herebv  created. 

2105.  §8.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  authorize  the  con- 
struction of  more  than  a  single  track,  with  the  necessary  turn-outs, 
which  shall  only  be  at  street  crossings  upon  State  street  between 
Madison  and  Twelfth  streets,  except  b}'  the  consent  of  the  owners  of 
two-thirds  of  the  propertv  in  lineal  measurement,  lying  upon  said 
State  street  between  Madison  and  Twelfth  streets  aforesaid,  nor 
shall  anythins  herein  contained  be  construed  to  authorize  the  com- 
pany  hereby  incorporated  to  permit  the  cars  of  any  other  railroad 
company  whatever,  propelled  by  steam,  to  be  run  along  or  upon  the 
railway  of  the  company  hereby  incorporated. 

2106.  ^  9.  The  said  company  hereby  incorporated  shall,  with- 
in two  vears  from  the  passage  of  this  act,  erect,  maintain  and  oper- 
ate two  railways:  one  from  Lake  street  to  the  southern  boundary  of 
the  city,  and  one  from  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river  on 
Madison  street,  to  the  western  boundary  of  said  city;  and  upon  tail- 
ure  to  do  so  this  act,  and  all  the  privileges  and  franchises  hereby 
conferred  shall  cease  and  determine. 

2107.  i:^  10.  All  the  grants,  powers,  privileges,  immunities  and 
franchises  conferred  upon,  and  all  duties  and  obligations  required  of 
Franklin  Parmelee,  Libertv  Bigelow.  Henrv  Fuller  and  David  A. 
Gage,  by  this  act,  for  the  south  and  west  divis'ons  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  and  the  county  of  Cook,  are  hereby  conferred  upon  and  re- 


480  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

quired  of  William  B.  Ogden,  John  B.  Turner,  Charles  V.Dyer,  James 
H.  Rees  and  Valentine  C.  Turner,  by  the  name  of  ''•The  North 
Chicago  Railway  Company,"  for  the  north  di\-ision  of  said  city  and 
said  county  of  Cook,  as  fully  and  etTectuall}',  to  all  intents  and  pur- 
poses, as  if  they  had  been  by  a  separate  act,  incorporated  with  all 
of  said  grants,  powers,  privileges,  immunities  and  franchises  con- 
ferred upon  them,  and  all  of  said  duties  and  obligations  imposed 
upon  them;  and  the  said  last  named  corporation  may  take,  hold, 
mortgage  and  convey  real  estate. 

2108.  'i^  II-  This  act  shall  be  deemed  a  public  act,  and  noticed 
by  all  courts  as  such  without  pleading,  and  shall  take  etl'ect  from 
its  passage. 

,VN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  extension  and  operation  of  certain  horse  rail- 
ways in  the  streets  of  the  south  and  west  divisions  of  Chicago.  [Passed  Mav 
23,  1859.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Counnon  Coiuicil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2109.  ^  I.  That  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  legislature 
of  the  state  of  Illinois,  entitled  "  An  act  to  promote  the  construction 
of  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  approved  the  fourteenth 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1859,  constituting  Franklin  Parmelee,  Lib- 
erty Bigelow',  Henry  Fuller  and  David  A.  Gage,  and  their  succes- 
sors, a  body  corporate  and  politic,  bv  the  name  of  "  The  Chicago 
City  Railway  Compan}-,"  and  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  authorit}' 
in  the  said  common  council  otherwise  by  law  vested,  consent,  per- 
mission and  authorit}^  are  hereby  unto  the  said  "  The  Chicago 
City  Railwa}^  Company  "  given,  granted  and  duly  vested,  to  lay  a 
single  or  double  track  for  a  railway,  with  all  necessary  and  con- 
venient tracks  for  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and  switches,  in  and  along 
the  course  of  the  streets  and  bridges  of  the  south  and  west  divisions 
of  the  cit}-  of  Chicago  hereinafter  mentioned ;  and  the  same  to  keep, 
maintain  and  use,  and  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages, 
during  all  the  term  in  the  said  act  of  the  fourteenth  Februar}^,  A.  D. 
1859,  specified  and  prescribed,  in  the  manner  and  upon  the  condi- 
tions hereinafter  prescribed:  Provided^  that  said  tracks  shall  not 
be  laid  within  twelve  feet  of  the  sidewalk  upon  any  of  the  streets 
hereinafter  mentioned,  in  any  case  wherein  it  is  practicable  to  be 
avoided. 

21 10.  ^2.  The  said  company  is  hereby,  as  above  mentioned, 
authorized  to  lay  a  single  or  double  track  for  such  railways  in  and 
along  the  course  of  the  following  streets  of  said  south  and  west  di- 
visions of  Chicago,  and  to  extend  the  same  as  follows: 

Commencing  on  Lake  street,  at  the  intersection  of  said  Lake  street 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  48 1 

Avith  the  east  line  of  Market  street,  and  thence  west,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  L,ake  street,  to  L,ake 
street  bridge;  thence  westerly',  with  a  single  or  double  track,  over 
said  bridge,  and  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Lake  street,  to  the 
present  and  future  limits  of  the  city. 

Commencing  on  Randolph  street,  at  the  intersection  with  the 
Stale  street  railway,  and  thence  west,  with  a  single  or  double  track, 
in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Randolph  street,  to  Union  park; 
thence  in  and  along  Park  street  to  intersect  with  the  said  Lake  street 
track. 

Commencing  on  Desplaines  street  and  intersecting  with  the  said 
Lake  street  track,  and  thence  northerh',  with  a  single  or  double 
track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Desplaines  street  to  Milwau- 
kee avenue,  and  thence  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Milwaukee 
avenue  to  the  present  and  future  city  limits. 

Commencing  on  Canal  street,  at  the  point  of  intersection  with  said 
Lake  street  track,  and  thence  southerly,  with  a  single  or  double 
track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Canal  street,  to  intersect  with 
the  track  to  be  upon  Polk  street,  as  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Commencincj  on  Harrison  street,  at  the  intersection  with  Canal 
street  aforesaid,  thence  westerly,  with  a  single  or  double  track,  in 
and  along  said  Harrison  street  to  the  Southwestern  plank-road. 

Commencing  on  Market  street,  at  the  intersection  with  Lake 
street  railway  aforesaid,  and  thence  southerly,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Market  street,  to  in- 
tersect with  the  Madison  street  railway. 

Commencing  on  South  Wells  street,  at  the  intersection  with  the 
said  Randolph  street  track,  and  thence  southerly,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Wells  street,  to  Polk 
street;  thence  westerly,  with  a  like  track,  in  and  along  the  course 
of  said  Polk  street,  to  Canal  street,  as  aforesaid;  and  thence  southerly, 
with  a  like  track,  in  and  alongf  the  course  of  said  Canal  street,  to 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad. 

Commencing  on  South  Clark  street,  at  a  point  intersecting  said 
Randolph  street  track,  and  thence  southerly,  with  a  single  or  double 
track,  in  and  along  the  course  of  said  Clark  street,  to  Polk  street; 
and  thence  westerl}-,  with  a  like  track,  in  and  along  the  course  of 
said  Polk  street,  to  Wells  street. 

Commencing  on  State  street,  at  the  intersection  of  Van  Buren 
street,  thence  westerly,  on  Van  Buren  street,  and  in  and  along  said 
Van  Buren  street,  to   the  Southwestern  plank-road. 

Commencing  on  Harrison   street,  at   its  intersection  with  Canal 
street,  and   thence,  with   a   like  track,  in   and   along  said  Harrison 
31 


482  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Street,  to  Blue  Island  avenue;  and  thence,  with  a  like  track,  in  and 
along  the  course  of  said  Blue  Island  avenue,  to  the  Chicago,  Bur- 
lington and  Quinc}'  Railroad. 

Commencing  on  Twelfth  street,  at  the  intersection  with  State 
street  railway,  and  thence  easterly,  with  a  single  or  double  track,  in 
and  along  the  course  of  said  Twelfth  street,  to  Wabash  avenue; 
thence  south,  with  a  like  track,  in  and  along  said  Wabash  avenue,  to 
Old  street;  thence  in  and  along  said  Old  street  to  Indiana  avenue, 
thence  in  and  along  Indiana  avenue,  to  intersect  with  the  Cottage 
Grove  railway. 

Also,  commencing  on  Twelfth  street,  at  the  intersection  of  State 
street,  thence  westerly,  in  and  along  said  Twelfth  street,  with  a  like 
track,  to  the  intersection  of  Blue  Island  avenue. 

21 1 1,     i^  3.     The  said  railway  upon  Randolph  street  as  aforesaid 
is  to  be  completed  from  said  State  street   to  Union   Park   aforesaid 
within  three  months,  and  from  said  Union  Park  to  Robey  street,  with- 
in live  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.     The  said  railway 
upon  Lake  street  as  aforesaid  to   be    completed   from  said  Market 
street  to  Union  Park,  as  aforesaid;  that  upon  South  Wells  street,  as 
aforesaid  is  to  be  completed  from  Randolph  to  Polk  street  aforesaid : 
and  that  upon  South  Clark  street  as  aforesaid  is  to  be  completed  "from 
said  Randolph  street  to  said  Van  Buren  street,  and  in  and  along  Van 
Buren  street  to  the  Southwestern  plank-road,  severally,  within  eight- 
een months  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.     And  the  said  railway 
upon  Canal  street  is  to  be  extended  and  completed  to  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad,  and  the  said  railways  on  Harrison 
street  to  Blue  Island  avenue,  and  on  Blue  Island  avenue  southerly 
to  Twelfth   street,  are   to  be   completed   within   one   year  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance.     And  the  said  railways  upon  Desplaines 
street  and  Milwaukee  avenue  are  to  be   extended  and  completed  to 
the  city  limits  before  the  first  day  of  the   next  session  of  the  legis- 
lature of  this  state.     The  other  of  said   railways  included  in   the 
second  section  aforesaid,  and  not  above  in  this  section  specified,  shall 
be  completed  as  soon  after  the  passage  hereof  as  ma}^  be  practica- 
ble; but,  whenever  the   common   council   shall   determine  that  the 
public  interest  requires  any  one  of  said   railways  last  mentioned  to 
be  constructed  or  extended,  and  shall  b}'   ordinance  direct  that  such 
railway  shall  be  constructed  or  extended,  as  the   case  may  be,  then 
said  company  shall  be  required  to  complete  such  construction  or  ex- 
tension in  sixty  days  after   being   notified  of  such  ordinance:     Pro- 
vided^ hozuever,  that  such  ordinance  shall  include  but  one  street  only : 
that  then  there  shall  be  an  interval  of  at  least  three  months  between 
such  ordinances,  and  that  the  same  shall  not  be  made  at  an  unseason- 
able time  of  year  for  dointr  such  work.  • 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  483 

21 1 2.  is  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be  op- 
erated with  animal  power  only;  and  shall  not  connect  with  any  other 
railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  railway  car  or  carriage 
used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  state  shall  be  used  upon  any  of 
said  tracks. 

2 1 13.  s<.  5.  The  said  tracks  and  railways  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers  and  their  ordinar\'  bag- 
gage; and  the  cars  and  carriages  for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the 
best  style  and  class  in  use  on  such  railways.  The  common  council 
shall  have  power  at  all  times  to  make  such  regulations  as  to  the 
rate  of  speed  and  time  of  running  said  cars  or  carriages  as  the  pub- 
lic safety  and  convenience  may  require. 

21 14.  i^  6  The  track  of  any  such  railways  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  street;  shall  be  laid  with  modern  improved 
rails,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily 
and  freely  cross  said  tracks,  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all 
directions,  without  obstruction:  Provided,  whenever  the  said  rail- 
wa}'  company'  construct  two  tracks  on  the  same  street,  that  the  said 
tracks  shall  be  constructed  perfectly  parallel,  as  far  as  practicable. 

21 15.  ^7.  The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  shall  not  exceed 
five  cents,  except  when  cars  or  carriages  shall  be  chartered  for 
special  purposes. 

21  t6.  ^  8.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  the  streets  or  parts  of 
streets  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railways,  or  any 
of  them,  keep  eight  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway,  on 
all  streets  whereon  one  track  is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width 
along  the  line  of  said  railway  where  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in 
good  repair  and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privileges 
hereby  granted  to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with 
whatever  order  or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinary  repairs  thereof, 
mav  be  passed  or  adopted  bv  the  common  council  of  said  city.  And 
the  said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  consequential  damages 
which  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness, 
negligence  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the  agents  or  servants  of  said 
compan}'  in  the  course  of  their  employment  in  the  construction  or 
use  of  the  railways  aforesaid,  or  any  or  either  of  them. 

21 17.  i:^  9.  If  the  said  companv  shall  fail  to  complete  anv  of 
the  aforesaid  railwavs,  in  said  second  section  mentioned,  at  the  time 
mentioned  and  provided,  and  according  to  the  conditions  prescribed 
in  the  third  section  of  this  ordinance,  then  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  virtue  hereof  respecting  said  railways,  in  the  said  sec- 
ond section   mentioned,  shall  be  forfeited,  together  with  all  or  anv 


484  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

improvements  made  upon  any  of  the  said  railways,  to  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, unless  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  grant  to  said  com- 
pany a  further  extension  of  time:  Provided^  that  if  said  company 
is  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  any  court,  the  time  of  such 
delay  shall  be  excluded  from  the  time  above  prescribed. 

2118.  §  10.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2 1 19.  §  II-  All  the  rights  and  privileges  heretofore  granted, 
or  intended  to  be  granted,  to  the  said  Franklin  Parmelee,  Liberty 
Bigelow  and  Henr}^  Fuller,  by  an  ordinance  entitled  "  An  Ordinance 
authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways 
in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago,"  or  any  amendment  thereto, 
are  hereby  granted  and  confirmed  to  the  said  "  The  Chicago  City 
Railway  Company,"  and  its  successors. 

2120.  §  12.  The  said  Franklin  Parmelee,  Liberty  Bigelow, 
Henry   Fuller  and    David  A.  Gage,  shall  enter  into  a  bond  with 

the  city   of  Chicago  in  the  penal  sum  of dollars,  conditioned 

for  the  faithful  performance  by  said  company  of  all  the  terms 
and  conditions  of  this  ordinance,  and  that  the  railwa^^s  afore- 
said shall  be  completed  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  in  this  ordi- 
nance specified,  unless  delayed  by  the  .order  or  injunction  of  some 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  so  completing  the  same.  And 
until  such  bond  is  made  by  the  said  parties,  this  ordinance  is  to  have 
no  force  or  effect  whatever. 

AN   ORDINANCE  authorizing   the  construction  and   operation  of  horse  railways 
in  the  north  di\ision  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  May  23,  11^59.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninioii  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

21 2 1.  §  I.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  the  North  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  the  consent,  authority  and  permission  of  the 
common  council  to  lay  a  single  track  for  a  railway,  with  all  neces- 
sary and  convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and  switches,  in 
and  along  the  course  of  certain  streets  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  herein- 
after mentioned,  and  to  operate  railwav  cars  and  carriages  thereon, 
in  the  manner,  and  for  the  time,  and  upon  the  conditions  hereinafter 
prescribed:  Provided^  hozvever,  that,  except  in  turning  street  cor- 
ners, said  tracks  shall  not  be  laid  within  twelve  feet  of  the  sidewalk 
upon  any  of  the  streets;  and  provided  further  that  on  North  Clark 
street,  from  North  avenue  to  the  intersection  of  North  Franklin 
street,  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  said  company  to  lay  their 
track    so    that    the    easterly    track    shall    be    eight    feet    westerly 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  485 

from  the  easterly  curb  line  of  said  street  between  said  points; 
and  when  any  new  improvement  has  been  or  may  be  ordered  by 
the  city  council  on  said  street,  between  said  points,  said  company 
shall  make  such  new  improvement  on  sixteen  feet  in  width  where 
double  track  is  used,  and  if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neg- 
lect to  make  such  new  improvement  within  a  reasonable  time,  a 
special  assessment  may  be  ordered  by  said  city  council  for  the  doing 
of  said  work  and  collected  as  other  special  assessments  are  collected. 
[As  amended  Sept.  3,  1877.] 

2122.  ^  2.  The  said  compan}-  is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  a 
single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  in  and  along  the  course  of  any 
or  all  the  folio wmg  streets  in  said  city,  to  wit: 

Commencing  on  Clark  street,  in  the  north  division  of  said  city, 
at  its  intersection  with  North  Water,  and  extending  thence  north  on 
Clark  street  to  Green  Bay  road;  thence  on  Green  Bay  road  to  the 
present  or  future  northern  city  limits. 

Also,  beginning'  on  said  Clark  street  at  the  intersection  of  Divis- 
ion  street,  thence  west  upon  Division  street  to  Clybourn  avenue; 
thence  on  Clybourn  avenue  to  Racine  road;  thence  in  the  same  di- 
rect line  to  the  northern  city  limits,  whenever  a  street  shall  be  opened 
on  said  line  to  saia  city  limits. 

Also,  beginning  on  said  Clark  street  at  its  intersection  with 
Michigan  street,  and  extending  thence  east  on  Michigan  street  to 
Rush  street ;  thence  north  on  Rush  street  to  Chicago  avenue ;  thence 
on  Green  Bay  road  to  M^olcott  street;  thence  north  on  Wolcott 
street  to  Elm  street;  thence  west  on  Elm  street  to  Clark  street. 

Also,  commencing  on  Wells  street  at  its  intersection  with  North 
Water,  and  running  thence  north  to  Division  street;  thence  west  on 
Division  street  to  Sedgwick  street;  thence  north  on  Sedgwick  street 
to  its  intersection  with  Green  Bav  road. 

Also,  commencing  on  Chicago  avenue  at  its  intersection  with 
Rush  street,  and  running  thence  west  on  Chicago  avenue  to  the  north 
branch  of  the  Chicago  River. 

2123.  §  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  (within 
the  limits  of  the  city)  be  propelled  by  animal  power  only,  and  the 
said  tracks  and  railways  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  to 
transport  passengers  and  their  ordinary  baggage,  and  the  cars  or 
carriages  used  for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class  in 
use  on  such  railways. 

2124.  s^  4.  The  common  council  shall  have  power  at  all 
times  to  make  such  regulations  as  to  the  rate  of  speed  and  time  or 
times  of  running  said  cars  or  carriages  as  the  public  safety  and  con- 
venience may  require:   Provided^  that  the  common  council  shall  not 


4^6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

require  said   company  to  run  any  carriage   or  car  earlier  than  five 
o'clock  in  the  morninp-,  nor  later  than   eleven   o'clock  in  the  niirht. 

2125.  i^  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railways  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  streets;  shall  be  laid  with  modern  improved 
rails,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily 
and  freely  cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all 
directions,  with  the  least  obstruction  possible. 

2126.  §  6.  The  rates  of  fare  for  any  distance  within  the  city 
limits  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  each  passenger,  except  when 
cars  and  carriages  shall  be  chartered  for  a  specific  purpose. 

2127.  ^7,  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
macadamizing,  paving,  filling  or  planking  of  the  streets  or  parts  of 
streets  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railways,  or  an}^ 
of  them,  keep  eight  feet  in  width  along  the  Hne  of  said  railway  on 
all  streets  whereon  one  track  is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in 
width  along  the  line  of  said  railway  where  two  tracks  are  con- 
structed, in  good  repair  and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which 
the  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  ac- 
cordance with  whatever  order  or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinary 
repairs  thereof  may  be  passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council 
of  said  city;  and  the  said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  the  legal 
consequential  damages  which  ma}'  be  sustained  by  any  person,  by 
reason  of  the  carelessness,  negligence  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the 
agents  or  servants  of  said  company  in  the  course  of  their  employ- 
ment in  the  construction  or  use  of  said  railways  or  either  of  them. 

2128.  ^  8.  Unless  the  said  railway,  commencing  on  said 
Clark  street  at  its  intersection  with  North  Water  street,  and  ex- 
tending north  to  Green  Bay  road,  and  thence  on  Green  Ba}^  road  to 
the  present  or  future  northern  city  limits,  shall  be  completed  and 
ready  for  use  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  i860;  and 
unless  the  said  railway,  commencing  on  Clark  street  at  its  intersec- 
tion with  Division  street,  and  extending  thence  west  on  Division 
street  to  Clybourn  avenue,  thence  on  Clybourn  avenue  to  Racine 
road,  thence  on  the  same  direct  line  to  the  northern  limits  of  the  city, 
shall  be  completed  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1862, 
or  within  six  months  after  a  street  shall  have  been  opened  from 
the  intersection  of  Clybourn  avenue  and  Racine  road,  on  the  same 
direct  line  with  said  Clybourn  avenue,  to  the  northern  cit}'  limits; 
and  unless  the  said  railway,  beginning  on  said  Clark  street  at  its 
intersection  with  Michigan  street,  and  running  thence  east  on  Mich- 
igan street  to  Rush  street,  thence  north  on  Rush  street  to  Chicago 
avenue,  thence  on  Green  Bay  road  to  Wolcott  street,  thence  north 
on  Wolcott  street  to  Elm  street,  thence  west  on  Elm  street  to  Clark 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  •  487 

street,  shall  be  completed  on  or  before  the  iirst  day  of  January,  A. 
D.  1861;  and  unless  all  the  remaining  railways  herein  mentioned 
shall  be  completed  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D. 
1862,  then  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  to  said  company  by 
virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  forfeited  to  said  citv  of  Chicago, 
unless  the  common  council  thereof  shall  grant  to  said  company  a 
further  extension  of  time  to  construct  the  same:  Provided^  how- 
ever, that  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
cause  a  forfeiture  of  any  of  said  lines  which  shall  be  completed  pre- 
vious to  the  time  herein  specified  for  their  respective  completion: 
And  provided,  Jurtlier,  that  if  said  company  shall  be  delayed  by 
order  or  injunction  of  any  court  having  competent  jurisdiction, 
the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded,  and  the  same  time  in 
addition  to  the  periods  above  prescribed  shall  be  allowed  for  the 
completion  of  said  railwavs  as  that  during  which  the}'  may  be  so 
dela\-ed. 

2129.  '^  9.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  boards  of  water 
Commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  affected  by  this  ordinance,  but  the  rights  and  priv- 
ileges hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2130.  ^  ro.  The  rights  and  privileges  granted  to  the  said 
company  by  this  ordinance,  or  intended  so  to  be,  shall  continue  and 
be  in  force  for  the  benefit  of  said  companv  for  the  full  term  of  twenty- 
five  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  and  no  longer. 

2 13 1.  ^  II.  The  North  Chicago  City  Railwav  Company 
shall  enter  into  a  bond  with  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  penal  sum  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance by  said  companv  of  all  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  ordin- 
ance; and  that  the  railwavs  aforesaid  shall  be  completed  at  the  times 
and  in  the  manner  specified  in  this  ordinance,  unless  delaved  by 
the  order  or  injunction  of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from 
so  completing  the  same;  and  until  such  bond  is  made  b}'  said  par- 
ties, this  ordinance  is  to  have  no  force  or  efiect  whatever. 

AN  ORDINANCE  supplementurv  to  and  explanatory  of  an  ordinance  entitled 
"  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operatio'.i  of  horse  railways 
in  the  north  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago."      [Passed  June  20,  IHo!).] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninio)i  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicaov: 

2132.  i:N  I,  That  section  8  [7]  of  the  ordinance  entitled  "An 
ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  horse  rail- 
ways in  the  north  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,*'  passed  Mav  23. 
1859,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  declared  to  read  as  follows:  The 
said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading,  paving,  macadamizing. 


488  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

filling  or  planking  of  streets  or  parts  of  streets  upon  which  they 
shall  construct  their  said  railways,  or  any  of  them,  keep  eight  feet 
in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway  on  all  streets  where  one  track 
is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  rail- 
way on  all  streets  where  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in  good  repair 
and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privileges  hereby 
granted  to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever 
order  or  regulation,  respecting  the  ordinary  repairs  thereof,  may  be 
passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of  said  city.  And  the 
said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  consequential  damages 
which  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  careless- 
ness, negligence  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the  agents  or  servants  of 
th^  said  company,  in  the  course  of  their  employment  in  the  con- 
struction or  use  of  the  railways  aforesaid,  or  any  or  either  of  them. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amendatory  of  the  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  author- 
izing the  extension  and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of"  the 
south  and  west  divisions  of  Chicago,"  passed  May  23,  1859.  [Passed  t'ebruarv 
13,  I860.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Couiuion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2133.  ^  I.  That  the  third  section  of  the  ordinance  entitled 
"  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension  and  operation  of  certain 
horse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the  south  and  west  divisions  of  Chi- 
cago," be  and  the  same  is  hereby  so  amended  that  the  time  for  the 
construction  of  the  railway  track  on  Clark  street  in  said  ordinance 
mentioned  be  extended  for  the  period  of  ten  years,  and  that  the 
time  for  the  construction  of  the  several  railways,  and  each  and  every 
one  thereof  in  said  section  mentioned  or  referred  to,  be  extended  for 
the  period  of  five  years  beyond  the  time  mentioned  in  said  ordin- 
ance for  the  completion  thereof:  Provided^  hozvever^  that  the  Blue 
Island  avenue  and  the  Milwaukee  avenue  lines  shall  severally  be 
completed  within  the  period  of  two  years  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  accept  a  certain  resolution  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway 
Company-     [Passed  March  9,  1800.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2134.  §  I-  That  the  resolution  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway 
Company,  passed  011  the  18th  da}^  of  February,  i860,  tendered  to 
this  body  (to  which  reference  is  hereby  made),  whereby  the  said 
compan}'-  obligates  itself  to  postpone  the  laying  down  of  its  track  on 
South  Clark  street,  for  and  during  the  period  of  ten  years,  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby,  in  all  things  accejited,  and  said  amendatory 
ordinance  therein  mentioned  affirmed. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  489 

Resolution  referred  to  in  foregoing  ordiuauee. 

Resolved^  That  this  companv  herehv  accepts  of  the  pro\isions  of  the  ordinance 
of  the  common  council  of  the  citv  of  Chicago,  passed  on  the  13th  dav  of  P^ebrii- 
.arv,  1800,  amendatory  of  tlie  third  section  of  an  ordinance  entitled  "An  ordinance 
authorizing  the  extension  and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of 
the  south  and  west  divisions  of  Chicago,"  passed  May  23,  ISof).  And  in  considera- 
tion thereof,  and  of  the  repealing  by  said  council  (to  be  notifiea  bv  acceptance  here- 
of) of  the  ninth  and  twelfth  sections  of  the  above  entitled  ordinance,  this  companv, 
as  to  said  South  Clark  street,  will  and  hereby  does  agree  to  the  postponement 
of  laying  down  its  track  along  said  street,  or  any  part  thereof,  for  and  during  the  time 
in  said  amendatory  ordinance  mentioned:  Provided^  that  nothing  herein  contained 
shall  prevent  this  company  from  using  so  much  of  said  street  as  shall  be  necessary 
to  make  proper  connections  with  the  track  of  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway 
Company,  in  pursuance  of  any  ordinance  of  the  comirion  council  hereai'ter  in  that 
behalf  to  be  passed. 

Chicago  City  Railway  Office,  / 

City  of  Chicago.  ^^''     I,  Geo.  W.  Fuller,  secretary  of  the  Chica- 

cago  City  Railway  Company,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  is  a  true  copy  of  a 
resolution  passed  by  the  board  of  directors  of  said  company,  at  a  meeting  of  said 
board  held  on  the  ISth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1«(;0. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said  compan\-,  this  20th  da\-  of  Feb- 
ruary, A.  D.  18G0. 

GEO.  W.  FULLER, 
[seal.]  Secretary  Chicago  City  Raihvay  Company. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amendatory  of  an  ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and 
operation  of  horse  railways  in  the  north  division  of  the  citv  of  Chicago. 
[Passed  March  9,  18(!0.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Coiineil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2135.  §  I.  That  the  tracks  of  the  North  Chicago  City  Rail- 
way Company  as  now  laid  be  permitted  to  so  remain  for  the  period 
of  ten  years  from  and  after  this  date. 

AN  ORDINANCE  extending  the  time  for  the  construction  of  certain  horse  rail- 
w.ays  therein  mentioned,  and  compelling  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway 
Company  to  abandon  their  right  to  run  upon  and  construct  a  railway  in  North 
Wells  stl-eet.     [Passed  December  IT,  18C0.J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2136.  §  I.  That  the  North  Chicago  Cit}-  Railway  Company 
shall  have  ten  years  in  addition  to  the  time  fixed  by  the  ordinance 
entitled:  "An  ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation 
of  horse  raihva3's  in  the  north  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,"'  for 
the  construction  of  the  several  railwa3^s,  or  any  parts  thereof,  named 
therein,  as  follows:  On  Michii^an  street  to  Rush  street;  thence 
north  on  Rush  street  to  Chicago  avenue;  thence  on  Green  Bay 
road  to  Wolcott  street;  thence  north  on  Wolcott  street  to  Elm 
street;  thence  west  on  Elm  street  to  Clark  street;  from  Division 
street  to  Sedgwick  street;  thence  on  Sedgwick  street  to  Green 
Bay  road;  also,  from  Rush  street  on  Chicago  avenue  to  Clark 
street:    Provided^  hoivcver^   and   this  extension  is  upon  this  express 


49°  SPECL'VL    LAWS    OF    THE 

condition,  that  the  said  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  shall 
release  all  the  right  they  now  have,  or  may  hereafter  acquire,  to 
construct  and  run  a  railway  on  North  Wells  street  in  said  cit}-,  and 
the  right  is  hereby  granted  to  said  company  to  construct  and  operate 
a  horse  railway,  in  accordance  with  the  ordinance  hereby  extended, 
on  Franklin  street,  from  its  intersection  w^ith  Chicago  ayenue  north 
to  its  intersection  with  Diyis'on  street. 


AN  ACT  to  authorize   the   extension  of  horse  railways   in   the   city  of  Chicago. 
[Approved  February  2\,  1801.] 

2137.  ^  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois^ 
represented  in  the  General  Assenib/y :  Tiiat  Edward  P.  Ward,  William 
K.  McAllister,  Samuel  B.  Walker,  James  L.  Wilson,  Charles  B. 
Brown,  Nathaniel  P.  Wilder  and  their  successors,  be  and  they  are 
hereby  created  and  constituted  a  body  corporate  and  politic,  by  the 
name  of  "  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company,"  for  the 
term  of  tvventy-tiye  years,  with  all  the  powers  and  authority  per- 
taining to  corporations  for  like  purposes. 

2138.  §  2.  The  said  corporation  shall  possess  all  the  powers 
conferred  by,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  provisions  contained  in,  the 
second,  third,  fifth  and  sixth  sections  of  an  act,  entitled:  "  An  act  to 
promote  the  construction  of  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago," 
approved  February  14th,  1859:  Provided,  that  nothing  herein  con- 
tained shall  be  so  construed  as  to  in  any  manner  invalidate  or  injuri- 
ously affect  any  of  the  rights  of  either  of  the  corporations  created 
by  said  act,  or  to  authorize  the  corporation  hereby  created  to  con- 
struct or  use  any  raihvay  track  in  the  north  division  of  Chicago, 
except  by  the  wa^itten  consent  of  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway 
Compan}':  And  further  provided,  the  consent  of  the  owners  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  propert}',  by  lineal  measure,  fronting  upon  the  streets 
through  which  said   railways  shall  pass,  shall  be  obtained. 

2139.  ^  3.  All  the  corporate  powers  of  said  corporation  shall 
be  vested  in  and  exercised  by  a  board  of  directors,  and  such  officers 
and  agents  as  said  board  shall  appoint.  The  first  board  of  direc- 
tors shall  consist  of  said  Charles  B.  Brown,  James  L.  Wilson,  Will- 
iam K.  McAllister,  Samuel  B.  Walker  and  Nathaniel  P.  Wilder,  and 
thereafter  of  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  seven  stockholders, 
who  shall  be  chosen  each  and  every  year  by  the  stockholders,  at 
such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  the  said  corporation  shall  by  its 
laws  prescribe.  The  said  directors  shall  hold  their  offices  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  may  fill  any  vacancies 
which  may  happen  in  the  board  of  directors  by  death,  resignation 
or  otherwise.     They  may  also  adopt  such  by-laws,  rules   and  reg- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  49 1 

ulations  for  the  go\'ernment  of  said  corporation  and  the  manag-e- 
ment  of  its  atiairs  and  business  as  they  may  think  proper,  not  in- 
consistent with  the  laws  of  this  State. 

2140.  ■i^  -j.  The  corporation  hereb}'  created  is  authorized  to 
purchase,  hold  and  convey  real  or  personal  estate;  to  mortgage  or 
lease  its  franchises  and  property;  to  acquire,  unite  and  exercise  any 
of  the  powers,  franchises,  privileges  or  immunities  conferred  upon 
the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  by  the  act  aforesaid,  or  any  or- 
dinance of  the  common  council  of  said  city,  upon  such  terms  and  con- 
ditions as  may  by  contract  between  the  said  railway  corporations 
be  prescribed ;  and  the  consent  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  said 
Chicago  Citv  Railway  Company,  manifested  in  writing,  shall  be  a 
condition  precedent  to  the  corporation  hereby  created  exercising  the 
powers,  or  any  of  them,  conferred  upon  it  by  the  second  section  of 
the  act  aforesaid,  as  to  any  streets  of  said  south  and  west  divisions 
of  Chicago,  in  which  the  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  has 
acquired  the  right  of  laving  down  its  track:  Provided,  that  upon 
obtaining  such  contract  or  consent  as  aforesaid,  this  corporation  shall 
thereupon  and  thereb}^  become  entitled,  as  to  the  streets  last  above 
mentioned  and  no  others,  to  use  the  same  according  to  the  provisions 
of  said  contract  and  the  ordinances  aforesaid,  an^'thing  herein  con- 
tained to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

2141.  ^  5.  If  any  person  shall  wilfully  and  maliciously  ob- 
struct either  of  the  corporations  aforesaid,  or  that  hereby  created, 
in  the  use  of  any  of  their  railway  tracks,  or  the  passing  of  the  cars 
of  either  of  said  corporations  thereon,  such  person,  and  all  who  shall 
be  aiding  or  abetting,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  live 
hundred  dollars,  or  may  be  imprisoned  in  a  common  jail  for  a  period 
not  exceeding  three  months. 

2142.  i^  6.  This  act  shall  be  deemed  a  pubhc  act.  and  noticed 
by  all  courts  as  such  without  pleading,  and  shall  take  effect  from  its 
passage. 

AN   ORDINANCE  exemptini^-  C;inal  street  and  other  streets  trom  railway  usls,  by 
substitution,  and  for  other  purposes.      [Passed   No\eniber    IS,  1S(!1.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   Couiiuon   CoiineiJ  of  the  eity  of   Chiecii^v: 

21^3.  i^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  extending  by  the  Chi- 
cago City  Railroad  Company  of  its  railway  upon  West  Lake  street, 
from  Robey  street  to  the  west  limits  of  the  city  within  ninety  days 
from  the  passage  hereof,  and  the  release  and  surrender  b}'  said 
company  of  any  and  all  right  to  lay  down  a  railway  track  along  the 
course  of  either  Canal  street,  Harrison  street  or  Lake  street  from 
the  east  line  of  Market  street  to  the  same  line  of  Desplaines  street, 


492  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  which  said  streets  so  released  the  said  city  is  to  preserve  and 
keep  at  all  times  free  from  any  such  railwa}';  authority  and  consent 
are  hereby  given  and  granted  unto  said  company  to  lay  down  and 
use  a  single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  with  all  necessary  and 
convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs  and  switches  in  and  upon  Desplaines 
street,  from  Lake  street  aforesaid  to  Randolph  street,  and  in,  upon 
and  along  Halsted  street  from  said  Lake  street  southerly  to  Blue 
Island  avenue,  and  thence  on  Blue  Island  avenue  to  the  city  limits; 
but  which  last  mentioned  railway  on  said  Halsted  street  and  Blue 
Island  avenue,  said  company  shall  not  be  required  to  construct  at 
any  time  within  three  years  from  the  passage  hereof. 

2144.  ^  2.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  "An  ordinance  au- 
thorizing the  construction  and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways  in 
the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago,"  passed  August  i6th,  1858,  and 
also  the  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension 
and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the  south 
and  west  divisions  of  Chicago,"  passed  May  23,  1859,  and  all  amend- 
ments thereof,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  so  amended  as  that  the 
time  therein  prescribed  for  the  construction  of  the  several  railways 
therein  mentioned,  except  said  West  Lake  street  from  Robey  to  the 
city  limits  aforesaid,  and  also  excepting  the  railway  upon  Desplaines 
street  and  Milwaukee  avenue  north  of  Lake  street  aforesaid,  is  ex- 
tended for  the  period  of  five  years.  That  both  as  to  the  construc- 
tion and  maintenance  of  each  and  every  of  the  aforesaid  railways, 
said  company  shall  use  suitable  rails  of  not  less  than  a  five-inch 
flange  (except  on  Lake  street  west  of  Robey  street)  for  the  purpose; 
shall  avoid  the  unnecessary  elevation  of  their  tracks  above  the  sur- 
face of  the  streets,  and  so  lay,  or  where  laid,  so  maintain  the  same 
as  not  necessarily  to  obstruct  the  passage  of  carriages  or  vehicles 
over  them,  or  to  impair  the  usefulness  of  the  streets  whereupon  they 
are  laid;  shall  run  cars  or  carriages  thereon  of  a  suitable  style  and 
description,  and  at  all  such  times  and  rate  of  speed  as  the  pubhc  con- 
venience and  safety  shall  to  it  seem  to  require. 

2145.  ^  3.  That  if  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  construct  any 
portion  of  the  railways  aforesaid  within  the  time  prescribed  for 
doing  the  same,  it  shall  thereupon  forfeit  all  right  to  such  portion; 
and  if  it  fail  to  construct  said  railway  on  West  Lake  street  from 
Robey  street  to  the  city  limits  within  ninety  days  as  aforesaid,  it 
shall  thereupon  forfeit  all  and  singular  the  rights,  privileges  and 
extension  of  time  by  this  ordinance  granted,  conferred  or  intended, 
and  all  parts  of  the  several  ordinances  aforesaid,  inconsistent  with 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed:  Pro- 
vided., that  if  said  company  shall  be  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunc- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  493 

tion  of  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  completing  any  of 
the  railways  aforesaid,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded  from 
the  period  prescribed  herein  for  completing  the  same. 

Resolutio)i  and  release  referred  to  inforc^v/n^j^-  ordinance. 

Resolved,  That  upon  tlie  approval  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  of  an 
ordinance  passed  on  the  ]8tli  day  of  November,  18(Jl,  by  the  common  council  of  said 
city,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  exempting  Canal  street  and  other  streets  from  railway 
uses,  by  substitution,  and  for  other  purposes,"  the  president  and  secretary  of  this 
company  are  authorized  to  sign,  seal  and  deliver  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  on  be- 
half of  this  company,  a  release  in  the  following  form,  that  is  to  say: 

Chicago  City  Railway  Office,  ) 

City  of  Chicago.  f    ""  I,  Geo.  W.  Fuller,  Secretary  of  the  Chi- 

cago City  Railway  Company,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  is  a  true  copy  of  a 
resolution  of  record  passed  by  the  board  of  directors  of  said  company,  on  the  l!)th 
day  of  November,  A.  D.  1801. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said  company,  this  l!)th  dav  of  No- 
vember, A.  D.  18(J1.  GEO.  W.  FULLER. 

[.SXAL.]  Secrctaty  of  the  Chicago  City  R.   W.  Co. 

Know  all  men  by  the.se  presents.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Com- 
panj',  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  passage  by  the  common  council,  and  tiie  ap- 
proval of  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  of  a  certain  ordinance  entitled  "  An  or- 
dinance exempting  Canal  street  and  other  streets  from  railway  uses,  by  substitution, 
and  for  other  pvu-poses,"  have  and  by  these  presents  do  hereby  release  and  surrender 
unto  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  any  and  all  right  to  lay  down  a  railway  track  along 
the  course  of  either  Canal  street,  Harrison  street,  or  Lake  street,  from  the  east  line 
of  Market  street  to  the  same  line  of  Desplaines  street :  Proz'idec/,  ho-arz'cr,  that  noth- 
ing herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  aftect  the  right  of  said  railway  com- 
pany to  cross  said  Canal  street  at  the  point  of  intersection  therewith  by  any  east  and 
west  street  upon  which  said  company  has  the  right  to  a  railway  track,  or  to  cross 
said  Harrison  street  at  the  point  of  intersection  therewith  by  Ilalsted  street. 

/«  Testimony  Ji'hereof,  The  said  The  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  has 
caused  these  presents  to  be  signed  by  its  president  and  secretary,  and  its  corjjorate 
sealhereunto  atHxed,  this  l!)th  day  ot  November,  A.  1).  181)1. 

[seal.]  W.  U.  WAFFE,  Preset. 

GEO.  W.  FULLER,  Sec\y. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  State  street  horse  railway.     [Passed  August  11, 

18G3.] 

I^e  it  ordained  b\  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicagv: 

2146.  '^  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Horse  Railway  Company 
be  and  is  hereby  permitted  to  build  and  lay  down  temporary  tracks 
from  Ringgold  place  to  city  limits  on  State  street,  and  run  cars 
thereon  during  the  holding  of  the  United  States  Horse  Fair  in  Sep- 
tember next. 

2147.  ^  2.  That  said  company  shall  have  the  privilege  and 
be  compelled  to  take  up  said  track,  within  twenty  days  after  the 
expiration  of  said  fair,  and  leave  said  street  in  as  good  condition  as 
at  the  present  time. 


494 


SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 


AN  ORDINANCE  for  the  preservation  of  certain  streets  of  Cl^'t^^'ig"  from  railway 
uses.     [Passed  November  Hi,  t8(>j.j 

Be  it  ordained  b\'  tJie  Coinnion  Coiiiied  of   tJie  city  of    C/iica^v  : 

2148.  'i^  I.  That  whereas,  by  an  act  of  the  general  assembly 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  "  An  act  to  promote  the  construction 
of  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,''  approved  February  14, 
1859,  and  by  an  ordinance  of  the  common  council  of  said  city  en- 
titled "■  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of 
certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago,"  passed 
August  16,  1858;  and  also  by  a  certain  other  ordinance  of  said 
city,  in  pursuance  of  the  act  aforesaid,  entitled  "  An  ordinance 
authorizing  the  extension  and  operation  of  certain  horse  railways 
in  the  streets  of  the  south  and  west  divisions  of  Chicago,"  passed 
May  23,  1859;  and  also  by  an  ordinance  of  said  city  entitled  "An 
ordinance  exempting  Canal  street  and  other  streets  from  railway 
uses  by  substitution,  and  for  other  purposes,"  passed  November  18, 
1 86 1,  authority  and  consent  were  and  are  duly  granted  to,  vested 
in  and  accepted  by  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  and  its 
assigns,  to  construct  single  or  double  track  horse  railways  in,  upon 
and  along  certain  streets  of  said  cit}^  and  to  use  the  same  for  the 
period  in  said  ordinances  mentioned,  among  which  said  streets  so 
mentioned  are  Wabash  avenue  and  Lake  street:  and  whereas,  it  is 
deemed  and  considered  by  the  common  council  of  said  city  that  the 
permanent  interest  and  welfare  of  said  city  demand  the  exclusion 
of  all  such  railways  from  said  Wabash  avenue  and  from  all  of  said 
Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck  street,  and  from  certain 
other  streets  hereinafter  named,  and  that  the-  same  should  be  kept 
at  all  times  free  from  such  railways,  and  that  no  other  railwa3'S  than 
those  above  authorized  should  be  permitted  upon  the  streets  in  said 
ordinances  mentioned,  or  those  wherein  the}'  are  now  in  use;  where- 
as also  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Compan3\  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  act  of  said  general  assembly,  entitled  "  An  act  to  author- 
ize the  extension  of  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  approved 
February  21,  1861,  has  acquired  by  contract  with  the  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company,  all  such  right  to  use  said  streets  as  was 
and  hereby  is  granted  to  said  last  named  company  as  aforesaid, 
as  to  all  the  streets  in  said  west  division,  and  certain  of  the  streets 
in  the  south  division  of  Chicago,  in  said  ordinances  mentioned;  and 
the  said  respective  railway  companies  are  now  walling  to  give  up 
and  eftectually  to  surrender  to  the  city  of  Chicago  any  and  all  right 
to  construct  or  use  any  railway  along  the  course  of  an}-  portion  of 
said  Wabash  avenue  or  of  said  Lake  street,  east  of  the  east  line  of 
Peck  street,  and  also  each  of  said  corporations  to  enter  into  cov- 
enant, under  their  respective  corporate  seals,  to  and  with  the  city 
of  Chicago,  to  absolutely  refrain   for   all  time  hereafter  from  con- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  495 

stiucting  or  using  any  railway  along  the  course  of  either  of  said 
streets  as  last  named,  or  of  Michigan  avenue,  Third  avenue,  Wash- 
ington street,  Monroe  street,  Adams  street  or  West  Jackson  street 
(except  necessary  crossings  of  said  streets),  upon  condition  that  the 
railways  of  all  other  persons  or  corporations  shall  likewise  be  ex- 
cluded therefrom:  now,  therefore,  in  consideration  of  all  and  singu- 
lar the  premises  of  said  release  and  surrender  as  aforesaid,  and  of 
the  making  of  the  covenant  by  the  said  respective  railway  compa- 
nies as  aforesaia,  the  said  common  council  do  by  virtue  and  in 
pursuance  of  the  said  acts  of  the  general  assembly  of  the  state  of 
Illinois,  and  the  powers  therein  otherwise  vested  by  law,  and  for 
the  promotion  of  the  permanent  interests  of  said  city,  ordain  and 
declare  that  no  railway  track  shall  be  constructed  or  used  for  or 
during  the  period  of  twenty  years  next  hereafter,  along  the  course 
of  either  Michigan  avenue,  Wabash  avenue.  Third  avenue,  Wash- 
ington street.  Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck  street,  Mon- 
roe street,  Adams  street  or  West  Jackson  street,  or  along  any  part 
or  portion  of  the  course  thereof,  nor  shall  the  railway  of  any  person 
or  corporation,  other  than  those  above  named  and  authorized  as 
aforesaid,  be  constructed  or  used  in,  upon  or  along  any  of  the  sev- 
eral streets  in  said  ordinances  mentioned. 

2149.  ^  2.  That  if  any  person  or  corporation  shall  enter  upon 
either  said  Michi<)fan  avenue.  Wabash  avenue.  Third  avenue.  Wash- 
ington  street.  Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck  street,  Mon- 
roe street,  Adams  street  or  West  Jackson  street,  or  any  portion  of 
the  same  (except  at  their  crossings),  or  dig  up  any  portion  of  said 
several  streets,  or  bring  upon  any  portion  thereof  any  timber,  ties, 
rails  or  other  materials,  with  the  intention  of  constructing  any  rail- 
way track  along  the  course,  in  or  upon  either  of  said  streets,  said 
person  or  corporation,  and  all  who  shall  be  aiding  or  abetting,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  e\erv 
offense. 

2150.  ^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  to  create 
any  obligation,  either  express  or  implied,  which  shall  in  any  event 
render  the  said  city  of  Chicago  Hable  to  any  action  or  claim  for 
damages  at  the  suit  of  either  of  the  horse  railway  companies  herein- 
before mentioned,  or  their  successors  or  assigns. 

215 1.  'i^  -}.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect  as 
soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  and  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway 
Company,  and  the  covenants  hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  have 
been  duly  executed  by  said  companies  respectively. 


49^  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Covencuits  referred  to  i)i  foregoing  ordinance. 

Whereas  :  At  a  rej^ular  meeting  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, held  on  the  IGth  day  of  No\emher,  A.  D.  IHOy,  an  ordinance  was  passed,  enti- 
tled "  An  ordinance  for  the  preservation  of  certain  streets  of  Chicago  from  railway 
uses,"  to  which  reference  is  hereby  made  as  a  part  hereof  ;  and  whereas,  it  is, 
amongst  other  things  in  substance  recited  in  said  ordinance,  that  the  Chicago  Citv 
Railway  Company  is  willing  to  give  up  and  eft'ectually  surrender  to  the  citv  of  Chi- 
cago any  and  all  right  to  construct  or  use  any  railway  along  the  course  of  any  por- 
tion of  Wabash  avenue  or  of  Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck  street  in  said 
c^ty  ;  and  also  to  enter  into  covenant  under  its  corporate  seal,  to  and  with  the  citv 
Xii  Chicago,  to  absolutely  refrain  ibr  all  time  hereafter  from  constructing  or  using 
any  railway  along  the  course  of  either  of  said  streets  last  named,  or  of  Michigan 
avenue.  Third  avenue,  Washington  street,  Monroe  street,  Adams  street  or  West  Jack- 
son street  (except  necessary  crossings  of  said  streets)  upon  certain  conditions  in  said 
ordinance  mentioned.  Now,  therefore,  to  signify  the  acceptance  of  the  said  ordi- 
nance by  the  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  and  to  cause  the  same  to  go  into 
force  and  eftect  as  therein  provided,  these  articles  of  agreement,  made  and  entered 
into  this  21st  day  of  November,  A.  D.  IbGo,  between  the  said  the  Chicago  City  Rail- 
way Company,  the  party  of  the  first,  and  the  city  of  Chicago,  party  of  the  second 
part,  witness,  that  the  party  of  the  first  part,  in  consideration  of  the  passage  bv  the 
comn^on  council  of  the  said  ordinance  as  aforesaid,  and  the  conditions  and  provis- 
ions therein  contained,  and  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  this  day  duly  passed,  has,  and  hereby  does  gi\'e  up, 
eft'ectually  surrender  and  release  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  any  and  all  right 
of  the  party  of'the  first  part  to  construct  or  use  any  railway  along  the  course  of  any 
portion  of  Wabash  avenue  or  of  Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck  street,  in 
said  city,  and  does  hereby  covenant  and  agree  to  and  with  the  said  party  of  the  sec- 
ond part  in  pursuance  of  said  ordinance,  that  it,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  will 
■absolutely  refrain  for  all  time  hereafter  irom  constructing  or  using  any  railway 
along  the  course  of  either  of  said  last  named  streets,  or  along  the  course  of  either 
Michigan  avenue,  Third  avenue,  Washington  street,  Monroe  street,  Adams  street  or 
West  Jackson  street  (except  necessary  crossings  of  said  streets)  upon  the  conditions 
aforesaid:  Proi'ided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  in 
any  manner  aftect  any  of  the  rights  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  to  construct 
or  use  a  railwa>'  upon  any  street  of  said  cits'  not  herein  above  specified. 

Wherefore  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  caused  these  presents  to  be  signed 
by  its  president  and  secretary,  and  its  corporate  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed,  the  day 
and  year  above  written. 

D.  A.  GAGE, 
President  C/iicaffo  City  Pailway  Co. 

[seal.]  GEO.  W.    FULLER, 

a  Sccrefcirv  CAia/o-o  Citv  Rail- cay  Coiiipatiy. 

Whereas  :  At  a  regular  meeting  ot  the  commo!i  council  of  the  citv  of  Chicago, 
held  on  the  lOth  day  ot  November,  A.  D.  18G8,  an  ordinance  was  passed,  entitled 
"  An  ordinance  for  the  preservation  of  certain  streets  of  Cliicago  from  railway  uses," 
to  which  ordinance  reference  is  liereby  made  as  a  part  hereof ;  and  w^hereas,  it  is 
amongst  otiaer  things  in  substance  recited  in  said  ordinance,  that  the  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  Company  is  willing  to  give  up  and  effectually  surrender  to  the 
city  of  Chicago  any  and  all  right  to  construct  or  use  any  railway  along  the  course 
of  any  portion  of  Wabash  avenue  or  of  Lake  street  east  of  the  east  line  of  Peck 
street  in  said  city,  a,nd  also  to  enter  into  covenant  under  its  corporate  seal  to  and  with 
the  city  of  Chicago,  to  absolutely  refrain  for  all  tim»  hereatter,  from  constructing  or 
using  any  railway  along  the  course  of  either  of  said  streets  last  named  or  of  Michi- 
gan avenue.  Third  avenue,  Washington  street,  Monroe  street,  Adams  street  or  West 
Jackson  street  (except  necessary  crossings  of  said  streets)  upon  certain  conditions  in 
said  ordinance  mentioned.  Now,  therefore,  to  signify  the  acceptance  of  the  said  ordi- 
nance by  the  said  the  Chicago  W^est  Division  Railway  Company,  and  to  cause  the 
same  to  go  into  force  and  effect  as  therein  provided,  these  articles  of  agreement  made 
and  entered  into  this  twentv-first  day  of  No\  ember,  A.  D.  lS(io,  between  the  said  the 
Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Compan\-,  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  the  city  of 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  .  497 

Chicago,  partv  of  the  second  part,  witness,  that  the  party  ot"  the  first  part,  in  consid- 
eration of  the  passage  bv  the  common  council  of  the  said  ordinance  as  aforesaid,  and 
the  conditions  and  provisions  therein  contained,  and  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  this  day  duly  past  has  and 
herebv  does  give  up,  effectually  surrender  and  release  to  the  said  party  of  the  second 
part,  anv  and  all  right  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  to  construct  or  use  any  railway 
along  the  course  of  any  portion  of  Wabash  avenue  or  of  Lake  street  east  of  the  east 
line  of  Peck  street  in  said  city,  and  does  hereby  covenant  and  agree  to  and  with  the 
said  partv  of  the  second  part,  in  pursuance  of  said  ordinance,  that  it,  the  said  party 
of  the  first  part,  will  absolutely  refrain  for  all  time  hereafter  from  constructing  or 
using  anv  railway  along  the  course  of  either  of  said  last  named  streets,  or  along  the 
course  of  either  ^lichigan  a\enue.  Third  a\enue,  Washington  street,  Monroe  street, 
Adams  street,  or  West  Jackson  street,  (except  necessary  crossings  of  said  streets), 
upon  the  conditions  aforesaid :  Provided^  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  in  any  manner  affect  any  of  the  rights  of  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part  to  construct  or  use  a  railway  upon  any  street  of  said  city  not  herein  above 
specified. 

Wherefore  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  caused  these  presents  to  be  signed 
bv  its  president  and  secretary,  and  its  corporate  seal  to  be  hereunto  aflixed,  the  day 
and  vear  abo^■e  written. 

J.  R.  JONES, 
President  The  Chicago  West  Division  Raihvay  Company. 

[SEAL.]  WM.  H.  OVINGTON, 

Secretary  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railvjay  Company. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  connection  of  the  tracks  of  the  horse  railways 
of  the  North  Chicago  Citv  Railway  and  the  Chicago  Citv  Railway  Companies. 
[Passed  January  18,  1864.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Cozmcil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2152.  §  I.  That  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company 
is  herebv  authorized  to  lay  a  single  or  double  track,  with  the  neces- 
sary curves  and  appendages,  in  and  along  Wolcott  street,  in  the  city 
of  Chicago,  from  its  intersection  with  Michigan  street,  to  the  center 
of  the  Chicago  river,  at  such  points  and  in  such  way  as  that  they 
mav  make  connections  with  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway 
Companv  (bv  arrangement  with  said  company)  at  such  center  of  the 
river,  therebv  making  continuous  lines  of  horse  railway  between 
the  ditierent  divisions  of  the  city;  and  for  this  purpose  the  last 
named  companv  is  authorized  to  lay  a  single  or  dauble  track  with  the 
necessarv  curves  and  appendages,  from  the  present  point  of  inter- 
section of  the  tracks  of  said  last  named  company  on  State  street, 
with  Lake  street  in  said  city  of  Chicago,  in  and  along  said  State  street 
to  the  center  of  the  Chicago  river. 

2153.  ^  2.  The  construction  and  operation  of  any  road  or 
roads  that  may  be  built  under  this  ordinance,  shall  be  subj'ect  to  all 
the  rules  and  limitations  and  restrictions  that  are  prescribed  in  the 
ordinance  heretofore  passed  by  the  common  council,  entitled  ''An 
ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  horse  rail- 
ways in  the  north  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,""  approved  May 
23^18,59. 

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^g8  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF   THE 

2154.  §  3.  That  the  said  companies  shall  if  a  single  track  be 
laid,  pave,  macadamize,  gravel  or  otherwise  improve  in  accordance 
with  such  ordinances  as  may  be  passed  by  the  common  council,  eight 
feet  in  width  on  the  street  occupied  by  said  track ;  and  if  a  double 
track  be  laid,  they  shall  pave,  macadamize,  gravel  or  otherwise  im- 
prove in  accordance  with  such  ordinances  as  may  be  passed  by  the 
common  council,  sixteen  feet  in  width,  on  the  street  occupied  by  said 
track:  Provided^  the  form  of  rail  to  be  used  on  said  railroads,  shall 
be  the  best  and  most  modern  improved  tram  rail:  And  -provided^ 
fu7'ther^  in  case  any  or  either  of  said  railroad  companies  should  fail 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  previous 
ordinance  granting  railroad  privileges  to  said  companies,  that  the 
privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and  become  forfeited. 

AN    ORDINANCE  for  releasing  of  North  Desplaines  street  from  railway  uses,  and 
the  substitution  of  North  Halsted  street.     [Passed  March  14,  1864.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Conncil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2155.  ^  I.  That  because  of  the  numerous  steam  railway  tracks 
now  laid  and  in  use  on  Kinzie  street,  whereby  a  horse  railway  upon 
said  Desplaines  street  would  be  seriously  obstructed  in  its  connec- 
tion with  that  upon  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  made  both  dangerous 
and  inconvenient  to  the  public,  and  in  consideration  of  the  release  by 
the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to  the  city  of  Chicago 
of  any  and  all  right  to  use  said  Desplaines  street  for  railway  pur- 
poses, authority  and  consent  are  hereby  given  and  granted  unto  said 
railway  company  to  remove  its  railway  tracks  from  said  Desplaines 
street,  and  to  lay  down  and  use  a  double  track  for  a  railway,  with 
all  necessar}^  or  convenient  tracks  for  curves,  turn-outs  and  switches, 
in  and  upon  said  North  Halsted  street,  from  the  south  line  of  West 
Lake  street  to  the  north  line  of  Milwaukee  avenue,  subject  to  the 
conditions  of  the  ordinances  heretofore  passed  concerning  said  rail- 
way company  or  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Compan}^  and  aJl  ordin- 
ances which  may  be  hereafter  passed  corfcerning  said  West  Division 
Railway  Company:  Provided^  that  no  authority  is  hereby  or  shall 
be  given  to  said  company  to  construct  or  operate  a  single  track  on 
said  North  Halsted  street. 

2156.  §  2.  The  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany, its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macad- 
amizing, filling  or  planking,  shall  at  their  own  expense  keep  sixteen 
feet  in  width  in  repair  on  said  North  Halsted  street,  so  far  as  the 
same  is  embraced  in  this  ordinance,  and  keep  their  tracks  in  such 
condition  that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and 
repass  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  shall 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  '  499 

be  subject  to  assessment  for  paving,  repaying,  planking,  replanking 
or  any  other  kind  of  new  improvement  which  may  by  ordinance  be 
ordered  at  any  time  by  the  common  council. 

2157.  i^  3.  The  said  railwa}-  compan}-  shall  remove  its  track 
from  said  Desplaines  street,  and  restore  said  street  to  its  former  state 
within  thirty  days  from  the  time  of  the  approval  of  this  ordinance, 
and  shall  also  within  three  months  from  said  time  construct  a  rail- 
way on  said  Halsted  street,  from  the  south  Hne  of  said  Lake  street 
to  said  Milwaukee  avenue,  unless  restrained  by  the  order  or  injunc- 
tion of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  so  doing;  and  in 
case  said  compan}^  shall  fail  to  remove  said  track  from  said  Des- 
plaines street,  and  construct  a  railway  on  Halsted  street  according 
to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  then  the  same  shall  forfeit  all 
the  rights  and  privileges  by  this  ordinance  granted  or  conferred. 

2158.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  f^om  the  time  of 
the  execution  of  the  said  release  by  the  said  the  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  Company,  under  the  hands  of  its  proper  officers 
and  corporate  seal,  and  the  delivery  thereof  to  the  clerk  of  the  city 
of  Chicago. 

AN  ORDINANCE  tor  the  releasing  of  North  Desplaines  street  from  rail-way  uses, 
and  the  substitution  of  North  Halsted  street.     [Passed  March  2S,  iyG4.] 

Be  it  ordained  hy  the  Comtnon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2159.  §1.  That  because  of  the  numerous  steam  railway  tracks 
now  laid  and  in  use  on  Kinzie  street,  whereby  a  horse  railway  upon 
said  Desplaines  street  would  be  seriously  obstructed  in  its  connection 
with  that  upon  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  made  both  dangerous  and  in- 
convenient to  the  public,  and  in  consideration  of  the  release  by  the 
Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to  the  city  of  Chicago 
of  any  and  all  right  to  use  said  Desplaines  street  for  railwa}'  pur- 
poses, authority  and  consent  are  hereby  given  and  granted  unto  said 
railway  company  to  remove  its  railway  tracks  from  said  Desplaines 
street,  and  to  lay  down  7\.x\6.  use  a  double  track  for  a  railway,  with 
all  necessary  or  convenient  tracks  for  curves,  turnouts  and  switches, 
in  and  upon  North  Halsted  street,  from  the  south  line  of  West 
Lake  street  to  the  north  line  of  Milwaukee  avenue,  subject  to  the 
conditions  of  the  ordinances  heretofore  passed  concerning  said  rail- 
way company  or  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company:  Provided^ 
that  no  authority  is  hereby  or  shall  be  given  to  said  company  to 
construct  or  operate  a  single  track  on  said  North  Halsted  street. 

2160.  §  2.  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company, 
its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing, 
filling  or  planking,  shall  at  their  own  expense  keep  sixteen  feet  in 
width  in  repair  on  said  North  Halsted  street,  so  far  as  the  same  is 


500  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

embraced  in  this  ordinance,  and  keep  their  tracks  in  such  condition 
that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any 
and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  shall  be  subject  to 
assessment  for  paving,  repaving,  planking,  replanking  or  any  other 
kind  of  new  improvement  which  may  by  ordinance  be  ordered  at 
any  time  by  the  common  council  on  said  Halsted  street. 

216 1.  '^  3.  The  said  railway  company  shall  remove  its  track 
from  said  Desplaines  street,  and  restore  said  street  to  its  former  state 
within  thirty  days  from  the  time  of  the  approval  of  this  ordinance, 
and  shall  also  within  three  months  from  said  time,  construct  a  rail- 
way on  said  Halsted  street  from  the  south  line  of  said  Lake  street 
to  said  Milwaukee  avenue,  unless  restrained  by  the  order  or  in- 
junction of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  so  doing,  and 
in  case  said  company  shall  fail  to  remove  said  track  from  said  Des- 
plaines street  •and  construct  a  railway  on  Halsted  street  according 
to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  then  the  same  shall  forfeit  all 
rights  and  privileges  by  this  ordinance  granted  or  conferred. 

2162.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  the  time  of 
the  execution  of  the  said  release  by  the  said  Chicago  West  Division 
Railway  Company,  under  the  hands  of  its  proper  officers  and  cor- 
porate seal,  and  the  delivery  thereof  to  tjie  clerk  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago. 

Release  referred  to  in  foregoing  ordinance. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Rail- 
way Company,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  passage  b}'  the  common  council  and 
the  approval  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  Chicago,  of  a  certain  ordinance  entitled  "  An 
Ordinance  for  the  releasing  of  North  Desplaines  street  I'rom  railway  uses,  and  the 
substitution  of  North  Halsted  street,"  have  and  by  these  presents  do  hereby  re- 
lease and  surrender  unto  the  said  city  of  Chicago  any  and  all  right  to  lay  down  a 
railway  track  along  the  course  of  North  Desplaines  street,  between  Randolph  street 
and  Milwaukee  avenue. 

Witness  the  hands  of  the  president  and  secretary  of  said  company,  and  its  cor- 
porate seal,  this  fourth  day  of  April,  A.  D.  18(54. 

J.  R.  JONES,  President. 
[SEAL.]  WM.  H.    OVINGTON,   Secretary. 


AN    ORDINANCE  authorizing  temporary  horse  railway  tracks  on  Clinton  street, 
between  Madison  and  Randolph  streets.     [Passed  March  28,  1804.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2163.  §  I.  That  the  West  Division  Railway  Company  is 
hereby  authorized  to  lay  a  single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  on 
Clinton  street,  between  Madison  and  Randolph  streets,  and  to 
operate  the  same  in  connection  with  the   horse    railroads    of    said 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  50I 

company  now  on  Randolph  and  Madison  streets:  Provided^  that 
said  railway  track  shall  be  continued  only  during  the  construction  of 
the  proposed  new  bridge  across  the  Chicago  river  at  Randolph 
street,  and  that  when  said  bridge  is  completed  the  said  track  shall 
be  removed  by  said  company  and  the  said  street  be  by  them  restored 
to  as  good  condition  as  before  being  occupied  by  said  track:  and 
provided,  further^  that  the  said  railway  company,  in  the  laVing,  main- 
taining and  operating  said  temporary  railway,  shall  be  subject  to  all 
the  general  liabilities,  regulations  and  conditions  concerning  the  same, 
during  its  continuance  in  said ,  street  as  herein  above  provided,  as 
by  the  laws  of  the  state  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago 
are  imposed  on  said  company  concerning  other  railway  tracks  ope- 
rated by  them  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2164.  §  2.  The  said  temporary  railway  track  shall  be  laid  by 
the  said  West  Division  Railway  Company,  und-er  the  direction  of 
the  board  of  public  works,  subject,  however,  to  any  regulation,  as 
to  the  manner  of  laying  the  track,  required  by  any  existing  ordinance 
of  this  city. 

2165.  ^  3.  Should  the  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns, 
fail  or  neglect  to  remove  the  said  temporary  railway  track  or  tracks 
and  superstructure  from  off  said  Clinton  street,  within  the  first 
twenty  days  next  ensuing  the  day  on  which  the  proposed  new  bridge 
at  Randolph  street  shall  be  completed  and  in  general  use,  the  said 
company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  for  each  and  every  day 
after  the  lapse  of  said  twenty  days  that  the  said  railway  track  or 
tracks  and  superstructure  are  allowed  to  be  and  remain  upon  said 
Clinton  street,  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  collected  as 
other  fines. 

2166.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage  and  due  publication. 


AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  horse    railwavs  on  Clinton  street.      [Passed  Jiilv 

11,  l.S(J4.]" 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  t/ie  city  of  Chicago. 

2167.  i^  I.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  author- 
izing temporary  horse  railway  tracks  on  Clinton  street  between 
Madison  and  Randolph  streets,"  passed  March  28th,  1864,  be  so 
amended  as  that  the  third  section  and  the  provisions  of  said  ordin- 
ance for  a  temporary  use  only  of  said  Clinton  street  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 


502  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2168.  §  2.  That  all  the  provasions  and  conditions  contained  in 
the  second  section  of  an  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  for  the 
releasing  of  North  Desplaines  street  from  railway  uses,  and  the 
substitution  of  North  Halsted  street,"  passed  March  28,  1864,  so 
far  as  the  same  applies  to  said  Halsted  street,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  applied  to  said  railway  on  Clinton  street. 

2169.  ^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after 
its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to  ex- 
tend tlieir  tracks  on  certain  streets.     [Passed  Augvist  11, 1864.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2170.  '^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to  construct, 
maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track  railway,  with  the  nec- 
essary curves  and  side  tracks,  as  an  extension  of  the  lines  of  railway 
now  operated  by  said  company,  on  the  following  streets,  to  wit: 
commencing  at  Chicago  avenue  and  running  on  Larrabee  street  to 
Little  Fort  road,  and  thence  on  Little  Fort  road  to  the  present  or 
future  city  limits;  and  commencing  at  Larrabee  street  and  running 
east  on  Linden  street  and  Eugenie  street  to  Wells  street,  and  thence 
across  Wells  street,  and  on  any  street  that  may  hereafter  be  laid 
out,  to  Green  Bay  road;  except  that  on  Larrabee  street  from  Chi- 
cago avenue  to  the  north  side  of  Hawthorne  avenue,  only  a  single 
track  shall  be  laid. 

21 7 1.  ^  2.  The  line  on  Larrabee  street,  between  Clybourn 
avenue  and  Center  street,  shall  be  completed  within  sixty  days  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  unless  restrained  by  a  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction,  and  the  other  lines  of  railways  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned shall  be  completed  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance;  but  whenever  the  common  council  shall  deter- 
mine that  the  public  interest  requires  any  of  said  lines  to  be  con- 
structed, and  pass  an  ordinance  that  any  of  said  lines  shall  be  con- 
structed in  a  period  of  time  not  less  than  ninety  days  after  the  pass- 
age of  said  ordinance,  and  actual  notice  thereof  to  said  company,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  company  to  comply  with  said  ordinance: 
Provided^  the  work  shall  not  be  required  to  be  done  between  the 
first  day  of  November  and  the  first  day  of  May. 

2172.  i^  3.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
made  subject  to  all  the  restrictions  and  conditions,  the  rights  and 
privileges  mentioned  in  the  ordinance  passed  by  the  common  council 
on  the  twenty-third  day  of  May,  1859,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  au- 
thorizing the  construction  and  operation  of  horse    railways   in   the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  503 

north  division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,"  except  as  otherwise  herein 
provided,  reserving  to  the  common  council  the  right  to  regulate  the 
laying  down  of  tracks,  and  the  kind  of  rail  to  be  used. 

2173.  §  4.  The  said  railway  company  shall  keep  on  hand  a 
sufficient  number  of  cars  adapted  to  funeral  purposes,  in  which  shall 
be  suitable  compartments  for  the  carrying  of  the  corpse  by  itself; 
and  on  the  application  of  any  person,  shall  furnish  not  exceeding 
three  cars,  unless  more  shall  be  agreed  upon,  at  any  designated 
point  on  the  lines  of  any  of  its  roads,  to  convey  the  corpse  and 
persons  attending  the  funeral  to  any  cemetery  to  which  their  lines 
or  connections  may  extend:  Provided,  that,  if  their  funeral  cars  are 
all  engaged  for  funeral  purposes  before  any  such  application  is 
made,  the  company  shall  not  be  bound  to  furnish  the  same  until 
such  prior  engagement  is  fulfilled.  Said  company  shall  be  entitled 
to  charge  not  exceeding  two  dollars  for  each  corpse,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty  cents  for  the  round  trip  for  each  person  conveved 
on  such  funeral  occasion.  The  said  company  shall,  on  its  part, 
make  an  arrangement  with  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company, 
and  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company,  as  soon  as  the 
bridge  is  built  across  Chicago  river  at  State  street,  to  convey  the 
cars  of  either  of  said  companies,  used  for  funeral  purposes,  over  the 
tracks  of  said  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  to  any  cem- 
etery to  which  its  lines  extend,  so  that  the  charge  for  conveying  any 
corpse  from  any  part  of  the  city  on  any  of  the  lines  of  said  com- 
panies, shall  not  exceed  three  dollars,  and  for  each  person  attending 
said  funeral,  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  cents  for  the  round  trip  to 
and  from  any  such  cemetery,  which  shall  be  in  full  for  all  the 
charges  to  all  of  said  companies. 

2174.  ^  5.  The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  or  as- 
signs, as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  plank- 
ing, shall  at  their  own  expense  keep  eight  feet  where  a  single  track 
is  used,  and  sixteen  feet  where  a  double  track  is  used,  of  said  streets, 
or  parts  thereof  so  occupied  in  good  repair,  so  that  wagons,  car- 
riages and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any  and  all  points 
and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  when  any  new  improvement,  pav- 
ing, repaving,  planking  or  replanking  is  ordered  by  the  common 
council  in  any  of  said  streets  or  parts  of  streets,  the  said  railwav 
company  shall  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  material  as  required 
of  the  owners  of  property  as  to  other  parts  of  the  street,  make  such 
new  improvements,  on  eight  feet  where  a  single  track  is  used,  or  six- 
teen feet  where  a  double  track  is  used;  and  if  the  said  company  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improvement  within  a  reason- 
able time  to  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the 
city,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  by  the  board  of  public  works  on 


504  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

said  company,  and  collected  as  other  assessments,  from  any  real  or 
personal  property  of  said  company.  But  if  the  board  of  public  works 
should  deem  it  inexpedient  that  said  new  improvement  should  be  so 
made  by  said  company,  then  the  same  shall  be  done  by  the  city  as  in 
other  cases  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  upon  and  collected  of  said 
company  in  manner  as  aforesaid.  And  if  the  said  company  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  make  any  necessary  repairs  as  aforesaid,  or  the 
repairs  required  by  any  ordinances  heretofore  passed,  after  twenty 
days  notice  from  the  board  of  public  Works,  the  city  may  make  the 
repairs  and  collect  the  cost  thereof,  by  suit  at  law  in  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction. 

Stimulation  in  reference  to  foregoing  ordinance. 

August  18,  1864. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway'  Company, 
held  at  the  office  of  said  company  this  eighteenth  day  of  August,  A.  D.  18G4,  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

^'■Resolved,  That  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  will  and  do  hereby 
accept  an  ordinance  passed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Cliicago  on  the 
11th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1804,  entitled  'An  ordinance  authorizing  the  North  Chi- 
cago City  Railway  Company  to  extend  their  tracks  on  certain  streets,'  and  in  so  ac- 
cepting the  said  ordinance,  the  said  railway  company  declare  that  wherever  the 
words  '  eight  feet '  and 'sixteen  feet' occur  in  the  fifth  section  thereof,  they  mean, 
and  shall  be  held  to  mean,  '  eight  feet  in  width,'  and  '  sixteen  feet  in  width.' 

'■^Resolved,  That  a  certified  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  delivered  to  the  city  of 
Chicago." 

JOHN  J.  GRAHAM, 

[seal.]  Sec'y  pro  iem. 

AN  ORDINANCE   creating  new  lines  of  horse  railways,  extending  others,  and 
regulating  the  use  thereof.     [Passed  August  17,  18G4.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  tJie  Common  Council  of  tJic  city  of  Cliicago: 

2175.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and 
the  undertaking  by  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  authority  and  consent  is 
hereby  given  and  granted  unto  the  said  the  Chicago  West  Division 
Railway  Compan}^,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  construct,  la}'  down, 
operate  and  maintain  horse  railways,  with  the  necessaiy  side  tracks 
and  switches,  in  the  manner  and  upon  and  along  the  several  streets 
hereinafter  mentioned.  Commencing  on  Clinton  street,  at  its  inter- 
section with  Madison  street,  and  running  south,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  to  Harrison  street;  thence  south,  with  a  single  track 
only,  to  Twelfth  street.  Commencing  on  Meagher  street,  at  its  in- 
tersection with  Canal  street,  and  running  west,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  to  Jet^erson  street;  thence  north,  on  Jeflerson  street, 
with  a  single  or  double  track,  to  Twelfth  street;  thence  north,  with 
a  single  track  only,  to  Harrison  street ;  thence  north,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  to  Van  Buren  street.  Commencing  on  Chicago  ave- 
nue, at  the  river,  so  as  to  connect  with  the  track  of  the  North  Chi- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  505 

cago  City  Railway  Company,  and  running  \yest,  Ayith  a  single  or 
double  track,  to  the  present  or  future  city  limits.  Commencing  on 
West  Indiana  street,  at  its  intersection  with  Milwaukee  aven.ue,  and 
running  west,  with  a  single  or  double  track,  to  the  present  or  future 
city  limits.  Commencing  on  Catharine  street,  at  its  intersection 
with  Blue  Island  ayenue,  and  runninir  west,  with  a  sini^le  or  double 
track,  to  Robe}'  street.  Commencing  on  Polk  street,  at  the  east 
line  of  Canal  street,  and  running  west,  with  a  single  or  double  track, 
to  Jefierson  street.  Commencing  on  Desplaines  street,  at  its  inter- 
section with  Van  Buren  street,  and  running  south,  with  a  single  or 
double  track,  to  Sebor  street:  thence  west. *on  Sebor  street,  to  Hal- 
sted  street.  Commencing  on  Halsted  street,  at  Harrison  street,  and 
running  south,  with  a  single  or  double  track,  to  the  south  branch  of 
the  Chicago  riyer.  And  commencing  on  Halsted  street,  at  Mil- 
waukee ayenue,  and  running  north,  with  a  single  or  double  track, 
to  the  centre  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  riyer:  Provided, 
that  the  consent  of  the  owners  of  two-thirds  of  the  property,  by 
lineal  measure,  fronting  upon  said  streets,  shall  first  be  obtained. 

2176.  §  2.  The  said  the  Chicago  West  Division  Raihyay 
Company,  shall  construct  the  railways  aforesaid  on  Clinton  street, 
Jefterson  street  and  Meagher  street,  within  ninety  days  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  unless  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunc- 
tion of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  and  shall  construct  the 
railway  on  Chicago  ayenue,  from  Mihvaukee  ayenue  to  Wood 
street,  on  West  Indiana  street,  from  Milwaukee  ayenue  to  Reuben 
street,  and  on  Catharine  street,  from  Blue  Island  ayenue  to  Robey 
street,  and  on  Halsted  street,  Desplaines  street  and  Sebor  street, 
within  fifteen  months  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

-1 77-  §  3-  The  said  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany, its  successors  and  assigns  shall,  as  respects  the  grading,  paying, 
macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  the  streets  or  part  of  streets  upon 
which  they  shall  construct  the  said  railways,  or  any  of  them,  keep 
eight  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railwa3's,  on  all  streets 
where  one  track  is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  alonjj  the 
line  of  said  railways  where  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in  good  re- 
pair, so  that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  re- 
pass at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions:  and  when  any 
new  improvement,  paving,  repaying,  planking  or  replanking,  is  or- 
dered by  the  common  council  on  any  of  said  streets,  or  parts  of 
said  streets,  the  said  railway  company  shall,  in  the  same  manner  and 
with  like  material  as  required  of  the  owners  of  property  as  to  other 
contiguous  parts  of  the  street,  make  such  new  improvements,  on 
eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track  is  used,  or  sixteen  feet  in 
width  where  a  double  track  is  used:  and  if  the  said  company  shall 


506  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improvement  within  a  reason- 
able time,  to  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance,  the  work  may  be  done  by 
the  city,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  by  the  board  of  public 
works  on  said  company,  and  collected  as  other  assessments,  from 
any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  company.  But  if  the  board 
of  jiublic  works  should  deem  it  inexpedient  that  said  new  improve- 
ment should  be  so  made  by  said  company,  then  the  same  shall  be 
done  by  the  city  as  in  other  cases,  and  the  costs  thereof  assessed  upon 
and  collected  of  said  company  in  manner  as  aforesaid.  And  if  the 
said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  any  necessary  repairs 
as  aforesaid,  or  the  repairs  required  by  any  ordinances  heretofore 
passed,  and  now  in  force  in  respect  to  horse  railway  companies, 
after  twenty  days  notice  from  the  board  of  public  works,  the  city 
may  make  the  repairs  and  collect  the  cost  thereof,  by  suit  at  law, 
in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.  And  said  company  shall 
construct  all  and  singular  its  said  respective  railways  of  the  kind  of 
rail,  and  be  subject  to  and  governed  by  the  ordinances  in  force  re- 
specting such  railways  in  the  south  and  west  divisions  of  Chicago, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 

2178.  §  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  several  railways  shall 
be  operated  by  animal  power  only;  and  said  railways  shall  not,  or 
any  of  them,  connect  with  any  other  railroad  operated  by  other 
power;  nor  shall  any  other  person  or  corporation  operate  or  use  any 
railway  cars  or  carriages  upon  or  along  any  or  either  of  said  tracks 
or  streets  wherein  such  track  is  laid,  without  first  having  the  consent 
in  writing  therefor  of  said  railway  company. 

2179.  ■i^  5.  Said  railroad  company  shall  keep  on  hand  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  cars  adapted  to  funeral  purposes,  in  which  shall  be 
suitable  compartments  for  can-ying  the  corpse  by  itself;  and  on  ap- 
plication of  any  person  shall  furnish  not  exceeding  three  cars,  unless 
more  shall  be  agreed  upon,  at  some  convenient  point  on  the  line  of 
its  said  roads,  so  as  not  to  hinder  or  delay  other  cars  thereon,  to 
convey  the  corpse  and  persons  attending  the  funeral  to  any  cemetery 
to  which  its  lines  or  connections  extend:  Pi'ovided,  that  if  its  funeral 
cars  shall  all  be  engaged  for  funeral  purposes  before  such  applica- 
tion is  made,  the  company  shall  not  be  bound  to  furnish  the  same 
until  such  prior  engagement  is  fulfilled.  And  the  said  company  shall 
make  the  best  possible  arrangement  with  t*he  street  railway  com- 
panies whose  lines  do  now  or  may  hereafter  extend  to  the  cem- 
eteries, to  convey  cars  used  for  funeral  purposes  through  to  the 
cemeteries,  so  that  the  charge  for  conveying  anv  corpse  from  points 
on  said  lines  of  railways  through  to  the  cemeteries  shall  not  exceed 
two  dollars,  and  for  each  person  attending  such  funeral  not  exceed- 
ing twenty-five  cents  for  the  round  trip  out  and  back. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  507 

2180.  §  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Sti-pidation  in  reference  to  foregoing  ordinance. 

Whereas,  The  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  has  passed  an  ordi- 
nance entitled  "  An  ordinance  creating  new  lines  of  horse  railways,  extending  others, 
and'regulating  the  use  thereof,"  on  the  17th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  18G4;  and,  where- 
as, the  following  provision  occurs  in  the  third  section  thereof,  to-wit:  "And  said 
company  shall  construct  all  and  singular  its  said  respective  railways  of  the  kind  of 
rail,  and  be  subject  to  and  goxerned  by  the  ordinances  in  force  respecting  such  rail- 
ways in  the  south  and  west  di\isions  of  Chicago,  except  as  herein  otherwise  pro- 
vided ;"  and  \\  hereas,  some  question  has  arisen  as  to  whether  the  city  of  Chicago 
could,  under  said  proxision,  regulate  the  kind  of  rail  to  be  used  bv  said  company, 
now    for  the  purpose  of  remo\ing  all  doubt  on  such  question, 

Resolved  by  the  C/tic(i<ro  IVesf  Division  Railway  Company,  That  said  company 
admit,  as  a  perpetual  estoppel  on  it,  its  successors  and  assigns,  that  the  said  company 
are  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance  passed  by  said  common 
council  on  the  11th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1864,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  prescribing 
the  guage  and  rail  to  be  used  on  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  and  any 
futiu-e  ordinances  hereafter  passed  by  the  common  council  on  the  kind  of  rail  to  be 
used  in  said  citx'  on  horse  railwavs.  And  the  said  ordinance  first  named  is  and  shall 
be  accepted  bv  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railwav  Companv,  with  the  express  un- 
derstanding and  condition  that  the  construction  herein  set  forth,  shall  be  given  to 
the  clause  quoted  in  the  preamble  hereof. 

Office  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Compaxy, 

Chicago,  August  2£th,  1S64. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  a  preamble  and  resolution 
passed  this  25th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1864,  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Chicago 
West  Division  Railwav  Companv. 

[seal.]  "  "  WM.  H.  OVINGTON,  Secretary. 

AN  ORDINANCE  relating  to  horse  railwavs  in  the  South   Division  of   Chicago. 
[Passed  August  22,  1864.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2 181.  ■^:^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof, 
and  the  undertaking  by  the  Chicago  City  Railwav  Company  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  hereof,  authorit}',  permission  and  consent  are 
hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  the  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  to  construct,  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  a 
single  or  double  track  railwav,  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  side 
tracks  and  switches,  in,  upon  and  along  Eighteenth  street  from  State 
street  railway  to  the  east  line  of  Wabash  avenue;  on  State  street 
from  the  south  line  of  Lake  street,  northerly  to  the  center  of  Chi- 
cago river,  and  on  Indiana  avenue  a  single  track,  from  Twenty- 
second  street  to  the  present  or  future  city  limit-s:  Provided,  that  the 
consent  of  the  owners  of  two-thirds  of  the  property,  by  lineal 
measure,  fronting  upon  said  streets  respectively,  shall  first  be  ob- 
tained. 

2182.  §  2.  The  said  railwav  on  Eighteenth  street  and  Indiana 
avenue  shall  be  constructed   within  fifteen  months  after  the  passage 


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of  this  ordinance  (unless  restrained  by  a  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction) and  the  residue  thereof  as  soon  after  the  passage  hereof  as 
may  be  practicable;  but  whenever  the  common  council  shall  duly 
determine  that  the  public  interest  requires  an}'  of  said  lines  to  be 
constructed,  then  said  company  may  be  required,  by  ordinance  of 
said  city,  to  construct  the  same  within  ninety  daN's  after  the  passage 
and  actual  notice  of  such  ordinance. 

2183.  ^  3.  Said  company  shall  construct  said  several  railways 
of  the  kind  of  rail  prescribed  by  the  ordinance  passed  August  nth, 
1864,  entitled  "An  ordinance  prescribing  the  gauge  and  rail  to  be 
used  on  horse  railways  in  the  cit}'  of  Chicago,"  and  all  others  here- 
after passed  on  the  subject  of  the  kind  of  rails  to  be  used  by  horse 
railways,  and  shall  be  subject  to  and  governed  by  the  ordinances  of 
the  common  council  of  said  city  respecting  horse  railways  in  the  south 
and  west  divisions  in  force,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 
The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grad- 
ing, paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking,  shall  at  their  own  ex- 
pense, keep  eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track  is  used  and  six- 
teen feet  in  width  where  a  double  track  is  used,  of  said  streets  or 
parts  thereof  so  occupied  in  good  repair,  so  that  wagons,  carriages 
and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in 
any  and  all  directions,  and  when  any  new  improvement,  paving,  re- 
paving,  planking  or  replanking,  is  ordered  by  the  common  council 
in  any  of  said  streets  or  parts  of  streets,  the  said  railway  company 
shall,  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  material  as  required  of  the 
owners  of  property  as  to  other  contiguous  parts  of  the  street,  make 
such  new  improvements,  on  eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track 
is  used,  or  sixteen  feet  in  width  where  a  double  track  is  used;  and 
if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  im- 
provement within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance, 
the  work  may  be  done  by  the  cit}-,  and  the  costs  thereof  assessed 
by  the  board  of  public  works  on  said  company,  and  collected  as 
other  assessments  from  any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  com- 
pany. But  if  the  board  of  public  works  should  deem  it  inexpedient 
that  said  new  improvements  on  said  streets  should  be  made  by  said 
company,  then  the  same  shall  be  done  by  the  city  as  in  other  cases, 
and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  upon  and  collected  of  said  company  in 
manner  as  aforesaid.  And  if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neg- 
lect to  make  any  necessary  repairs  as  aforesaid,  or  the  repairs  re- 
quired by  any  ordinance  heretofore  passed  and  now  in  force  in  ref- 
erence to  the  said  railway  company,  after  twenty  days  notice  from 
the  board  of  public  works,  the  city  mav  make  the  repairs  and  col- 
lect the  costs  thereof  by  suit  at  law  in  any  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  509 

2184.  §  4.  Said  railroad  company  shall  keep  on  hand  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  cars  adapted  to  funeral  purposes,  in  which  shall  be 
suitable  compartments  for  carrying  the  corpse  by  itself;  and,  on  the 
application  of  any  person,  shall  furnish  not  exceeding  three  cars,  un- 
less more  shall  be  agreed  upon,  at  some  convenient  point  on  the  line 
of  said  roads,  so  it  will  not  hinder  or  delay  other  cars  thereon,  to 
convey  the  corpse  and  persons  attending  the  funeral,  to  any  cem- 
etery to  which  its  lines  or  connections  extend:  Pnnidcct  that  if 
its  funeral  cars  shall  be  all  engaged  for  funeral  purposes  before  such 
application  is  made,  the  company  shall  not  be  bound  to  furnish  the 
same  until  such  prior  engagement  is  fulfilled.  And  the  said  com- 
pany shall  make  the  best  possible  arrangement  with  the  street  rail- 
way companies  whose  lines  do  now  or  mav  hereafter  extend  to  the 
cemeteries,  to  convey  cars  used  for  funeral  purposes  through  to  the 
cemeteries,  so  that  the  charge  of  conveying  any  corpse  from  points 
on  said  lines  of  railways  through  to  the  cemeteries,  shall  not  exceed 
two  dollars,  and  for  each  person  attending  such  funeral  not  exceed- 
ing twent^'-five  cents  for  the  round  trip  out  and  back. 

2185.  §  5.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  several  railways  shall 
be  operated  by  animal  power  only.  Said  railways  shall  not,  or  any 
of  them,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  connect  with  any  other 
railroad  operated  by  other  power;  nor  shall  the  railway  cars  or 
carriages  of  an}'  other  person  or  corporation  be  used  or  operated 
upon  or  along  any  of  the  said  railways,  or  any  or  either  of  the 
above  mentioned  streets,  except  with  the  consent  of  the  said  com- 
pany. The  said  company  is  hereby  permitted  to  operate  or  use 
upon  or  along  any  of  said  railways  the  cars  or  vehicles  of  any  other 
railway  compan}-,  person  or  corporation  for  funeral  processions. 

2186.  ^  6.     This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  from  and  after 
ts  passage. 


AN  ACT  concerning  horse  railways  in  the  citj  of  Chicago.      [Passed  over  veto 

February  G,  1805.] 

2187.  §  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  0/  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly :  That  the  first  section  of  an 
act  of  said  general  assembly,  entitled:  •'  An  act  to  promote  the  con- 
struction of  horse  railways  in  the  citv  of  Chicago,"'  approved  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1859,  and  the  first  sections  of  a  certain  other  act  of  said 
general  assembly,  entitled:  "  iVn  act  to  authorize  the  extension  of 
horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  approved  February  21,  1861, 
be.  and  the  same  are  hereby,  so  amended  as  that  all  the  words  in 
said  respective  sections  after  the  word  -  company,''  therein,  respec- 


5IO  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

tively,  shall  be,  and  read  as  follows,  viz:  For  ninety-nine  years,  with 
all  the  powers  and  authority  hereinafter  expressed,  or  pertaining  to 
corporations,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned. 

•  2188.  ^  2.  That  the  second  section  of  the  act  first  above  re- 
ferred to  bv  its  title,  and  which  section  is  included  in  and  made  a 
part  of  the  act  secondly  above  referred  to  by  the  title  thereof,  be, 
and  the  same  is  hereby,  as  to  both  of  said  acts,  so  amended  as  to 
read  as  follows,  viz:  The  said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate,  a  single  or  double 
track  railway,  with  all  necessary  and  convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs, 
side  tracks  and  appendages,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  in,  on,  over 
and  along  such  street  or  streets,  highway  or  highways,  bridge  or 
bridges,  river  or  rivers,  within  the  present  or  future  limits  of  the 
south  and  west  divisions  of  the  citv  of  Chicago,  as  the  common 
council  of  said  city  have  authorized  said  corporations,  or  any  of 
them,  or  shall,  from  time  to  time,  authorize  said  corporations,  or 
either  of  them,  so  to  do,  in  such  manner,  and  upon  such  terms  and 
conditions,  and  with  such  rights  and  privileges,  immunities  and  ex- 
emptions, as  the  said  common  council  has,  or  may,  by  contract  with 
said  parties,  or  any  or  either  of  them,  prescribe;  and  any  and  all 
acts  or  deeds  of  transfer  of  rights,  privileges  or  franchises,  between 
the  corporations  in  said  several  acts  named,  or  any  two  of  them,  and 
all  contracts,  stipulations,  licenses  and  undertakings,  made,  entered 
into  or  given,  and  as  made  or  amended  by  and  between  the  said 
common  council  and  any  one  or  more  of  the  said  corporations,  re- 
specting the  location,  use  or  exclusion  of  railways  in  or  upon  the 
streets,  or  anv  of  them,  of  said  city,  shall  be  deemed  and  held  and 
continued  in  force  during  the  life  hereof,  as  valid  and  effectual,  to 
all  intents  and  purposes,  as  if  made  a  part,  and  the  same  are  here- 
by made  a  part,  of  said  several  acts:  Provided,  that  it  shall  be 
competent  for  the  said  common  council,  with  the  written  consent  or 
concurrence  of  the  other  part}'  or  parties,  or  their  assigns,  to  any  of 
said  contracts,  stipulations,  licenses  or  undertakings,  to  amend,  modify 
or  annul  the  same.  But  said  corporations  shall  not,  or  any  or  either 
of  them,  be  liable  for  the  loss  of  an}-  property  or  thing  carried  on 
said  railways,  kept  in  and  under  the  care  of  its  owner,  his  servant 
or  agent:  Provided^  that  any  contract  hereafter  made  by  the  com- 
mon council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  with  either  of  the  corporations 
referred  to  in  this  act,  for  a  higher  rate  of  fare  than  five  cents,  shall 
be  subject  to  modification  or  repeal  at  any  regular  meeting  of  said 
common  council,  by  a  majority  vote  of  all  the  aldermen  elected,  or 
bv  the  general  assembly  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

2189.     §  3.     An  ordinance  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  concerning  the  maintenance  and 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  51I 

operation  of  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Raih-oad  in  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,"  as  passed  on  the  17th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1864, 
is  hereby  confirmed,  and  shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  confer  on  the 
Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company  power  and  authority  to 
construct  and  operate  their  road  in  the  streets  and  oyer  the  bridge 
mentioned  therein,  until  the  same  is  altered,  changed  or  amended  by 
the  common  council,  with  the  consent  of  said  company.  And  such 
ordinance  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  changed,  altered  or  amended, 
and  such  other  provisions  be  made  as,  to  the  common  council  may 
seem  proper,  and  be  agreed  to  by  said  company.  The  prohibition 
as  to  the  use  of  certain  streets  in  the  second  section  of  the  charter 
of  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company  is  hereby  re-en- 
acted, and  shall  remain  in  force  until  altered,  released  pr  amended 
by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  said  company. 

2190.  i^  4.  Each  of  said  corporations  shall  be.  authorized  to 
purchase,  hold  and  conve}'  real  or  personal  estate,  necessary  for  the 
use  of  said  corporation,  and  to  manufacture  materials,  machinery 
and  rolling  stock  for  the  use  of  such  corporation. 

2 1 91.  §  5.  This  act  shall  be  deemed  a  public  act,  and  noticed 
by  all  courts  as  such,  without  pleading,  and  shall  take  etlect  from 
its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  relating  to  the  State  street  dummy.  [Passed  October  3,  1870.J 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2192.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  be  and 
it  is  hereby  prohibited  from  using  steam  as  a  motive  power  on  State 
street,  north  of  Egan  avenue,  on  and  after  the  31st  day  of  Decem- 
ber, A.  D.  1871,  and  in  the  meantime  may  operate  its  dummy  en- 
gine on  its  Stock  Yard  line,  as  it  is  now  doing,  from  the  city  limits 
to  Thirt3--iirst  street:  Provided,  it  will,  by  resolution  of  its  board 
of  directors,  signify  its  assent  hereto  and  undertake  to  operate  its 
said  line  with  horses  to  said  city  limits  from  the  said  31st  day  of 
December,  with  a  sufficient  number  of  cars  drawn  by  horses  to  ac- 
commodate the  public  travel  thereon :  And  provided,  further,  that 
during  said  period  the  fare  for  the  whole  distance  between  Randolph 
street  and  the  said  city  limits  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  five  cents: 
And  provided,  farther,  that  a  copy  of  said  resolution,  duly  certified 
by  the  secretary  of  said  company,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
city  clerk,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2193.  §  2.  That  in  case  the  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Com- 
pany shall  fail,  or  refuse  or  neglect  to  discontinue  the  use  of  steam 
in  propelling  their  said  cars  on  the  State  street  line,  south  of  Thirty- 


512  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

first  street  and  north  of  Egan  avenue,  as  provided  in  section  one  of 
this  ordinance,  then  the  said  company  shall  be  liable  to  a  line  of 
twenty-tive  dollars  for  each  and  every  day,  or  part  of  a  da}^  they 
may  so  violate  the  provisions  of  said  section,  to  be  recovered  before 
any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

AN    ORDINANCE    relating    to    the  Chicago  City   Railway  Company.     [Passed 

November  21,  1870.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2194.  ^  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  is  here- 
by empowered  to  extend  its  track  or  tracks  now  authorized  on  South 
Clark  street,  from  the  terminus  thereof  on  Polk  street  to  Twenty- 
second  street,  and  to  operate  and  maintain  the  same:  Prozided,  that 
said  track  or  tracks  shall  be  completed  one  year  after  the  removal  of 
existing  railway  tracks  running  through  said  street  (unless  restrained 
by  the  order  of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.)  But  said 
track  or  tracks  shall  not  be  constructed  south  of  Twelfth  street  until 
after  the  removal  of  existing  railway  tracks  running  through  said 
street:  and ^rovided^  further^  that  all  ordinances  now  in  force  reg- 
ulating the  kind  and  description  of  rail  to  be  used  by  street  railways 
and  the  construction  thereof,  as  well  as  those  relating  to  the  ordin- 
ary repairs  of  the  streets  used  by  said  Chicago  city  railways,  shall 
apply  to  said  Clark  street:  And  -provided^  further^  that  said  track 
shall  not  be  constructed  south  of  Polk  street  until  said  compan}- 
shall  have  constructed  said  track  from  Randolph  street  to  that  point. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company-  to   use  steam 
dummy  on  its  track,  etc.     [Passed  January  16,  1871.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  t/ie  Common  Coiuicil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2195.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  is  here- 
by authorized  to  use  its  steam  dummy  engines  upon  any  of  its  tracks 
for  the  purpose  of  clearing  the  same  from  snow:  Provided,  ho'wever, 
that  such  steam  dummy  engines  shall  be  used  only  between  the 
hours  of  twelve  o'clock  at  night  and  five  oclock  in  the  morning: 
And  provided,  further,  that  the  right  and  authority  hereb}'  granted 
may  be  at  any  time  withdrawn,  and  this  ordinance  repealed  by  the 
common  council  of  said  cit}'. 

AN  ORDINANCE    in    relation  to    laying    a  railroad   track  on   Lincoln  ayenue. 

[Passed  May  8,  1871.] 

Be  it  ordai)ied  bv  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2196.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to  construct,  main- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  5x3 

tain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track  railway,  with  the  neces- 
sary curves  and  side  tracks,  as  an  extension  of  the  lines  now  oper- 
ated by  said  company  on  the  following  streets,  to  wit:  Commencing 
at  North  Clark  street,  and  running  west  on  Center  street  to  Lincoln 
avenue,  and  thence  along  said  avenue  to  the  present  or  future  limits 
of  the  city. 

2197.  ^2.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
made  subject  to  all  the  restrictions  and  conditions,  the  rights  and 
privileges  mentioned  in  the  ordinance  passed  by  the  common  coun- 
cil on  the  23d  day  of  May,  1859,  entitled  "An  ordinance  authoriz- 
ing the  construction  and  operation  of  horse  railways  in  the  north 
division  of  the  citv  of  Chicago,"  and  all  contracts  bv  and  between 
the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  the  North  Chicago 
Railway  Company,  applicable  to  the  line  of  said  railway  on  North 
Clark  street,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  extended  to  its  said  line  on  said 
Center  street  and  Lincoln  avenue. 

2198.  §  3.  The  said  company  shall  complete  a  single  track 
in  said  streets,  from  North  Clark  street  to  Fullerton  avenue,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June,  1872,  unless  restrained  by  some  court 
of  competent  jurisdiction. 

2199.  ^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  whenever  it  shall 
be  accepted  by  said  company,  but  unless  accepted  within  thirty  days 
after  the  passage  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  null  and  void. 

Rcsohitioii  of  company  accepting: 

To  the  Honorable,  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

The  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  respectfully  suliiiit  the  following 
resolution,  passed  by  its  board  of  directors  on  the  5th  dav  of  June,  1871: 

Whereas,  The  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  passed  an  ordinance  on 
the  8th  day  of  May,  1871,  which  -was  approved  by  the  mayor  on  the  15th  dav  of  the 
same  month,  granting  permission  to  the  North  Chicago  City  Railwav  Companv  to 
use  portions  of  Center  street  and  Lincoln  a\enue  for  tlie  construction  and  operation 
of  railwa\'  tracks ;  and,  \\  hereas,  there  is  no  time  expressly  named  or  referred  to  in 
said  ordinance,  as  the  period  of  time  during  which  such  permission  shall  run,  and 
there  is  now  doubt  expressed  as  to  the  true  meaning  and  construction  oi  said  ordi- 
nance, as  to  the  extent  of  the  rights  and  privileges,  as  well  as  the  conditions  and 
restrictions  thereof;  now  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  hereby  accept  said 
ordinance,  and  assents  to  the  proposition  herein  contained :  Provided,  That  said 
ordinance  be  construed  to  mean  that  said  railway  company  may  have  the  same  rights 
and  privileges  that  it  now  has  on  North  Clark  street,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same 
conditions  and  restrictions  now  imposed  on  said  company  on  North  Clark  street,  and 
mav  use  parts  of  streets  designated  in  said  ordinance  for  the  same  length  of  time  it 
is  now  authorized  to  use  North  Clark  street,  and  that  the  common  council  assent  to 
this  construction. 

In  witness  whereof,  I,  II.  N.  Towner,  secretary  of  the  North  Chicago  City  Rail- 
wav Company,  have,  on  this  5th  day  of  June,  1871,  signed  my  name  and  atHxed  the 
seal  of  said  corporation. 

[seal.]  H.  N.  TOWNER,  Secretary. 

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514  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Acceptance  by  Conivwn  CoiDicil. 
I  Passed  May  6,  1872.] 

Resolved,  That  the  city  of  Chicago  assent  to  the  acceptance  of  the  North  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company,  by  resolution  of  June  8,  1871,  of  the  ordinance  authorizing 
it  to  use  par.t^  of  Center  street  and  Lincoln  avenue,  passed  May  8, 1871,  and  approved 
May  15,  1871,  but  the  time  for  which  said  company  may  use  said  parts  of  streets  as 
provided  in  the  ordinance  is  tixed  at  twenty-five  years' from  and  after  the  passage  of. 
the  ordinance,  and  the  time  for  completing  said  tracks  is  extended  from  the  1st  day 
of  June,  1872,  for  ninety  days:  Provided,  That  nothing  lierein  contained,  or  in  the 
original  ordinance,  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  give  the  sanction,  consent  or  assent 
of  this  common  council  to  the  ninet^■-nine  year  franchise  claimed  by  said  railway 
companv,  or  any  other  horSe  railway  companv  under  the  act  of  the  general  assemblj' 
entitled  "  An  act  concerning  horse  railways  in  the  city  ot"  Chicago,"  passed  over  the 
governor's  veto,  February  (j,  1865. 

AN   OR.DINANCE  authorizing  the  extension  of  the   horse  railway   on  Indiana 
avenue.     [Passed  November  18,  1871.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2200.  §  I.  That  the  first  and  second  sections  of  "  An  ordi- 
nance relating  to  horse  railways  in  the  south  division  of  Chicago," 
passed  August  22,  1864,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  so  amended 
that  the  time  for  the  construction  of  the  single  track  railway,  with 
necessary  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and  switches  in  said  ordinance  men- 
tioned, on  Indiana  avenue,  be  extended  for  the  term  of  two  3'ears 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided,  however,  that  if  said 
Chicago  City  Railway  Company  shall  be  delayed  by  the  order  or 
injunction  of  any  court,  the  period  of  such  delay  shall  be  added  to 
such  extended  time,  and  the  right  and  authority  of  the  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  to  maintain  and  use  its  track  and  tracks 
now  existing  on  Indiana  avenue  and  Eighteenth  street,  with  all  con- 
venient turn-outs,  side  tracks,  turn  tables  and  switches,  are  hereby 
confirmed  for  the  time  provided  in  said  ordinance. 

2201.  §  2.  That  said  first  and  second  sections  of  said  ordi- 
nance relating  to  horse  railways  in  the  south  division  of  Chicago, 
passed  August  22,  1864,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  so  amended 
that  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  may  construct,  lay  down 
and  operate,  and  maintain  a  double  track  railway  upon  said  Indiana 
avenue,  from  the  north  line  of  Twenty-second  street  to  the  present 
and  future  city  limits,  in  lieu  of  a  single  track,  side  tracks,  switches 
and  turn-outs:  Provided,  that  the  consent  of  the  oyvners  of  the  ma- 
jority of  the  property  by  lineal  measure,  fronting  upon  said  avenue 
between  said  Twent^'-second  street  and  said  city  limits  shall  be  first 
obtained:  Provided,  also,  that  said  tracks  shall  be  laid  as  near  in 
the  centre  of  said  avenue  as  may  be  practicable,  and  shall  not  oc- 
cupy more  than  fourteen  feet  in  width:  Provided,  also,  that  said 
company,  its  successors  or  assignees,  shall  at  its  own  expense  keep 
eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track  is  used,  and  sixteen  feet  in 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO,  515 

width  where  a  double  track  is  used  of  said  av^enue,  or  parts  thereof 
so  occupied,  in  good  repair,  so  that  wagons,  carriages  and  other 
vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any  and  all  points  and  in  any  and 
all  directions;  and  when  any  new  improvements,  paving,  repairing, 
planking  or  replanking  is  ordered  by  the  common  council  in  said 
avenue,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  said  company  shall  in  like  man- 
ner, and  with  like  material  as  required  of  the  property  as  to  other 
contiguous  parts  of  said  avenue,  make  such  new  improvements  on 
eight  feet  iji  width  where  a  single  track  is  used,  or  sixteen  feet  in 
width  where  a  double  track  is  used;  and  if  the  said  company  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improvement  within  a  reason- 
able time,  to  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance,  the  work  may  be  done  by 
the  city,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  by  the  board  of  public  works 
on  said  company,  and  collected  as  other  assessments  from  any  real 
or  personal  property  of  said  company.  But  if  the  board  of  public 
works  should  deem  it  inexpedient  that  said  new  improvements  on 
said  avenue  should  be  made  by  said  company,  then  the  same  shall 
be  done  by  the  city,  as  in  other  cases,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed 
upon  and  collected  of  said  company  in  the  manner  as  aforesaid.  And 
if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  any  necessary 
repairs  as  aforesaid,  or  the  repairs  required  by  any  ordinances  here- 
tofore passed  and  now  in  force  in  reference  to  the  said  railwa}'  com- 
pany, after  twenty  days'  notice  from  the  board  of  public  works,  the 
city  may  make  the  repairs  and  collect  the  cost  thereof  by  suit  at  law 
in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  tlie  extension  of  tracks  of  the  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  Company  on  West  Van  Buren  street.  [Passed  November 
ly,  1871.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coniinon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2202.  i:^  I.  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  permitted  to  lav  down  and 
maintain  a  single  or  double  track  railwa}-,  with  all  the  necessary 
turn-outs,  switches  and  side  tracks,  on  West  Van  Buren  street,  from 
the  east  line  of  South  Western  plank  road  (or  Ogden  avenue)  to 
Western  avenue,  and  to  run  its  cars  there,  on  the  condition  with  its 
track  on  South  Clinton  street  and  Van  Buren  street,  east  of  South 
Western  plank  road,  but  the  said  companv  shall  not  be  required  to 
lay  its  track  west  of  Hoyne  street,  until  said  Van  Buren  street  shall 
be  opened  and  continued  direct  between  Hoyne  and  Leavitt  streets. 


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^03.  §  2.  All  contracts  by  and  between  the  city  of  Chicago 
and  said  railway  company,  applicable  to  the  line,  its  line  on  Van 
Buren  street  east  of  Southwestern  plank  road  (or  Ogden  avenue), 
shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  extended  to  its  line  on  Van  Buren  street 


5l6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

west  of  Southwestern  plank  road  hereby  authorized,  and  the  said 
company  shall  enjoy  and  exercise  the  same  privileges,  and  be  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  on  line  hereby  authorized,  as  now  apply  to  its 
line  on  said  West  Van  Buren  street,  east  of  Southwestern  plank  road. 

2204.  ^  3.  The  said  railway  company  shall  lay  or  cause  to 
be  laid  a  single  or  double  track  on  said  West  Van  Buren  street, 
from  Southwestern  plank  road  to  Hoyne  street,  within  six  months 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  from  Hoyne  street  to  West- 
ern avenue  within  six  months  from  and  after  said  Van  Buren  street 
shall  be  opened  between  Hoyne  and  Leavitt  streets;  otherwise  this 
ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void,  and  the  right  of  way  hereby  granted 
to  said  company  shall  cease. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  connection  of  the  tracks  of  the  horse  rail- 
way of  the  North  Chicago  City  Raihvay  and  the  Chicago  City  Railway  on 
Clark  street.     [Passed  November  20,  1871.] 

Be  it  ordai)icd  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2205.  §  I.  That  the  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company 
is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  a  double  track,  with  the  necessary  ap- 
pendages, in  and  along  North  Clark  street  in  the  cit}^  of  Chicago, 
from  its  intersection  with  North  Water  street  to  the  center  of  Chi- 
cago river,  in  such  a  way  that  it  may  make  connections  with  the 
tracks  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  at  such  center  of 
the  river,  on  the  bridge;  and  the  last  named  company  is  author- 
ized to  lay  a  double  track,  with  the  necessary  appendages,  from  the 
center  of  the  Chicago  river,  on  the  bridge,  connecting  with  the 
tracks  of  the  former  company,  and  thereby  making  a  continuous 
line  to  the  court  house  for  the  North  Chicago  Cit}^  Railway  Com- 
pany, under  its  lease  and  contract  with  the  Chicago  City  Railway, 
and  a  connection  between  the  lines  of  said  companies  on  Clark 
street. 

2206.  ^  2.  The  construction  and  operation  of  the  tracks  that 
may  be  built  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  rules 
and  limitations  and  restrictions  that  are  prescribed  in  the  ordinance 
heretofore  passed  by  the  common  council,  entitled  "  An  ordinance 
authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  horse  railways  in  the 
North  Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,''  approved  May  23,  1859. 

2207.  i:^  3.  That  the  said  companies  shall  pave,  macadam, 
gravel,  or  otherwise  improve,  in  accordance  with  such  ordinances 
as  may  be  passed  by  the  common  council,  sixteen  feet  in  width  on 
the  streets  occupied  by  said  track. 

2208.  §  4.  The  rights  and  privileges  herein  and  hereby 
granted  shall  continue  for  the  term  of  years  after  the  passage 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  5^7 

of  this  ordinance,  and  it  shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  afiect  in  any 
way  the  extension  of  time  granted  by  the  legislature,  in  an  act  en- 
titled "  An  act  concerning  horse  railways  in  the  city  of  Chicago," 
passed  February  6,  1865,  it  not  being  the  intention  of  the  common 
council,  or  said  company,  by  the  passage  and  acceptance  of  this  or- 
dinance, to  ratify  or  modify  such  extension  of  time. 

RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  track  on  Fifth  avenue.     [Passed  February  5,  1872.] 

2209.  Resolved^  By  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
that  authority  and  consent  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  granted  to 
the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to  take  up  and  re- 
move temporarily  their  railway  track  on  Wells  street  (on  Fifth  ave- 
nue), between  Van  Buren  and  Polk  streets,  with  the  right  to  recon- 
struct and  restore  the  same,  with  the  necessary  curves  and  side- 
tracks, whenever  it  shall  be  deemed  by  them  desirable  so  to  do;  and 
afterward  to  maintain  and  use  the  said  track  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions,  and  with  the  same  privileges,  immunities,  and  ex- 
emptions heretofore  granted  to  said  compan}^  under  existing  ordi- 
nances and  contracts,  and  contracts  relating  to  the  use  of  that  por- 
tion of  said  street  for  railway  purposes. 

RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  track  on  Van  Buren  street.     [Passed  July  8,  1873.] 

2210.  Whereas:  On  the  13th  day  of  November,  187 1,  an  or- 
dinance was  passed  authorizing  the  Chicago  West  Division  Rail- 
wa}^  Company  to  extend  their  rails  on  West  Van  Buren  street  from 
their  present  termination  at  Southwestern  avenue;  and,  whereas, 
under  the  third  section  of  said  ordinance  said  company  were  re- 
quired to  lay  down  the  rails  and  complete  the  track  as  far  west  as 
Hoyne  street  within  six  months  after  the  date  of  the  passage  of  said 
ordinance,  and  the  difficulty  of  laving  the  rails  during  the  winter 
months  having  prevented  the  company  from  completing  the  same 
during  the  time  so  hmited  as  aforesaid;  now,  therefore,  be  it 

22 11.  Resolved^  By  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
that  the  time  within  which  said  company  shall  lav  its  rails  and  com- 
plete its  said  track  to  Hoyne  street,  as  aforesaid,  is  hereby  further 
extended  six  months  from  and  after  the  time  so  limited  as  afore- 
said in  the  third  section  of  said  ordinance. 


5l8  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

THE    CHICAGO    AND    EVANSTON    RAILROAD    COMPANY, 

AN  ACT  to  incorporate  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company.  [Approved 

February  16,  1801.] 

2212.  ^  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Peof>Ie  of  the  State  of  Illinois^ 
represented  in  the  General  Assenibly,  That  James  G.  Hamilton, 
George  W.  Thompson,  Orrington  Lunt,  Hugh  T.  Dickey,  Jabez 
K.  Botsford,  S.  B.  Chase,  Henry  Smith,  Edwin  Haskins,  Thomas 
C.  Hoag,  Isaac  N.  Arnold,  J.  F.  Willard  and  John  Evans,  and 
their  associates,  who  may  be  such  by  becoming  stockholders  in  this 
company,  and  their  successors,  be  and  they  are  hereby  created  a 
body  politic  and  corporate,  by  the  name  and  style  of  "  The  Chi- 
cago and  Evanston  Railroad  Company,"  with  power  to  sue  and 
be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded;  to  adopt  a  common  seal  and  alter 
it  at  pleasure;  to  adopt  such  by-laws  and  regulations  as  they  may 
deem  expedient;  and  to  have  and  exercise  all  other  rights  and 
powers  necessar}'  to  carry  out  the  intentions  of  this  act. 

2213.  ^2.  They  shall  have  power  to  locate,  construct,  main- 
tain and  operate  with  horse  or  locomotive  cars,  from  the  city  of 
Chicago  to  any  point  in  the  town  of  Evanston,  a  railroad  with  a 
single  or  double  track,  turn-outs,  sidings,  depots  and  all  other  neces- 
sary appHances.  They  may  contract  with  the  North  Chicago  Horse 
Railroad  Company,  or  anv  other  company  or  party,  to  operate  their 
road,  or  the  road  of  such  other  party,  either  separately  or  jointl}-, 
as  may  be  agreed  upon.  They  may  acquire,  by  donation,  stock 
subscription  or  purchase,  dispose  of  and  convey,  as  they  may  deem 
expedient,  real  estate  not  to  exceed  in  value,  on  hand  at  an}^  one 
time,  the  capital  stock  of  the  company ;  and  for  the  purpose  of  car- 
rying out  the  intentions  of  this  act,  they  shall  have  power  to  bor- 
row money,  not  to  exceed  in  amount  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany, and  to  secure  the  payment  thereof  by  pledge  or  mortgage  of 
any  or  all  of  its  property,  rights,  credits  and  franchises.  No  au- 
thority is  or  shall  be  granted  to  said  company,  or  to  any  other  cor- 
poration or  party,  by  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  lay  any  railroad  track 
in  Wells,  Dearborn,  Wolcott,  Cass,  Rush,  Pine,  North  or  South 
Clark  streets,  or  in  Wabash  or  Michigan  avenues,  in  the  city  of 
Chicago;  but  the  laying  of  the  same  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited. 

2214.  §  3.  The  capital  stock  of  the  company  shall  be  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  which  shall  be  divided  into  shares  of  one 
hundred  dollars  each.  It  may  be  increased  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
all  the  stock  of  the  company,  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders, to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  three  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
Books  may  be  opened  for  subscriptions  to  the  stock  of  the  company, 
as  may  be  deemed  expedient  by  the  board  of  directors.       y 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  519 

2215.  '^  4.  The  affairs  of  the  company  shall  be  managed  by 
a  board  of  twelve  directors,  a  majority  of  whom  shall  form  a  quorum. 
After  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the  first  board  they  shall  be  elect- 
ed annually  by  the  stockholders,  as  may  be  provided  in  the  by-laws, 
and  shall  hold  their  office  for  one  year,  and  until  their  successors  are 
elected.  The  persons  her-ein  named  as  corporators  shall  be  the  first 
board  of  directors. 

2216.  ^  5.  In  procuring  the  right  of  way  for  said  railroad, 
thev  shall  be  entitled  to  such  privileges  and  rights  to  cross  or  run 
aloncf  hifrhwavs  as  mav  be  m-anted  bv  the  commissioners  of  hicjh- 
way^s  of  the  towns  through  which  it  may  pass;  and  when,  on  ac- 
count of  non-residence,  minority,  or  other  disability  to  sell,  on  the 
part  of  owners  of  property,  or  where  parties  refuse  to  grant  their 
propertv,  or  fail  to  agree  as  to  compensation  for  the  right  of  way  or 
depot  grounds,  said  company'  ma}'  condemn  and  take  the  same,  ac- 
cording to  the  provisions  of  "  An  act  to  amend  the  law  condemning 
the  right  of  way  for  purposes  of  internal  improvements,"  approved 
June  22,  1852. 

2217.  ^6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage,  and  continue  for  fift}^  years. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  a  horse  railway 
on  Plfth  a^  enue,  north  of  Randolph  street,  and  over  and  upon  the  bridge  across 
the  Chicago  River  known  as  Wells  street  bridge,  and  on  Wells  street  to  Clark 
street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  October  26,  1874.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninwn  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2218.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing 
the  construction  and  operation  of  a  horse  railroad  on  Fifth  avenue, 
north  of  Randolph  street,  and  over  and  upon  the  bridge  across  the 
Chicago  river  known  as  Wells  street  bridge,  and  on  Wells  street  to 
Clark  street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  passed  October  26,  1874,  ^^ 
and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

2219.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  North  Chicago  Cit}'  Railwav  Companv  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  hereof,  authority,  permission  and  consent  are 
hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  the  said  companv,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  to  construct,  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  a 
double  track  railwav,  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and 
switches,  in,  upon  and  along  the  course  of  certain  streets  in  the  city 
of  Chicago  hereafter  named,  and  over  a  certain  bridge  across  Chi- 
cago river,  and  to  operate  railway  cars  or  carriages  thereon  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  time  and  upon  the  conditions  hereinafter  pre- 
scribed: Provided,  the  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  laid  within 
twelve  feet  of  the  sidewalks  upon  any  of  the  said  streets. 


520  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2220.  §  2.  That  said  railway  company  is  hereby  authorized 
to  la}^  a  single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  in  and  along  and 
upon  the  following  streets  and  bridge  in  said  city,  to  wit:  Com- 
mencing north  of  Randolph  street,  and  extending  north  along  Fifth 
avenue  and  over  and  along  said  Fifth  avenue  to  the  Chicago  river; 
thence  upon  and  over  the  bridge  known  as  Wells  street  bridge 
across  said  river;  thence  extending  north  along  Wells  street  to  the 
intersection  of  the  same  with  North  Clark  street  and  connecting 
with  the  railway  tracks  on  said  Clark  street,  or  any  other  tracks 
now  in  use  at  intermediate  points. 

2  221.  §  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  hereby  au- 
thorized to  be  constructed  upon  said  Fifth  avenue,  said  bridge  and 
said  Wells  street,  shall  be  operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  no 
railway  car  or  carriage  used  by  any  other  railroad  company  in  this 
State  shall  be  used  upon  or  pass  over  said  tracks. 

2222.  §  4.  The  said  tracks  and  cars  or  carriages  operated 
thereon  shall  be  used  for  ho  other  purpose  than  to  transport  passen- 
gers and  their  ordinary  baggage ;  and  the  cars  or  carriages  used  for 
that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class  in  use  on  such  rail- 
ways; and  the  common  council  shall  have  the  power  at  all  times  to 
make  such  regulations  as  to  the  rate  of  speed  and  time  of  running 
said  cars  or  carriages  as  said  council  may  require. 

2223.  §  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  laid  with  modern  im- 
proved rails;  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles 
can  easily  and  freely  cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in 
any  and  all  directions,  without  obstruction. 

2224.  ■§  6.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  the  streets  or  parts  of 
streets  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railways,  or  any 
of  them,  keep  sixteen  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway 
in  good  repair  and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the 
privileges  hereby  granted  to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  accord- 
ance with  whatever  order  or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinar}'  re- 
pairs thereof  may  be  passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of 
said  city;  and  the  said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  the  legal  con- 
sequential damages  which  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  rea- 
son of  the  carelessness,  negligence  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the  agents 
or  servants  of  said  company,  in  the  course  of  their  employment  in 
the  construction  or  use  of  said  railwa3^s,  or  either  of  them. 

2225.  •§  7.  The  said  railway  companv  shall  la^^'  said  tracks 
whenever  and  as  fast  as  a  new  pavement  shall  be  laid  in  said  streets 


CITV    OF    CHICAGO.  52 1 

or  parts  of  streets  next  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Pro- 
vided^ that  if  said  company  shall  be  prevented  or  delayed  by  the  or- 
der or  injunction  of  an}^  court,  that  shall  be  a  sufficient  excuse,  and 
it  shall  be  sufficient  to  lav  such  tracks  within  a  reasonable  time  after 
such  order  or  injunction  shall  be  vacated  or  dissolved. 

2226.  ■s^  8.  The  right  to  operate  said  railway  shall  extend  to 
the  hrst  dav  of  October,  A.  D.  1894,  at  which  time  the  rights  and 
privileges  herein  and  hereby  granted  to  said  company  shall  cease; 
but  said  company  operating  said  railway  at  said  time  shall  be  enti- 
titled  to  enjoy  all  of  such  rights  and  privileges  after  the  expiration  of 
said  time,  and  until  the  common  council  shall  hereafter  elect,  by  or- 
der for  that  purpose,  to  purchase  said  tracks  of  said  railway,  cars, 
carriages,  furniture  and  implements  of  every  kind  and  description 
used  in  the  construction  and  operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay  for 
the  same  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2227.  ^  9.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when 
said  city  of  Chicago  will  take  such  railwa3"S  and  other  property  be- 
fore mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the 
passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of  taking  said  railways  and 
other  propei'ty  before  mentioned  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  pay  to 
the  parties  operating  the  same  a  sum  of  mone}^  to  be  ascertained  by 
three  commissioners  to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows: 
One  to  be  chosen  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook  county 
by  the  said  common  council;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  company, 
its  associates  or  successors;  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen  to  choose 
the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2228.  S  10.  All  riirhts  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  impaired  or  afiected  by  this  ordinance,  but  the  rights  and 
privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2229.  §  II.  Said  raihvay  company  shall  execute  a  bond  in 
the  sum  of  $10,000  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  this  ordinance,  and  to  indemnify  and  protect  the  city  of 
Chicago  from  any  and  all  loss  or  damage  by  reason  of  the  powers 
and  privileges  granted  to  said  company*. 

2230.  §  12.  That  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  under  this 
ordinance  for  the  use  of  the  aforesaid  part  of  Fifth  avenue  by  said 
North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  shall  be  onh'  as  "the  lessee 
of  the  Chicago  Cit}'  Railway  Company. 

2231.  ^  13.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  a^d  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  said  North 


522  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Chicago  Railway  Company  and  said  company  shall  have  made  the 
bond  provided  for  herein  in  manner  and  form  as  hereinbefore  required, 
(As  amended  April  26,  1875.) 

AN  ORDINANCE  authoriziiii^   the   construction   and   operation   of  certain   horse 
railways  in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago.      [Passed  Dec.  21,  1874.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2232.  i^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  hereof,  authority,  permission  and  consent  are 
hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  the  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  to  construct,  lav  down,  operate  and  maintain  a 
double  track  railwa}',  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  turn-tables,  side 
tracks  and  switches,  in,  upon  and  along  the  course  of  certain  streets 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  hereinafter  named,  and  to  operate  railway 
cars  and  carriages  thereon  in  the  manner  and  upon  the  conditions 
hereinafter  prescribed:  Provided^  the  tracks  of  said  railwa}'  shall 
not  be  laid  within  twelve  feet  of  the  sidewalks  upon  any  of  the 
streets,  except  in  turning  street  corners. 

2233.  §  2.  That  said  railway  company  is  hereby  authorized 
to  lay  a  single  or  double  track  for  a  railway  in,  along  and  upon  the 
following  streets  in  said  city,  to  wit:  Commencing  on  Twenty-sec- 
ond street,  connecting  with  the  railway  tracks  in  said  street  at  its 
intersection  with  Wabash  avenue,  thence  north  along  Wabash  avenue 
to  Madison  street,  and  thence  west  along  Madison  street  to  State 
street,  and  connecting  with  the  railway  tracks  in  said  State  street. 

2234.  ^  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  hereby  author- 
ized to  be  constructed  upon  said  Wabash  avenue  and  Madison  street 
shair  be  operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  no  steam  railway  car 
or  carriage  shall  be  used  upon  or  passed  over  said  tracks. 

2235.  §  4.  The  said  tracks  and  cars  operated  thereon  shall  be 
used  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers  and  their 
ordinary  baggage,  and  the  cars  or  carriages  used  for  that  purpose 
shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class  in  use  on  such  railways,  and  all 
new  cars  built  and  operated  on  said  streets  by  said  company  shall  be 
of  that  kind  known  as  two-horse  cars,  with  a  driver  and  conductor, 
who  shall  be  two  separate  persons. 

2236.  .'^  5.  The  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  laid  with  modern  im- 
proved rails,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles 
can  easily  and.  freely  cross  said  tracks,  at  every  and  all  points,  and 
in  any  and  all  directions,  without  obstruction. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  523 

2237.  ^  6.  The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  and  as- 
signs, as  respects  grading  and  paving,  shall  at  their  own  expense 
grade  and  pave  the  space  between  the  rails,  and  keep  the  same  in 
good  repair  and*  condition,  in  accordance  with  such  ordinances,  or- 
ders and  regulations  as  have  heretofore  been  passed  or  adopted,  or 
may  hereafter  be  passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of  said 
city,  such  paving,  grading  and  repairs  to  be  subject  to  and  done 
under  the  superintendence  and  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city,  or  other  board  or  officer^  of 
said  city  having  charge  and  superintendence  of  the  improvements 
and  repairs  of  streets;  and  said  railway  company,  its  successors  and 
assigns,  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  damages  which  may  be  sustained 
by  an}'  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  neglect  or  misconduct 
of  any  agent  or  servant  of  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
in  the  construction  or  the  use  of  said  tracks  or  railway,  or  by  reason 
of  the  misconstruction  or  faulty  or  defective  construction  of  said 
tracks,  or  any  of  them. 

2238.  i<  7.  The  said  railway  shall  be  constructed  from  Madi- 
son street  to  Congress  street  within  six  months  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  and  the  residue  as  fast  as  said  avenue  shall  be  re- 
paved,  unless  restrained  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

2239.  ^  8.  The  passage  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  be  con- 
strued as  a  ratification  by  the  common  council  of  an}'  act  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  the  state  of  Illinois  concerning;  horse  railways  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  passed  Feb.  6,  1865,  or  as  a  modilication  of  the 
legal  etiect  thereof. 

2240.  ^  9.  No  rights  or  powers  heretofore  vested  in  the  city 
of  Chicago,  or  in  the  board  of  water  commissioners  or  sewerage 
commissioners,  or  in  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city,  or  in  any 
board,  ofhcer  or  officers  of  said  city,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  so 
vested  in  respect  to  the  water  works  or  sewerage  of  said  city,  shall  in 
any  manner  be  impaired  or  afiected  by  this  ordinance  or  by  reason 
of  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  but  the  privileges  hereby  granted 
shall  be  exercised  and  enjoyed  subject  and  subordinate  to  the  exer- 
cise of  all  such  rights  and  powers  in  respect  to  water,  water  works 
and  sewerage. 

2241.  4^  10.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  condition,  that  the  said  "  The  Chicago  City  Rail- 
way Company"  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless 
the  city  of  Chicago  against  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees 
and  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  which  it  may  sutler  or  which 
may  be  recovered  and  obtained  against  said  city  for  ou  by  reason  of 
the  granting  of  such  privilege  and  authority,  or  for  or  by  reason  of 


524  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF"    THE 

or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  or 
any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said 
company  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

2242.  ■i^  II.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  said  The 
Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  such  acceptance  to  be  manifested 
by  written  acceptance  duly  executed  by  said  company,  and  filed 
witji  the  city  clerk  within  sixty  days  after  the  approval  of  this  or- 
dinance. 


AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing^  the  construction  and  operation  of  a  liorse  railway 
on  North  avenue,  between  Milwaukee  a^•enue  and  Humboldt  Park,  in  the  city 
of  Chicago.     [Passed  March  8,  1875.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coniuion  Coniicil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2243.  ■^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  authority,  permission 
and  consent  are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  com- 
pany, its  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down  operate  and  maintain 
a  single  or  double  track  railway,  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  turn- 
tables, side  tracks,  and  switches,  in,  upon  and  along  North  avenue, 
in  said  city  of  Chicago,  commencing  at  the  intersection  of  said  North 
avenue  with  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  to  connect  with  the  track  or 
tracks  now  upon  said  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  thence  to  extend  west 
to  the  present  and  to  the  future  cit}-  limits:  Provided^  the  track  or 
tracks  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  laid  within  twelve  feet  of  the  side- 
walk of  said  North  avenue. 

2244.  §  2.  The  cars  or  carriages  to  be  used  upon  said  track 
or  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  constructed  upon  said  North  ave- 
nue shall  be  operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  no  railway  car  or 
carriage  used  by  a;iy  other  railroad  company  in  this  state  shall  be 
used  upon  or  passed  over  said  track  or  tracks. 

2245.  ^3.  The  said  track  or  tracks,  and  cars  operated  thereon 
shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers  and 
their  ordinary  baggage,  and  said  track  or  tracks  shall  be  so  laid  as 
to  avoid  the  unnecessary  elevation  of  their  tracks  above  the  surface 
of  the  street,  and  shall  be  so  maintained  by  said  company  as  not  un- 
necessarily to  obstruct  the  passage  of  carriages  or  vehicles  over 
them,  or  to  impair  the  usefulness  of  the  street  on  which  they  are 
laid;  shall  run  cars  or  carriages  thereon  of  a  suitable  style  and  de- 
scription, and  at  all  such  times  and  rate  of  speed  as  the  public  con- 
venience and  safety  shall  to  it  seem  to  require. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  525 

2246.  '^  4.  The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  and  as- 
signs, as  respects  grading  and  paving,  sliall  at  their  own  expense 
grade  and  paye  the  space  betw^een  the  rails,  and  keep  the  same  in 
good  repair  and  condition,  in  accordance  with  such  ordinances,  orders 
and  regulations  as  shall  be  passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council 
of  said  city,  such  paving,  grading  and  repairs  to  be  subject  to  and 
done  under  the  superintendence  and  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city,  or  other  board  of  offi- 
cers of  said  city  having  charge  and  superintendence  of  the  imprave- 
ments  and  repairs  of  streets. 

2247.  §  5.  Said  railway  company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
shall  be  liable  for  any  legal  or  consequential  damages  which  may  be 
sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  neglect  or 
misconduct  of  any  agent  or  servant  of  said  company-,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  in  the  construction  or  use  of  said  tracks  or  railway,  or 
by  reason  of  the  misconstruction  or  faulty  or  defective  construction 
of  said  tracks  or  any  of  them. 

2248.  §  6.  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said 
company  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  said 
railway  shall  be  fully  completed  and  ready  for  use  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1876:  Provided,  that  if  the  said  com- 
pany shall  be  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  any  court,  the 
time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded,  and  the  same  time  in  addition 
to  the  period  above  prescribed  shall  be  allowed  for  the  completion 
of  said  railway  as  that  during  which  said  company  may  have  been 
so  delayed. 

2249.  ^  7.  The  right  to  operate  said  railway  shall  extend  to 
the  tirst  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1894,  at  which  time  the  rights  and 
privileges  herein  and  hereby  granted  to  said  company  shall  cease: 
but  said  company,  operating  said  railway  at  said  time,  shall  be  entitled 
to  enjoy  all  of  such  rights  and  privileges  after  the  expiration  of  said 
time  and  until  the  common  council  shall  thereafter  elect,  by  order 
for  that  purpose,  to  purchase  said  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway, 
cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements  of  every  kind  and  descrip- 
tion used  in  the  construction  and  operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay 
for  the  same  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2250.  ^  8.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when  said 
city  of  Chicago  will  take  such  railway  and  other  property  before 
mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the  passage 
of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of  taking  such  railway  and  other  prop- 
erty before  mentioned,  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  pay  to  the  parties 
operating  the  same  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  com- 
missioners to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows:    one  to  be 


526  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

chosen  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook  county  by  the  said 
common  council;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  company,  its  asso- 
ciates or  successors;  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen  to  choose  the 
third  from  said  freeholders. 

2251.  4^  9.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  this  ordinance,  but  the  rights 
and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2252.  i^  10.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  condition  that  the  said  railwav  company  shall 
and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago 
against  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees  and  costs  and  ex- 
penses of  the  same  which  it  may  suffer,  or  which  may  be  recovered 
and  obtained  against  said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of 
such  privilege  and  authority,  or  for  or  bv  reason  of,  or  growing  out 
of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or 
thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of 
the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

2253.  §  II.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  as 
soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  said  Chicago 
West  Division  Railway  Company,      [x-ls  amended  April  19,  1875.] 

AX  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  of  a  horse  railway 
on  Lake  street,  Lake  street  bridge,  and  West  Lake  street,  from  the  Union  depot 
at  the  foot  of  Lake  street  to  Canal  street;  on  Canal  street  from  West  Lake 
street  to  West  Fourteenth  street;  on  West  Fourteenth  street  from  Canal  street 
to  California  avenue.     [Passed  April  >]0,  1875.] 

J^e  it  ordained  b\  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2254.  §  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Metropolitan  City  Railwa}-  Company  to  com- 
ph'  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  authority,  permission  and 
consent  are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  com  pan}', 
its  successors  and  assigns,  to  la}'  down,  operate  and  maintain  a  single 
or  double  track  railway,  with  all  necessary  and  convenient  turn-outs, 
turn-tables,  side  tracks,  and  switches  in,  upon,  over  and  along  Lake 
street.  Lake  street  bridge,  and  West  Lake  street,  from  the  Union 
depot  at  the  foot  of  Lake  street  to  Canal  street;  on  Canal  street  from 
West  Lake  street  to  West  Fourteenth  street;  on  West  Fourteenth 
street  from  Canal  street  to  California  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
in  Cook  county,  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  The  said  Metropohtan  City 
Railway  Company,  after  obtaining  the  consent  of  this  council,  shall 
allow  any  other  street  railway  company  not  at  this  time  having  a 
right  to  lay  a  track  upon  Lake  street  to  use  said  track  upon  said 
Lake  street  between  the  Union  depot  at  the  foot  of  Lake  street, 


'  CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  527 

and  Canal  street,  by  their  paying  to  the  said  Metropolitan  City  Rail- 
vva}'  Company  their  proportion  of  the  cost  of  construction  and  main- 
tenance of  said  track  upon  said  Lake  street  between  the  points 
above  named. 

2255.  ^2.  The  cars  or  carriages  to  be  used  upon  said  track  or 
tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  constructed  upon  said  streets  shall  be 
operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  no  car  shall  be  run  upon  said 
tracks  except  under  the  charge  of  a  competent  driver  and  conductor, 
who  shall  be  two  separate  persons,  and  the  said  track  or  tracks  and 
cars  operated  thereon  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  to 
transport  passengers  and  their  ordinary  baggage. 

2256.  4^  3.  The  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  not  be  ele- 
vated above  the  surface  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  laid  with  modern 
improved  rails,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles 
can  easily  and  freely  cross  said  track  or  tracks  at  any  and  all  points, 
and  in  any  and  all  directions,  without  obstructions. 

2257.  i^  4.  The  said  railway  company,  its  associates,  successors 
and  assigns  shall  pay  one-third  of  the  cost  of  grading,  paving,  mac- 
adamizing or  filling  said  streets  or  parts  of  said  streets  on  which  it  is 
hereby  authorized  to  construct  said  railway,  when  said  grading,  pav- 
ing, macadamizing  or  filling  shall  be  ordered  by  the  common  council 
or  other  proper  authority  of  said  city,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep  that 
portion  of  said  streets  as  shall  be  occupied  by  its  said  railway  in  good 
repair  and  condition,  in  accordance  with  whatever  orders  may  here- 
after be  passed  in  that  behalf  by  said  common  council ;  and  said  rail- 
way company,  its  successors  and  assigns  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal 
and  consequential  damages  which  may  be  sustained  by  any  person 
by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  neglect  or  misconduct  of  any  agent  or 
servant  of  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  in  the  course  of 
their  employment,  in  the  construction  or  the  use  of  the  said  track  or 
tracks  or  railway. 

2258.  '^5.  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said 
company  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago  unless  the  said 
railway  (excepting  that  part  of  the  same  to  be  constructed  on  West 
Fourteenth  street,  between  Ashland  avenue  and  California  avenue,) 
shall  be  fully  completed  and  ready  for  use  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
October,  A.  D.  1876:  Provided^  that  if  the  said  company  shall  be 
delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  any  court,  the  time  of  such  delay 
shall  be  excluded,  and  the  same  time,  in  addition  to  the  period  above 
prescribed,  shall  be  allowed  for  the  completion  of  said  railway  as 
that  during  which  said  company  may  have  been  so  delayed:  and 
provided,  further^  that  said  compan}-  shall  be  allowed  until  January 


5 28  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

first,  A.  D.  1880,  for  the  completion  of  said  railway  on  West  Four- 
teenth street,  between  Ashland  avenue  and  California  avenue. 

2259.  i^  6.  The  right  to  operate  said  railwa}^  shall  extend  to 
the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1900,  at  which  time  the  rights  and 
privileges  herein  and  hereb}-  granted  to  said  company  shall  cease;  but 
said  company  operating  said  railway  at  said  time  shall  be  entitled  to 
enjoy  all  of  such  rights  and  privileges  after  the  expiration  of  said  time, 
and  until  the  common  council  shall  thereafter  elect,  by  order  for  that 
purpose,  to  purchase  said  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway,  cars,  car- 
riages, furniture  and  implements  and  appurtenances  of  every  kind 
and  description  used  in  the  construction  and  operation  of  said  rail- 
way, and  pay  for  the  same  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2260.  §  7.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when  said 
city  of  Chicago  will  take  such  railway  and  other  property  before 
mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the  passage 
of  said  order;  and  at  the  time  of  taking  such  railway  and  other  prop- 
erty before  mentioned  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  pay  to  the  parties 
operating  the  spme  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  com- 
missioners to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows:  one  to  be 
chosen  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook  county  by  the  said 
common  council;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  company,  its  asso- 
ciates or  successors,  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen  to  choose  the 
third  from  said  freeholders. 

2261.  S  8.  All  rio-hts  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  atiected  by  this  ordinance,  but  the  rights 
and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereto. 

2262.  §  9.  The  said  Metropolitan  City  Railway  Company  shall 
enter  into  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  with  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the 
penal  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all 
the  terms  and  conditions  herein  contained  in  this  ordinance,  and 
that  said  railway  herein  mentioned  shall  be  completed  at  the  times 
and  manner  herein  stated,  unless  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction 
of  some  court  having  jurisdiction  of  such  matters  from  so  completing 
the  same. 

2263.  ^10.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  as 
soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  said  Metro- 
politan City  Railway  Company,  and  the  said  company  shall  have 
made  and  executed  the  bond  provided  for  herein  in  manner  and  form 
as  hereinbefore  required:  Provided^  the  fare  on  said  road  shall  not 
exceed  five  cents  for  the  whole  distance  to  the  city  limits. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  529 

AN  ORDINANCE  tor  horse  railway  on  West  Indiana  street. 
[Passed  Aug.  9,  1875.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Conwion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2264.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 
is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  a  single  or  double  track,  with  all  neces- 
sary and  convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs,  side-tracks  and  switches, 
in,  upon  and  along  West  Indiana  street,  from  its  intersection  with 
Halsted  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue,  west  to  the  present  and 
future  limits  of  the  city,  and  to  operate  the  same  in  connection  with 
the  horse  railroad  of  said  company  on  said  Halsted  street,  and 
along  Milwaukee  avenue  at  its  intersection  with  West  Indiana  street 
and  Halsted  street,  south-east  to  Clinton  street,  thence  south  on 
Clinton  street  to  Randolph  street,  and  operate  the  same,  in  connection 
with  the  horse  railroads  of  said  company  on  Milwaukee  avenue  and 
Randolph  street.  The  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  company 
shall  be  laid  as  near  the  center  of  said  street  as  they  can  be  safely 
operated,  and  where  the  tracks  shall  be  double,  they  shall  be  con- 
structed perfectly  parallel  as  far  as  practicable.  The  same  to  be 
completed  as  far  west  as  Hoyne  street  by  the  first  of  January  next, 
and  from  Hoyne  street  west  to  such  point  as  may  be  sewered  within 
twelve  months  from  and  after  the  completion  of  such  sewerage: 
Provided^  the  time  for  the  construction  of  that  part  of  said  proposed 
railway  east  of  Halsted  street  on  Milwaukee  avenue  and  Clinton 
street  shall  be  extended  for  the  period  of  six  months  from  and  after 
the  completion  of  the  proposed  viaduct  at  the  railroad  crossings  on 
Milwaukee  avenue,  and  that  as  thus  amended  said  ordinance  be 
ratified  and  confirmed. 

2265.  §  2.  The  track  of  such  railway  shall  not  be  elevated 
above  the  surface  of  the  street,  shall  be  laid  with  such  modern  im- 
proved rails  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  city,  and  shall  be  so  laid 
that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  cross  said 
tracks,  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  without 
obstruction. 

2266.  ^  3.  The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  shall  not  exceed 
five  cents,  except  when  cars  or  carriages  shall  be  chartered  for 
special  purposes. 

2267.  ^  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be 
operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  shall  not  connect  with  any 
other  railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  railway  car  or 
carriage  used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  State  shall  be  used 
upon  said  tracks. 

2268.  §  5.  The  said  tracks  and  railways  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class. 

34 


53©  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2269.  ^  6.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  the  said  street,  or  any 
part  thereof  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railway,  keep 
eight  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway  whereon  one  track 
is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway 
whereon  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in  good  repair  and  condition 
during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said 
company  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever  order  or  regula- 
tion respecting  the  ordinary  repairs  thereof  may  be  passed  or  adopted 
by  the  common  council  of  said  city.  And  the  said  company-  shall 
be  liable  for  all  legal  consequential  damages  which  ma}-  be  sustained 
by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  negligence  or  miscon- 
duct of  any  of  the  agents  or  servants  of  the  said  company  in  the 
course  of  their  employment  in  the  construction  or  use  of  the  railways 
aforesaid,  or  any  or  either  of  them. 

2270.  ^7.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  said 
railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned,  at  the  time  mentioned  and  pro- 
vided, and  according  to  the  conditions  prescribed  herein,  then  the 
rights  and  privileges  granted  b}"  virtue  hereof  respecting  said  rail- 
way shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  common 
council  of  said  city  shall  grant  to  said  company  a  further  extension 
of  time:  Provided^  that  if  said  company  is  delayed  by  the  order 
or  injunction  of  any  court,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded 
from  the  time  above  prescribed. 

2271.  §  8.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2272.  §9.  The  said  company  shall  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages,  under 
the  terms  and  restrictions  herein  provided,  for  and  during  the  term 
and  period  of  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance.     [As  amended  August  12th,  1875.] 


AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  by  the  Ciiicago 
W^est  Division  Railway  Company  of  an  extension  of  their  tracks  on  Blue 
Island  avenue,  from  Rebecca  street  to  Twentv-second  street.  [Passed  February 
21,  1870.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2273.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof 
and  the  undertakingr  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railwav  Com- 
pany  to  compl}'  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and 
consent  are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  compan}', 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO,  53 1 

its  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  an  ex- 
tension of  their  double-track  railway,  with  all  necessary  and  conve- 
nient turn-outs,  turn-tables,  side  tracks  and  switches,  on  Blue  Island 
avenue  from  its  present  termination  at  Rebecca  street  southwest 
and  over  and  along  the  proposed  railroad  viaduct  to  Twenty-second 
street,  the  same  to  be  completed  within  six  months  from  and  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  as  soon  as  the  said  avenue  shall 
be  paved. 

2274.  ■^2.  The  tracks  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  with  such 
modern  improved  rails  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  city,  and  shall 
be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely 
cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions, 
without  obstruction. 

2275.  §  3-  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be 
operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  shall  not  connect  with  any 
other  railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  railway  car  or 
carriage  used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  state  shall  be  used  up- 
on said  tracks. 

2276.  ^  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class. 

2277.  §  5-  The  said  compan}^,  as  respects  the  grading,  pav- 
ing, macadamizing,  fiUing  or  planking  of  said  Blue  Island  avenue, 
upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railway,  shall  pave  be- 
tween their  rails,  and  ieep  sixteen  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of 
said  railway  where  two  tracks  are  constructed  in  good  repair  and 
condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privilege  hereb}^  granted 
to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever  order  or 
regulation  respecting  the  ordinary  repairs  thereof  may  be  passed 
or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of  said  city.  And  the  said  corn- 
pan}-  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  consequential  damages  which  may 
be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  carelessness,  negligence 
or  misconduct  of  an}'  of  the  agents  or  servants  of  the  said  company 
in  the  course  of  their  employment  in  the  construction  or  use  of  the 
railway  aforesaid,  by  an}-  or  either  of  them. 

2278.  §  6.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  ex- 
tension of  said  railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned  at  the  time  men- 
tioned and  provided,  and  .according  to  the  conditions  presented 
herein,  then  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  virtue  hereof  re- 
specting said  railway  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless, 
the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  grant  to  said  company  a  fur- 
ther extension  of  time. 


532  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2279.  §  7.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2280.  ^  8.  The  said  company  shall  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages  under 
the  terms  and  restrictions  herein  provided  for,  and  during  the  term 
and  period  of  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance, 

2281.  §  9.  The  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjo}'  all  of 
such  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  tixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  common  council  shall 
thereafter  elect  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  purchase  said  track  or 
tracks  of  said  railway,  cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements  and 
appurtenances  of  every  kind  and  description  used  in  the  construction 
and  operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay  for  the  same  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  mentionfed. 

2282.  §  10.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  lix  the  time  when 
said  city  of  Chicago  will  take  such  railway  and  other  property  be- 
fore mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the 
passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of  taking  such  railway  and 
other  property  before  mentioned  the  citv  of  Chicago  shall  pay  to  the 
party  or  parties  operating  the  same  a  sum  of  money,  to  be  ascer- 
tained by  three  commissioners  to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose  as 
follow^s:  One  to  be  chosen  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of 
Cook  count}'  by  the  said  common  council;  one  in  like  manner  by 
the  said  company,  its  associate,  or  successors,  and  the  two  persons 
so  chosen  to  choose  the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2283.  §  11-  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  same  shall  be  accepted  by  the  company. 


AN    ORDINANCE    for    the   construction    and    operation    of  a  horse  railway  on 
Ogden  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  February  28,  1876.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  Common  CoiDicil  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2284.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 
is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  a  double  track,  with  all  necessary  and 
convenient  tracks  for  turn-outs  and  switches,  in,  upon  and  along 
Ogden  avenue,  from  its  intersection  with  Madison  street,  southwest 
to  Western  avenue,  a  single  or  double  track,  and  to  operate  the 
same  in  connection  with  the  horse  railroad  of  said  company  on  said 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  533 

Madison  street,  the  same  to  be  completed  and  operated,  as  far  south- 
west as  Western  avenue  within  six  months  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance. 

2285.  §  2.  The  track  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  with  such 
modern  improved  rails  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  city,  and  shall 
be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely 
cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions, 
without  obstruction. 

2286.  ^  3.  The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  shall  not  exceed 
five  cents,  except  when  cars  or  carriages  shall  be  chartered  for 
special  purposes. 

2287.  ^  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be  ope- 
rated with  animal  power  only,  and  shall  not  connect  with  any  other 
railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  railway  car  or  car- 
riage used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  State  shall  be  used  upon 
said  tracks. 

2288.  §  5.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  carriages 
for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  st3'le  and  class. 

2289.  ^  6.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading,  pav- 
ing, macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  the  streets  or  parts  of  streets 
upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railways  or  any  of  them, 
keep  eight  feet  in  width  along  the  line  of  said  railway  on  all  streets 
whereon  one  track  is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  along  the 
line  of  said  railway  where  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in  good  re- 
pair and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privilege  hereby 
granted  to  said  company  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever 
order  or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinary  repairs  thereof  may  be 
passed  or  adopted  by  the  common  council  of  said  citv.  And  the 
said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  legal  consequential  damages 
which  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  by  reason  of  the  careless- 
ness, negligence  or  misconduct  of  any  of  the  agents  or  servants  of 
the  said  company  in  the  course  of  their  employment  in  the  construc- 
tion or  use  of  the  railways  aforesaid,  bv  anv  or  either  of  them. 

2290.  §  7.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  said  rail- 
way in  this  ordinance  mentioned  at  the  time  mentioned  and  pro- 
vided, and  according  to  the  conditions  presented  herein,  then  the 
rights  and  privileges  granted  bv  virtue  hereof  respecting  said  railway 
shall  be  forfeited  to  the  citv  of  Chicago,  unless  the  common  council  of 
said  city  shall  grant  to  said  company  a  further  extension  of  time: 


534  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Provided,  that  if  said  company  is  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunction 
of  any  court  the  time  of  such  dela}^  shall  be  excluded  from  the  time 
above  prescribed. 

2291.  §  8.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by  anything  herein  contained, 
but  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2292.  §  9.  The  said  compan}-  shall  keep,  maintain,  use  and  en- 
joy the  right  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages  under 
the  terms  and  restrictions  herein  provided  for  and  during  the  term 
and  period  of  twent}^  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance. 

2293.  %  \o.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  as 
soon  as  the  same  shall  be  accepted  by  the  company. 

Amended  July  10,  1876,  as  follows: 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coinnion  Council  of  t/ie  city  of  Chicago: 

22(^^^.  The  right  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railwa}^  Com- 
pan}' ,  under  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  to  operate 
said  railway  shall  cease  at  the  end  of  twent}^  3^ears  from  the  date  of 
the  passage  of  said  ordinance,  as  therein  provided,  but  said  railway 
company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjoy  all  of  such  rights  and  privileges 
after  the  expiration  of  said  time  and  until  the  common  council  shall 
thereafter  elect,  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  purchase  said  track  or 
tracks  of  said  railway,  cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements,  and 
appurtenances  of  ever}-  kind  and  description  used  in  the  construc- 
tion and  operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay  for  the  same  in  the  man- 
ner hereinafter  mentioned.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the 
time  when  said  city  of  Chicago  will  take  such  railwa}',  and 
other  property  before  mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less  than 
six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of  tak- 
ing such  railwa}^  and  other  property  before  mentioned  the  city  of 
Chicago  shall  pay  to  the  parties  operating  the  same  a  sum  of  money, 
to  be  ascertained  by  three  commissioners  to  be  appointed  for  that 
purpose,  as  follows:  One  to  be  chosen  from  the  disinterested  free- 
holders of  Cook  county  by  the  said  common  council,  one  in  like 
manner  by  the  said  company,  its  associates  or  successors,  and  the 
two  persons  so  chosen  to  choose  the  third,  from  said  free-holders. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  535 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Chicago  and  Englewood  Horse  and  Dummy 
Railroad  Company  to  lay  its  tracks  in  Wentworth  avenue.  [Passed  July  :^i, 
1870.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2295.  §  I.  That  Samuel  W.  Allerton,  George  Schneider, 
Peter  Wolf,  D.  Vaughn,  John  R.  Walsh,  Thos.  Brennan  and  others, 
corporators  and  stockholders  by  and  under  their  corporate  name  of 
the  Chicago  and  Englewood  Horse  and  Dummy  Railroad  Company, 
be  authorized  to  lay  a  double  track,  of  the  form  commonly  used  on 
street  railroads  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  commencing  on  Wentworth 
avenue  at  its  intersection  with  Thirty-ninth  street,  thence  running- 
north  on  Wentworth  avenue  to  Twentieth  street. 

2296.  i:^  2.  The  said  Chicago  and  Englewood  Horse  and 
Dummy  Railroad  Company  shall  begin  the  construction  of  said 
tracks  within  six  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and 
shall  complete  the  same  within  one  year  thereafter,  unless  delayed 
by  the  order  or  injunction  of  some  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

2297.  ^  3.  Whenever  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago 
or  other  competent  authority  of  said  city  shall  order  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  planking,  tilling  or  any  improvment  whatso- 
ever within  the  power  of  said  city,  of  the  streets  or  parts  of  streets 
on  which  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  construct  said  tracks,  the  said 
Chicago  and  Englewood  Horse  and  Dummy  Railroad  Company 
shall  pa\'  the  cost  of  sixteen  feet  in  width  of  such  improvement,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  be  specially  assessed  therefor;  in  case  the  said 
improvement  shall  be  ordered  to  be  made  otherwise  than  by  special 
assessment,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said  company  shall  be  liable 
to  pay  its  proportion  as  aforesaid  of  the  cost  of  said  improvement 
to  the  said  city,  the  same  to  be  recoverable  by  suit  against  the  said 
company  in  any  proper  form  of  action.  The  said  company  shall 
also  at  all  times  keep  in  good  repair  and  condition,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  ordinances  of  said  city  now  in  force,  or  which 
may  hereafter  be  passed,  eight  feet  in  width  of  such  streets 
or  parts  of  streets  in  which  it  shall  construct  a  single  track,  and 
sixteen  feet  in  width  of  such  street  or  parts  of  streets  in  which 
it  shall  construct  a  double  track;  and  in  case  the  said  railway  com- 
pany shall  fail  or  refuse  so  to  do,  for  ten  days  after  proper  notice  so 
to  do,  then  the  same  may  be  done  by  the  said  cit}-,  and  the  said 
company  shall  be  liable  for  the  cost  and  expense  thereof,  the  same 
to  be  recoverable  by  suit  against  said  company  in  any  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction. 

2298.  ■^  4.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  railway  tracks  shall 
be  operated  by  animal   power   only,  and  each  car  shall  be  provided 


536  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

with  and  accompanied  by  a  conductor  other  than  the  driver,  and  the  said 
tracks  and  railways  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  trans- 
port passengers  and  their  ordinary  baggage,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided.  The  city  council  shall  have  power,  at  all  times,  to  make 
such  regulations  as  to  the  rate  of  speed,  and  the  times  of  running 
said  cars  or  carriages,  as  the  public  safety  and  convenience  may  re- 
quire. The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  shall  not  exceed  five  cents 
for  which  passengers  have  to  be  delivered  from  Randolph  street  to 
city  limits  or  back,  except  when  cars  or  carriages  shall  be  chartered 
for  a  specific  purpose,  and  the  said  company  shall  sell  commutation 
tickets  on  application  on  the  cars,  or  at  the  company's  office,  so  that 
the  rate  of  fare  shall  not  be  more  than  four  cents  for  a  single  pas- 
sage. The  tracks  of  said  company  shall  not  be  elevated  above  the 
surface  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  laid  with  modern  improved  rails, 
and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriaijes  and  other  vehicles  can  easilv  and 
freely  cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  di- 
rections, without  obstruction.  The  said  company  shall  be  subject  to 
and  be  governed  by  the  ordinances  in  force  or  which  may  hereafter 
be  passed  in  respect  to  horse  railways  in  the  south  division  of  said 
city,  so  far  as  the  same  may  be  applicable. 

2299.  §  5.  The  said  railway  company  shall  keep  on  hand  a 
sufficient  number  of  cars  adapted  to  funeral  purposes,  in  which 
shall  be  suitable  compartments  for  conveying  the  corpse  by  itself; 
and  on  application  of  any  person  shall  furnish  not  exceeding  three 
cars,  unless  more  shall  be  agreed  upon,  at  some  convenient  point 
on  the  line  of  its  road,  so  as  not  to  hinder  nor  delay  other  cars 
thereon,  to  convey  the  corpse  and  persons  attending  the  funeral  to 
any  cemetery  to  which  its  lines  or  connections  extend,  and  the  said 
company  shall  make  such  arrangements  with  the  steam  or  street 
railway  companies  whose  lines  do  now  or  may  hereafter  extend  to 
any  cemetery,  so  that  the  charge  for  conve3nng  any  corpse  from 
any  point  on  said  lines  of  railways  through  to  any  cemetery  shall  not 
exceed  two  dollars,  and  for  each  person  attending  such  funeral  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  cents  for  the  round  trip. 

2300.  ^  6.  The  rights  and  privileges  granted  to  said  railroad 
by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  cit}^  of  Chicago, 
unless  the  construction  of  said  railroad  on  said  Wentworth  avenue 
shall  be  commenced  within  six  months  from  the  passage  of  this  or- 
dinance, and  shall  be  fully  completed  within  one  year  thereafter: 
Provided^  said  railroad  company  is  not  prevented  from  completing 
said  railroad  by  order  or  injunction  of  any  court,  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion two  of  this  ordinance. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  537 

2301.  §  7.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  public 
works  or  other  corporations  are  not  to  be  impaired  or  affected  by 
this  ordinance,  but  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  sub- 
ject thereto. 

2302.  §  8,  Said  company  shall,  within  ten  days  from  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance,  file  a  written  acceptance  of  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  the  same,  or  otherwise  forfeit  all  benefit  thereto,  and 
shall  file  a  satisfactory  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty-five  thous- 
and dollars,  guaranteeing  the  fullfilment  of  said  conditions. 

2303.  §  9.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage,  and  the  rights  hereby  conferred  shall 
continue  for  the  term  of  twenty  years  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance. 


AN  ORDITj^ANCE  authorizing  the  extension  of  time  within  which  the  tracks 
shall  be  built  on  Wentworth  avenue,  between  Twenty-ninth  (29th)  and  Thirtv- 
ninth  (;5!)th)  streets,  by  the  Chicago  and  Englewood  Horse  and  Dummy  Rail- 
road Company.     [Passed  July  2o,  1877.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2304.  §  I.  That  the  time  within  which  the  Chicago  and  En- 
glewood Horse  and  Dummy  Railway  Company,  was  by  ordinance 
of  July  31st,  1876,  required  to  construct  its  tracks  between  Twenty- 
ninth  (^29)  street  and  Thirty-ninth  (39)  street,  on  Wentworth  avenue, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  extended  for  the  space  and  time  of  six 
months  after  a  sewer  shall  have  been  constructed  on  said  Went- 
worth avenue,  between  Twenty-ninth  (29)  street  and  Thirty-ninth 
(39)  street:  Provided^  however^  that  if  said  Chicago  and  Engle- 
wood Horse  and  Dummy  Railway  Company  shall  be  delayed  by 
the  order  or  injunction  of  any  court,  the  period  of  such  delay  shall 
be  added  to  such  extended  time. 

2305.  §  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  by  the  Chicago 
West  Division  Railway  Company  of  an  extension  of  their  tracks  on  South 
Halsted  street  from  Harrison  street  south  to  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago 
river.      [Passed  September  25,  tS7(i.] 

Be  it  ordained  b\  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2306.  i:N  I.  That,  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof, 
and  the  undertaking  of  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany to  comjolv  with  the   provisions   herein   contained,  permission 


538  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  consent  are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  com- 
pan}'-,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain 
an  extension  of  their  double-track  railway,  with  all  necessary  and 
convenient  turn-outS,  turn-tables,  side  tracks  and  switches,  on  South 
Halsted  street,  from  Harrison  street  south,  and  over  and  along  the 
viaduct,  to  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  the  same  to  be 
completed  within  four  months  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance :  Provided.,  that  if  said  company  shall  be  delayed  by  the 
order  or  injunction  of  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  com- 
pleting said  railway,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded  from 
the  period  prescribed  herein  for  completing  the  same. 

2307.  §  2.  The  tracks  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  with  such 
modern  improved  rails  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  city,  and  shall  be 
so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  cross 
said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  with- 
out obstruction. 

2308.  §  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be 
operated  with  animal  power  only,  and  shall  not  connect  with  any 
other  railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  railway  car  or 
carriage  used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  state  shall  be  used  up- 
on said  tracks. 

2309.  §  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class. 

2310.  §  5.  The  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pan}',  its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macada- 
mizing, filling  or  planking  shall,  at  their  own  expense,  lay  down  a 
new  road  bed  sixteen  feet  wade,  and  keep  sixteen  feet  in  width  in 
repair  on  said  South  Halsted  street,  so  far  as  the  same  is  embraced 
in  this  ordinance,  and  keep  their  tracks  in  such  condition  that  wagons, 
carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any  and  all  points, 
and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  as  to  said  sixteen  feet  in  width  shall 
pave,  repave,  plank,  replank,  or  make  any  other  kind  of  new  im- 
provement which  may  by  ordinance  be  ordered  at  any  time  by  the 
city  council  on  said  South  Halsted  street  so  far  as  embraced  in  this 
ordinance. 

231 1.  ^6.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  ex- 
tension of  said  railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned,  at  the  time  men- 
tioned and  provided,  and  according  to  the  conditions  presented 
herein,  then  the   rights  and  privileges  granted  by  virtue  hereof  re  • 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  539 

specting  said  railway  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless 
the  city  council  of  the  city  shall  grant  to  said  company  a  further  ex- 
tension of  time. 

2312.  §  7.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners,  or  other  corporations, 
are  not  to  be  impaired  or  atfected  b}'  anything  herein  contained,  but 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2313.  ^  8.  The  said  compan\'  may  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages  upon 
the  terms,  wath  the  rights  and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  restric- 
tions mentioned  in  the  act  incorporating  said  company,  and  acts 
amendatory  of  the  same,  for  the  term  and  period  of  twenty  years 
from  the  date  and  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2314.  ^  g.  The  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjoy  all  such 
rights  and  privileges  hereby'  granted  after  the  expiration  of  the  time 
lixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  city  council  shall  thereafter 
elect,  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  grant  the  privilege  to  some  per- 
son, persons,  part}'  or  parties,  or  compaiay,  to  purchase  said  track 
or  tracks  of  said  railway,  cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements, 
and  appurtenances  of  ever}'  kind  and  description  used  in  the  con- 
struction and  operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay  for  the  same  in  the 
inanner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2315.  §  10.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  tix  the  time  when 
said  person,  persons,  party,  parties  or  company  will  take  such  rail- 
way and  other  property  before  mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less 
than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of 
taking  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned  the  said 
person,  party  or  company  shall  pay  to  the  party  or  parties  operating 
the  same  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  commissioners, 
to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows:  One  to  be  chosen  by 
said  person  or  parties  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook 
county;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  company,  its  associates  or 
successors  operating  said  road,  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen  to 
choose  the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2316.  §  II.  This  ordinance  shall  take  etiect  and  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  same  shall  be  accepted  by  the  company. 

AN  ORDINANCE  confirming  and  ratifying  an  ordinance  for  a  horse  railway  on 
Haisted  street,  from  Harrison  street  to  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river. 
[Passed  October  3,  1870.] 

Whereas,  a  question  has  been  raised  respecting  the  validity  of 
a  certain  ordinance  passed  by  the  city  council  at  its  regular  meet- 
ing held  on  the    25th   day  of  September,  A.  D.  1876,  entitled  "An 


A 

540  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

ordinance  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  by  the  Chicago 
West  Division  Railway  Company  of  an  extension  of  their  tracks 
on  South  Halsted  street,  from  Harrison  street  south  to  the  south 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river  " ;  And  whereas,  it  is  desirable  that 
all  doubts  shall  be  removed  in  respect  to  the  rights,  powers  and 
privileges  acquired  by  the  said  railway  company  under  the  said  or- 
dinance; therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2317.  ^  I.  That  all  the  rights,  powers,  privileges,  permission 
and  consent  granted  to  the  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway 
Company  in  and  by  the  aforesaid  ordinance,  or  intended  so  to  be, 
and  as  the  same  are  therein  set  forth  and  specified,  are  herebv  con- 
firmed and  duly  granted  to  and  vested  in  said  Chicago  West  Di- 
vision Railway  Company  to  the  same  extent,  and  with  the  same 
efiect  in  all  respects  as  if  the  provisions  of  the  aforesaid  ordinance 
were  herein  set  forth  at  large :  Provided^  that  the  fare  for  the  entire 
distance  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  a  trip  to  the  city  limits  whenever 
the  lines  of  said  company  shall  be  extended  to  said  limits,  or  the 
same  shall  be  connected  with  the  South  Side  Railway  Company. 

2318.  §  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  efiect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and   operation  of  street  railway 
tracks  on  O'Neil  street.     [Passed  Nov.  27,  187G.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2319.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof, 
and  the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany to  comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission 
and  consent  are  hereby  given  and  granted  to  and  dul}^  vested  in 
said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns  to  lay  down,  operate  and 
maintain  a  double  or  single  track  railway  with  all  necessary  and 
convenient  turn-outs,  side-tracks,  turn-tables  and  switches  on  O'Neil 
street,  to  enable  said  company  to  connect  its  tracks  on  South  Halsted 
street  with  its  car-house  on  O'Neil  street  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  aS  are  apphcable  to  the  tracks  on  said  South  Halsted 
street. 

2320.  ^  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  efi^ect  and  be  in  force  as 
soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  said  West  Di- 
vision Railway  Company. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  54I 

.VX  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  0})eration  by  the  Chicago 
West  Division  Railway  Company  of  street  railways  upon  certain  streets  in  the 
West  Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  March  26,  1877.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2321.  §  I.  That,  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof 
and  the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany to  comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  which  are 
hereby  declared  conditions,  permission  and  consent  are  hereby  giv- 
en, granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  Company,  its  successors  and 
assigns,  to  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  a  double-track  railwa}-, 
with  all  necessary  and*  convenient  turn-outs,  turn-tables,  side-tracks 
and  switches,  on  Harrison  street  from  Clinton  to  Canal  streets,  on 
Canal  street  from  Harrison  street  to  Canalport  avenue,  on  Canalport 
avenue  from  Canal  street  to  South  Halsted  street,  and  on  Twelfth 
street  from  Canal  street  to  Ashland  avenue,  the  same  to  be  com- 
pleted and  in  operat  on  by  the  first  day  of  November,  1877:  Pro- 
vided, that  if  said  company  shall  be  delayed  by  the  order  or  injunc- 
tion of  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  completing  said 
railway,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded  from  the  period 
prescribed  herein  for  completing  the  same. 

2322.  §  2.  The  tracks  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  as  near 
the  center  of  the  street  as  practicable,  with  such  modern  improved 
rails  as  may  be  prescribed  b}-  the  city,  and  shall  be  so  laid  that  car- 
riafjes  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  cross  said  tracks  at 
any  and  all  points,  and  in  an}'  and  all  directions,  without  obstruc- 
tion. 

2323.  §  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  tracks  shall  be  oper- 
ated with  animal  power  onl}',  and  shall  not  connect  with  any  other 
railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used,  and  no  steam  or  other  rail- 
way car  or  carriage  used  upon  any  other  railroad  in  this  State  shall 
be  used  upon  said  tracks  without  the  consent  of  the  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  Company,  except  as  is  provided  in  section  eleven  of 
this  ordinance  relating  to  the  Metropolitan  City  Railway  Company. 

2324.  ^  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class. 

2325.  ^5.  The  said  Chicago  and  West  Division  Railway 
Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grading,  paving, 
macadamizing,  filling  or  planking,  shall  at  their  own  expense  lay 
down  a  new  road-bed  sixteen  feet  wide,  and  keep  sixteen  feet  in 
width  in  repair  on  said  Harrison,  Canal  and  Twelfth  streets,  and  on 
Canalport  avenue,  so  far  as  the  same  are  embraced  in  this  ordi- 
nance, and  keep  their   tracks   in   such  condition   that  wagons,  car- 


542  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

riages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any  and  all  points, 
and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  as  to  said  sixteen  feet  in  width 
shall  pave,  repave,  plank,  rnplank  or  make  an}^  other  kind  of  new 
improvement  which  mav  by  ordinance  be  ordered  at  any  time  by 
the  city  council  on  said  streets,  so  far  as  embraced  in  this  ordi- 
nance. 

2326.  i^  6.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  ex- 
tension of  said  railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned,  at  the  time 
mentioned  and  provided,  and  according  to  conditions  presented  here- 
in, then  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  virtue  hereof  respect- 
ing said  railway  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city*of  Chicago,  unless  the 
city  council  of  the  city  shall  grant  to  said  compan}'  a  further  exten- 
sion of  time. 

2327.  ■^  7.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners  are  not  to  be  impaired  or 
atlected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but  the  rights  and  privileges 
hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2328.  §  8.  The  said  company  may  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railwa}"  cars  and  carriages  upon 
the  terms,  with  the  rights  and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  restric- 
tions mentioned  in  the  act  incorporating  said  company,  and  acts 
amendatory  of  the  same,  for  the  term  and  period  of  twenty  years 
from  the  date  'and  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2329.  ^  9.  The  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjoy  all 
such  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  fixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  city  council  shall  there- 
after elect,  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  grant  the  privilege  to  some 
person,  persons,  party  or  parties,  or  company,  to  purchase  said 
track  or  tracks  of  said  railway,  cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  imple- 
ments, and  appurtenances  of  every  kind  and  description  then  used 
in  the  operation  of  the  railways  herein  authorized,  and  pay  for  the 
same  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2330.  ^  10.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when 
said  person,  persons,  party,  parties  or  company  will  take  such  rail- 
way and  other  property  before  mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less 
than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of 
taking  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned,  the  said 
person,  party  or  company  shall  pay  to  the  party  or  parties  operat- 
ing the  same  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  .  commis- 
sioners, to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows  :  One  to  be 
chosen  by  said  person  or  parties  from  the  disinterested  freeholders 
of  Cook  county;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  company,  its  ass.o- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  543 

ciates  or  successors   operating   said   road,  and  the    two    persons  so 
chosen  to  choose  the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2331.  ^11-  The  city  of  Chicago  shall  not  be  liable  to  the 
Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  for  any  damages  by 
reason  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  if  the  same  shall  be  held 
invalid,  and  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  hereby 
undertakes  to  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  citv  of  Chicago  from 
all  suits  against  it  by  reason  of  the  passage  of  the  same;  and  to 
pav  all  damages  which  may  be  recovered  in  such  suits,  or  anv  of 
them,  and  if  it  shall  be  finally  decided  that  the  Metropolitan  City 
Railway  Company  has,  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  ordinance  here- 
tofore passed  and  the  laws  now  in  force,  acquired  the  right  to  lay 
down,  maintain  and  operate  railway  tracks  upon  that  portion  of 
Canal  street  whereon  a  railway  is  herein  authorized:  and  as  soon 
as  legal  obstacles  are  removed,  and  the  Metropolitan  City  Railway 
may  be  authorized  and  prepared  to  la}-  down  horse  railway'  tracks 
upon  the  streets  designated  in  the  ordinance  of  the  Metropolitan 
City  Railway  Compan}-,  then  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway 
Companv  shall  allow  the  Metropolitan  City  Railway  Companv  to 
use  the  tracks  herein  authorized  upon  Canal  street  between  Har- 
rison street  and  Fourteenth  street  jointly  with  it,  the  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  CompTin^',  with  equal  privileges,  upon  the  said 
Metropolitan  City  Railwa}-  Company  pa3nng  half  the  cost  of  con- 
struction and  half  of  the  cost  of  keeping  the  same  in  repair,  as  re- 
quired by  this  ordinance. 

2332.  '^12.  This  ordinance  shall  take  etlect  and  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  company  shall  accept  the  same,  and  shall  give  a  bond 
to  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars 
that  it  will  at  all  times  hereafter  comply  with  the  eleventh  section 
of  this  ordinance. 

AX  ORDINANCE  authorizing  tlie  extension  of  railway  tracks  on  VanBuren 
street,  from  State  street  to  a  point  fifty  (50)  feet  east  of  Wabash  avenue. 
[Passed  March  2ii,  1877.] 

/^e  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2333.  i<  I.  That  fhe  Chicago  Citv  Railwa^'  Company  is  hereby 
authorized  and  permitted  to  lav  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  single 
or  double-track  railwa}',  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  switches  and 
side  tracks,  on  East  V.anBuren  street  from  State  street  to  a  point 
fifty  (50)  feet  east  of  the  east  line  of  Wabash  avenue,  connecting  with 
the  tracks  now  located  on  said  State  street  and  Wabash  avenue. 

2334.  ^  2.  The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  or  as- 
signs, as  respects  grading,  paving  macadamizing,  tilling  or  planking, 


544 


SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 


shall  at  their  own  expense  keep  eight  (8)  feet  in  width  where  a  sin- 
gle track  is  used,  and  sixteen  (i6)  feet  in  width  where  a  double  track 
is  used,  of  said  street  or  parts  thereof  so  occupied  in  good  repair, 
so  that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at 
any  and  all  points  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  when  an}^  new 
improvement,  paving,  repaving,  planking  or  replanking  is  ordered 
by  the  common  council  in  any  of  said  street  or  parts  of  street,  said 
railway  company  shall,  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  material 
as  required  of  the  owners  of  property  as  to  other  contiguous  parts 
of  the  street,  make  such  new  improvements  on  eight  (8)  feet  in  width 
where  a  single  track  is  used  or  sixteen  (i6j  feet  in  width  where  a 
double  track  is  used ;  and  if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect 
to  make  such  new  improvements  w^ithin  a  reasonable  time  to  be  fixed 
by  the  ordinance,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city,  and  the  cost 
thereof  assessed  on  the  said  company  and  collected  as  other  assess- 
ments from  any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  company. 

2335-  §  3-  T'^G  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred  shall 
continue  for  and  during  the  term  of  twenty  (20)  years  from  and  af- 
ter the  passage  hereof. 

2336.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  etTect  whenever  it  shall 
be  accepted  by  said  company,  but  unless  accepted  wathin  thirty  (30) 
days  after  the  passage  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  null  and  void. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  the  extension  of  horse  railway  tracks  to  Central 
Park  in  the  West  Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  April  9,  1877.] 

Whereas,  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
IlHnois,  entitled  "  An  act  to  promote  the  construction  of  horse  rail- 
ways in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  approved  February  14th,  1859,  ^"^ 
by  a  certain  ordinance  of  said  city  in  pursuance  of  the  act  aforesaid, 
entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension  and  operation  of 
certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the  South  and  West  Divis- 
ions of  Chicago,"  passed  May  23,  1859,  found  on  page  194  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  (section  29)  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and 

Whereas,  said  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension  and  opera- 
tion of  said  horse  railways  was  granted  upon  gertain  conditions  which 
are  set  forth  in  said  ordinance  passed  May  23d,  1859,  one  of  which 
said  conditions  was  that  "  Whenever  the  common  council  shall  de- 
termine that  the  pubHc  interest  requires  any  one  of  said  railways  last 
mentioned  to  be  constructed  or  extended,  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
shall  by  ordinance  direct  such  construction  or  extension,  then  said 
company  shall  be  required  to  complete  such  construction  or  exten- 
sion in  sixty  days  after  being  notified  of  such  ordinance:  Provided^ 
however,  that  such  ordinance  shall  include  one  street  only;  that  then 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


545 


there  shall  be  an  interval  of  at  least  three  months  between  such  or- 
dinances, and  that  the  same  shall  not  be  made  at  an  unseasonable 
time  of  the  year  for  doing  such  work;   now,  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2337.  §  I.  That  this  council  does  hereby  determine,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  said  ordinance,  passed  May 
23d,  A.  D.  1859,  that  the  public  interest  requires  that  the  railway 
tracks  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  which  have  hereto- 
fore been  laid  in  West  Lake  street,  and  as  the  same  exist  therein, 
shall  be  extended  west  on  said  Lake  steeet  from  their  present  ter- 
minus to  what  is  known  as  the  Central  Park,  a  public  park  existing 
in  the  West  Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  the  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  extend 
the  tracks  of  their  railway  west  on  Lake  street  to  said  park,  and 
that  the  said  track  or  tracks  shall  be  laid  down  within  sixty  days  af- 
ter the  said  company  is  notified  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  in 
accordance  with  the  requirements  of  said  ordinance  passed  Mav 
23d,  1859,  ^"^  shall  be  used,  operated  and  maintained  subject  to  all 
of  the  provisions  of  said  ordinance,  and  subject  to  the  general  ordi- 
nances now  in  force  or  which  inay  hereafter  be  passed  in  regard  to 
horse  railways. 

2338.  §  2.  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company, 
which  claims  to  be  the  successor  of  the  Chicago  Citv  Railway  Com- 
pany and  owner  of  all  its  rights,  privileges  and  franchises,  so  far  as 
the  same  relates  to  the  right  of  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company 
to  lav  down  railway  tracks  in  the  public  streets  of  the  West  Divis- 
ion of  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  their  charter  and  act  of  incorpo- 
ration, and  to  operate  and  maintain  railways  in  the  public  streets  of 
said  West  Division  of  said  city,  may,  instead  of  extending  the  rail- 
way tracks  now  existing  on  Lake  street,  extend  their  tracks  west  on 
Madison  street  to  the  Central  Park,  subject  to  all  of  the  provisions 
of  the  ordinances  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  section;  and  in  case 
said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  shall  elect  to  extend  their  said 
tracks  on  West  Madison  street  west  to  said  Central  Park,  and  shall 
notify  the  city  council  of  the  same,  and  that  they  will  operate  and 
maintain  a  horse  railway  from  the  present  terminus  of  their  railway 
tracks  on  Madison  street  to  said  Central  Park,  then  the  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  shall  not  be  obliged  to  extend  their  tracks 
on  West  Lake  street  to  said  Central  Park  by  virtue  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

2339.     §  3.     This  ordinance  shall  take   effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

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546  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and  operation  hy  the  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company,  of  a  track  on  South  Halsted  street  from  Thirty-ninth 
(39th)  street  to  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river.     [Passed  July  9,  1H77.] 

7^e  it  ordained  by  the  Citv  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2340.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof, 
and  the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  consent 
are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  a  double 
track  railway  with  all  necessary  and  convenient  turn-outs,  turn-tables, 
side  tracks  and  switches,  on  South  Halsted  street,  from  Thirty-ninth 
(39th)  street  to  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river:  the  same  shall 
not  be  constructed  until  the  improvement  of  said  street  by  filling, 
grading,  paving,  macadamizing  or  otherwise,  shall  by  ordinance  of 
the  city  council  be  authorized  to  be  made  continuously  from  Archer 
avenue  to  Thirty-ninth  (39th)  street. 

Provided^  That  if  said  company  shall  be  delayed  by  the  order 
or  injunction  of  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  completing 
said  railway,  the  time  of  such  dela}''  shall  be  excluded  from  the 
period  prescribed  herein  for  completing  the  same. 

2341.  §  2.  The  tracks  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  with  such 
modern  improved  rails  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  cit}^,  and  shall 
be  laid  level  with  the  street,  so  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can 
easily  and  freely  cross  said  tracks,  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any 
and  all  directions  without  obstruction. 

2342.  ^3.  The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  tracks  shall  be  op- 
erated with  animal  power  only. 

2343.  ^  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class. 

The  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  on  said  track  and  its  connec- 
tions with  other  tracks  shall  not  exceed  five  cents,  except  when  cars 
or  carriages  shall  be  chartered  for  a  specific  purpose. 

Said  tracks  shall  be  connected  with  the  lines  of  the  Chicago 
West  Division  Railway  Company,  now  operating  on  Halsted  street, 
and  when  the  same  shall  be  so  connected  the  rate  of  fare  over  both 
lines  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  as  provided  by  ordinance  of  October 
2nd,  1876. 

2344.  §  5.  Whenever  the  city  council  of  Chicago  or  other 
competent  authority  of  said  city,  shall  order  the  grading,  paving, 
macadamizing,  planking,  filling  or  any  other  improvement  of  said 
street,  the  said  Chicago  City  Raihvay  Company  shall  pay  the  cost 
of  sixteen  (i6)  feet  in  width  of  said  improvement,   and  shall  keep 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  547 

the  said  i6  feet  and  their  tracks  at  all  times,  at  its  own  cost,  in  such 
good  repair  and  condition  that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles 
can  with  ease  and  safety  pass  and  repass,  at  any  and  all  points,  and 
in  any  and  all  directions,  and  as  to  said  sixteen  feet  in  width  shall  at 
its  own  cost,  pave,  re-pave,  plank  or  re-plank,  as  may  by  ordinance 
be  ordered  at  any  time  by  the  city  council,  on  said  South  Halsted 
street  so  far  as  embraced  in  this  ordinance. 

2345.  '^  6.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  said 
railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned  and  provided  within  one  year 
after  the  passage  of  an  ordinance,  authorizing  the  improvement  of 
•said  street  by  macadamizing,  planking  or  otherwise,  and  according 
to  the  conditions  presented  herein,  then  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by.  virtue  hereof  respecting  said  railway,  shall  be  forfeited 
to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  city  council  shall  grant  to  said 
company  a  further  extension  of  time;  or  if  said  company  shall  fail, 
at  any  time,  to  operate  that  portion  of  the  line  between  Archer  ave- 
nue and  the  south  branch  of  Chicago  river  in  the  same  manner,  and 
as  regularly  as  that  portion  of  the  line  south  of  Archer  avenue  is 
operated,  then  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance 
shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2346.  ^  7.  All  rights  heretofore  vested  in  other  corporations, 
the  board  of  public  works,  or  water  or  sewerage  departments,  are 
not  to  be  impaired  or  atTected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but  the 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2347.  ^  8.  The  said  company  may  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railwav  cars  and  carriages,  upon 
the  terms  with  the  rights  and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  restric- 
tions mentioned  in  the  act  incorporating  said  company,  and  acts 
amendatory  of  the  same,  for  the  term  and  period  of  twenty  years 
from  the  date  and  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

234S.  §  9.  The  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjoy  all 
such  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  lixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  city  council  shall  thereaf- 
ter elect  bv  order  for  that  purpose,  to  grant  the  privilege  to  some 
person,  persons,  party  or  parties,  or  company,  to  purchase  said  track 
or  tracks,  cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements  and  appurte- 
nances of  every  kind  and  description  used  in  the  construction  and 
operation  of  said  railway,  and  pay  for  the  same  in  the  manner  here- 
inafter mentioned. 

'2349.  ^  10.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time,  when 
said  person,  persons,  partv,  parties  or  company  will  take  such  rail- 
way and  other  property  before   mentioned,  which  shall   not  be  less 


548  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of 
taking  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned,  the  said 
person,  party  or  company  shall  pay  to  the  party  or  parties  operating 
the  same,  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  commissioners, 
to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose  as  follows: 

One  to  be  chosen  by  said  person  or  parties  from  the  disinterested 
freeholders  of  Cook  county,  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  com- 
pany, its  associates  or  successors,  operating  said  road,  and  the  two 
persons  so  chosen,  to  choose  the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2350.  §  II-  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
as  soon  as  the  same  shall  be  accepted  by  the  company. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  the  extension  of  horse  railway  tracks  to  the  pro- 
posed trotting  park  on  West  Madison  street,  just  west  of  Central  Park,  in  the 
West  Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  June  24,  1878] : 

W/icreas,  By  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  entitled  "  An  act  to  promote  the  construction  of  horse  rail- 
ways in  the  city  of  Chicago,"  approved  February  14th,  1859,  and 
by  a  certain  ordinance  of  said  city  in  pursuance  of  the  act  afore- 
said, entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension  and  opera- 
tion of  certain  horse  railways  in  the  streets  of  the  South  and  West 
Division  of  Chicago,"  passed  May  23,  1859,  found  on  page  194  of 
Revised  Ordinances  (section  29)  of  the  city  of  Chicago;  and 

Whereas,S?i\d  ordinance  authorizing  the  extension  and  operation 
of  said  horse  railways,  and  granted  upon  certain  conditions,  which 
are  set  forth  in  said  ordinance,  passed  May  23d,  1859,  one  of  which 
said  conditions  was  that,  "  whenever  the  common  council  shall  de- 
termine that  the  public  interest  requires  any  one  of  said  railways 
last  mentioned  to  be  constructed  or  extended,  as  the  case  may  be, 
and  shall,  by  ordinance,  direct  such  construction  or  extension,  in 
sixty  days  after  being  notified  of  such  ordinance. 

Provided,  however,  That  such  ordinance  shall  include  one  street 
only,  that  then  there  shall  be  an  interval  of  at  least  three  months 
between  such  ordinances,  and  that  the  same  shall  not  be  made  at  an 
unreasonable  time  of  the  year  for  doing  such  work;  now  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2351.  i^  I.  That  this  council  does  hereby  determine  in  accordance 
with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  said  ordinance,  passed  May  23d, 
1859,  that  the  public  interest  requires  that  the  railway  tracks  of  the 
Chicago  Cit}'  Railway  Company,  which  have  hitherto  been  laid  on 
West  Lake  street,  and  as  the  same  exist  thereon,  shall  be  extended 
west  on  said  Lake  street  from  their  present  terminus  to  Central 
Park  on  West  Madison   street,  a  public  park,  existing  in  the  West 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  549 

Division  of  the  city  of  Chicago  (or  that  a  line  of  railway  equivalent 
thereto  should  be  extended  to  said  Central  Park),  and  the  said  Chi- 
cago City  Railway  Company  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  ex- 
tend the  tracks  of  their  railway  west  on  Lake  street  to  said  Central 
Park,  and  that  the  said  track  or  tracks  shall  be  laid  down  within 
sixty  days  after  the  said  company  is  notified  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  said  ordinance, 
passed  May  23d,  1859,  and  shall  be  used,  operated,  and  maintained 
subject  to  all  of  the  provisions  of  said  ordinance.  [As  amended 
July  8,  1878.] 

2352.  ^2.  The  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company,  the 
successor  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  and  owner  of  all  its 
rights,  privileges  and  franchises,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  West  Divi- 
sion of  the  city,  and  under  obligation  to  perform  all  the  duties  of 
said  last  named  company,  in  respect  to  horse  railways  in  such  divi- 
sion, may,  instead  of  extending  its  railway  tracks  now  existing  on 
Lake  street,  extend  its  tracks  west  on  Madison  street,  from  the 
steam  railway  tracks  on  Rockwell  street  to  Central  Park,  subject 
to  all  of  the  provisions  of  ordinance  mentioned  in  the  foregoing 
section,  and  in  case  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 
shall  elect  to  extend  their  said  track  on  West  Madison  street,  west 
to  Central  Park  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  notify  the  city  council  of  the 
same,  and  that  they  will  operate  and  maintain  a  horse  railway  from 
the  present  terminus  of  their  railway  tracks  on  Madison  street,  from 
the  steam  railway  tracks  on  Rockwell  street  to  said  Central  Park, 
then  all  provisions  of  said  ordinance  shall  be  observed  b}'  the  Chi- 
cago West  Division  Railway  Company  as  respects  the  said  tracks 
herein  authorized  to  be  laid  upon  Madison  street.  [As  amended 
July  8,  1878.] 

2353.  ^3.  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  to  said  com- 
pany to  keep,  maintain,  use  and  enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon 
railway  cars  and  carriages  are  granted  for  the  term  of  twent}-  vears 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  upon  the  same  terms,  and  with 
the  rights  and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  restrictions  which  the 
said  company  now  has,  and  which  exist  in  regard  to  the  tracks  of 
said  company  now  laid  on  said  West  Madison  street,  east  of  West- 
ern avenue. 

2354.  §  4-  T^^  ^^^'^  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjov  all 
such  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted,  after  the  expiration  of 
the  time  fixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  city  council  shall  there- 
after elect,  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  grant  the  privilege  to  some 
person,  persons,  party  or  parties,  corporation  or  company,  to  pur- 
chase said  track  or  tracks  of  said  railwa}'  cars,  carriages,  furniture 


550  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  implements  and  appurtenances  of  every  kind  and  description 
then  used  in  the  operation  of  the  railways  herein  authorized,  and 
pay  for  the  same  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

-355-  §  5-  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when 
said  person,  persons,  part}^,  parties,  corporation  or  company  will 
take  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned  which  shall 
not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at 
the  time  of  taking-  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned, 
the  said  person,  party,  corporation  or  company  shall  pay  to  the 
party  or  parties  operating  the  same,  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascer- 
tained by  three  commissioners  to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as 
follows:  One  to  be  chosen  by  said  person  or  parties  from  the  dis- 
interested freeholders  of  Cook  county,  one  in  like  manner  by  the 
said  company,  its  associates  or  successors  operating  said  road,  and 
the  two  persons  so  chosen  to  choose  the  third  from  said  freholders. 

2356.  §  6.  The  said  railway  company,  its  successors  or  assigns 
as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking,  shall, 
at  their  own  expense,  keep  eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track 
is  used,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  where  double  track  is  used,  of  said 
streets  or  parts  thereof,  so  occupied  as  provided  in  this  ordinance, 
in  good  repair,  so  that  wagons,  carriages  or  other  vehicles  can  pass 
and  re-pass  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and 
when  any  new  improvements,  paving,  re-paving,  macadamizing, 
planking  or  re-planking  is  ordered  by  the  city  council  in  said  street, 
said  railwa}-  company  shall,  in  the  same  manner,  and  with  like 
m'aterial,  as  required  by  the  ow^ners  of  propert}-,  as  to  other  con- 
tiguous parts  of  the  street  make  such  new  improvements  on  eight 
feet  in  width  where  a  single  track  is  used,  and  sixteen  feet  in  wddth 
where  a  double  track  is  used,  and  if  the  said  company  shall  refuse 
or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improvements,  within  a  reasonable  time 
to  be  tixed  by  the  ordinance,  the  work  ma}^  be  done  by  the  city, 
and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  upon  said  company,  and  collected  scs 
other  assessments  from  any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  com- 
pany. 

-357-  §  7-  The  tracks  hereby  authorized  shall  be  deemed  as 
an  extension  of  the  tracks  already  laid  by  said  company  on  Madison 
street,  and  no  additional  fare  shall  be  charged  over  the  line  so  ex- 
tended by  virtue  of  this  ordinance. 

2358.  §  8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  55 1 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  an  extension  of  the  Chicaj^o  West  Division  rail- 
way tracks  on  West  Twelfth  street  and  on  Randolph  street.     [Passed  Aug.  26, 

1878.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  tJie  Cilv  Council  of  the  city  of  CJiicago. 

2359.  's<  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and  the 
undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Conipan\-  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  author- 
ity is  hereby  given  to  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to 
construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track  extension 
of  its  railway  on  West  Twelfth  street,  from  the  east  line  of  Ashland 
avenue  to  connect  with  the  tracks  of  said  company  on  Ogden  ave- 
nue, and  on  Randolph  street,  from  State  street  to  Michigan  avenue, 
with  all  necessary  side-tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches,  subject  to  all 
the  conditions  and  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  applicable  to 
the  line  of  said  company  on  West  Twelfth  street,  east  of  Ash- 
land avenue,  the  track  on  Randolph  street  to  be  so  laid  that  passen- 
gers may  step  from  the  cars  to  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  Dearborn 
Park,  for  the  period  of  tw^enty  years  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance; and  the  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  on  said  line  and  these 
extensions  thereof,  shall  not  exceed  live  cents  for  each  passenger, 
for  any  continuous  travel  at  one  ride;  and  the  said  extension  shall 
be  made  within  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2360.  ^  2.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  said  streets,  upon 
which  they  shall  construct  the  said  railway,  keep  eight  feet  in  width, 
where  a  single  track  is  laid,  and  sixteen  feet  w'here  two  tracks  are 
laid,  in  good  repair  and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the 
privileges  granted  shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever  order 
or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinary  repair  thereof  may  be  passed 
by  the  city  council,  and  where  any  new  improvements  shall  be  or- 
dered by  the  city  council  on  said  streets,  the  said  company  shall,  in 
the  same  manner  and  with  like  material  as  required  of  the  owners 
of  property  as  to  other  parts  of  the  street,  make  such  new  improve- 
ments, for  the  width  of  eight  feet  where  a  single  track  is  laid,  and 
sixteen  feet  where  a  double  track  is  laid;  and  if  the  company  fails 
to  do  so,  it  may  be  done  by  the  city,  and  the  cost  collected  of  said 
company;  and  if  said  company  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  make  any 
necessary  repairs  for  twenty  da^s  after  notice,  the  work  mav  be 
done  by  the  city,  and  the  cost  thereof  collected  from  said  company. 

2361.  ■s:^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  when  it  shall  have 
been  accepted  by  said  company,  which  shall  be  wathin  ten  days 
from  its  passage. 


552  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to 
extend  its  street  railway  tracks  on  West  Madison  street.     [Passed  Sept.  !),  187b.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicagv : 

2362.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railwa}'  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  authority 
is  hereby  granted  to  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  con- 
struct, maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track  extension  of 
its  railway  on  West  Madison  street,  from  Homan  avenue  to  Hamlin 
avenue,  with  all  necessary  side-tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches,  subject 
to  all  the  conditions  and  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  applicable 
to  the  Hne  of  said  company  on  Madison  street  east  of  Homan  avenue 
for  the  period  of  tw^enty  years  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
and  the  rate  of  fare  for  any  distance  on  said  Madison  street  and  the 
extention  thereof  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  each  passenger  for 
any  continuous  travel  at  one  ride,  and  the  said  extension  shall  be 
made  within  tw^ent}'  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2363.  §  2.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  said  street  upon  which 
the  said  extension  is  made  keep  so  much  of  said  street  in  good  re- 
pair and  condition  as  shall  be  occupied  by  its  tracks,  and  when  any 
newr  improvement  shall  be  ordered  by  the  city  council  on  that  por- 
tion of  Madison  street  embraced  in  this  ordinance  the  said  company 
shall  in  the  same  manner,  and  wath  like  material,  as  is  required  of 
the  owners  of  property  as  to  other  contiguous  parts  of  said  street, 
make  such  new^  improvements  on  so  much  of  said  street  as  is  occu- 
pied by  its  tracks,  and  if  said  company  fails  to  do  so  it  may  be  done 
by  the  city,  and  the  cost  thereof  collected  of  said  company,  and  if 
said  company  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  make  said  necessary  repairs 
for  twenty  da3-s  after  notice,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city,  and 
the  cost  thereof  collected  from  said  company. 

2364.  §  3.  Said  company  shall  not  be  required  to  operate 
said  extension  except  when  there  is  something  special  going  on  at 
the  trotting  park. 

2365.  ^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  efl^ect  when  it  shall  have 
been  accepted  by  said  company. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  the  West  Division  Railway  Company  to  extend  its 
street  railvva3'  tracks  on  Blue  Island  avenue.     [Passed  October  14,  1878.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2366.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and 
the  undertaking  by  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  553 

to  complv  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  au- 
thority is  hereby  granted  to  said  company,  its  successors,  and  assigns 
to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  for  a  period  of  twenty  years  as  an 
extention  of  the  tracks  on  Blue  Island  avenue,  a  double  track  street 
railway  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and  switches  from 
the  present  terminus  of  its  tracks,  on  Blue  Island  avenue  to  Western 
avenue,  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  with  all  the  rights  and  privil- 
eges applicable  to  the  line  of  said  company  now  in  operation  on  IMue 
Island  avenue,  and  the  rate  of  fare  for  the  entire  distance  shall  not 
exceed  five  cents,  but  where  passengers  riding  on  tickets  are  trans- 
ferred at  Twentv-second  street  an  additional  sum  of  one  cent  may  be 
collected  so  that  the  through  rate  shall  be  equal  to  five  cents. 

2367.  ^2.  Said  company  shall  extend  the  tracks  hereb}'  pro- 
vided for  to  Robey  street  during  the  3'ear  1878,  and  to  Western 
avenue  during  the  year  1879,  '^"^  thereafter  the  same  rates  and  rules 
in  regard  to  fare  as  are  applicable  to  the  other  lines  of  said  company 
shall  be  applicable  to  the  line  hereby  created. 

2368.  ^  3.  Said  company  shall  not,  for  a  period  of  three  years 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  be  required  to  run  the  regular 
Blue  Island  avenue  cars  beyond  Twenty-second  street,  but  shall  run 
additional  cars  between  Twenty-second  street  and  the  terminus  of  the 
line,  transferring  the  passengers  at  Twenty-second  street. 

2369.  §  4.  The  said  company  shall,  as  respects  the  grading, 
paving,  macadamizing,  filling  or  planking  of  said  street,  upon  which 
the  said  extention  is  made,  keep  so  much  of  said  street  in  good  re- 
pair and  condition  as  shall  be  occupied  by  its  tracks,  and  when  any 
new  improvement  shall  be  ordered  by  the  city  council  on  that  portion 
of  the  street  embraced  in  this  ordinance  said  company  shall  in  the 
same  manner  and  with  like  material  as  is  required  of  the  owners  of 
property  as  to  other  contiguous  parts  of  said  street,  make  such  new 
improvement  on  so  much  of  said  street  as  is  occupied  by  its  tracks, 
and  if  said  company  shall  fail  to  do  so  it  may  be  done  by  the  city 
and  the  cost  thereof  collected  of  said  company,  and  if  said  company 
shall  fail  or  neglect  to  make  said  necessary  repairs  for  twenty  days 
after  notice,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city  and  the  cost  thereof 
collected  from  said  company. 

2370.  ^  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  when  it  shall  have 
been  accepted  by  said  company. 


554  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  construction  and   operation  of  Street  Railway 
Tracki?  on  Western  avenue.     [Passed  Dec.  23,  1878.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Coioieil  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2371.  §  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  consent 
are  given  and  granted  to  and  duly  vested  in  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors and  assigns  to  lay  down,  operate  and  maintain  a  double  track 
railway  with  all  necessary  and  convenient  turn-outs,  side  tracks,  turn- 
tables and  switches  on  Western  avenue  from  VanBuren  street  to 
Madison  street,  to  enable  said  company  to  connect  its  tracks  on  Van 
Buren  street  with  its  car  house  and  barns  at  the  corner  of  Western 
avenue  and  Washington  street,  the  same  to  be  completed  on  or.  be- 
fore May  I,  1879.  Provided,  that  if  said  company  shall  be  dela3^ed 
by  the  order  or  injunction  of  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction 
from  completing  said  railway,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  ex- 
cluded from  the  period  prescribed  herein  for  completing  the  same. 

2372.  '^2.  The  tracks  of  such  railway  shall  be  laid  as  near 
the  center  of  the  street  as  practicable,  with  modern  improved  rails, 
and  shall  be  so  laid  that  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and 
freely  cross  said  tracks  at  any  and  all  points  and  in  any  and  all  direc- 
tions without  unnecessary  obstruction. 

2373.  ■^  3.  The  cars  to  be  used  on  said  tracks  shall  be  operated 
with  animal  power  only,  and  shall  not  connect  with  any  other  rail- 
road on  which  other  power  is  used. 

2374.  ^  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purpose  than  to  transport  passengers,  and  the  cars  and  car- 
riages for  that  purpose  shall  be  of  the  best  style  and  class.  The  city 
council  shall  have  power  to  regulate  the  running  time,  and  number 
of  cars  to  be  run  from  time  to  time,  upon  the  line  of  raihvay  hereby 
granted. 

2375-  §  5-  "The  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Com- 
pany, its  successors  or  assigns,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macad- 
amizing, filling  or  planking  shall,  at  their  own  expense,  keep  sixteen 
feet  in  width  in  repair  on  said  Western  avenue,  so  far  as  the  same  is  em- 
braced in  this  ordinance,  and  when  any  new  improvement,  paving,  re- 
paving,  macadamizing,  planking  or  replanking  is  ordered  by  the  city 
council  on  said  street,  said  railway  company  shall,  in  the  same  manner 
and  with  like  material  as  required  by  owners  of  property  as  to  other 
contiguous  parts  of  the  street,  make  such  new  improvement  on  six- 
teen feet  in  width,  and  if  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
make  such  new  improvement  within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  555 

b}^  the  ordinance,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city  and  the  cost 
thereof  assessed  upon  said  company  and  collected  as  other  assess- 
ments from  any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  company. 

2376.  '^  6.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  ex- 
tention  of  said  railway  in  this  ordinance  mentioned  at  the  time  men- 
tioned and  provided  and  according  to  the  conditions  presented  herein, 
then  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  virlue  hereof,  respecting 
said  railway,  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  city 
council  shall  grant  to  said  company  a  further  extention  of  time. 

2377-  ^  7-  -^11  rights  heretofore  vested  in  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  and  sewerage  commissioners  are  not  to  be  impaired 
or  affected  by  anything  herein  contained,  but  the  rights  and  pri\il- 
eges  hereby  granted  are  subject  thereunto. 

2378.  §  8.  The  said  company  may  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  thereon  railway  cars  and  carriages  upon 
the  terms,  with  the  rights  and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  restric- 
tions mentioned  in  the  act  incorporating  said  company  for  the  term 
and  period  of  twenty  years  from  the  date  and  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

2379.  ^  9.  The  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to  enjoy  all  such 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  after  the  expiration  of  the  time 
tixed  by  this  ordinance,  and  until  the  city  council  shall  thereafter 
elect  by  order  for  that  purpose  to  grant  the  privilege  to  some  person, 
persons,  party  or  parties,  or  company,  to  purchase  said  track  or  tracks 
of  said  railway,  cars,  carriages,  furniture,  property,  and  implements 
and  appurtenances  of  every  kind  and  description  then  used  in  the 
operation  of  the  railways  herein  authorized  and  pav  for  the  same  in 
the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned. 

2380.  §  10.  Such  order  to  purchase  shall  fix  the  time  when 
said  person,  persons,  party,  parties  or  company  will  take  such  rail- 
way and  other  property  before  mentioned,  which  shall  not  be  less 
than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at  the  time  of 
taking  such  railway  and  other  property  before  mentioned,  the  said 
person,  part}'  or  company  shall  pay  to  the  party  or  parties  operating 
the  same  a  sum  of  money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  commissioners 
to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  follows:  one  to  be  chosen  by 
said  person  or  parties  from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook 
county;  one  in  like  manner  by  the  said  company,  its  associates  or 
successors  operating  said  road  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen  to 
choose  the  third  from  said  freeholders. 

2381.  §  II.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage  and  acceptance  by  said  companv. 


556  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Chicago  Citj  Railway  Company  to  remove 
temporarily  tiieir  tracks  in  Eighteenth  street,  between  Wabasli  ayenue  and 
State  street.     [Passed  Aug.  11,^187!).] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Coiiin-il  of  the  eity  oj  CJiicago: 

2382.  That  authority  and  consent  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
granted  to  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  to  take  up  and  re- 
move temporarily  their  railway  tracks  on  Eighteenth  street,  between 
State  street  and  Wabash  avenue,  with  the  right  to  reconstruct  and 
restore  the  same,  with  necessary  curves  and  side  tracks,  wjienever 
it  shall  be  deemed  b}^  them  desirable  so  to  do;  and  afterward  to 
maintain  and  use  the  said  tracks  upon  the  same  terms  and  condi- 
tions, and  with  the  same  privileges,  immunities  and  exemptions  here- 
tofore granted  to  said  company  under  existing  ordinances  and  con- 
tracts relating  to  the  use  of  that  portion  of  said  street  for  railway 
purposes. 

AN  ORDINANCE  autliorizing  the  construction  of  a  horse  railway  on   Chicago 
avenue.     [Passed  Oct.  20,  1879.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2383.  ^  I.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and  the 
undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  hereof,  authority,  permission  and  con- 
sent, are  hereby  given,  granted  and  duly  vested  in  said  company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  to  construct,  lay  dowm,  operate  and  maintain 
a  single  or  double  track  railway,  with  all  necessary  turn-outs,  side 
tracks,  switches  and  curves,  in,  upon,  along  Chicago  avenue,  from 
its  intersection  with  Milwaukee  avenue  west  to  Western  avenue,  and 
to  operate  the  same  in  connection  with  the  railway  on  said  Mil- 
waukee avenue,  the  same  to  be  completed  as  far  west  as  the  west 
line  of  Wood  street,  on  or  before  June  ist,  A.  D.  1880,  and  from 
thence  to  the  centre  of  Western  avenue  as  soon  thereafter  as  it  may 
be  deemed  practicable  by  said  company. 

2384.  ^  2.  The  tracks  of  such  railwav  shall  be  so  laid  that 
carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  cross  said  tracks 
without  obstruction. 

2385.  §  3.  The  rate  of  fare  for  any  continuous  distance  on 
the  same  car  shall  not  exceed  tive  cents,  except  when  cars  or  car- 
riages shall  be  chartered  for  special  purposes.  The  cars  to  be  used 
upon  said  tracks  shall  be  propelled  by  animal  power,  and  shall  not 
connect  wath  any  other  railroad  on  which  other  power  is  used. 

2386.  'i^  4.  The  said  tracks  and  railway  shall  be  used  for 
transporting  passengers,  and  the  cars  or  carriage  shall  be  of  the 
best  style. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  557 

2387.  §  5.  That  said  railway  company  shall,  as  respects  the 
grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  tilling,  widening  or  planking  the 
streets  or  parts  of  streets  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said 
railways,  or  any  of  them,  keep  eight  feet  in  width  on  all  streets 
whereon  one  track  is  constructed,  and  sixteen  feet  in  width  along 
the  line  of  said  railway  where  two  tracks  are  constructed,  in  good 
repair  and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privilege  here- 
by granted  to  said  company  shall  extend. 

2388.  §  6.  Consent  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to  said  com- 
pany to  pave  and  keep  in  repair  with  cobble  stone,  the  railways 
herein  mentioned,  and  where  it  is  deemed  practicable  in  the  estima- 
tion of  the  commissioners  of  public  works,  block  stone  may  be  laid 
outside  of  the  rails  on  that  portion  of  the  streets  required  to  be 
paved  and  kept  in  repair  by  said  company;  Provided^  That  the  same 
shall  be  done  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  department  of  public  works. 

2389.  ^7.  If  the  said  company  fail  to  complete  the  said  rail- 
ways in  the  ordinance  mentioned,  at  the  time  mentioned  and  pro- 
vided, and  according  to  the  conditions  prescribed  herein,  then  the 
rights  and  privileges  granted  by  virtue  hereof  respecting  said  rail- 
ways shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  city  council 
shall  grant  said  company  a  further  extension  of  time;  Provided^ 
That  if  the  said  company  is  delayed  by  the  order  of  an}^  court,  the 
time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded  from  the  time  above  prescribed. 

2390.  §  8.  All  rights  and  privileges  heretofore  vested  in  the 
board  of  water  commissioners,  and  the  sewer  commissioners  or  other 
corporations  are  not  to  be  impaired  or  afiected  by  anything  herein 
contained,  but  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  subject 
thereunto. 

2391.  ^9.  The  same  company  shall  keep,  maintain,  use  and 
enjoy  the  right  to  operate  railway  cars  and  carriages  under  the 
terms  and  restrictions  herein  provided,  for  and  during  the  term  of 
twenty  j-ears  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and 
after  the  expiration  of  the  time  tixed  in  this  ordinance,  and  until 
the  city  council  thereafter  elect  by  order  for  that  purpose,  to  grant 
the  privilege  to  some  person,  persons,  party  or  parties,  corporation 
or  company,  to  purchase  said  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  com- 
pany, cars,  carriages,  furniture  and  implements  and  appurtenances 
of  every  kind  and  description  then  used  by  said  company  in  the 
operation  of  said  railways,  and  to  pay  for  the  same  in  a  manner  here- 
inafter mentioned.  f 

2392.  ^10.  Such  order  to  purchase,  shall  fix  the  time  \vhen 
said  person,  persons,  party  or  parties,  corporation  or  company  will 


558  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

take  such  railway  and  other  property  herein  mentioned,  which  shall 
not  be  less  than  six  months  after  the  passage  of  said  order,  and  at 
the  time  of  taking  such  railway  and  other  property  herein  mentioned, 
the  said  person,  persons^  P'^^'ty  or  parties,  corporation  or  company, 
shall  pay  to  the  party  or  parties  operating  the  same,  the  sum  of 
money  to  be  ascertained  by  three  commissioners  to  be  appointed  for 
that  purpose,  as  follows:  one  to  be  chosen  by  said  person  or  par- 
ties from  the  disinterested  freeholders  of  Cook  county,  one  in  like 
manner  b}'  the  said  company,  its  associates  or  successors,  operating 
said  road,  and  the  two  persons  so  chosen,  one  from  said  freeholders. 

2393.  ^  II.  The  tracks  hereby  authorized  shall  be  deemed  an 
extension  of  the  tracks  already  laid  by  said  company  on  Milwaukee 
avenue,  Clinton,  Halsted,  Randolph  and  Madison  streets,  or  either 
of  them,  and  no  additional  fare  shall  be  charged  over  the  line  so  ex- 
tended by  virtue  of  this  ordinance. 

2394.  i^  12.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
on  and  after  its  passage  and  acceptance  by   said  railway  compan}-. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  an  extention  of  the  tracks  of  the  North  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  on  Division  and  State  streets,  and  the  relating  of  tracks 
on  State  street.     [Passed  March  22,  1880.] 

l^e  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2395.  ^  T.  That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof,  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  North  Chicago  Cit}^  Railway  Company  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  herein  contained,  permission  and  authority 
is  hereby  given  to  said  company  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate 
as  an  extension  of  the  tracks  used  by  said  compan}'  a  single  or  double 
track  railwav  with  all  necessary  side  tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches, 
from  its  tracks  on  North  Claik  and  Division  streets,  on  Division 
street  to  State,  and  thence  south  on  State  street  to  the  south  line  of 
Michigan  street,  and  there  to  connect  with  tracks  authorized  to  be 
laid  by  an  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  authorizing  the  connec- 
tion of  the  tracks  of  the  horse  railways  of  the  North  Chicago  City 
Railway  and  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Companies,"  approved  Jan- 
uary 29th,  1864,  w^hich  tracks  may  be  relaid  under  said  ordinance 
and  the  said  company  may  maintain  and  operate  said  railways  with 
the  said  tracks  over  the  bridge  to  Lake  street  and  with  its  lines  now 
used  by  said  company,  and  as  an  extension  thereof,  upon  the  terms 
and  conditions  and  subject  to  the  restrictions  mentioned  in  this  ordi- 
nance for  the  period  of  twenty  years  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance and  the  rates  of  fare  for  any  distance  on  the  tracks  of  said  com- 
pany,-whether  on  the  Hues  her^n  authorized  or  heretofore  constructed 
shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  each  passenger  for  any  continuous 
travel  at  one  ride. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


559 


2396.  §  2.  Each  of  said  tracks  shall  be  laid  as  near  the  center 
of  the  street  as  practicable  and  shall  not  be  laid  within  tweh'e  feet 
of  the  sidewalk  in  any  place  except  in  turning  street  corners,  and  then 
no  nearer  than  may  be  required  to  make  the  necessary  curve.  The 
cars  shall  be  constructed  with  all  the  latest  improvements  for  the 
comfort  and  convenience  of  passengers,  shall  be  used  for  no  other 
purpose  than  the  transportation  of  passengers  and  their  ordinarv  lug- 
gage, and  shall  be  operated  by  animal  power  and  not  otherwise. 

2397.  ■§  3.  The  tracks  herein  authorized  shall  be  completed  be- 
fore the  iirst  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1880.  Provided^  That  if  the 
said  company  shall  be  delayed  by  the  order  or  \vx\X.  of  any  court  from 
proceeding  with  the  work,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  also  be  ex- 
cluded from  the  time  prescribed  herein  for  completing  any  of  said 
railways,  and  if  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  the  tracks 
within  the  time  mentioned  the  city  may  revoke  the  authority  so  far 
as  such  tracks  are  not  completed.  Provided^  fjirther^  That  if  such 
order  or  writ  of  court  shall  be  collusively  obtained  by  the  parties  to 
the  cause  in  which  such  order  may  be  rendered  or  such  writ  issued, 
or  by  any  of  the  officers  or  agents  of  such  parties,  then  the  time  of 
such  delay  shall  not  be  excluded,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  rail- 
way company  to  prove  the  absence  of  such  collusion. 

2398.  •  '^4.  The  said  company  shall  as  respects  the  grading,  pav- 
ing, macadamizing,  tilling  or  planking  of  said  streets  or  parts  of  streets 
aforesaid,  upon  which  they  shall  construct  their  said  railways  or  any 
of  them,  keep  sixteen  feet  in  width  including  the  track  in  good  repair 
and  condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privileges  hereby 
granted  to  said  company  shall  extend  in  accordance  with  whatever 
order  or  regulation  respecting  the  ordinary  repair  thereof  may  be 
passed  or  adopted  by  the  city  council,  and  when  any  new  improve- 
ment shall  be  ordered  by  the  city  council  therein,  the  said  company 
shall  in  the  manner  required  by  the  cit}^  authorities  make  such  new 
impro^'ements  for  the  width  of  sixteen  feet  aforesaid,  and  if  the  com- 
pany fails  to  do  so  it  may  be  done  by  the  city  and  the  costs  collected 
of  said  company;  and  if  the  said  company  shall  neglect  to  make 
any  necessary  repairs  for  twenty  days  after  notice,  the  work  may  be 
done  by  the  city,  and  the  costs  thereof  collected  from  said  company. 

2399.  i^  5.  The  city  council  shall  have  power  at  all  times  to 
make  such  regulations  as  to  the  rate  of  speed  and  time  or  times  of 
running  said  cars  or  carriages  as  the  public  safety  and  convenience 
may  require. 

2400.  i^  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  when  it  shall  be  ac- 
cepted by  said  railway  company,  provided,  the  same  shall  be  accepted 
within  three  months  after  its  passage. 


560  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  the  Chicago    West    Division    Railway  Company 
to  extend  its  street  railway  tracks  on  Ogden  avenue.      [Passed  February  7,  1881.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2401.  §1.  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  is  hereby  granted  permission  and  consent  to 
construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  or  double  track  extension  of 
its  railway  on  Ogden  avenue,  from  its  present  terminus  at  or  near 
Western  avenue  to  the  western  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  with 
all  necessary  turnouts,  switches  and  side  tracks,  for  the  period  of 
twenty  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  subject  to  thfe  pro- 
visions embraced  and  contained  in  an  ordinance  dated  February  28, 
1876,  and  amendments  thereto,  for  the  extension  of  tracks  on  Ogden 
avenue,  and  with  all  the  privileges  applicable  to  the  line  of  said  com- 
pany on  Ogden  avenue,  from  Madison  street  to  Western  avenue,  and 
to  the  other  and  further  conditions  and  provisions  hereinafter  men- 
tioned. 

2402.  §2.  Said  permission  and  consent  to  extend  shall  be  con- 
dition upon  the  acceptance  by  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway 
Company  of  this  ordinance  within  ten  days  after  its  passage  and  ap- 
proval by  the  mayor,  and  their  agreement  to  comply  with  all  its  con- 
ditions ;  and  upon  the  further  condition  that  said  tracks  shall  be  laid 
and  in  actual  operation  from  Western  avenue  to  the  western  line  of 
Douglas  park,  on  or  before  the  tirst  day  of  June,  1881,  and  from  the 
western  line  of  Douglas  park  to  Lawndale  as  soon  as  the  same  can 
be  constructed,  operated  and  kept  in  repair  without  actual  loss. 

2403.  ^  3.  The  right  to  construct  and  operate  said  railways 
through  Douglas  park  shall  be  subject  to  the  consent  of  the  West 
Chicago  Park  Commissioners. 

2404.  ^  4.  The  said  tracks  hereby  authorized  shall  be  deemed 
an  extension  of  the  line  now  operated  on  Ogden  avenue,  and  no  addi- 
tional fare  shall  be  charged  over  the  line  so  extended  bv  virtue  of 
this  ordinance. 

2405.  §  5.  The  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railwa}-  Com- 
pany, its  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  as  respects  the  grading,  pav- 
ing, macadamizing,  hlling  or  planking  of  said  Ogden  avenue,  upon 
which  they  shall  construct  said  railways,  or  any  of  them,  keep  six- 
teen feet  in  width  where  a  double  track  is  used,  and  eight  feet  in 
width  where  a  single  track  i,  used,  in  good  repair  and  condition,  so 
that  wagons,  carriages  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  any 
and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions.  And  when  any  new 
improvements,  filling,  paving,  repaving,  macadamizing  or  planking  is 
ordered  by  the  city  council  in  said  Ogden  avenue,  said  railway 
company  shall  in  like  manner  and  with  like  material  as  is  required  of 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  56 1 

the  owners  of  property,  as  to  other  contiguous  parts  of  said  avenue 
in  which  said  railways  shall  be  constructed,  make  such  new  improve- 
ments on  eight  feet  in  width  where  a  single  track  is  used,  and  six- 
teen feet  in  width  where  a  double  track  is  used,  and  if  the  said  rail- 
way company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improve- 
ment within  a  reasonable  time  to  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance  ordering 
the  same,  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city  of  Chicago  and  the  cost 
thereof  assessed  upon  said  company,  and  collected  as  other  assess- 
ments from  any  real  or  personal  property  of  said  company. 

2406.     i^  6.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  an  extension  of  the  street  railways  on  Lake  street 
and  Milwaukee  avenue.     [Passed  November  29,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  hv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2^07.     ^  I.     That  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  hereof  and 
the  undertaking  of  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Companv 
to  comply  with    the    provisions  herein    contained,  permission    and 
authority  is   hereby  given  to   said   company   to  extend  its  railways 
now  in  use  on  Lake  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  for  that  pur- 
pose the  said  company  may  construct  a  double  and  single  track  rail- 
way, as   hereinafter  mentioned,  with   all  the   necessarv  side-tracks, 
curves,  turnouts,  and  switches ;  that  is  to  say,  a  double  track  on  Mil- 
waukee avenue,  from  the  tracks  now  in  use  thereon  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  Clinton  street,  to  Lake  street,  and  to   a  connection  with  the 
tracks  of  said  company  on  said  Lake  street;  and  a  double  track  on 
Lake  street,  from  the  tracks  of  said  company  on  said  street  at  Rock- 
well street,  to  Central  park;  and  from  the  tracks  of  said  companv 
now  in  use  on    Lake   street   at  Union  park,  easterly  on   said  Lake 
street  to  Lake-street  bridge,   and  over  and   along  said  bridge  and 
Lake  street  to  the  east  line  of  State  street,  and  thence  with  a  single 
track  to  the   east  line  of  Wabash  avenue;  and  the  said  company 
may  maintain  and  operate  its  railways,  extended   as  aforesaid,  upon 
the  terms  and  conditions  and  subject  to  the  restrictions  mentioned  in 
this  ordinance,  for  the   period   of  twenty    years   from    the   passage 
thereof,  and  the  rate  of  fare  shall  not  exceed  five  cents  for  each  pas- 
senger for  any  continuous  travel  of  one  trip;  and  the  said  company 
.is  hereby  authorized  to  use  and   operate  its  cars  upon  the  tracks  of 
the  Chicago  City  Railway  Companv  now  in  use,  or  which  may  be 
hereafter    authorized,  for   the    purpose  of    connecting  the  ditl'erent 
lines  of  said  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company:  Provided^ 
the  consent  of  said  Chicago  Cit}-  Railway  Company  to  such  use  of 
said  lines  is  first  obtained. 
3G 


562  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2408.  §  2.  Each  of  said  tracks  shall  be  laid  as  near  the  center 
of  the  street  as  practicable,  and  shall  not  be  laid  nearer  than  twelve 
feet  of  the  sidewalk,  except  in  turning  street  corners,  and  then  no 
nearer  than  may  be  required  to  make  the  necessary  curves.  The 
cars  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  the  transportation  of 
passengers  and  their  ordinary  luggage  by  said  company,  and  shall 
be  operated  by  animal  power  only. 

2409.  §  3.  The  tracks  herein  authorized  shall  be  laid  and 
the  lines  in  operation  by  the  first  day  of  June,  1881:  Provided,  that 
if  said  company  be  delayed  by  the  order  or  writ  of  any  court  from 
proceeding  with  the  work,  the  time  of  such  delay  shall  be  excluded 
from  the  time  prescribed  herein  for  the  completion  of  said  railways; 
and  if  said  company  shall  fail  to  complete  said  tracks  within  the 
time  prescribed,  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  may  be 
declared  null  and  void. 

2410.  ■s^  4.  The  said  company,  as  respects  the  grading,  paving, 
macadamizing,  filling,  planking,  repairing  or  using  of  said  street 
and  avenue  upon  which  they  shall  construct  said  railways,  or  any  of 
them,  shall  keep  sixteen  feet  in  width  where  two  tracks  are  laid, 
and  eight  feet  in  width  where  one  track  is  laid,  in  good  repair  and 
condition  during  all  the  time  to  which  the  privileges  hereby  granted 
shall  extend,  in  accordance  with  whatever  order  or  regulation 
respecting  the  ordinary  repair  thereof  may  be  passed  or  adopted  by 
the  city  council ;  and  when  any  new  improvement,  paving,  repairing, 
planking,  filling,  or  other  improvement  of  like  character,  shall  be 
ordered  by  the  city  council  thereon,  said  compan}^  shall,  in  the  man- 
ner required  b}^  the  city  authorities  of  the  owners  of  property  front- 
ing on  said  street  and  avenue,  make  such  new  improvement  for  the 
width  of  sixteen  feet  where  two  tracks  are  laid,  and  eight  feet  where 
one  track  is  laid;  and  if  said  company  fails  to  do  so,  it  may  be  done 
by  the  city  and  the  cost  thereof  collected  of  said  company. 

241 1.  '5^  5.  The  city  council  shall  have  power  at  all  times  to 
make  such  regulations  as  to  the  rate  of  speed  and  time  of  running 
said  cars  as  the  public  safety  and  convenience  may  require. 

2412.  '^  6.  If  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  hereafter,  during  the 
term  of  the  license  hereby  granted,  provide  by  ordinance  for  the 
construction  of  a  large,  four-track  bridge  over  the  Chicago  river  at 
Lake  street  to  be  operated  by  steam  or  other  power  to  be  used  and 
take  the  place  of  the  existing  bridge  over  said  river  on  said  Lake 
street,  in  consideration  of  the  increased  facilities  which  such  a  struc- 
ture would  aftbrd  to  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company 
in  crossing  said  river,  said  company  agrees  to  pay  to  the  cit}^  of 
Chicago,  as  required  by  the  city  during  the  progress  of  its  construe- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  563 

tion,  one-half  the  first  cost  of  such  structure,  including  pier,  abut- 
ments, and  steam  or  other  machinery,  and  a  further  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  per  annum  payable  quarterly,  towards  defraying 
the  expense  of  operating  and  repairing  said  Lake  street  bridge,  and 
making  any  renewals,  improvements,  enlargements,  and  replace- 
ments thereof.  Such  annual  payments  to  commence  whenever  the 
new  structure  is  ready  for  use,  and  to  be  continued  every  year  there- 
after until  the  termination  of  the  license  hereby  granted,  which  pay- 
ments on  account  of  the  cost  of  such  bridge,  and  annual  payments 
before  mentioned,  are  understood  and  agreed  to  be  in  lieu  of  all 
special  assessments  which  could  or  might  be  made  against  said  com- 
pany- or  its  property  for  or  on  account  of  the  construction  of  such 
bridge  and  all  approaches  thereto;  and  for  and  on  account  of  the 
operation  and  repair  of  the  same;  and  for  all  renewals,  improve- 
ments, enlargements  and  replacements  thereof;  and  are  to  fully  re- 
lieve and  discharge  said  company  from  all  other  and  further  obliga- 
tions on  account  thereof. 

2413.  ^  7.  And  in  further  consideration  of  the  privileges  and 
immunities  hereby  granted,  the  said  railway  company  shall  pay  into 
the  treasury  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  use  of  said  city,  an  an- 
nual license  fee  of  fifty  dollars,  and  no  more,  per  car  for  the  dail}^ 
average  number  of  cars  regularly  used  in  the  operation  of  the 
tracks  on  said  Lake  street  and  on  said  Milwaukee  avenue  hereby 
licensed,  and  which  shall  be  run  over  said  Lake  street  bridge;  but 
in  computing  the  number  of  cars  upon  which  such  license  charge 
may  be  imposed,  all  irregular  or  extra  cars  occasionally  operated 
shall  be  included  upon  the  basis  of  thirteen  round  trips  being  equiva- 
lent to  one  day's  use  of  one  car.  The  president  or  other  ofBcer  of 
said  company  shall  make  under  oath  a  true  report  of  the  whole  num- 
ber of  cars  operated  on  said  tracks  and  bridge  as  herein  provided, 
and  at  the  same  time  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  the  amount  so  shown 
to  be  due  the  city  as  such  license  fee.  The  first  of  which  reports 
shall  be  made  three  months  after  said  company  shall  commence  tlie 
running  of  its  cars  over  said  tracks  and  bridge,  and  thereafter  quar- 
ter-yearly during  the  continuance  of  the  license  hereby  granted: 
ProvidecL  that  the  license  fee  on  the  Milwaukee  avenue  and  Lake 
street  cars  is  to  be  paid  from  the  time  they  commence  crossing  the 
river  at  Lake  street. 

2414.  ^  8.  If  the  said  company  shall  at  any  time  fail  or  refa-e 
to  comply  with  anv  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  afier  tnii  y 
days'  notice  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  then  the  lic-n-e 
and  privileges  hereby  granted  may,  upon  application  to  any  cmi!  t, 
be  declared  forfeited. 


564  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2415.  ^  9.  Over  the  extension  from  Rockwell  street  to  Cen- 
tral park,  unless  prevented  by  causes  beyond  the  control  of  said 
company,  cars  shall  be  run  as  often  as  every  fifteen  minutes  during 
business  hours,  and  a  car  shall  leave  the  eastern  end  of  the  line  for 
Central  park  every  evening,  at  or  about  1 1  o'clock. 

2416.  i^  10.  This  ordinance  shall  take  efl'ect  when  accepted 
b}'^  said  railway  company,  but  such  acceptance  shall  be  within  thirty 
da3'S  from  the  passage  thereof,  otherwise  it  shall  be  null  and  void. 


AN    ORDINANCE    in    regard    to    the    time  of  running    Horse    Cars    on  Soutli 
Halsted  street  and  Archer  avenue.     [Passed  December  27,  1880.J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2417.  ■^  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  be 
and  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  run  on  South  Halsted 
street,  between  Thirty-ninth  street  and  the  south  branch  of  the  Chi- 
cago river  between  the  hours  of  12  and  6  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
Sundays  excepted,  at  least  one  car  every  hour  of  each  and  every  day, 
and  the  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  is  hereby  further 
ordered  and  directed  to  run  on  Archer  avenue,  between  the  western 
terminus  of  its  tracks  and  State  street,  a  night  car,  at  least  one  car 
every  hour,  between  12  and  6  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  each  and 
every  day,  to  connect  with  the  night  car  on  State  street,  between 
the  same  hours  aforesaid.  That  the  Chicago  West  Division  Rail- 
wa}^  Company  be  and  it  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  run  a 
night  car  between  State  street  and  the  South  Halsted  street  bridge, 
between  the  hours  of  12  o'clock  and  6  o'clock  in  the  morning,  Sun- 
days excepted,  at  least  one  car  every  hour  of  each  and  ever}'  day. 

2418.  $  2.  That  upon  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
the  foregoing  section,  the  said  companies  shall  be  subject  to  a  tine 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fift}-  dollars  for  each  and 
every  violation  thereof. 

2z}i9.  §  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  operation  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE   authorizing  the   Chicago   City  Railway  Company  to  operate 
its  cars  by  other  than  animal  power.     [Passed  January  17,  1881.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2420.  ^  I.  That  the  said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  may 
hereafter  operate  its  various  lines  of  railways  b}-  stationary  engine 
or  engines,  not  located  upon  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  city, 
and  propelled  by  other  than  animal  power. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  565 

2421.  ^  2.  Said  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  may  for 
said  purpose  make  all  needful  and  convenient  trenches,  excavations 
and  sewer  connections,  and  may  place  all  needful  and  convenient 
endless  cables  and  machinery  therein  on  an^^  streets  upon  which  its 
railways  are  now  constructed:  Provided^  That  such  cables  and 
machiner}^  shall  be  underground,  shall  not  interfere  with  public 
travel,  and  shall  be  constructed  in  a  substantial  and  workmanlike 
manner:  Provided  a/so,  that  if  in  the  constructing  of  said  trenches 
and  excavations  any  damage  or  injury  shall  result  to  any  of  the 
sewers,  water  pipes  or  private  drains,  then  said  compan}-  shall  pay 
and  be  held  liable  therefor;  and  if  at  any  time,  by  reason  of  the  per- 
mission hereby  granted  and  the  making  of  said  trenches  and  running 
of  said  cables,  anv  injurv  or  damage  shall  result  to  anv  person  or 
property,  then  said  company  shall  be  held  liable  therefor:  and  provided, 

further^  that  all  needful  and  convenient  connections  with  the  motive 
power  or  engines  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  restrictions:  and  j)ro- 
vidcd^furthcr,  that  the  apperture  opening  into  the  said  trenches  shall 
not  exceed  live-eighths  of  an  inch  in  width. 

2422.  §  3.  As  respects  conductors  and  managers  of  its  cars, 
said  Chicago  City  Railway  Companv  mav  operate  not  exceeding  two 
cars  and  the  grappling  car,  with  two  persons  in  charge  thereof:  Pro- 
vided, however,  that  nothing  herein  shall  in  any  manner  be  construed 
into  a  waiver  or  relinquishment  by  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  by  the  Chi- 
cago City  Railway  Company,  of  any  rights  or  authoritv  either  may 
have  under  or  in  pursuance  of  anv  law  or  ordinance  heretofore 
passed  in  reference  to  said  Chicago  Citv  Railwav  Companv,  or  in 
pursuance  of  any  ^charter  rights  of  said  city,  except  as  in  terms 
stated  in  this  ordinance. 


AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  horse  railway  companies  to  use  stone  in  keeping  in 
repair  their  tracks.     [Passed  April  22,  1881] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Coitncil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2423.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago  City  Railway  Company,  the 
Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Compan}-  and  the  North  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  may  use  stone  in  keeping  in  repair  the  num- 
ber of  feet  which  the  said  companies  are  required  to  keep  in  repair 
along  the  lines  of  said  railways:  but  the  kind  of  stone  to  be  used 
shall  be  such  as  may  be  appro\-ed  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  or  other  proper  officer  or  department  of  the  city,  and  the 
work  shall  be  done  under  the  supervision  of  and  in  the  manner 
directed  by  said  commissioner  or  other  proper  officer  or  department: 
Provided,  that  Indiana  avenue  and  Eighteenth  street  east  of  Wabash 
avenue  are  excepted  from  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 


566  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

CHICAGO    AND    ALTON    RAILROAD. 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  the  Chicago,  St.  Charles  and  Mississippi  Air- 
line Railroad.     [Passed  April  11,  1858.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council'  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2424.  '^  I.  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the 
Chicago,  St.  Charles  and  Mississippi  Air-line  Railroad  Company  to 
construct,  in  the  west  division  of  said  cit}',  one  or  more  railroad 
tracks  upon  any  land  south  of  Madison  street  or  north  of  Lake 
street,  which  they  may  procure  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  and  to 
lav  down  said  track  or  tracks  across  any  street  within  the  bound- 
aries aforesaid,  wherever  any  such  street  crosses  their  intended  line 
of  railroad,  and  also  to  construct  and  use  all  depots  which  may  be 
necessary  to  accommodate  the  business  of  said  compan}^:  Provided^ 
that  convenient  crossings  be  made  by  said  company  where  the  said 
track  crosses  the  line  of  streets,  and  sufficient  warning  tables  be  erected 
in  some  conspicuous  place  at  or  near  said  crossings;  said  company  to 
be  subject  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  that  are  now  in  force  or  may 
hereafter  be  passed  to  regulate  railroads  within  this  city, 

2425.  §  2.  Said  company  may  also  introduce  their  road  into 
said  city  on  any  street  or  streets  in  the  west  division  of  the  said 
city,  south  of  Polk  street,  and  extend  the  same  to  the  south  branch 
of  the  Chicago  river,  or  on  any  street  or  streets  north  of  Fourth 
street  (north  of  Kinzie  street),  and  extend  the  same  to  the  north 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river;  and  may  occupy  so  much  of  said 
street  or  streets  as  ma}^  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  construct- 
ing, maintaining,  using  and  occupying  a  single  tailroad  track,  with 
the  necessary  switches,  turn-tables  and  turn-outs,  for  the  period  of 
three  years:  Provided^  that  said  company  will  enter  into  a  contract 
with  the  city  of  Chicago  to  vacate  said  streets  of  their  railroad  track 
or  tracks  at  the  expiration  of  that  time,  and  place  the  street  so  va- 
cated in  good  order  for  ordinary  travel,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  street  commissioner  and  aldermen  of  the  west  division:  Pro- 
vided^ the  space  occupied  by  said  road,  except  when  turn-outs, 
turn-tables  or  switches  occur,  does  not  exceed  ten  feet  in  width  of 
the  center  of  said  street  or  streets:  And  provided,  said  work  be  so 
constructed  that  carriages  may  pass  along  either  side  of  said  road, 
and  may  conveniently  cross  the  same. 

2426.  §  3.  Said  company  may  run  their  trains  by  locomo- 
tives, within  the  limits  before  described  herein,  at  a  speed  not  ex- 
ceeding five  miles  per  hour,  subject  to  such  ordinances  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city,  estab- 
lishing and  regulating  speed  and  motive  power  within  said  city. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  567 

2427.  ^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect  until  said  com- 
pany shall  have  entered  into  a  bond  with  the  city  of  Chicago,  con- 
ditioned for  the  payment  of  all  damages  for  which  the  said  city 
may  become  liable  to  any  person  or  persons  by  reason  of  the  said 
road  entering  said  citv,  or  by  reason  of  said  company  constructing, 
laying  down,  maintaining,  using  or  occupying  said  railroad  track  or 
tracks  within  said  city,  and  conditioned  also  for  the  payment  of  all 
damages  which  may  arise  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago  and  to  any 
person  or  persons  whomsoever,  by  reason  of  said  company  con- 
structing, laying  down,  maintaining,  using  and  occupying  said  rail- 
road track  or  tracks  within  said  city  of  Chicago. 


AN  ORDINANCE  to  amend  an  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  Chicao^o,  St.  Charles 
and  Mississippi  Air-line  Railroad.     [Passed  August  8,  1858. J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicag'o  : 

2428.  §  I.  That  permission  be,  and  is  hereby,  granted  to  the 
Chicago,  St.  Charles  and  Mississippi  Air-line  Railroad  Company  to 
construct,  maintain,  use  and  operate  in  the  west  division  of  said  city 
one  or  more  railroad  tracks  upon  any  land  south  of  Madison  street 
or  north  of  Lake  street,  and  also  any  other  railroad  track  within 
said  city  west  of  the  west  line  of  sections  twent}'  (20),  seventeen  ( 17) 
and  eight  (^8)  which  said  company  may  procure  by  purchase  or 
otherwise;  and  to  lay  down  said  track  or  tracks  across  any  street 
within  the  boundaries  above  described,  wherever  any  such  street 
crosses  their  intended  line  of  railroad;  and  also  to  construct  and  use 
all  depots  which  may  be  necessary  to  accommodate  the  business  of 
said  company:  Provided^  that  convenient  crossings  be  made  by 
said  company  where  the  said  track  or  tracks  cross  the  line  of  streets, 
and  sufficient  warning  tables  be  erected  in  some  conspicuous  place 
at  or  near  said  crossings;  said  company  to  be  subject  to  all  laws 
and  ordinances  that  are  now  in  force  or  may  hereafter  be  passed 
to  regulate  railroads  within  said  city. 

2429.  §  2.  Said  company  may  run  their  trains  by  locomo- 
tives, within  the  limits  herein  described,  at  a  speed  not  exceeding- 
five  miles  per  hour,  subject  to  such  ordinances  as  may,  from  time  to 
time,  be  passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city  establishing  and 
regulating  speed  and  motive  power  \vithin  said  city. 

2430.  ^  3.  Said  compan}'  may  construct,  maintain  and  use 
a  railroad  draw-bridge  across  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago 
river,  at  any  point  south  of  Twelfth  street  in  said  city,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  connecting  their  track  with  the  track  of  any  other  railroad 
company,  which  may  be  approved   by  the   common    council:    Pro- 


568  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

v/'dcd,  said  bridge  shall  be  so  constructed  as  not  materially  to  inter- 
rupt or  impede  the  navigation  of  said  south  branch.  And  the  said 
company  may  join  any  other  railroad  company  in  the  erection  and 
use  of  any  railroad  bridge  heretofore  authorized,  or  which  may 
hereafter  be  authorized,  to  be  constructed  across  said  south  branch, 
and  the  said  company  and  any  other  railroad  company  may  jointly 
use  each  other's  track  or  tracks  and  bridge,  and  form  mutual 
connection  within  said  cit}^,  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  up- 
on by  the  parties  in  interest. 

AN   ORDINANCE   concerning  the  Chicago  and  Mississippi   Railroad   Company. 
[Passed  September  11,  1854.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2431.  ■g  I.  That  permission  and  authorit3MS  hereby  granted  to 
the  Chicago  and  Mississippi  Railroad  Company  to  lay  down  and  use 
two  such  side  tracks  as  its  business  may  require,  from  the  track  of  the 
Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Railroad,  as  the  same  is  located  on  block 
one  hundred  and  nine  (109)  in  the  school  section  addition,  south 
across  Taylor  street,  and  on  block  one  hundred  and  eight  (108). 
And  said  company,  on  its  own  grounds  procured  for  that  purpose, 
may  erect  such  depots,  stations,  buildings  and  shops  as  it  thinks 
proper. 

2432.  §  2.  The  side  tracks  herein  authorized  shall  be  laid 
down  east  of  Griswold  street  and  west  of  Clark  street,  and  the 
crossings  at  Taylor  street  shall  be  completed  and  finished  under  the 
direction  of  the  committee  on  streets  and  alleys  of  the  south  di- 
vision of  the  city;  such  tracks  at  the  crossing  of  Taylor  street  shall 
be  subject  to  all  the  ordinances  that  now  are,  or  hereafter  may  be 
made  by  the  city  to  regulate  the  crossing  of  railroads  across  the 
streets  of  the  city:  Provided,  that  said  streets  shall  not  at  any  time 
be  obstructed  by  the  stoppage  of  cars  therein,  nor  shall  the  said 
street  be  obstructed  longer  than  three  minutes  at  any  one  time  by 
the  crossing  of  trains  under  way:  And  -provided,  the  city  council 
reserve  the  right  to  rescind  at  any  time  the  rights  hereby  granted: 
Provided^  also,  the  said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  that 
may  accrue  by  reason  of  the  crossing,  occupying  or  using  said  tracks. 


AN    ORDINANCE    in    relation    to    the    Joliet  and  Cliicago  Raih-oad  Company. 
[Passed  January   5,  1857-] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common   Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2433.     ^  I.     That  permission  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  given 
and  granted  to  the  Joliet  and  Chicago   Railroad  Company  to  intro- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  569 

duce  said  railroad  into  the  city  on  the  street  known  as  the  Archer  road, 
from  a  point  commencing  on  the  section  line  between  sections  twen- 
tv-eight  and  twentv-nine,  to  Grove  street,  and  from  thence  through 
Grove  street  to  the  north  line  of  North  street;  and  to  use  and  oc- 
cupy so  much  of  said  streets  as  ma}^  be  necessary  for  the  purpose 
of  constructing,  maintaining  and  using  and  occupying  a  single  or 
double  railroad  track  through  said  streets,  with  such  turn-outs  and 
branches,  extending  to  adjoining  lands,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary 
for  the  successful  use  and  occupation  of  said  road,  upon  the  follow- 
ing conditions: 

First.  That  said  company  shall  plank,  pave  or  macadamize  the 
whole  surface  of  said  streets  bet^^'een  the  points  indicated  above, 
and  forever  maintaining  such  planking,  paving  or  macadamizing  in 
good  order  and  condition. 

Second.  That  the  space  occupied  by  said  railroad  shall  not  ex- 
ceed fifteen  feet  in  width  on  the  Archer  road,  and  shall  not  exceed 
twenty-four  feet  in  width  on  Grove  street,  and  shall  be  taken  from 
the  north-west  side  of  Archer  road. 

Third.  That  said  company  shall  so  construct  said  work  that 
carriages  may  pass  along  said  streets,  and  may  also  conveniently 
cross  said  road. 

2434.  i^  2.  Upon  the  acceptance  of  this  ordinance  by  the  said 
company  (which  shall  be  within  ninety  days  from  the  passage  hereof) 
a  contract  embracing  the  provisions  herein  contained  shall  be  exe- 
cuted, sealed  and  delivered,  on  the  part  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  by  the 
mavor  thereof,  and  on  the  part  of  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad 
Companv,  by  the  president  thereof,  both  in  the  usual  legal  form. 

2435-  ^  3-  The  work  provided  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  done 
under  the  supervision  of  the  citv  superintendent,  or  such  other  officer 
or  ao'ent  as  the  common  council  mav  direct. 

2436.  ■^  4.  Said  railroad  companv  shall  save  the  city  harmless 
from  all  costs,  damages  and  suits  arising  from  the  occupation  of 
said  streets,  bv  said  companv,  from  any  and  all  persons  whomso- 
ever. 

2437.  ■):<  5.  This  permission  is  granted  subject  to  all  general 
railroad  ordinances  of  the  citv  of  Chicago  now  in  force,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  passed,  in  relation  to  crossing  streets,  rates  of  speed, 
and  other  matters  of  public  convenience  and  necessity. 

2438.  '5^  6.  Said  railroad  companv  shall  atibrd  all  necessary 
facilities  to  the  owners  of  propert\'  on  said  streets  for  doing  business 
on  said  road,  by  putting  in  side-tracks  necessary   for  such  purpose, 


570  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  to  operate  said  tracks  so  as  to  carry  the  cars  of  said  road,  and 
all  other  railroads  connecting,  or  desirous  of  making  connections 
with  said  road,  on  fair  and  reasonable  terms  to  and  from  said  prop- 
erty. 

2439.  ■{:<  7.  Said  company  shall  make,  maintain,  and  keep  in 
good  repair,  all  road  and  slip  bridges  between  the  said  points. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  vacate  De  Puyster  street.     [Passed  July  28,  18(52.] 

Be  it  ordained  b\  the  Cuiuiuoii  Couneil  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2440.  ^  I.  That  the  street  running  east  and  west  through 
block  sixty-seven  (67),  school  section  addition  to  Chicago,  known 
as  DePuyster  street  (except  a  strip  of  the  same,  through  the  center 
thereof,  twenty  (20)  feet  in  width,  running  from  Canal  street  east  a 
distance  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  feet)  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby,  vacated  and  discontinued:  Provided,  hoivcver^  that  such  va- 
cation and  discontinuance  shall  continue  so  long,  and  so  long  only, 
as  the  same  may  be  used  for  railroad  purposes:  And  it  is  further 
■provided,  that  the  authorities  of  said  city  shall  at  all  times  have 
and  possess,  without  charge  or  hindrance,  the  right  to  enter  upon 
that  portion  of  said  street  hereby  vacated,  or  any  part  thereof,  for 
the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  repairing  either  sewerage  or  water 
pipes. 

2441.  g  2.  That  if  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago 
Railway  Company,  and  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company, 
shall  at  any  time  cease  to  use  for  railroad  purposes  the  portion  of 
the  street  hereby  vacated  and  discontinued,  or  if  said  companies,  or 
either  of  them,  shall  at  any  time  refuse  or  neglect  to  fully  indem- 
nify the  said  city  of  Chicago  against,  and  save  it  harmless  from,  all 
judgments  or  decrees,  with  the  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  which 
may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  cit}-,  in  any  judicial  pro- 
ceeding which  may  ensue  from  or  in  consequence  of  the  vacation 
and  discontinuance  of  said  street,  or  if  said  companies  shall  not,  im- 
mediately after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  widen  and  dedicate  to 
public  use  (without  charge  or  cost  to  said  city)  the  alley  in  the  rear 
of  lots  sixteen  (16)  to  twenty-six  (26)  inclusive,  in  said  block,  tD 
the  width  of  twenty  (20)  feet,  and  extend  the  same  through  a  por- 
tion of  said  vacated  street,  so  as  to  intersect  with  that  portion  of  said 
street  herein  before  reserved  or  excepted,  then  this  ordinance  shall 
immediately  become  null  and  void,  and  said  street  shall  thereupon 
revert  to  and  become  vested  in  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  as  before 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance . 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  571 

AN   ORDINANCE    in    relation    to  the   Joliet   and    Chicago    Raih-oad    Comjianj. 

[Passed  June  18,  1800.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2442.  ^  I.  That  in  pursuance  of  the  first  clause  of  section  one 
(i)  of  "  An  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad 
Company,"  passed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
January  5,  1857,  and  a  contract  made  and  concluded  by  and  between 
the  said  company  and  the  said  city  on  the  twelfth  day  of  January, 
1857,  and  under  and  in  pursuance  of  the  second  section  of  said  ordi- 
nance, the  said  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  macadamize  that  portion  of  the  street  known  and  called  as 
the  Archer  road,  from  a  point  commencing  on  the  section  line  be- 
tween section  twenty-eight  (28)  and  twenty-nine  (29)  to  Grove  street, 
and  also  the  said  Grove  street  from  its  intersection  with  the  Archer 
road  aforesaid  to  the  north  line  of  North  street,  now  known  as  Six- 
teenth street,  and  forever  maintain  the  same  in  good  order  and  con- 
dition. 

2443.  §  2.  That  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city  be, 
and  thev  are  hereby,  instructed  to  cause  plans  and  specifications  for 
said  improvement  to  be  made  as  speedily  as  possible,  and  a  copy 
thereof  to  be  served  upon  the  proper  officer  or  officers  of  said  com- 
pan}^  together  with  a  proper  notice  requiring  said  company  to  pro- 
ceed and  perform  said  work  in  conformity  with  said  plans  and  speci- 
fications, and  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  said  board, 
within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed  by  said  board. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Chicago,  Alton- and    St.  Louis  Railroad   Com- 
pany.    [Passed  April  22,  1867.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago.- 

2444.  §  I.  That  the  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis  Railroad 
Company  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  down  a  railroad  track 
(with  necessary  turn-outs  and  switches  to  connect  with  adjoining  lots) 
and  operate  the  same  in,  along  and  across  the  following  streets  and 
alleys  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  wit:    Across  Hickory  street  at  its 

'  intersection  with  Lock  street,  across  Fuller  street  at  its  intersection 
with  Lock  street,  across  the  alley  between  Hickory  and  Water  streets, 
south  of  Fort  street,  and  in  and  along  the  north  side  of  Water  (form- 
erly Cologne)  street,  from  the  point  where  it  strikes  said  street,  south 
of  Fort  street,  to  a  point  at  or  about  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  one 
(i)  in  block  twenty-three  (23)  of  the  canal  trustees'  subdivison  of  frac- 
tional section  twentv-nine  (29)  of  township  thirty-nine  (39)  north  of 
range  fourteen  (14)  east — also  across  Quarry  street  about  midway 
between  said  Water  street  and  the  Archer  avenue. 


572  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2445.  §  2.  The  said  company  is  hereby  required,  and  this 
grant  is  made  upon  the  express  condition,  it  shall  so  lay  down  and 
maintain  said  track,  turn-outs  and  switches,  that  they  shall  interfere 
as  little  as  practicable  with  the  usefulness  of  said  streets  and  alleys 
for  the  uses  for  which  they  are  intended,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep 
them  in  such  condition  as  to  allow  the  free  and  easy  passage  of  vehi- 
cles along  and  over  them.  All  of  which  shall  be  done  under  the 
supervision  of   the  board  of  public  works. 

2446.  i:^  3.  This  permission  or  grant  is  made  upon  the  further 
condition,  that  said  railroad  company  shall  keep  and  save  the  city 
harmless  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatever  arising  out 
of  the  use  and  occupation  of  said  streets  and  alleys  b}^  said  company. 

2447.  ■^  4.  This  permission  is  granted  on  the  further  condi- 
tion that  said  company  shall  keep  flagmen  at  the  crossings  of  such 
streets  as  and  when  the  common  council  may  designate. 

24^18.  ^  5.  This  permission  is  granted  subject  to  all  the  gen- 
eral ordinances  concerning  railroads  now  in  force,  or  that  may  here- 
after be  passed. 

2449.  4^  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  amendment  or 
repeal  by  said  council,  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  ten  years 
from  its  passage. 

2450.  '^  7.  It  is  hereby  expressly  understood  and  this  grant 
is  made  on  the  express  condition  that  no  switches  or  turn-outs  shall 
be  made  or  constructed  in  said  Water  or  Cologne  street,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  track  laid  therein. 

2451.  §  8.  Whenever  said  streets,  or  any  of  them,  shall  be 
ordered  improved  b}^  the  city,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said  railroad 
company-  shall  improve,  or  pay  for  the  improvement  of  twenty-four 
(24)  feet  on  the  south  side  of  all  streets  named  herein,  in  addition 
to  their  owm  road  bed,  as  the  board  of  public  w^orks  or  common  coun- 
cil shall  direct. 

2452.  >^  9.  Should  the  said  company  at  any  time  fail  to  com- 
ply with  the  conditions  and  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  of 
them,  or  the  general  ordinances  of  said  city,  the  common  council 
may  order  the  said  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs  to  be  taken  up 
by  said  company,  and  on  its  failure  so  to  do,  in  a  reasonable  time, 
may  direct  the  same  to  be  taken  up  at  the  expense  and  cost  of  said 
company. 

2453.  §  10.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  573 

AN   ORDINANCE   to  amend  an   ordinance   concerning   the   Chicago,  Alton  and 
St.  Louis  Railroad  Company.     [Passed  September  oO,  1807.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

24^4.  §  I.  That  the  title  of  said  ordinance  be  so  amended  as 
to  read,  '•  An  ordinance  concerning  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Raih-oad 
Company;"'  and  that  the  first  section  thereof  be  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  the  words  "  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis,"  in  the  first  line 
of  said  section,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "  Joliet  and 
Chicago." 

AN  ORDINANCE  defining  the  agreement  with  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad 
Company,  as  to  the  paving  or  otherwise  improving  Archer  avenue,  between 
Grove  and  Ilalsted  streets,  according  to  the  terms  of  a  contract  with  the  Joliet 
and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  reterred  to  in  an  ordinance  dated  January  5,. 
1857.     [Passed  July  11,  1870.] 

2455.  Whereas:  A  proposition  has  been  made  by  the  Chicago 
and  Alton  Railroad  Company  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  set  forth  in 
a  resolution  adopted  by  said  company,  June  30,  1870,  which  is  in 
words  and  terms,  as  follows,  viz: 

IfViereas.  The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  has  levied  an 
assessment  upon  the  propert}-  of  this  company  in  Archer  avenue 
in  this  city,  to  the  amount  of  something  over  eighteen  thousand  dol- 
lars for  ])aving  with  wooden  pavement  that  part  of  Archer  avenue 
lying  between  Halsted  street  and  Grove  street  in  said  cit}-,  profess- 
ing to  act  under  the  terms  of  an  ordinance  passed  January  5,  1857,  and 
a  contract  entered  into  in  pursuance  thereof,  between  said  city  and 
the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company-  and, 

Whereas,  also,  Morris  K.  Jessup,  one  of  the  stockholders  of 
this  company,  believing  said  assessment  to  be  illegal  and  invalid, 
has  instituted  a  suit  in  equity  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,  ajj^ainst  the  directors  of  this  com- 
pany  and  said  city,  to  enjoin  the  payment  and  collection  of  said 
assessment,  which  suit  is  still  pending;  and, 

Whereas,  also,  it  is  deemed  adyisable  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
company  that  there  should  be  a  compromise  of  said  ditiiculty  upon 
fair  and  equitable  terms;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  president  of  this  company  be  authorized  to 
to  make  the  following  proposition  to  said  city  as  a  basis  of  com- 
promise: 

I.  That  this  company  will  pay  to  the  cit}'  of  Chicago  the  sum  of 
ten  thousand  dollars  in  full  for  all  paving  to  be  done,  now  or  here- 
after, in  Archer  avenue,  between  Weaver  street  and  the  point  where 
the  road  of  this  company  enters  Grove  street,  and  that  in  consider- 
ation thereof  the  said  city  shall  forever  release  the  Joliet  and  Chicago 


574  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Railroad  Company  and  this  company  from  the  obligation  to  forever 
maintain  such  pavement  on  any  portion  of  said  avenue. 

2.  That  both  the  city  and  the  two  companies  aforesaid  shall  re- 
serve all  rights  which  either  may  have  in  that  portion  of  Grove 
street  mentioned  in  said  ordinance. 

3.  That  this  company  will  maintain  in  good  order  its  track  and 
j-oad-bed  in  that  portion  of  Archer  avenue  between  Grove  and 
Weaver  streets. 

4.  That  the  above  propositions  are  made  subject  to  the  rights 
of  Mr.  Jessup,  the  stockholder  aforesaid,  and  that  this  company  will, 
through  their  proper  officers,  suggest  to  Mr.  Jessup  the  propriety  of 
making  said  compromise,  and  upon  the  acceptance  by  the  said  city- 
council  of  said  city,  of  the  above  propositions,  that  the}'  request  him, 
the  said  Jessup,  to  withdraw  the  suit  so  instituted  by  him  as  afore- 
said. 

5.  That,  as  a  further  consideration  for  said  compromise,  this 
company  will,  if  the  same  is  accepted  by  said  city,  forever  relinquish 
the  right  to  occup}'  so  much  of  said  Archer  avenue  as  lies  between 
Weaver  street  and  Halsted  street ;  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  hv  the  Com  man  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2456.  ^  I.  That  the  proposition  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton 
Railroad  Company,  as  set  forth  in  the  foregoing  preamble,  is  herebv 
accepted:  /^r6'c7V/tv/, //^it'^'zw,  that  this  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect 
until  the  payment  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  the  withdrawal  of 
the  suit  as  specified  in  the  first  and  fourth  sections  respectively  of 
said  proposition  shall  first  have  been  made. 


CHICAGO,    BURLINGTON    AND   QUINCY    RAILROAD    COMPANY. 

AN    ORDINANCE    concerning   the  Chicago,    Burlington    and    Quincv   Raihoad 
Company.     [Passed  December  15,  18(i2.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Connno)!  Conucil  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2457.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authoritv  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  given  to  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincv  Railroad  Com- 
pany, to  lay  down,  maintain  and  to  operate  one  or  more  railroad 
tracks,  together  with  all  such  turn-outs,  switches  and  turn-tables  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary,  on  the  allev  next  north  of  North  street  in 
said  city,  and  on  such  lands  as  said  company  mav  acquire  next  south  of 
and  adjoining  said  alley,  and  in  continuation  of  the  same,  from  the 
south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river  to  and  across  Mar}'  street,  and 
from  Mar}'  street,  on  such  lands  as  it  may  acquire,  to  or  near  the 
point  on  the  western  limits  of  the  city  at  which  Evans  street  crosses 
said  limits,  with  the  right  to  cross  all  intervening  streets. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


575 


2458.  §  2.  Said  company  is  also  hereby  authorized  to  lay 
down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks,  with  such 
turn-outs  and  switches  as  they  shall  deem  necessar}-,  on  an}'  ground 
which  they  now  own  or  may  hereafter  acquire  b}'  purchase,  dona- 
tion, condemnation  or  otherwise,  from  its  depot  grounds  on  North 
street,  to 'South  street,  east  of  the  east  line  of  Stewart  avenue,  to 
Lumber  street,  and  east  of  the  east  line  of  Lumber  street,  from  its 
intersection  with  Stewart  avenue  to  South  street,  and  west  of  the 
south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  and  from  the  south  branch  of  the 
Chicago  river  to  Stinson  street,  on  any  lands  it  may  acquire  within 
one  block  on  either  side  of  South  street,  and  from  South  street  to 
the  St.  Charles  and  Mississippi  Air-line  Railroad,  on  any  lands  it 
may  acquire  between  Stinson  street  and  Lisle  or  Reuben  street,  and 
to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  any  such  track  or  tracks  and  turn- 
outs across  any  street  or  streets  or  alleys  within  the  district  afore- 
said, and  also  all  such  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  convenient  use  of 
any  depot  grounds  the  said  company  may  now  own  or  hereafter  ac- 
quire in  the  vicinity  of  or  adjoining  said  line  of  road,  and  the  grounds 
of  the  Union  track  road  as  now  laid  between  the  said  south  branch 
of  the  Chicago  river  and  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  to  form 
connections  with  it  and  other  roads,  and  also  to  acquire  and  use  all 
such  depot  grounds,  and  to  erect  thereon  such  buildings  as  said  com- 
panv  may  deem  necessary  for  the  convenient  transaction  of  its  busi- 
ness: Provided^  that  convenient  crossings  shall  be  made  and  main- 
tained by  said  company,  when  such  track  or  tracks  cross  any  such 
street  or  alley,  and  proper  warning  tables  shall  be  erected  in  con- 
spicuous places  at  or  near  such  crossings;  said  company  shall  be 
subject  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  that  are  now  in  force,  or  may  here- 
after be  passed,  to  regulate  railroads  within  the  said  city. 

2459.  §  3.  Said  company  is  hereby  autliorized  to  lay  down, 
maintain  and  operate  a  single  railroad  track  in  North  street,  and  fif- 
teen feet  south  of  the  North  line  thereof,  from  a  point  two  hundred 
feet  west  of  the  west  end  of  the  freight  depot  of  said  compan^^  on 
block  forty-eight  (48)  in  canal  trustees'  subdivision  of  the  north- 
w'est  quarter  of  section  twenty-one  (21),  in  township  thirtv-nine  (39), 
north  of  range  fourteen  (14),  east  to  the  slip  constructed  in  North 
street,  at  its  intersection  wnth  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river. 

2460.  '^  4.  Said  company  ma}'  use  and  operate  said  railroad 
tracks  with  locomotive  engines  and  cars,  under  such  regulations  and 
rules  with  reference  to  speed,  motive  power  and  manner  of  run- 
ning the  same,  as  the  common  council  of  said  city  mav.  from  time 
to  time,  impose  and  make. 

2461.  §  5.  Said  company  shall  be  required  to  keep  that  por- 
tion of  North  street  in  which  said  track  shall  be  laid,  in  good  re- 


576  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

pair,  and  pay  all  damages  said  city  may  sustain  by  reason  of  suits 
or  otherwise  on  account  of  the  laying  down  and  using  said  track, 
on  said  part  of  North  street,  as  provided  for  by  section  three  of  this 
ordinance. 

AN    ORDINANCE    concerning  the   Chicago,    Burlington   and  QuincV   Railroad 
Company.      [Passed  Noveinber  2,  1804.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coiuiuon  Coiineil  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2462.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Compan^•,  and  its 
successors,  to  put  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  railroad  with  a 
single  track,  and  with  the  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs,  in  that 
part  of  Brown  street  in  said  city,  which  extends  from  Sixteenth  to 
Twenty-second  street,  with  the  right  to  cross  said  last  mentioned 
street  at  the  intersection  of  Brown  street  with  the  same,  or  at  such 
other  points  near  such  intersections  as  may  be  necessary  to  connect 
said  railroad  with  said  company's  main  line  near  Sixteenth  street, 
and  with  a  railroad  track  to  be  built  by  said  company  on  the  fifty 
feet  south  of  and  adjoining  the  south  line  of  Twentv-second  street, 
and  extending  from  the  east  to  the  west  line  of  Green's  south  branch 
addition  to  Chicago:  Provided,  however,  and  this  permission  and 
authority  is  given  upon  the  express  condition  that  said  company 
shall  procure  and  dedicate  to  said  city  so  much  land  as  shall  be 
necessary  to  open  Brown  street  northward  from  its  present  terminus 
to  Sixteenth  street;  and  in  case  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  is 
opened  by  or  under  the  authority  of  said  city,  said  companv  shall 
pay  to  the  said  city  the  costs  and  expenses  of  procuring  land  and 
opening  the  same,  and  shall  indemnify  and  secure  said  city  from  any 
costs  or  expenses  on  account  of  the  procuring  of  land  for  the  open- 
ing of  said  part  of  said  street. 

2463.  i^  2.    Said  company  and  its  successors  are  hereb}^  author- 
ized to  operate  said  railroad  track  with  steam  or  such  other  motive 
power  as  it  shall  deem  best:  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  however,' 
shall  be   enjoved  subject  to  all  general  ordinances  that  now  are,  or 
hereafter   may  be,  in  force  concerning  railroads  in  said  citv. 

2/J64.  i:^  3.  The  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  are  upon 
this  express  condition:  That  said  railwav  companv,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  shall  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  filling 
or  planking,  at  its  own  expense,  keep  ten  feet  in  width,  exclusive 
of  and  on  one  side  of  its  track,  in  repair  on  said  Brown  street,  so 
far  as  the  same  is  embraced  in  this  ordinance,  and  keep  its  tracks  in 
such  condition  that  wagons  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass 
at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  shall  be  sub- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  577 

ject  to  assessment  for  paving,  repaying,  planking,  replanking,  or  any 
other  kind  of  improvements,  of  ten  feet  in  width  of  said  street,  ex- 
clusive of  and  on  one  side  of  its  track,  whenever  the  common  coun- 
cil shall  by  ordinance  order  said  improvement  to  be  made. 

2465.  ^  4.  That  this  ordinace  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE    concerning    the   Chicago,  Burlington   and   Quincy    Raihoad 
Company.     [Passed  November  28,  18G4.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  Conimoii  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2466.  i^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Company,  and  its 
successors,  to  put  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  railroad  with  a 
single  track,  and  with  the  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs,  in  that 
part  of  Brown  street  in  said  city,  which  extends  from  Sixteenth 
to  Twent3''-second  street,  with  the  right  to  cross  said  last  mentioned 
street  at  the  intersection  of  Brown  street  with  the  same,  or  at  such 
other  points  near  such  intersections,  as  may  be  necessary  to  connect 
said  railroad  with  said  company's  main  line  near  Sixteenth  street, 
and  with  a  railroad  track  to  be  built  by  said  company  on  the  fifty 
feet  south  of  and  adjoining  the  south  line  of  Twent3'-second  street, 
and  extending  from  the  east  to  the  west  line  of  Green's  south  branch 
addition  to  Chicago;  Provided,  hozvever,  and  this  permission  and  au- 
thorit}-  is  given  upon  the  express  condition,  that  said  company  shall 
procure  and  dedicate  to  said  city  so  much  land  as  shall  be  neces- 
sar}'  to  open  Brown  street  northward  from  its  present  terminus  to 
Sixteenth  street;  and  in  case  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  is  opened 
by  or  under  the  authority  of  said  city,  said  company  shall  pay  to 
said  city  the  cost  and  expenses  of  procuring  land  and  opening 
the  same,  and  shall  indemnify  and  secure  said  city  from  any  costs  or 
expenses  on  account  of  the  procuring  of  land  for  the  opening  of  said 
part  of  said  street. 

2^67.  §  2.  Said  compan}'  and  its  successors  are  hereby  au- 
thorized to  operate  said  railroad  track  with  steam,  or  such  other 
moli\'e  power  as  it  shall  deem  best;  the  privileges  hereby  granted, 
however,  shall  be  enjoyed  subject  to  all  general  ordinances  that  now 
are  and  hereafter  may  be  in  force  concerning  railroads  in  said  city. 

2468.  ^  3.  The  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  are  upon 
this  express  condition:  That  said  railway  company,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  shall,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  fill- 
ing or  planking,  at  its  own  expense,  keep  ten  feet  in  width,  ex- 
clusive of  and  on  one  side  of  its  track,  in  repair,  on  said  Brown 
street,  so  far  as  the  same  is  embraced  in  this  ordinance,  and  keep  its 
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SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 


tracks  in  such  condition  that  wagons  and  other  vehicles  can  pass  and 
repass  at  any  and  all  points,  and  in  any  and  all  directions,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  assessment  for  paving  and  repaving,  planking,  replank- 
ing,  or  any  other  kind  of  improvements,  of  ten  feet  in  width  of  said 
street,  exclusive  of  and  on  one  side  of  its  track,  whenever  the  com- 
mon council  shall  by  ordinance  order  said  improvements  to  be  made. 

2469.  i<  j\.  The  right  hereby  granted  shall  not  be  used  for  the 
purpose  of  building  up  a  lumber  business  in  one  locality  in  said  cit}'  and 
destro3-ing  it  in  another;  and  it  is  hereby  expressly  provided,  and  the 
authority  hereb}'  conferred  is  granted  upon  the  distinct  understanding 
that  said  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Company  shall  re- 
ceive all  lumber  delivered  at  its  depot  in  said  cit}'  for  transportation 
over  its  road,  and  transport  the  same  in  the  order  of  its  deliver}^,  so  far 
as  practicable,  and  if  it  shall  take  or  send  its  cars  oft'  its  own  tracks, 
and  to  or  into  the  lumber  yards  of  any  one  locality  in  said  city  to  be 
loaded,  it  shall,  in  like  manner,  take  or  send  its  cars  to  and  into  the 
lumber  vards  of  every  other  localitv  in  said  city  which  is  reached 
by  railroad,  and  over  which  railroad  the  said  compan^^  shall  have 
the  right  or  privilege  to  run  its  engine  and  cars,  and  said  cars,  when 
sent,  shall  be  taken  or  sent  to  the  respective  lumber  yards  in  said 
city  in  the  order  in  which  application  shall  be  made  for  the  same,  so 
far  as  may  be  practicable:  Provided,  /lozccver,  that  said  company 
shall  have  the  right  to  refuse  cars  to  such  persons  or  parties  as  shall 
by  their  own  fault  or  neglect  detain  cars  delivered  at  their  yards  to 
be  loaded,  over  twenty-four  hours  at  any  one  time. 

2470.  §  5.  That  this  ordinance  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN    ORDINANCE   concerning  the   Chicago,   Burlington    and    Quincy  Railroad 
Company,     [Passed  January  80,  18(56.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coniuwn  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2471.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Company  and  its  suc- 
cessors, to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  with  a  single 
track,  and  with  switches,  turn-outs  and  side  tracks  necessary  to  ac- 
commodate the  owners  and  occupants  of  property  along  the  same, 
in  and  upon  Twent^'-second  street  from  Brown  to  Lumber  streets; 
thence  north-easterly  on  Lumber  street  to  tht  right  of  way  of  the 
Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company;  also  south-westerly  on  Lum- 
ber street  from  the  intersection  thereof  with  Twenty-second  street 
as  far  as  the  same  is  laid  out:  Provided,  said  track  shall  be  laid  in 
the  center  of  Twenty-second  street,  and  on  the  east  or  south-east 
side  of  Lumber  street,  as  nearly  as  practicable  to  the  outer  line  of 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  579 

the  sidewalk,  the  whole  to  be  done  under  the  supervision  and  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  board  of  public  works:  And  provided, 
further,  that  the  city  shall  have  the  right  at  any  time  after  five  years 
shall  have  elapsed,  to  cause  the  track  on  Twenty-second  street  to 
be  removed  to  either  side  of  the  center  of  said  Twenty-second 
street:  And  provided  further,  that  no  car  or  cars  shall  be  left  stand- 
ing on  said  main  track  on  Twenty-second  street  at  any  time  or  times 
for  loading  or  unloading,  under  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

2_|72.  ^  2.  Said  track,  side  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs, 
when  laid,  shall  be  open  to  the  use  of  other  railroad  companies, 
whose  cars  come  into  the  city,  upon  just,  safe  and  equitable  terms, 
to  be  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  interested,  and  in  case  of  disagree- 
ment to  be  determined  by  arbitration. 

2473.  i^  3.  The  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  are  upon 
the  express  condition  that  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
shall  till,  grade  and  pave,  macadamize  or  plank  as  and  w^hen  directed 
by  the  board  of  pubhc  works  or  the  common  council,  such  portion 
of  said  streets  as  are  used  and  occupied  by  said  company,  and  also 
at  least  twenty  feet  in  width  on  Lumber  street  and  twelve  feet  on 
each  side  of  its  track  on  Twent3'-second  street:  Provided,  that  if 
the  track  on  Twenty-second  street  sliall  be  moved  to  either  side  of 
said  street  that  then  twenty-four  feet  shall  be  improved  on  one  side 
of  said  Twenty-second  street.  And  shall  also  keep  said  track,  side 
tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches  in  such  condition  that  vehicles  may 
easily  and  readily  pass  along  or  over  the  same  without  injury. 

2474.  s:^  4.  The  permission  hereby  granted  is  upon  the  further 
condition  that  said  railvva}-  company  shall  keep  and  save  the  city 
harmless  from  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  and  suits  arising  out  of 
the  occupation  or  use  of  said  streets  by  said  company,  its  successors, 
assiijns  or  lessees. 

2475.  i^  5.  This  permission  is  granted,  subject  to  all  general 
ordinances  now  in  force  or  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  concerning 
railroads  in  said  cit}'. 

2476.  '^  6.  This  grant  or  permission  shall  extend  and  be  in 
force  for  the  period  of  twenty  3'ears  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  and  for  no  longer  period,  and  said  compan\-  shall,  at 
the  expiration  of  said  period  of  twenty  years,  take  up  said  track, 
side  tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches,  leaving  the  streets  in  good  and 
safe  condition. 


580  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  Co.  to  lay  down  and   main- 
tain certain  tracks.     [Passed  May  17,  1880.] " 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  ConDiion   Coioicil  of  the  city  of  Chicago  .• 

2477.  i^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  are  hereby 
given  to  the  Chicago,  BurHngton  &  Quincy  Raih-oad  Company  to 
lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  double  railroad  track,  together 
with  all  such  switches  and  turn-outs,  as  may  be  necessary  to  connect 
their  double  track  road  on  Twenty-second  street,  in  Green's  South 
Branch  Addition  to  Chicago,  with  their  double  track  road  on  the 
private  railroad  street  in  Walker's  First  Dock  Addition,  all  in  the  city 
of  Chicago,  across  Ashland  avenue  at  a  point  near  and  not  further 
south  than  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  249,  in  said  Green's  -South 
Branch  Addition,  and  crossing  the  west  line  of  Ashland  avenue  at  a 
point  not  further  south  than  the  northeast  corner  of  lot  one,  in  block 
ten,  in  Walker's  First  Dock  Addition  to  Chicago,  said  lot  "  one  " 
being  owned  by  the  city  of  Chica^'o,  and  occupied  by  the  West  Side 
Pumping  Works. 

And  also  a  single  railroad  track,  connecting  the  double  tracks 
above  authorized  at  such  point  as  may  be  necessary  to  obtain  a  prac- 
ticable curve,  running  thence  from  such  connection  across  and  along 
the  east  side  of  said  lot  one,  and  .in  said  block  ten,  thence  south  along 
the  east  side  of  said  block  ten  to  the  Chicago  river. 

Provided^  That  when  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  are  con- 
structed said  company  shall  discontinue  its  tracks  now  crossing  Ash- 
land avenue  at  or  near  the  intersection  of  Twenty-second  street  and 
Blue  Island  avenue,  and  shall  take  up  and  remove  the  same  from 
said  avenue. 

2478.  §  2.  Said  railroad  company  may  use  and  operate  for  a 
term  of  five  years  said  railroad  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  con- 
structed with  locomotive  engines  and  cars  under  such  regulations  and 
rules,  in  reference  to  speed  and  manner  of  running  the  same,  as  the 
city  council  shall  from  time  to  time  impose  and  make,  and  sub- 
ject to  all  general  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that  may  hereafter  be 
passed  concerning  railroads  in  said  cit}'. 

2479.  '^  3.  Said  railroad  company  is  hereby  required  to  keep 
their  said  tracks  so  to  be  constructed  in  good  repair,  with  suitable 
planking  between  the  rails,  so  as  to  make  the  crossing  of  the  same 
safe  and  convenient,  and  the  said  company  shall  keep  and  save  said 
citv  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  and  suits  arising,  or 
which  may  arise  out  of  the  occupation  or  use  of  said  street  by  said 
company,  its  successors,  assigns  or  lessees. 

2480.  §  4.  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  on 
the  express  condition  that  no  railroad  cars  or  locomotives  shall  be  left 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  5S1 

Standing  on  the  part  of  said  track  to  be  laid  on  the  property  belong- 
ing to  the  city  of  Chicago  in  said  block  lo,  to  wit,  lots  i,  2,  3  and 
4  in  said  block,  to  exceed  tifteen  minutes  at  an}^  one  time,  except  cars 
to  be  loaded  or  unloaded  on  said  part  of  said  track  on  behalf  of  said 
city;  and  also  that  said  city  shall  have  the  free  use  of  the  part  of  said 
track  to  be  laid  on  its  premises,  and  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any 
costs  or  charcfcs  for  the  use  of  the  same. 


AN  ORDINANCE  granting  parmission  to  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Rail- 
road Company  to  construct  tracks  between  West  Harrison  and  West  Twelfth 
streets.     [Passed  December  20,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  hv  the  City  Council  of  tiie  city  of  Chicago: 

2481.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  are  hereby 
granted  unto  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Company, 
to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks  on 
the  property  owned  or  hereafter  to  be  acquired  by  them,  between 
West  Harrison  street  on  the  north  and  West  Twelfth  street  on  the 
south,  and  the  tracks  of  the  Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago 
Railway  Company  on  the  east,  and  Canal  street  on  the  west ;  and  for 
that  purpose  to  extend  such  tracks  across  intervening  streets,  to- 
gether with  all  such  turn-outs,  switches,  turn-tables  and  other  struc- 
tures as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  accommodate  the  business 
to  be  done  over  said  tracks. 

2482.  §  2.  Said  railroad  compan}-  shall  also  have  the  right  to 
run  its  trains  from  its  present  depot  grounds  on  Sixteenth  street,  over 
the  tracks  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railway 
Company  located  on  and  adjoining  Beach  street  and  Stewart  avenue, 
to  and  on  to  the  depot  grounds  mentioned  in  said  section  i,  and  to 
the  depot  grounds  of  said  last  named  company,  situated  between 
Madison  and  Harrison  streets;  and  if  at  an}^  time  hereafter  the  facili- 
ties otlered  by  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railway 
Companv  for  such  track  service  shall  be  deemed  inadequate  to  accom- 
modate the  business  of  the  companies  using  the  same,  and  the 
Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincv  Railroad  Company  shall  purchase 
or  lease  other  right  of  way  near  to  or  adjoining  said  tracks  on  the 
west,  between  Sixteenth  and  Twelfth  streets,  permission  is  hereby 
granted  to  said  last  named  company  to  lay  one  or  more  tracks  on 
the  same,  and  to  cross  the  intervening  streets. 

2483.  §  3.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  express  conditions  that  the  said  railroad  company  shall  pay 
or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the  city  of  Chicago  the  cost  and  expense  of 
constructin^r  and  erectino-  a  new  viaduct  on  Polk  street  over  the 
railroad  tracks  crossing  said  street,  between  Canal   street   and   the 


582  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Polk  Street  bridge,  together  with  all  proper  lateral  and  other  ap- 
proaches necessary  thereto,  the  money  necessary  therefor  to  be  paid 
by  said  company  as  aforesaid,  as  fast  as  required  by  the  city  in  pay- 
ing for  the  construction  and  erection  of  said  viaduct,  and  the  lateral 
and  other  approaches  thereto,  and  shall  maintain  and  keep  the  same 
in  repair  without  expense  or  cost  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  such  con- 
struction, maintaining  and  keeping  in  repair  to  be  done  pursuant  to 
the  direction  of  the  city  council  under  the  supervision  of  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works,  and  the  permission  and  authority  here- 
by granted  are  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said 
railroad  company  shall  pay  to  the  city  of  Chicago  the  expense 
of  constructing,  erecting,  maintaining  and  keeping  in  repair  viaducts 
over  any  of  its  said  tracks  on  any  street  or  streets  crossed  by  its 
tracks,  except  said  Polk  street  above  provided  for,  with  proper  ap- 
proaches thereto,  as  the  city  council  may  from  time  to  time  require: 
Provided^  hozvever.  That  when  any  such  viaduct,  except  said 
Polk  street  viaduct  above  provided  for,  cannot  be  constructed  across 
the  tracks  of  said  railroad  company  without  crossing  the  track  or 
tracks  of  some  other  railroad  company  or  companies,  the  said  Chi- 
cago, Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Company  shall  only  be  obliged  - 
to  join  such  other  railroad  company  or  companies  in  paying  the  ex- 
pense of  erecting,  constructing,  maintaining  and  keeping  in  repair 
such  viaduct  and  approaches,  and  to  pay  its  fair  proportion  of  such 
expense  as  between  it  and  such  other  compan}'  or  companies;  and 
if  such  other  railroad  company  or  companies  shall  not  join  said  Chi- 
cago, Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Company  in  paying  said  ex- 
pense, then,  when  the  proportion  of  said  other  company  or  com- 
panies shall  be  otherwise  provided,  the  said  Chicago,  Burlington  & 
Quincy  Railroad  Company  shall  pay  what  would  be  its  fair  propor- 
tion of  said  expense  in  case  such  other  company  or  companies 
should  join  with  it  in  the  payment  of  said  expense  as  aforesaid. 
Said  viaduct  or  viaducts,  and  approaches  thereto,  to  be  constructed 
according  to  the  plans  and  specitications  of  the  department  of  pubhc 
works.  Said  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Company 
shall  furnish  sutiicient  outlets  for  the  private  property-  bounded  by 
Harrison,  Twelfth,  Beach  streets  and  the  south  branch  of  the 
Chicago  river.' 

2484.  §  4.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  railroad  company 
shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago against  and  from  any  and  all  legal  damages,  judgments,  de- 
crees and  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  which  it  may  suffer  or 
which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city,  for  or  by 
reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for  or  by 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  ,  583 

reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the 
exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  or  from 
any  act  or  acts  of  said  company  under  or  by  virtue  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance. 

-^85•  §  5-  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany.    [Passed  Aug.  21,  18TG.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2486.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Raihvay  Company  to 
introduce  its  narrow  gauge  road  into  the  city  of  Chicago,  commenc- 
ing on  the  western  city  Hmits  near  the  center  line  of  section  tw^enty- 
six  (26),  township  thirty-nine  (39),  range  thirteen  (13),  east  of  the 
third  principal  meridian;  thence  east  on  Tw^enty-sixth  street,  or  the 
line  thereof,  to  a  connection  with  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago  &  South- 
ern Railway,  where  the  same  are  laid  upon  said  street  under  an 
ordinance  of  the  common  council  passed  October  26,  1874. 

2487.  ^  2.  And  said  company  may  operate  its  narrow-gauge 
tracks,  the  construction  of  which  is  authorized  as  subject  to  all  ordi- 
nances of  the  cit}'  governing  railroad  corporations,  now  in  force  or 
which  may  hereafter  be  passed. 

2488.  '^  3.  Permission  and  authority  are  hereby  granted  to 
the  said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railwa}^  Company  to  con- 
struct, maintain  and  operate  its  railroad,  with  single  or  double  narrow-- 
gauge tracks  and  all  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs  along  the  line 
as  may  be  necessary  to  transact  the  ordinary-  business  of  said  rail- 
road company,  said  narrow-gauge  track  or  tracks,  switches  and  turn- 
outs to  be  laid,  built  and  constructed  subject  to  the  directions 
of  the  board  of  public  works  of  the  city;  the  said  streets,  alleys 
and  crossings  which  may  be  occupied  by  said  railway  com- 
pany with  its  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs  shall,  whenever  required 
by  the  city  council,  be  graded,  paved  and  repaired  by  said  company 
under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  public  works,  and  shall  be  re- 
paved  and  repaired  whenever  ordered  by  the  board  of  public  works 
or  city  council,  and  shall  be  kept  and  maintained  in  good  order  and 
repair. 

2489.  ^  4.  Said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railwa}'  Com- 
pany is  hereby  authorized  to  run  its  cars  over  and  along  said  narrow 
gauge  tracks  with  steam  or  such  other  motive  power  as  said  company 
may  deem  best,  subject,  however,  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  of  the 


584  ,  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

city  of  Chicago  relating  to  railroad  companies,  now  in  force  or  wliich 
may  hereafter  be  passed;  but  this  section  shall  not  be  so  construed 
as  to  authorize  said  compan}^  to  construct  or  operate  what  is  com- 
monly known  as  a  horse  railroad,  transporting  passengers  and  bag- 
gage to  and  fro  within  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2490.  §  5.  Permanent  crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained 
by  said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railway  Compan}-  where 
said  narrow  gauge  track  or  tracks  cross  any  street  or  alley  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  according  to  the  direction  of  the 
board  of  public  words,  or  as  may  be  ordered  and  directed  by  the 
common  council  of  the  city,  at  any  and  all  times  during  the  contin- 
uance of  the  franchise  hereby  granted.  The  Chicago,  Millington 
&  Western  Railway  Company  shall  build  one  viaduct  each  3'ear 
when  so  ordered  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2491.  ^  6.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  Chicago,  Millington 
&  Western  Railway  Company  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and 
save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  an}^  and  all 
damages,  judgments,  decrees  and  costs,  and  expenses  of  the  same, 
which  it  may  sutler,  or  which  may  be  recovered  and  obtained  against 
the  city  by  reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority, 
or  for  or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the 
privileges  hereb}--  granted. 

2492.  •§  7.  Said  company  shall  permit  any  corporation,  person 
or  persons,  duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  said  city,  to  construct 
side-tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  railway  ccmpany, 
within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  property 
to  and  from  said  railwa}^  to  any  warehouse,  lumber  3'ard,  coal  yard 
or  manufactory  situated  within  one  thousand  (1,000)  feet  of  such 
railway;  and,  upon  reasonable  compensation  being  made  therefor, 
shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owners  or  lessees  of  any  such  side-track, 
or  the  consignees  of  any  property,  to  take  the  cars  containing  such 
property  to  him  or  them  consigned  to  any  such  warehouse,  lumber 
yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactorj'  situated  upon  any  such  side-track; 
and  that  such  owner,  lessee  or  person  conducting  or  carrying  on  any 
such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory  shall  be 
entitled  to  have  any  propert}'  taken  from  any  such  warehouse, 
lumber  yard,  coal  3'ard  or  manufactory  over  an^-  such  side-track  to 
and  upon  the  track  of  said  railway,  under  .the  directions  and  regu- 
lations of  said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railway  Company, 
without  unreasonable  delav.  Provided^  however^  that  any  cars  so 
taken  shall  be  returned  without  any  unnecessary  delay. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  585 

2493.  ■^  8.  Said  company  shall  permit  any  other  two  railway 
companies  to  use  the  right  of  way  hereby  authorized  upon  such  fair 
and  equitable  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said  other  com- 
panies, jointly  and  severally,  and  said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western 
Railway  Company;  and  in  event  of  a  disagreement  as  to  such  terms 
the  same  shall  be  settled  and  determined  by  three  disinterested  per- 
sons, one  to  be  named  b\"  such  other  railway  companies,  and  the 
other  by  the  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railway  Company,  and 
the  two  so  chosen  to  choose  a  third  person,  and  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions which  shall  be  agreed  and  determined  upon  by  such  three  persons 
so  chosen,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  be  the  terms  and  conditions 
upon  which  such  other  railway  companies  respectively  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  use  and  occupy  the  right  of  way  hereby  authorized ;  and  such 
other  railway  companies  shall  in  such  case  have  the  same  pri\ileges 
to  run  cars  upon  and  across  all  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  highways 
as  are  herein  granted  to  said  Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railway 
Company,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  terms,  conditions  and  restric- 
tions contained  in  this  ordinance  to  the  same  extent  as  said  Chicago, 
Millington  &  Western  Railway  Compan}-. 

2494.  §  9.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage  and  due  publication.     [As  amended  Aug.  21, 

1876.] 


CHICAGO  AND  NORTHWESTERN  RAILWAY  COMPANY. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad.    [Passed 

July  17,  1«48.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Cuunnon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  .• 

2^95.  §  I.  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the 
Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  Company  to  introduce  their  road 
into  the  city  on  the  line  of  Kinzie  street,  commencing  at  the  west 
bounds  of  the  city  and  extending  to  .the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago 
river,  and  to  occupy  so  much  of  said  street  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  purpose  of  constructing,  maintaining,  using  and  occupying  a 
single  or  double  railroad  track  through  said  street,  with  such  turn- 
outs, turn-tables  and  branches  extending  to  adjoining  lands  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary  to  the  successful  use  and  occupation  of  said 
road :  Provided,  the  space  occupied  by  said  road,  except  when  turn- 
outs, turn-tables  and  branches  occur,  does  not  exceed  twenty-two 
feet  in  width  of  the  centre  of  said  street:  And  provided,  said  work 
be  so  constructed  that  carriages  may  pass  along  either  side  of  said 
road,  and  may  conveniently  cross  the  same:  And  provided,  a/so.  the 
common  council  reserve  to  itself  the  ricrht  to  reijulate  runninjr  of 
locomoti\-es  on  said  road  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 


586  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2496.  '^  2,  Said  company  may  also  construct  and  use  a  tem- 
porary track  or  branch  from  Kinzie  street  to  Fulton  street,  and 
occupy  such  portion  of  Fulton  street  and  the  streets  between  Kin- 
zie and  Fulton  streets,  as  may  be  necessar}'  for  that  purpose,  and 
terminate  the  same  at  or  near  the  junction  of  Fulton  street  with  the 
north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river:  Provided^  that  sufficient  room  be 
left  for  the  free  passage  of  carriages  along  said  streets,  and  con- 
venient crossinii's  be  made  where  the  said  track  crosses  the  line 
of  streets:  And  -provided^  also,  that  said  companv  bind  itself  to  re- 
move said  temporarv  track  when  the  common  council  shall  so  direct. 

2^97.  ^  3.  Said  company  may  lay  down,  maintain,  use  and  oc- 
cupy a  single  or  double  railroad  track,  with  suitable  turn-outs  and  turn- 
tables, on  the  most  suitable  route  from  Kinzie  street,  at  or  near  the  north 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  to  the  proposed  new  street,  or  proposed 
new  location  of  North  Water  street,  proposed  to  be  established  about 
where  the  alley  between  Kinzie  and  North  Water  streets  now  is, 
and  may  extend  the  same  along  said  proposed  new  street  when  laid 
out  to  Wolcott  street;  or  if  said  new  street  shall  be  extended  through 
block  two  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  North  Water  street,  may  extend 
said  single  or  double  track,  if  they  shall  elect  to  do  so,  on  said  new 
street  when  extended  to  North  Water  street,  and  thence  along  North 
Water  street  part  of  the  way,  or  all  of  the  wa}',  to  the  east  limits  of 
the  city;  or  said  company  may  occupy  the  alley  through  block  two 
in  Kinzie's  addition,  from  Wolcott  to  Kinzie  street,  with  their  rail- 
road track  as  aforesaid,  and  extend  it  thence  along  Kinzie  street  to 
Nortli  Water  street,  and  thence  across  or  along  said  North  Water 
street  all  of  the  way  or  part  of  the  way  to  the  east  limits  of  the  city 
as  aforesaid;  Provided,  however,  that  the  said  raih"oad  track  or 
tracks  shall  be  located  in  said  streets  in  such  manner  as  the  common 
council  may  hereafter  direct. 

2498.  §  4.  Said  company  may  construct  a  railroad  drawbridge 
over  the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  on  or  near  the  line  of 
Kinzie  street,  or  the  street  about  to  be  laid  out  between  Kinzie  and 
North  Water  streets. 


AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the   Chicano  and   Mihvaukee    Railroad    Companj. 
[Passed  February  2,  1857.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  Common  Council  of  tlie  city  of  CJiicago  .• 

2499.  ^  I.  That  the  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  Com- 
pany be  and  the  same  is  hereby  authorized  to  lay  down  and  main- 
tain the  track  for  its  railroad,  with  all  necessary  side  tracks  and 
switches  through  and  along  so  much  of  JelVerson  and  West  Kinzie 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  587 

Streets  as  shall  be  necessary  to  connect  the  track  of  said  railroad  with 
the  track  of 
Kinzie  street. 


the  track  of   the  Galena  and   Chicago  Union  Railroad   on    West 


AN  ORDINANCE  to  authorize  the  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  Company 
to  lav  down  a  track  for  its  railroad  in  Jefferson  and  West  Kinzie  streets.  [Passed 
Apri'l  20,  18r)7.] 

Be  it  ordai)icd  by  the  Comiiwii   Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  .- 

2500.  i^  I.  That  the  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  Com- 
pany is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  lay  down,  use  and 
maintain  the  track  of  its  railroad  through  so  much  of  Jefferson  street 
and  West  Kinzie  street  as  shall  be  necessary  to  connect  the  track 
of  the  railroad  of  said  company  with  the  track  of  the  Galena  and 
Chicago  Union  Railroad  on  West  Kinzie  street ;  said  track  to  be 
laid  down  and  used  by  said  company  and  its  agents  as  not  unneces- 
sarily to  interfere  with  the  public  use  of  said  streets,  and  the  loca- 
tion of  said  track  and  switches  to  be  fixed  b}-  the  agents  of  said  com- 
pany under  the  direction  of  the  city  superintendent,  and  said  road  to 
be  kept  in  repair  at  the  expense  of  said  company,  and  the  grades 
to  be  altered  when  directed  by  the  common  council  or  city  superin- 
tendent. 

2501.  ^  2.  In  consideration  of  the  right  granted  to  it  by  the 
foregoing  section,  said  company-  shall  fill  said  street  up  to  grade  with 
grayel,  or  other  suitable  material,  and  shall  also  plank  or  paye  said 
street  when  required  so  to  do  b}^  order  of  the  common  council. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  vacate  parts  of  First  and  Second  streets  and  an  alley  inter- 
secting said  streets.     [Passed  August  l;>,  I860.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  .• 

2502.  §  I.  That  so  much  of  First  street  as  extends  eastwardly 
from  Halsted  street  to  Union  street,  and  between  blocks  seventy-eight 
(78)  and  seventy-nine  (79)  in  Russell,  Mather  and  Roberts'  addition 
to  the  city  of  Chicaofo,  and  also  so  much  of  Second  street  as  extends 
eastwardly  from  Halsted  to  Union  street,  and  between  blocks  seventy- 
seven  (77)  and  seventy-eight  (78)  in  Russell,  Mather  and  Roberts' 
addition  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  vacated 
and  discontinued,  so  long  as  they  may  be  Us-ed  for  railroad  purposes 
and  no  longer. 

2503.  v:^  2.  That  so  much  of  the  alley  as  extends  south  from 
Chicago  avenue  to  Third  street,  and  intersecting  blocks  seventy-nine 
(79),  seventy-eight  (78)  and  seventy-seven  (77)  in  Russell,  Mather 
and  Roberts'  addition  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  be  and  the  same  hereby 
is  declared  vacated  and  discontinued,  so  long  as  it  may  be  used  for 
railroad  purposes  and  no  longer. 


588  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2504.  §  3.  The  mayor  and  comptroller  shall  execute  and  de- 
liver, on  behalf  o£  the  city,  such  proper  release  or  releases,  convey- 
ance or  conveyances,  as  may  be  necessary,  of  the  city's  right,  title 
and  interest  in  said  vacated  and  discontinued  streets  and  alleys,  to  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Company,  and  to  the  Chicago 
and  Milwaukee  Railroad  Company,  and  each  of  said  companies,  as 
follows:  To  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Company  all 
that  part  of  said  First  street  which  lies  west  of  the  east  line  of  the 
alley  through  said  blocks  seventy-nine  and  seventy-eight,  and  the 
south  half  of  that  part  of  First  street  which  lies  between  the  west  line 
of  Union  street  and  the  east  line  of  said  alley,  through  said  blocks 
seventy-eight  and  seventy-nine ;  also  as  much  of  Second  street  as  lies 
between  the  west  line  of  Union  street  and  a  line  drawn  from  a  point  on 
the  north  line  of  lot  one  (i)  in  block  seventy-seven  (77),  one  hundred 
and  eight  (108)  feet  west  of  the  northeast  corner  of  said  block  seventy- 
seven  (77),  to  a  point  on  the  south  line  of  lot  eight  (8),  in  block  seventy- 
eight  (78J,  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet  west  of  the  southeast  corner 
of  said  lot  eight  (8) ;  also  all  of  the  alley  through  said  block  seventy- 
eight  (78),  except  that  part  which  lies  between  the  north  line  of  Second 
street  and  a  line  drawn  from  a  point  on  the  east  line  of  lot  fifteen  (15) 
in  said  block  sevent3'-eight  (78),  sixty  (60)  feet  north  from  the  southeast 
corner  of  lot  sixteen  (^16)  in  said  block,  measured  on  the  west  line  of  said 
alley,  to  a  point  on  the  west  line  of  lot  eight  (8)  in  said  block  seven- 
t3^-eight  (78),  thirty-one  and  a  half  feet  north  of  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  said  lot  eight  {8).  And  to  the  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Rail- 
road Company,  the  north  half  of  said  First  street,  between  the  west 
line  of  Union  street  and  the  east  line  of  the  alley  through  said 
blocks  seventy-eight  (78)  and  seventy-nine  (79);  the  whole  of  the 
alley  through  said  block  seventy-nine  (79);  the  whole  of  said 
alley  through  block  seventy-seven  (77);  so  much  of  the  alley 
through  block  seventy-eight  (78)  as  lies  south  of  a  line  drawn  from 
a  point  on  the  east  line  of  lot  fifteen  (15)  in  block  seventy-eight  (78), 
sixty  feet  north  of  the  southeast  corner  of  lot  sixteen  (16)  in  said 
block  seventy-eight  (78),  to  a  point  on  the  west  line  of  lot  eight  (8) 
in  said  block  seventy-eight  (^78),  thirty-one  and  a  half  (31-i)  feet 
north  of  the  southwest  corner  of  said  lot  eight  (8)  in  said  block  sev- 
ent3'-eight  (78);  also  so  much  of  Second  street  as  lies  between  Hal- 
sted  street  and  a  line  drawn  from  a  point  on  the  north  line  of  lot 
one  (i),  in  block  seventy-seven  (77),  one  hundred  and  eight  (108) 
feet  west  of  the  northeast  corner  of  said  block  seventy-seven  (77), 
to  a  point  on  the  south  line  of  lot  eight  in  block  seventy-eight  (78), 
one  hundred  and  seventy  (170)  feet  west  of  the  southeast  corner  of 
said  lot  eight.  And  in  each  of  which  deeds,  releases,  conveyances, 
or  other  instruments,  this  ordinance  shall  be  fully  recited. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  589 

2505.  §  4.  The  said  First  street,  the  said  Second  street,  and 
the  said  alley,  or  so  much  of  the  same  as  is  herein  vacated  and  re- 
leased to  the  before  named  railroad  companies,  shall  immediately 
revert  to  the  city  of  Chicago  when  the  said  railroad  companies  shall 
cease  to  use  the  streets  and  allies  vacated  and  released  herein  for  rail- 
road purposes,  and  all  right  and  title  thereunto  shall  again  become 
vested  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  before  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance: Provided,  that  no  streets  or  alleys  shall  be  vacated  except 
where  the  railroad  companies  own  upon  both  sides  thereof. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  vacate  streets  and  alleys  in  the  west  division.     [Passed  Oc- 
tober 21,  1861.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago.- 

2506.  §  I.  That  so  much  of  Fourth  street  as  lies  between  the 
east  line  of  Desplaines  street  and  the  west  line  of  Jetlerson  street;  also 
so  much  of  Jefferson  street  as  lies  between  the  north  line  of  West  Indi- 
ana street  and  the  north  line  of  Fourth  street ;  also  so  much  of  Water 
street  as  lies  between  the  south  line  of  Indiana  street  and  the  north 
line  of  Cook  street,  and  from  the  north  line  of  Indiana  street  to 
JetTerson  street:  also  the  alley  running  north  from  Indiana  street  to 
the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river  between  Desplaines  street  and 
Jefferson  street;  also  the  alley  between  lots  se\'enteen  (^17)  and  eight- 
een (18),  and  lots  seven  (7)  and  eight  (8)  in  Waubansia  addition: 
also  the  allev  running  east  and  west,  north  and  adjoining  lot  eleven 
(II)  in  block  sixty-one  (61)  in  Russell,  Mather  and  Roberts'  addition 
to  Chicago,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  vacated  and  discontinued: 
Provided,  hoifever,  that  such  vacation  and  discontinuance  shall  con- 
tinue onlv  so  long  as  they  mav  be  used  for  railroad  depot  purposes 
and  no  longer:  Provided,  further,  that  the  city  authorities  shall  ha^•e 
the  right  to  enter  upon  any  or  such  portions  of  said  streets  and  al- 
leys as  they  shall  deem  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or 
repairing  water  pipes  or  sewers  or  either. 

2507.  ^  2.  That  the  mayor  and  comptroller  shall  execute  and 
deliver  in  behalf  of  the  city,  such  proper  conveyance  as  may  be  ne- 
cessary to  convev  to  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad  Com- 
pany so  much  of  the  right  and  title  of  said  city  to  said  streets  and 
alleys  hereby  vacated,  as  is  contemplated  by  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  and  subject  to  all  the  conditions  in  this  ordinance  pre- 
scribed. 

2508.  §  3.  That  if  the  said  Chicago  and  North  Western  Rail- 
road Companv  shall  at  any  time  cease  to  use  for  railroad  depot 
purposes  the  streets  and  alleys  that  are  hereby  va'cated,  or  if  said 
railroad  companv  shall  at  anv  time  hereafter  refuse  or  neglect  to 
immediately  pay  over  to  said  city  of  Cliicago  any  and  all  amount  of 


590  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

moneys  it  may  be  judicially  determined  that  said  city  should  pay  as 
damages  or  costs,  by  reason  of  the-  property  of  any  person  or  per- 
sons being-  damaged  by  reason  of  the  vacation  and  discontinuance 
of  such  streets  and  alleys,  then  such  streets  and  alleys  shall  immedi- 
ately revert  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago  as  before  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  and  any  deed  or  conveyance  given  by  virtue  hereof  shall 
in  such  event  become  immediateh'  null  and  void. 

2509.  i^  4.  If  the  authorities  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago  shall 
at  any  time  hereafter  establish  a  dock  line  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  which  shall  necessitate  the  taking 
or  cutting  away  of  any  portion  of  the  streets  and  alleys  hereby  va- 
cated, said  railroad  company  shall  thereupon  cease  to  use,  and  shall 
surrender  to  said  cit}^  such  portion  or  portions  of  such  streets  and 
alleys  without  charge  or  cost  to  said  city,  and  said  railroad  com- 
pany shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  damages  for  the  portion  of  streets 
or  alleys  so  taken  or  cut  away.  Any  neglect  on  the  part  of  said 
railroad  company  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall 
forfeit  all  right  of  said  company  to  occupy  or  longer  use  the  streets 
and  alle3'S  herein  vacated. 

AN  ORDINANCE  approving  a  certain   contract   with  the   Galena  and  Chicago 
Union   Railroad  Company.      [Passed  Jul\'  11,  1864.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2510.  ^  I.  That  the  contract  made  and  executed  by  and  be- 
tween the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  Company,  party  of 
the  first  part,  and  the  city  of  Chicago,  through  the  board  of  public 
works,  party  of  the  second  part,  bearing  date  the  thirtieth  da}-  of 
Ma}^,  A.  D.  1864,  in  relation  to  the  construction  of  a  bridge  across 
the  Chicago  river,  on  the  line  of  State  street  in  the  south  division, 
and  Wolcott  street  in  the  north  division,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereto 
appended,  be  and  the  same  herebv  is  in  all  repects  approved,  rati- 
fied and  confirmed. 

251 1.  ■j^  2.  That  pursuant  to  the  terms  of  said  contract,  the 
grade  of  Wolcott  street  between  the  Chicago  river  and  a  point  ten 
feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  the  track  of  the  Galena  and  Chicap'o 
Union  Railroad  Company,  entering  the  east  door  of  the  more  north- 
erly brick  freight  house  of  said  company,  near  the  corner  of  Wolcott 
and  (new)  North  Water  streets,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  per- 
manently established  at  seven  feet  above  the  base  line  of  the  city 
level  heretofore  established;  and  that  the  grade  of  (^nevv)  North 
Water  street  at  its  intersection  with  Wolcott  street,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  permantly  established  at  seven  feet  above  the  base  line  of 
the  city  level,  and  the  grade  of  said  (new)  North  Water  street  shall 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  59I 

ascend  east  and  west  from  Wolcott  street  at  the  rate  of  one  foot 
rise  to  one  hundred  feet  in  horizontal  distance,  until  such  inclined 
grade  shall  intersect  and  connect  with  the  general  grade  of  said 
(new)  North  Water  street,  as  now  or  as  it  may  be  hereafter  estab- 
lished. The  grades  hereby  established  shall  never  be  changed  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  said  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad 
Company. 

2512.  §  3.  That  a  portion  of  the  alley  running  through  block 
two  (2)  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chicago,  beginning  at  its  intersection 
with  Wolcott  street,  and  running  thence  north-easterly  to  the  south- 
west corner  of  lot  one  (i)  in  said  block  two  (2),  and  all  that  portion 
of  (old)  North  Water  street,  situated  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chicago, 
lying  west  of  the  west  line  of  Wolcott  street  produced  to  the  Chi- 
cago river,  be  and  the  same  are  discontinued  and  vacated:  Provided^ 
that  a  new  alley  shall  be  laid  out  and  opened  by  the  Galena,  and 
Chicago  Union  Railroad  Company,  from  the  remaining  portion  of 
the  alley  above  referred  to,  into  North  Water  street  along  the  easterly 
side  of  lot  eleven  (ii)  in  block  two  (2)  of  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chi- 
cago, without  charge  or  expense  to  said  city,  said  alley  to  be  eighteen 
feet  wide. 

2513.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

Co)itracf  referred  to  in  foregoiiig  ordinance. 

This  Indentire,  made  this  thirtieth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1864,  by  and  between 
the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Raih-oad  Company,  party  of"  the  first  part,  and  the 
city  of  Chicago,  party  of  the  second  part,  witnesseth : 

77w/,  'v/irrcas,  the  said  c\t\  of  Cliicago  proposes  to  erect  and  maintain  a  pivot 
or  draw-bridge  across  the  Chicago  river,  on  or  near  the  line  of  Slate  street  in  the 
south  division,  and  Wolcott  street  in  the  north  division  of  said  city,  the  approach  to 
which  proposed  bridge  from  the  north  \\\\\  cross  ^vater  lots  one  (1),  two  ('^)  and  three 
(55)  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  parts  of  them,  which  water  lots  are 
owned  by  the  said  party  of  the  first  part; 

,!//(/,  u/tcreas,  bv  virtue  of  a  certain  ordinance  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  passed 
July  17th,  1848,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  heretofore  laid  and  constructed, 
and  has  been  and  is  now  using  and  operating  railroad  tracks,  in  connection  with  its 
railroad,  upon  and  across  Wolcott  street,  between  Kinzie  street  and  the  Chicago 
river; 

And,  -ii'hereas,  it  is  believed  that  the  public  interests  and  convenience,  as  well  as 
those  of  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  Company,  would  be  promoted  by 
carrying  the  approach-wa}-  to  the  proposed  bridge  on  the  north  side,  over  the  railroad 
tracks  of  said  company,  in  the  form  of  a  viaduct,  instead  of  raising  and  filling  Wol- 
cott street  from  Kinzie  street  to  the  river  up  to  the  necessary  grade; 

And,  'vhcrcas:,  the  said  partv  of  the  first  part  is  willing  to  grant,  convey  and  con- 
firm unto  the  said  partv  of  the  second  part  so  much  and  such  portions  of  the  said 
water  lots  one  (1),  two  (2)  and  three  (o)  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chicago,  as  is  required 
for  the  extension  of  Wolcott  street,  through,  sixty-six  feet  in  width,  to  the  Chicago 
river,  in  return  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  rights,  privileges  and  benefits  herein- 
after secured  by  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  to  the  said    party  of  the  first  part. 

.\'(nc',  therefore,  the  said  partv  of  the  first  part,  in  consideration  of  the  construc- 
tion and  maintenance  of  said  bridge  and  viaduct,  and  of  other    valuable  considera- 


592  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

tioiis  in  this  agreement  hereinafter  contained,  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  said  party 
of  the  second  part,  and  upon  the  conditions  hereinafter  specified,  does  herebv  grant, 
convey  and  confirm  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  all  that  portion  of  water 
lots  one  (1),  two  (2)  and  three  (3)  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chicago,  in  the  county  of 
Cook,  and  state  of  Illinois,  which  is  embraced  or  included  within  the  east  and  west 
lines  of  Wolcott  street,  in  said  city  of  Chicago,  produced  and  extended  southerly  to 
the  main  Chicago  river;  the  said  party  of  the  seconil  part  and  its  successors  forever, 
to  tliereafter  have  and  hold  the  same,  for  the  purposes  of  a  public  street,  but  subject 
to  the  stipulations  and  conditions  hereinafter  mentioned. 

And  in  consideration  of  the  above  agreement  to  grant  and  conve\'  as  aforesaid, 
the  said  partv  of  the  second  part  hereby  stipulates  and  agrees  to  and  Avith  the  said 
part\  of  the  first  part,  that  whenever  the  proposed  bridge  shall  be  erected  across  the 
Chicago  river  at  the  point  above  indicated,  it  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with 
the  plan  and  profile  prepared  for  tliat  purpose  by  the  board  of  public  works  of  the 
citv  of  Chicago,  and  appended  hereto,  and  when  displaced  bv  accident,  or  because 
worn  out  and  requiring  to  be  repaired  or  built  anew,  it  shall  be  renewed  or  recon- 
structed without  unnecessary  delay,  in  accordance  with  the  same  plan  and  profile, 
unless  the  parties  hereto  mutually  agree  otherwise,  a  general  description  of  which 
plan  and  jirofile  is  as  follows: 

The  said  bridge  shall  be  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  (184)  feet  long,  revolving 
on  a  pivot  at  the  center,  having  two  openings  for  vessels,  each  seventy-four  (74)  feet 
wide  in  the  clear.  The  said  central  pi\ot  shall  be  fixed  at  a  point  in  the  river  about 
one  iiundred  and  twenty-one  (131)  feet  from  that  point  in  the  northerly  line  of  the 
river  which  is  intersected  by  the  center  line  of  said  bridge.  Th?  top  of  the  floor  of 
said  bridge  shall  be  twenty-one  feet  and  three  inches  above  the  base  line  of  the  city 
level  heretofore  established.  The  northerly  approach-wav  to  said  bridge  shall  be 
carried  over  the  tracks  of  said  railroad  company  on  Wolcott  street,  in  the  form  of  a 
viaduct,  on  such  a  grade  line  that  the  under  side  of  the  three-inch  oak  plank  floor 
of  the  said  viaduct  shall  be  twenty-one  feet  above  the  base  line  of  the  said  city  level, 
to  the  end  that  the  roadway  over  the  bridge  and  the  viaduct  shall  be  level,  and  that 
the  locomotives  and  cars  of  the  said  railroad  company  may  always  have  free  and 
uninterrupted  passage  to  and  fro  along  the  said  tracks  beneath  said  viaduct,  and,  to 
establish  this  definitely,  it  is  hereby  expressly  agreed  that  the  grade  of  Wolcott  street, 
under  the  pro'posed  viaduct,  for  the  entire  distance  occupied  by  the  tracks  of  said 
company,  and  of  North  Water  street  at  its  intersection  with  Wolcott  street,  shall  be, 
and  is  herebv,  established  at  seven  feet  above  the  base  line  of  said  city  level,  and  the 
grade  of  North  Water  street,  east  and  west  of  Wolcott  street,  shall  ascend  from  Wol- 
cott street  at  the  rate  of  one  (1)  foot  rise  to  one  hundred  (100)  feet  horizontal  di-<tance, 
until  such  inclined  grade  shall  intersect  and  connect  with  the  established  grade  of 
said  North  Water  street;  and  the  grade  of  ^Volcott  street,  where  occupied  by  the 
tracks  of  said  company  as  above,  and  of  North  Water  street,  within  the  limits  above 
specified,  shall  never  be  changed  or  modified,  except  bv  the  mutual  consent  of  both 
parties  to  this  indenture. 

The  said  viaduct  is  to  be  sustained  at  proper  intervals  by  piers  constructed  of 
stone,  or  a  double  row  of  piles,  well  capped  and  cased  in  with  tAvo-inch  oak  plank, 
and  is  to  extend  from  the  north  end  of  said  bridge  to  a  point  ten  (10)  feet  north  of 
the  center  line  of  the  track  entering  the  east  door  of  the  more  northerly  brick 
freight  house  of  said  railroad  company,  near  the  corner  of  Wolcott  street  and  (new) 
North  Water  street,  where  it  is  to  rest  on  an  abutment  pier,  to  be  constructed  of 
stone  or  a  double  row  of  piles  extending  across  the  said  viaduct  thirty-eight  (88) 
fjet  wide ;  from  thence  the  approach-way  will  descend  at  the  same  width  by  such 
a  grade  as  may  be  proper,  to  Kinzie  street.  P'rom  the  said  abutment  to  the  south 
line  of  Kinzie  street  this  approach-way  is  to  be  constructed,  for  the  present,  of  piles 
and  timber,  with  a  roadway  twenty-three  feet  and  four  inches  Avide,  to  be  covered 
with  three-inch  oak  plank,  and  with  a  sidewalk  on  each  side  of  the  roadway,  and 
raised  eight  inches  above  it,  se\en  feet  and  four  inches  Avide,  to  be  covtred  with  two- 
inch  oak  plank.  But  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent 
the  widening  of  this  approath-way  to  the  said  viaduct,  and  the  widening  of  said 
viaduct  to  the  extent  of  the  entire  width  of  Wolcott  street,  or  to  prevent  the  raising 
and  filling  of  Wolcott  street,  from  the  notherly  abutment  of  said  viaduct  to  Kinzie 
street,  to  such  grade  as  will  furnish  to  the  public  easy  and  convenient  access  to  said 
viaduct  and  bridge. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  593 

It  is  liirthcr  mutually  agreed,  that  the  said  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad 
Compan\  shall  have  the  right  to  construct  and  maintain,  at  its  own  expense,  and  for 
its  own  accommodation  and  convenience,  a  passage-wav  for  teams  and  foot  iiassen- 
gers  from  the  said  viaduct,  and  connecting  therewith  on  the  westerly  side  thereof, 
to  such  point  south  of  the  south  warehouse  of  said  company  as  mav  be  agreeable 
to  said  company,  and  in  case  the  alley  now  used  by  said  company,  running  along  the 
northerly  side  of  its  north  warehouse  across  lots  five  (5),  six  (0),  seven  (7)  and  eight 
(8),  in  block  one  (1),  in  the  original  town  of  Chicago,  should  be  hereafter  extended 
easterly  to  Wolcott  street,  through  lot  or  block  one  (1),  in  Kinzie's  addition  to  Chi- 
cago, the  said  company  shall  also  have  the  rigiit  to  construct  and  maintain,  at  its 
own  expense,  another  passage-wav  for  teams  and  foot  passengers  froni  the  approach- 
wav  to  the  said  viaduct,  and  connecting  therewith  to  the  said  alley:  Provided^  that 
these  passage-ways  and  the  use  of  the  same  shall  at  no  time  be  permitted  to  cause 
any  obstruction  or  unnecessary  interruption,  delay  to  the  public  travel  across  the 
said  bridge  and  viaduct  or  approach  thereto. 

And  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  further  agrees  to  take  immediate  steps  to 
vacate  a  portion  of  the  allev  running  through  block  two  (2)  in  Kinzie's  addition  to 
Chicago,  the  portion  to  be  vacated  being  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  its  intersection  with  Wolcott  street  and  running  thence  north- 
easterly to  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  one  (1)  in  said  block  two  (2);  and,  in  considera- 
tion thereof,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  hereby  covenants  and  agrees,  to  and  with 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  that  immediately  after  the  vacating  of  the  above 
described  portion  of  the  aforesaid  alley,  it  will  cause  to  be  laid  out,  opened  and 
dedicated  to  the  public  use,  without  expense  or  cost  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  a  free 
passage-way  from  the  remaining  part  of  said  alley  into  North  Water  street,  along 
the  easterly  side  of  lot  eleven  (11)  in  block  two  (2)  aforesaid,  said  passage-way  to  be 
eighteen  feet  wide. 

The  said  party  of  the  second  part  further  agrees  to  take  immediate  steps  to  va- 
cate all  that  portion  of  (old)  North  Water  street  situated  in  Kinzie's  addition  to 
Chicago,  and  lying  west  of  the  west  line  of  Wolcott  street  produced  to  the  Chicago 
ri\er. 

It  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part  shall  never  grant  to  any  other  party  the  right  to  use  or  occupy  any 
portion  of  the  premises  hereinbefore  conveyed  by  said  party  of  the  first  part  to  said 
party  of  the  second  part  for  the  extension  of  Wolcott  street  to  the  river,  without  the 
consent  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part;  nor  shall  the  said  party  of  the  first  part 
be  hereaiter  excluded  from  such  restricted  use  of  the  said  granted  premises  as 
mav  be  compatible  with  the  full  exercise  and  enjoyment  by  the  said  city  of  Chicago 
and  the  public  at  large  of  all  the  paramount  rights,  privileges  and  facilities  which  are 
by  the  foregoing  terms  of  this  instrument  vested  in  or  secured  to  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  or  intended  so  to  be. 

And  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  fiu-ther  stipulates  and  agrees,  that  the  said 
railroad  company  shall  at  all  times  hereafter  have  the  right,  uninterruptedly,  to 
stand,  mo\e  or  propel  its  locomotives  and  cars  along  North  Water  street  and 
across  Wolcott  street,  beneath  the  said  proposed  viaduct,  any  past,  present  or  future 
ordinance  of  the  city  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding:  Provided^  /loxirz'cr.  That  no 
locomotive  when  in  active  service,  shall  stop  or  stand  directly  under  the  said  via- 
duct, and  further,  that  so  much  of  (new)  North  Water  street  at  this  point  shall  be 
left  open  and  unobserved  as  to  allow  always  a  free  passage  for  teams  through  and 
along  the  same. 

And  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  in  consideration  of  the  foregoing  stipula- 
tions and  agreements  to  be  observed  and  performed  bv  said  party  of  the  second  part, 
fiu-ther  covenants  and  agrees,  to  and  with  the  said  party  of  the  second  part, 
that  it,  the  said  part_\'  of  the  first  part,  will  contribute  and  pay  to  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part,  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  towards  the  construc- 
tion of  the  said  bridge  and  viaduct;  such  payment  to  be  made  \\heneyer  demanded 
by  said  party  of  the  second  part,  after  the  final  execution  and  ratification  of  this 
contract,  and  at  any  time  after  commencing  to  build  said  bridge.  And  further,  that 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part  shall  and  will,  annually  hereafter,  as  long  as  said 
bridge,  viaduct  and  approach-way  are  maintained,  on  the  first  day  of  April  in  each 
and  e^■ery  year,  contribute  and  pay  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  the  sum  of  four  hun- 
dred dollars   towards   maintaining  the   said   viaduct,  and  renewing  and  keeping  the 

38 


594  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

same  in  repair — said  annual  payments  to  commence  on  the  first  day  of  April  next 
succeeding  the  opening  of  the  bridge  and  viaduct  to  public  use;  and  the  first  pay- 
ment to  be  computed  for  such  fractional  part  of  the  year  as  may  intervene  be- 
tween such  opening  and  such  first  day  of  April,  at  said  rate  of  four  hundred  dollars 
per  annum. 

It  is  further  mutually  agreed  by  the  parties  hereto,  that  this  contract  shall  take 
effect  and  become  bindhig  and  obligatory  upon  both  parties,  as  soon  as  the  same 
shall  be  duly  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
such  ratification  and  confirmation  to  be  evidenced  by  the  passage  of  an  ordinance 
prepared  by  the  board  of  pul)lic  works,  and  hereby  declared  to  be  a  part  of  this 
agreement,  and  providing  as  follows,  to  wit;  \Hcre follo'vs  a  copy  of  the  oi'ditiance 
frinted  autc^ 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  party  of  the  first  part  have  caused  this  contract  to  be 
signed  by  its  president  and  secretary,  and  affixed  the  seal  of  the  said  company;  and 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  through  the  board  of  public  works,  have  also  ex- 
ecuted the  same,  and  caused  to  be  affixed  hereto  the  signatures  of  the  commissioners 
of  said  board.  ^^    ^^     BROWN,  President. 

Attest:    W.  M.  LARRABEE,  Secretary. 

J.  G.  GINDELE, 

[seal.]  FRED.  LETZ, 

O.  J.  ROSE, 

Board  of  Public  Works. 

Agreement  in  relation  to  sewerage.     [Approved  July  19,  1869.] 

2514.  This  agreement,  made  this  30th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1869, 
between  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Compan}-  of  the 
first  part,  and  the  city  of  Chicago,  party  of  the  second  part,  Wit- 
nesseth:  That,  whereas,  said  railway  company  is  the  owner  of  the 
lands  lying  between  the  east  terminus  of  Mitchell  street  in  said  city, 
and  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  and  said  city  proposes  to 
construct  a  sewer  through  said  lands  communicating  with  said  river. 

Now,  therefore,  said  railway,  company  in  consideration  of  the 
construction  of  said  sewer,  and  of  other  privileges  to  them  granted, 
as  hereinafter  set  forth,  hereby  grants  to  said  party  of  the  second 
part  the  right  to  lay  said  sewer  through  their  said  grounds,  at  such 
a  depth  from  the  surface,  however,  as  not  to  interfere  in  any  man- 
ner with  the  free  use  of  said  lands,  dockage  or  other  purposes.  And 
it  is  hereby  agreed  that  both  parties  to  this  instrument  shall  have 
the  privilege  at  all  times  of  connecting  with  said  sewer  through 
the  lands  of  said  party  of  the  first  part  subject,  however,  to  the 
sewerage 'regulations  of  the  said  cit}-. 

It  is  further  mutually  agreed  between  the  aforesaid  parties  that 
this  agreement  shall  be  perpetual,  and  at  all  times  be  construed  into 
a  covenant  running  with  the  land. 

In  witness  whereof  said  parties  here  have  by  their  proper  officers 
hereunto  set  their  hands  and  fixed  their  seals  on  the  day  and  3'ear 
first  above  written, 

THE  CHICAGO  AND  NORTHWESTERN  RAILWAY  COMPANY, 
By  H.  R.  Parsons,  Vice  Pres'deut. 

[seal.]  a.  H.  Burley,  President  Board  of  Public  Works. 

Attest:    J.  B.  '^iLT>v\^\.\i.,  Assistant  Secretary. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


595 


ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  conbtruction  of  a  viaduct  over  the  tracks  of  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Raihvay,  and  the  C,  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R.,  on  North 
Halsted  street,  and  the  change  of  street  grade  made  necessarv  thereby.  [Passed 
July  28,  187:5.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  thee  it  \  of  Chicagv: 

2515.  §  I.  That  the  board  of  public  works  be  and  the}'  are 
hereby  authorized  to  proceed  forthwith  with  the  construction  of  a 
viaduct,  and  the  necessar}-  approaches  thereto,  on  North  Halsted 
street  over  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railwa}'^, 
and  the  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railroad  at  the 
grade  hereinafter  established,  and  upon  plans  and  specifications  to 
be  prepared  by  said  board;  provided,  that  the  cost  of  the  south  ap- 
proach, with  the  lateral  approaches  thereto,  and  the  south  256^  feet 
of  the  viaduct,  be  borne  by  the  said  C,  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R.  Co.,  in 
accordance  with  the  ordinance  concerning  said  company,  passed  by 
the  council  April  i,  1872,  and  that  the  cost  of  the  north  approach, 
with  the  lateral  approaches  thereto,  and  the  north  210  feet  of  the 
viaduct  be  borne  by  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Com- 
pany, not,  however,  to  exceed  the  sum  of  ninetv-one  dollars  per 
lineal  foot  for  the  viaduct,  or  the  sum  of  $2i,755yy^  for  the  ap- 
proaches. 

If  it  should  be  found  upon  receiving  proposals  for  the  work  that 
the  cost  of  the  north  approach  and  the  north  210  feet  of  the  viaduct 
should  exceed  the  sum  above  specified,  such  excess  of  cost  shall  not 
be  held  as  a  bar  to  the  prosecution  of  the  work,  but  the  amount  so 
in  excess  shall  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  city  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  or  by  a  special  appropriation  for  that  pm-- 
pose. 

2516.  §  2.  That  the  grade  of  North  Halsted  street  between 
the  points  herein  designated  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established 
as  follows:  Commencing  at  the  present  established  grade  of  13  feet 
at  a  point  112  feet  north  of  the  north  line  of  Hubbard  street,  and 
rising  at  a  regular  grade  of  one  foot  in  forty  to  a  grade  of  26  feet 
at  the  North  line  of  West  Kinzie  street,  thence  on  a  level  grade  to 
the  centre  of  Carroll  street,  thence  in  a  descending  grade  of  one 
foot  in  forty  to  meet  the  established  grade  of  14  feet  at  a  point  73 
feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Fulton  street. 


AN    ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Chicago,    Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Raihvay 
Company.     [Passed  September  22,  1873.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicag-o: 

2517.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railwav  Company,  and  its 
successors,  to  put  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  railroad,  witli  a 


59^  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

single  or  double  track,  and  all  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs 
along  the  line  of  their  road  as  now  graded,  and  as  shown  on  the  plat 
attached  hereto  and  made  part  hereof,  from  a  point  on  the  south 
side  of  Kinzie  street,  at  or  near  the  crossing  of  Western  avenue, 
across  Kinzie  street.  Western  avenue.  Artesian  avenue,  Seymour 
street,  Rockwell  street,  Washtenaw  avenue,  California  avenue,  West 
Chicago  avenue,  Kedzie  street,  Augusta  street,  Homan  and  Grand 
avenue,  Central  Park,  Tinkham,  Lawndale  and  North  avenues,  and 
other  streets  and  avenues,  and  alleys,  between  said  Kinzie  street  and 
North  avenue,  which  cross  or  may  hereafter  be  laid  out  across  the 
said  line  of  said  railway,  as  shown  on  the  said  plat  —  subject,  how- 
ever, to  the  direction  of  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city  in 
the  construction  of  said  tracks,  switches,  and  turn-outs,  and  the 
paving  and  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much  of  said  streets,  alleys  and 
crossings,  as  may  be  occupied  by  said  railway  company  with  its 
tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs, 

2518.  §  2.  Said  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway 
Company,  and  its  successors,  are  hereby  authorized  to  run  their  cars 
over  and  along  said  tracks,  with  steam,  or  such  other  motive  power 
as  said  company  may  deem  best,  subject,  however,  to  all  general 
ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago  as  to  railroad  companies  similarly 
situated. 

2519.  §3,  Convenient  crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained 
by  said  company  where  said  track  or  tracks  cross  an}"  street  or  alley 
within  the  hmits  of  said  city,  according  to  the  directions  of  the  board  of 
public  works  of  said  city.  The  permission  and  authority  herein 
granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  Chicago,  Mil- 
waukee and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company  shall  annually,  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  erect  and  maintain  two  viaducts  in  each 
year  over  its  said  tracks,*  and  the  board  of  public  works  shall,  in 
each  year,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  designate  the  streets 
over  which  such  viaducts  and  approaches  to  said  viaducts  shall  be 
constructed  and  maintained,  the  same  to  be  built  in  such  manner  as 
the  said  board  of  public  works  shall  direct:  Provided^  hozverer, 
that  the  said  viaduct  or  viaducts  shall  have  approaches  thereto,  on 
each  side  thereof,  with  the  proper  area  on  either-  side  of  said  ap- 
proaches; said  approaches  to  have  an  elevation  of  not  more  than 
one  foot  to  every  forty  feet  in  length  thereof,  and  that  said  approaches 
to  said  viaducts  shall  likewise  be  erected  and  built  by  and  at  the  ex- 
pense of  said  railroad  company. 

2520.  §  4.  The  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to 
all  the  general  ordinances  that  are  now  or  ma}'  hereafter  be  in  force 
concerning  railroads  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO,  597 

2521.  §  5.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify 
and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  any  and  all 
damages,  judgments,  decrees,  and  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same 
which  it  may  suffer,  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against 
said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and 
authority,  or  for  or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting 
from,  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected 
therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges 
hereby  granted. 

2522.  i^  6.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  said  railroad  company  shall, 
and  will  within  three  3^ears  from  the  time  that  said  company  shall 
lay  down  and  construct  said  track  or  tracks  upon  said  streets,  com- 
mence and  prosecute  in  good  faith,  in  some  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction, proceedings  for  the  ascertainment  of  and  the  making  of 
compensation  for  all  legal  damages  that  may  be  suti'ered  by  any 
person  or  persons  in  their  property  or  possessions  by  reason  of  such 
laying  down  and'  construction  of  such  track  or  tracks,  or  any  part 
thereof;  and  that,  having  so  commenced  such  proceedings,  said  rail- 
road company  shall  prosecute  the  same  in  good  faith,  without  un- 
reasonable delay,  to  completion:  Provided^  that  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  any  property  or  possessions  the  owner  of  or  party  in- 
terested in  which  shall  not  have  claimed  such  compensation  within 
said  three  3'ears. 

2523.  §  7.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  to  wit:  That  said  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company  shall  permit  any  corpo- 
ration, person  or  persons  duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  said  city, 
to  construct  side  tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  rail- 
way company  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
veying property  to  and  from  said  railway  to  any  warehouse,  lumber 
yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory  situated  within  one  thousand  (^1,000) 
feet  of  such  railroad,  and  upon  reasonable  compensation  being  made 
therefor,  shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owners  or  lessees  of  an}-  such 
side  track,  or  the  consignees  of  any  property,  to  take  the  cars  con- 
taining such  property  to  him  or  them  consigned,  to  any  such  ware- 
house, lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory,  situated  upon  any 
such  side  track;  and  that  such  owner,  lessee,  or  person  conducting 
or  carrying  on  any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  Aard  or  man- 
ufactory, shall  be  entitled  to  liave  any  property  taken  from  any  such 
warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory,  over  any  such 
side  track,  to  and  upon  the  track  of  said  railwa}-,  under  the  direction 


598  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  regulations  of  said  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway 
Company,  without  unreasonable  delay:  Provided,  however^  that  any 
cars  so  taken  shall  be  returned  without  any  unnecessary  delay- 

2524.  '^  8.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
in  consideration  of  and  upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  said 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company  shall  permit 
any  other  two  railroad  companies  to  use  the  tracks  hereby  authorized 
to  be  laid,  upon  such  fair  and  equitable  terms  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  between  said  other  companies  jointly  and  severally,  and  said 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  Company,  and  in  event 
of  a  disagreement  as  to  such  terms,  the  same  shall  be  settled  and 
determined  by  three  disinterested  persons,  one  to  be  named  by  such 
other  railroad  companies,  and  the  other  by  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  Railroad  Company,  and  the  two  so  chosen  to  choose  a 
third  person,  and  the  terms  and  conditions  which  shall  be  agreed 
upon  and  determined  by  such  three  persons  so  chosen,  or  a  majority 
of  them,  shall  be  the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  such  other 
railroad  companies,  respectively,  shall  be  allowed  to  use  and  occupy 
the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  and  such  other  railroad 
companies  shall,  in  such  case,  have  the  same  privilege  to  run  cars 
upon  and  across  all  streets,  avenues,  alleys,  and  highways  as  are 
herein  granted  to  said  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway 
Company,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  terms,  conditions,  and  re- 
strictions contained  in  this  ordinance,  to  the  same  extent  as  said 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company. 


CHICAGO  AND  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COMPANY,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Raih-oad  Company  and 
the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company.     [Passed  June  12,  1873.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  cit\  of  Chicago.- 

2525.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be,  and  is  hereby, 
granted  to  the  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  and  to  its  ^successors,  to 
put  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  railroad,  with  a  single  or  double 
track,  and  all  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs,  along  and  upon  the 
following  named  routes  and  streets  in  the  city  of  Chicago:  Com- 
mencing at  the  western  limits  of  the  city,  at  Bloomingdale  road  (or 
street);  thence  on  said  Bloomingdale  road  to  and  across  Coventry 
street;  thence  on  any  property  said  company  may  acquire,  by  pur- 
chase, condemnation  or  otherwise,  to  the  north  branch  of  the  Chi- 
cago river;  thence  across  said  north  branch  and  on  any  property 
said  company  may  acquire  by  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  599 

to  Jones  avenue;  thence  on  said  Jones  avenue  and  Hawthorne  ave- 
nue to  Willow  street;  thence  on  any  property  said  company  may 
acquire,  by  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  to  North  avenue; 
thence  across  North  avenue  to  Cherry  avenue;  thence  on  Cherry 
avenue  to  and  across  the  north  branch  canal;  thence  on  Cherry 
avenue  and  North  Branch  street  to  and  across  the  north  branch  ca- 
nal and  to  Hawthorne  avenue;  and  from  said  North  Branch  street 
on  any  property  said  company  may  acquire,  by  purchase,  condem- 
nation or  otherwise,  west  of  Larrabee  street  and  east  of  the  north 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  to  Chicago  avenue.  And  also  to  put 
down,  construct  and  maintain,  for  passenger  cars  onlv,  a  single  or 
double  track  from  the  north  side  of  said  Willow  street,  on  said 
Hawthorne  avenue,  to  Larrabee  street.  It  is  hereby  provided  that 
said  crossings  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  and  of  the 
said  north  branch  canal,  shall  be  made  by  swing;  or  draw-bridfres. 
to  be  constructed  and  maintained  by  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company. 

2526.  §  2.  Said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  and 
its  successors,  are  hereby  authorized  to  run  their  cars  over  and  along 
said  track,  with  steam,  or  other  power,  as  said  company  may  deem 
best,  subject,  however,  to  all  general  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, as  to  railroad  companies  similarly  situated.  Convenient  cross- 
ings shall  be  made  and  maintained  by  said  company  where  said 
track  or  tracks  cross  any  street  or  alley  within  the  limits  of  said  city, 
according  to  the  directions  of  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city, 
but  the  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are  upon  the  ex- 
press condition  that  said  company  shall  erect,  within  one  year  from 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  a  viaduct  over  North  avenue,  where 
the  said  track  or  tracks  shall  cross  the  same,  and  shall  maintain  said 
viaduct,  and  shall  erect  and  maintain  viaducts  over  any  of  its  said 
tracks  on  any  street  or  streets  of  said  city  which  may  be  crossed  by 
its  said  tracks  where,  and  as  the  said  board  of  pubHc  works  of  said 
city,  may  from  time  to  time,  require,  and  construct  the  approaches 
to  all  such  viaduct  with  proper  areas  on  either  side  of  such  ap- 
proaches, said  approaches  to  have  an  elevation  of  not  more  than  one 
foot  to  ever}^  twenty  feet  in  length  thereof,  or  at  such  elevation  as 
the  board  of  public  works  shall  direct:  and  provided,  hourvcr,  that 
where  any  such  viaduct  cannot  be  built  at  any  such  street  crossing 
without  the  same  be  built  o\er  the  track  or  tracks  of  some  other 
railroad  company,  then  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
shall  only  be  obHged  to  join  with  such  other  last  mentioned  rail- 
road company  or  companies  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of 
such  viaduct,  and  to  pay  its  fair  proportion  of  the  cost  of  such 
viadvict,  and  if  such  other  railroad  company  or  companies  shall 
not  join   in  the  erection  of  any  such  viaduct,  then  if  the  proportion 


6oO  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

of  sucli  other  companies  shall  be  otherwise  provided,  the  said  Chi- 
cago and  Pacific  Railroad  Company  shall  only  be  required  to  pay  a 
Just  and  equitable  proportion  of  the  cost  thereof. 

2527.  §  3,  The  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to 
all  general  ordinances  that  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  in  force 
concerning  railroads  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2528.  ^  4.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  the  said  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  shall,  and  will  forever  indemnify,  and  save  harm- 
less, the  city  of  Chicago,  against  and  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees  and  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same  which  it  may 
sufier,  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  citv  for, 
or  by  reason  of  tlie  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for, 
or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with 
the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

2529.  ^  5,  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  said  railroad  company  shall 
and  will  withir.  two  years  from  the  time  that  said  company  shall 
lay  down  and  construct  said  track  or  tracks  upon  said  streets,  com- 
mence and  prosecute  in  good  faith,  in  some  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction, proceedings  for  the  ascertainment  of,  and  the  making  of 
compensation  for  all  legal  damages  that  may  be  sufiered  by  any  per- 
son or  persons  in  their  property  or  possessions  by  reason  of  such 
laying  down  and  construction  of  such  track  or  tracks,  or  anv  part 
thereof,  and  that  having  so  commenced  such  proceedings,  said  railroad 
company  shall  prosecute  the  same  in  good  faith  without  unreasonable 
delay  to  completion;  Provid^d^  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to 
any  property  or  possessions  the  owner  of  or  party  interested  in  which 
shall  not  have  claimed  such  compensation  within  said  two  years: 

2530.  ^  6.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  to  wit:  That  said  Chicago  and 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  shall' permit  any  corporation,  person  or 
persons,  duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  said  city,  to  construct  side 
tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  railroad  company 
within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  property 
to  or  from  said  railroad  to  any  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard, 
or  manufactory,  situated  within  one  thousand  feet  of  such  railroad, 
and  shall  deliver  freight  to  and  receive  freight  from  any  such  ware- 
house, lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory  situated  upon  any  such 
side  track,  without  discrimination  betw^een  the  owners  or  lessees,  or 
any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  3ard  or  manufactory. 

2531-  §  7-  The  privileges  authorized  herein  are  granted  upon 
the  express  condition  that  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6oi 

pany  shall  permit  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company, 
and  such  other  railroad  company  as  may  hereafter  be  designated  by 
the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  has  not  at  present 
any  right  of  entrance  into  the  city  of  Chicago  under  an}'  ordinance 
or  grant  of  said  city,  to  use  said  tracks  hereb}'  authorized  to  be  laid 
on  the  streets  herein  named,  jointly  with  the  said  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  (and  to  lav  down  tracks  upon  and  across  an}- 
lands  owned,  leased  or  occupied  by  the  said  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  when  necessary  to  the  exercise  of  the  privileges 
hereby  granted),  upon  such  fair  and  equitable  terms  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  by  said  companies;  and  in  the  event  that  said  companies  cannot 
agree  upon  such  terms,  the  same  shall  be  settled  b}-  three  disinter- 
ested persons,  one  to  be  selected  by  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company,  one  to  be  named  by  such  other  company  as  may 
desire  to  use  said  tracks,  and  the  third  person  by  said  two  persons, 
and  the  terms  and  conditions  which  shall  be  fixed  and  determined 
by  said  persons,  or  a  majority  of  such  persons,  shall  be  the  terms 
and  conditions  upon  which  said  companies,  respectively^  shall  use 
and  occupy  said  tracks  and  lay  down  tracks  upon  and  across  said 
lands;  and  such  other  railroad  companies  which  mav  be  allowed 
the  use  of  said  tracks  shall  have  the  same  privilege  to  run  cars 
upon  and  across  said  streets  and  allevs  as  are  herein  granted  to  said 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Compan}',  and  shall  be  subject  to  all 
the  conditions,  restrictions  and  terms  contained  in  this  ordinance: 
Provided^  further^  that  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void  unless 
the  tracks  herein  provided  for  shall  be  constructed  within  two  years 
from  the  date  of  the  passage  hereof:  And  provided,  further,  that  be- 
fore any  other  railroad  company  than  the  two  above  named  shall 
use  said  tracks,  it  shall  obtain  the  consent  of  the  common  council. 
The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are  upon  the  further 
expressed  conditions  that  the  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  shall  permit  an}''  other  railroad  company  which  now  has 
a  depot  within  the  city,  and  whose  tracks  will  be  crossed  by  or  con- 
nected with  the  track  of  the  said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad,  to 
use  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
ceiving and  delivering  freight,  such  permission  to  be  granted  upon 
terms  which  shall  be  just  and  reasonable,  and  if  said  railroad  com- 
panies shall  fail  to  agree  upon  such  terms  the  same  shall  be  fixed  in 
the  manner  specified  in  this  section  of  this  ordinance  for  the  fixing 
of  terms  upon  wdiich  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company 
may  use  the  track  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  down. 

2532.  '5^  8.  The  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company  is 
hereby  authorized  to  connect  with  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago  and 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  on  Jones   avenue,  and   to   construct  and 


602  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

operate  a  single  or  double  track  from  thence  northwesterly  on  Jones 
avenue  to  Southport  avenue,  and  thence  north  on  Southport  avenue 
to  the  city  limits,  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  imposed  by 
this  ordinance  on  the  Chicago  and  PaciMc  Railroad  Company;  but 
unless  the  said  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company  shall,  with- 
in ninety  days  after  the  approval  of  this  ordinance,  surrender  all 
claims  to  use  Halsted  street  under  any  ordinance  heretofore  passed, 
and  accept  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  then  all  the  rights  and 
privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  to  the  Chicago  and  Evanston 
Railroad  Company  shall  be  null  and  void,  and  the  common  council 
may  at  any  time  thereafter  designate  another  road  instead  thereof 
with  common  rights  and  privileges:  Provided^  that  this  ordinance 
shall  not  be  construed  as  a  recognition  by  the  common  council  of 
the  existence  of  any  right  of  the  Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad 
Company  under  an  ordinance  passed  August  17,  1864:  And  -pro- 
vided^ further^  that  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  in  regard  to  the 
Chicago  and  Evanston  Railroad  Company  shall  be  null  and  void, 
unless  the  tracks  of  said  compan}"  herein  provided  for  shall  be  con- 
structed within  two  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 


CHICAGO,    ROCK    ISLAND    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD    COMPANY. 

AN 'ordinance  in  relation  to  the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Railroad.     [Passed 

May  20,  1851.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coniuwn  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

-533-  §  ^-  That  the  Rock  Island  and  Chicago  Railroad  Com- 
pany may  lay  down  in  any  one  of  the  streets  of  said  city,  between 
the  west  line  of  State  street  and  the  west  line  of  Halsted  street,  from 
the  south  line  of  said  city  as  far  north  as  the  north  line  of  Polk 
street,  a  single  railroad  track,  with  all  necessary  tm-n-outs  and  turn- 
ing tables.  Said  company  may  extend  said  track  northwardly  as  far 
as  the  south  line  of  Van  Buren  street,  upon  any  street  between  the 
west  line  of  Clark  street,  and  tlfe  west  line  of  said  Halsted  street, 
and  build  all  necessary  turn-outs  and  turning  tables. 

2534.  ^  2.  Said  companv  mav  also  construct  in  said  city  one 
or  more  railroad  tracks  within  the  boundaries  aforesaid,  upon  any 
land  they  may  procure  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  and  ma}'  also  con- 
struct and  use  all  depots  which  may  be  necessary  to  accommodate 
the  business  of  said  company.  Said  company  to  be  subject  to  all 
laws  and  ordinances  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  to  regulate  rail- 
roads within  the  city. 

-535-  §  3-  Said  company  may  construct  and  maintain  a  rail- 
road draw-bridge  across  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  at 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  603 

any  point  south  of  the  south  line  of  Van  Buren  street,  provided  said 
bridge  shall  be  so  constructed  as  not  to  interrupt  or  impede  the  navi- 
p-ation  of  said  south  branch. 

2536.  i^^.  Said  company  mav  run  their  trains  by  locomotives, 
within  the  limits  before  described  herein,  at  a  speed  not  exceeding 
five  miles  per  hour,  subject  to  such  ordinances  as  may,  from  time 
to  time,  be  passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city  regulating 
speed  and  motive  power  within  said  city. 

2537.  '^  5.  In  laving  down  said  tracks,  turn-outs  and  turning 
tables  in  said  streets,  they  shall  be  so  laid  down  as  to  interfere  with 
the  ordinary  travel  and  use  of  said  streets  as  little  as  practicable,  and 
a  sufficient  space  for  the  passage  of  teams  shall  always  be  left  on 
either  side  of  said  streets. 


AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  the  Chica^■o  and  Rock  Island  Railroad.    [Passed 

April  2,  1852. J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coininon  CoiDicil  of  the  city  oj   C/iieagv: 

2538.  ^  I.  Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  given  to 
the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Railroad  Company  to  extend,  con- 
struct and  maintain  their  track,  with  necessary  switches,  turn-tables 
and  side  tracks,  from  the  depot  ground  belonging  to  said  company, 
on  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  northward  through  such 
streets  as  the  city  may  hereafter  designate,  or  through  such  lands  as 
the  company  may  procure  for  that  purpose,  to  the  southern  terminus 
of  Market  street;  thence  through  Market  street  to  South  Water 
street:  Provided,  that  if  hereafter  permission  shall  be  given  to  any 
railroad  company  to  construct  a  track  through  South  Water  street 
and  River  street,  the  same  privilege  to  lay  down  a  track  or  use  the 
track  of  such  company  as  shall  lay  down  a  track  from  Market  street 
to  the  west  line  of  Wabash  avenue,  shall  be  granted  to  the  said  Chi- 
cago and  Rock  Island  Railroad  Company,  upon  such  terms  as  shall 
be  safe,  just  and  equitable,  to  be  prescribed  by  the  common  council. 

2539.  §  2.  Permission  and  authority  is  hereb}'  given  to  said 
railroad  company  to  extend  their  track,  and  to  construct,  maintain  and 
use  the  same,  with  all  necessary  switches,  turn-tables  and  side  tracks, 
from  the  bridge  across  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  here- 
tofore by  ordinance  authorized  to  be  constructed  by  said  company, 
thence  northerly  on  the  west  side  of  said  south  branch,  through  such 
streets  as  the  city  may  hereafter  designate,  to  Kinzie  street:  Pro- 
vided, that  if  the  city  shall  designate  the  streets,  or  furnish  the  right 
of  way  for  the  track,  provided  for  in  this  section,  so  as  to  allow  the 
track  to  be  built  within  the  time  hereinafter  mentioned,  in  such  case, 


604  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

said  company  shall,  within  eighteen  months  after  the  completion  of 
the  track  on  the  east  side,  lay  down  and  finish  the  track  in  this  sec- 
tion provided. 

2540.  §  3.  The  tracks,  side  tracks  and  switches,  authorized  by 
the  foregoing  section,  shall  be  laid  on  such  side  or  part  of  the  street 
that  may  be  used  for  the  same,  as  the  common  council  may  prescribe; 
and  the  grade  of  the  tracks,  side  tracks  and  switches,  herein  author- 
ized, and  the  manner  of  laying  down  the  same,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
direction  and  supervision  of  such  committee  of  the  common  council 
as  may  be  appointed  by  the  common  council  for  that  purpose;  and 
the  speed  and  the  motive  power  to  be  used  on  said  tracks,  and  the 
tracks,  side  tracks  and  switches  and  turn-tables  built  in  connection 
with  said  tracks  and  along  the  same,  shall  be  subject  to  such  general 
regulations  as  the  common  council  may  prescribe  for  railroads  within 
the  city.  Said  tracks,  side  tracks,  switches  and  turn-tables,  so  far 
as  the  same  are  laid  in  any  street,  shall  be  open  to  the  use  of  other 
railroad  companies  and  railroad  corporations  whose  cars  come  into 
the  city,  with  all  proper,  necessary  and  suitable  connections  for  such 
companies  as  may  desire  to  use  said  tracks,  upon  just,  safe  and  equit- 
able terms,  to  be  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  interested,  and  in  case 
of  disagreement  by  arbitration. 

2541.  ^4.  If  any  other  railroad  company  shall  desire  to  la}- 
down  tracks  in  any  of  the  streets  herein  authorized  to  be  used,  and 
having  obtained  permission  shall  proceed  to  lay  down  tracks  before 
said  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  railroad  company  shall  have  done  so, 
said  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  railroad  company  may  use  and  occup}' 
the  same  jointly  with  such  company  upon  just  and  equitable  terms, 
and  so  as  to  accommodate  both  companies  so  far  as  practicable;  said 
terms  to  be  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  interested,  and  in  case  of 
disagreement  by  arbitration. 

2542.  ^  5,  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  is 
upon  the  express  condition,  that  the  said  railroad  company  shall  in- 
demnify the  city  for  any  damage  and  expense  to  which  it  may  be 
legally  subjected  by  reason  of  the  occupying  of  any  of  the  streets, 
alle3'S  or  grounds  of  the  city,  with  its  tracks  or  other  fixtures. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the   Chicago,   Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Raihoad 
Company'  to  lay  down  tracks  in  certain  streets.     [Passed  July  24,  187(5.] 

Whereas,  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany has  for  many  years,  and  is  now  maintaining  and  operating  a 
track  through  South  Clark  street,  in  the  citv  of  Chicago,  under 
power  conveyed  by  an  ordinace  of  the  common  council  of  said  cit}', 
the  removal  of  which  is  now  desired  by  the  said  city;  and 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  605 

W/icreas,  the  said  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Raih-oad 
Company  has  agreed  to  remove  said  track  from  said  South  Clark 
street  to  the  west  sixteen  feet  of  said  street,  between  points  herein 
named,  and  to  release,  relinquish  and  abandon  all  right  to  maintain 
and  operate  a  track  lengthwise  on  said  street,  except  as  between  such 
points,  in  consideration  of  a  grant  and  a  re-affirmance  of  grants  here- 
tofore made  and  set  out  in  the  following  ordinance: 

Therefore^  in  consideration  of  the  premises, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago.- 

2543.  4^  I.  That  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  lay  down, 
maintain  and  operate  its  main  and  side  tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches 
upon,  over  and  across  Sixteenth,  Seventeenth,  Eighteenth,  Nineteenth 
and  Twentieth  streets,  Archer  road,  and  Twenty-first  and  Twenty- 
second  streets,  between  Clark  street  and  Arnold  street,  and  the  right 
of  the  said.  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  maintain  and  operate  a  track  on  the  west  sixteen  feet 
measuring  from  the  property  line  of  that  portion  of  South  Clark 
street  lying  between  a  point  nine  hundred  feet  south  of  the  south 
line  of  P^ourteenth  street,  to  a  point  six  hundred  and  fifty  feet  south 
of  the  south  line  of  Twelfth  street,  under  the  ordinance  of  May  26, 
185 1,  is  hereby  recognized  and  re-affirmed,  and  there  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  said.  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad 
Compan}'  the  right  to  lay  down  and  operate  one  or  more  tracks  in 
said  space,  sixteen  feet  wide,  on  the  west  side  of  South  Clark 
street,  also  on  or  west  of  said  sixteen  feet,  the  necessary  switches 
and  turn-outs  in  and  from  said  tracks;  also  to  lay  down,  operate, 
and  maintain  a  single  track  across  South  Clark  street,  between  the 
two  points  above  established  with  reference  to  Twelfth  and  Four- 
teenth streets,  connecting  its  warehouse  and  depot  on  the  east  side  of 
South  Clark  street  and  south  of  Twelfth  street,  with  the  tracks  above 
mentioned  on  said  South  Clark  street  and  its  tracks  west  thereof, 
and  the  right,  power,  and  authority  to  construct,  maintain  and  ope- 
rate said  tracks  forever,  subject,  however,  to  such  ordinances  and 
regulations  enacted  and  ordained  by  the  proper  authorities  of  the 
cit}"  of  Chicago  having  uniform  application  and  operation  upon  all 
railwa3'S  within  the  limits  of  the  said  city. 

2544.  i:^  2.  That  the  said  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  shall  remove  its  track  and  switches,  except 
those  on  the  said  west  sixteen  feet,  and  except  the  single  track 
crossing  said  South  Clark  street  to  the  freight  depot  and  warehouse 
of  said  company,  from  said  South  Clark  street  north  of  the  north 
line  of  Twenty-second  street,  within  sixty  days  after  this   ordinance 


6o6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

shall  take  effect,  and  shall,  within  four  months  after  the  expiration 
of  said  sixty  days,  erect  and  forever  maintain,  a  brick  or  stone  wall 
ten  feet  in  height,  and  not  more  than  twenty  inches  thick,  on  the 
east,  and  the  north  and  the  south  line  of  said  sixteen  foot  strip, 
leaving  two  open  spaces,  one  for  the  crossing  above  mentioned  and 
the  other  for  the  existing  crossing  to  the  warehouse  of  George  A. 
Seaverns,  said  east  line  being  the  center  line  of  said  wall.  Said 
companv  shall  also  have  the  right  to  construct  in  said  wall,  a  gate- 
way for  the  passage  of  teams,  with  gates  swinging  or  sliding  on  the 
west  of  said  wall. 

2545.  '^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of 
a  contract  between  said  city  of  Chicago  and  the  said  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  its  successors  and 
assigns:  Provided^  that  if  said  railroad  company  shall  be  subjected 
to  any  delay  because  of  any  legal  proceedings  instituted  by  any 
person  or  persons  or  corporation  in  complying  with  any  of  the  terms 
or  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  or  in  availing  itself  of  any  of  the 
grants  hereby  made,  the  term  of  sixty  days  and  the  term  of  four 
months  before  mentioned  shall  be  extended  to  the  period  of  sixty 
days  and  of  four  months,  respectively,  from  and  after  the  final  dis- 
missal by  order  or  decree  of  court  or  otherwise  of  such  proceed- 
ings; but  it  is  also  provided  that  said  city  shall  have  the  right,  at  its 
option,  to  employ,  at  its  own  expense,  attorne3^s  to  aid  said  company 
in  the  defense  of  any  such  proceedings,  and  also,  at  its  option,  if  any 
such  delay  shall  continue  for  more  than  ninety  days,  to  repeal  this 
ordinance,  and  thereby  to  restore  to  said  company  all  its  rights  un- 
der prior  ordinances. 

2546.  §  4.  Said  railroad  company  shall,  within  twenty  days 
after  its  passage,  duly  signify-  its  acceptance  of  this  ordinance. 

2547.  S  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN   ORDINANCE  concerninij   the   Chicago,   Rock    Island    and   Pacific   Raih-oad 
Coinpany.     [Passed  June  29,  1877.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2548.  i^  I.  That  the  ordinance  relating  to  the  right  of  way 
of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  over, 
along  and  across  certain  streets  therein  mentioned,  passed  on  the 
twenty-fourth  day  of  July,  1876,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
bv  strikino-  out  from  the  third  section  thereof  the  following  words: 
"  And  also  at  its  option,  if  any  such  delay  shall  continue  tor  more 
than  ninety  days,  to  repeal  this  ordinance,  and  thereby  restore  to 
said  company  all  its  rights  under  prior  ordinances  ;"    Provided^  the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  607 

said  railroad  company  shall  remove  from  South  Clark  street,  within 
six  days  from  the  taking  etlect  of  this  ordinance,  all  of  its  tracks,  ex- 
cept those  which  by  the  terms  of  the  ordinance  so  amended  it  is  au- 
thorized to  construct,  maintain  or  operate  therein. 

2549.  ^2.  If  the  said  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  shall,  within  the  time  named  in  the  first  section 
hereof,  remove  its  tracks  as  above  provided,  said  ordinance,  passed 
on  the  twenty-fourth  (24th)  day  of  July,  1876,  shall,  as  hereby 
amended,  have  the  force  and  etiect  of  a  contract  between  the  said 
city  of  Chicago  and  the  said  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific 
Railroad  Company. 

2550.  ^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN    ORDINANCE    concerning  the   Chica,go  and    Southern   Raih-oad  Company. 
[Passed  October  26,  1874.] 

I^c  it  ordained  by  the  Coniuion  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2551.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be,  and  is  hereby, 
granted  to  the  Chicago  and  Soutjiern  Railroad  Company  to  intro- 
duce its  road  into  the  cit}'  of  Chicago,  commencing  near  where  the 
center  line  of  section  thirty-five  (35),  township  thirty-nine  (39), 
range  thirteen  (13),  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal  meridian,  crosses 
the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal;  thence  bearing  northeasterly  be- 
tween the  river  and  canal,  crossing  Kedzie  avenue  to  Thirty-first 
street;  thence  east  on  Thirty-first  street  to  the  canal. 

2552.  ^  2,  Said  company  may  also  la^'  down  tracks  on  the 
east  side  and  adjoining  the  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central 
Railway,  from  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  north  to  a  connec- 
tion with  the  Chicafjo  and  Northwestern  Railroad  on  Oo-den 
avenue. 

-553-  §  3-  Said  company  may  also  lay  a  track  or  tracks  from 
Western  avenue  to  the  south  side  of  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal, 
and  within  not  to  exceed  four  hundred  (400)  feet  of  it,  to  the  east 
end  of  it;  may  also  lay  a  track  across  or  in  the  vicinity  of  Market 
place,  occupying  not  more  than  thirty  (30)  feet  of  the  westerly  side 
thereof,  across  Thirty-first  (31st)  street  and  Ashland  avenue,  and 
across  any  intersecting  streets,  alley  or  alleys. 

2554.  ^  4.  Said  company  may  lay  a  track  from  where  the 
center  line  of  section  thirty-five  (35),  township  thirty-nine  (^39), 
range  thirteen  (13),  east  of  the  third  (3d)  principal  meridian,  crosses 
the  canal  northerly  to  the  north  side  of  the  Chicago  River;  thence 
northeasterly,  crossing  the  Bridewell  grounds  in  section  twenty-five 


6o8  -SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

(25)  at  such  point  as  the  bridewell  commissioners  may  direct; 
thence  easterly  on  Twenty-sixth  (26thj  street  to  intersection  of 
Railroad  street. 

-555-  §  5-  And  said  company  mav  operate  its  tracks,  the  con- 
struction of  which  is  authorized  as  subject  to  all  ordinances  of  the 
city  governing  railroad  corporations,  now  in  force  or  which  may 
hereafter  be  passed. 

2556.  i^  6.  Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  to 
said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company  to  construct,  main- 
tain and  opei\ate  its  railroad,  Avith  single  or  double  tracks  and  all 
necessary  switches  and  turn-outs  along  the  line,  as  may  be  necessary 
to  transact  the  ordinary  business  of  said  railroad  company,  said 
track  or  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs  to  be  laid,  built  and  con- 
structed subject  to  the  directions  of  the  board  of  public  works  of 
the  city;  and  the  paving  and  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much  of  said 
streets,  alleys  and  crossings  as  may  be  occupied  by  said  railroad 
company  with  its  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs,  shall  be  under  the 
direction  of  the  board  of  pubhc  works,  and  shall  be  paved  and 
repaired  when  ordered  bv  said  board. 

^557-  §  7-  Said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company  is 
hereby  authorized  to  run  its  cars  over  and  along  said  tracks  with 
steam  or  such  other  motive  power  as  said  company  mav  deem  best; 
subject,  however,  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago 
to  railroad  companies  now  in  force  or  \^'hich  may  hereafter  be 
passed;  but  this  section  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize 
said  company  to  construct  or  operate  what  is  commonly  known  as 
a  horse  railroad,  transporting  passengers  and  baggage  to  and  fro 
within  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2558.  ■^  8.  Permanent  crossings,  viaducts,  or  other  structures 
shall  be  made  and  maintained  by  said  Chicago  Southern  Rail- 
road Company  where  said  track  or  tracks  cross  any  street  or  alley 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  according  to  the  direction 
of  the  board  of  public  works,  or  as  may  be  ordered  and  directed 
by  the  common  council  of  the  citv,  at  any  and  all  times  during  the 
continuance  of  the  franchise  hereby  granted. 

2559.  i:^  9.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  Chicago  Southern 
Railroad  company  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harm- 
less the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees  and  costs,  and  expenses  of  the  same,  which  it 
may  sulTer,  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  the  city 
by  reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  609 

or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from,  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or 
with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

2560.  §  10.  Said  company  shall  permit  any  corporation,  per- 
son or  persons,  duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  said  city,  to  con- 
struct side  tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  railroad 
company,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  convey- 
ing property  to  and  from  said  railroad,  to  any  warehouse,  lumber 
yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory  situated  within  one  thousand  (i,ooo) 
feet  of  such  railroad,  and  upon  reasonable  compensation  being  made 
therefor,  shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owners  or  lessees  of  any  such 
side  track,  or  the  consignees  of  any  property,  to  take  the  cars  con- 
taining such  property  to  him  or  them  consigned,  to  any  such  ware- 
house, lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory  situated  upon  any 
such  side  track;  and  that  such  owner,  lessee  or  person  conducting 
or  carrying  on  any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  man- 
ufactory shall  be  entitled  to  have  any  property  taken  from  any  such 
warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory,  over  any  such 
side  track,  to  and  upon  the  track  of  said  railroad,  under  the  direc- 
tions and  regulations  of  said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, ^vithout  unreasonable  delay,  Provided^  hozvever,  that  any  cars 
so  taken  shall  be  returned  without  any  unnecessary  delay. 

2561.  ^   II.     Said  company   shall   permit   any  other  two  rail- 
road companies  to  use  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  upon 
such  fair  and  equitable  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said 
other  companies,  jointly  and  severally,  and  said  Chicago  and  South- 
ern Railroad  Company;  and  in  event  of  a  disagreement  as  to  such 
terms,  the  same  shall  be   settled  and  determined   by  three  disinter- 
ested persons,  one  to   be  named  by  such  other  railroad  companies, 
and  the  other  by  the  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company,  and 
the  two  so  chosen  to  choose  a  third  person,  and  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions which  shall  be  agreed  upon  and  determined  by  such  three 
persons  so  chosen,  or   a   majority  of  them,  shall  be   the   terms  and 
conditions  upon  which  such  other  railroad  companies   respectiveh' 
shall  be  allowed  to  use  and  occupy  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to 
be  laid,  and  such  other  railroad  companies  shall,  in  such  case,  have 
the  same  privileges  to  run  cars  upon  and  across  all  str'eets,  avenues, 
allcN'S,    and   highways   as  are   herein  granted  to  said  Chicago  and 
Southern  Railroad  Company,  and  shall  be   subject  to  all  the  terms, 
conditions,  and  restrictions  contained  in  this  ordinance  to   the    same 
extent  as  said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company. 

2562.     >:^   12.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect   and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage  and  due  publication. 
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6lO  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning    the   Chicago  and  Southern    Raih'oad    Company. 
[Passed  August  IG,  187G.J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago  .• 

2563.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
granted  to  the  Chicago  and  Southern  Raih'oad  Company  to  lay  down 
tracks  in  the  center  of  Kedzie  avenue  from  its  intersection  with 
Swift  street  northerly  to  the  crossing  of  said  avenue  by  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad.  Or  if  the  said  Chicago  and 
Southern  Railroad  Company  shall  so  elect,  it  may,  with  the  consent 
of  parties  owning  property  fronting  on  Homan  avenue,  lay  down 
tracks  on  said  avenue  from  the  crossing  of  said  Chicago  and  South- 
ern Railroad  to  the  crossing  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
Railroad.  But  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
permit  said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company  to  lay  tracks 
on  both  Kedzie  avenue  and  Homan  avenue. 

2564.  ^  2.  Said  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Company 
may  also  lay  down  tracks  on  West  Twenty-sixth  street,  from  its 
intersection  with  Homan  avenue,  in  an  easterly  direction,  to  the 
track  of  said  compan}^  as  at  present  located  in  said  street. 

2565.  ^  3.  That  all  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  given 
are  subject  to  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  an 
ordinance  concerning  the  Chicago  and  Southern  Railroad  Compan}', 
passed  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  October  26, 
A.  D.  1874. 

2566.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage  and  due  publication. 

AN  ORDINANCE    granting  permission  to    the   Chicago  and    Western    Indiana 
Railroad  Company,  to  lay  down  certain  tracks.     [Passed  Sept.  8th,  1879.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2567.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to  the  Chicago  and  Western  In- 
diana Railroad  Company  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  rail- 
road with  one  or  more  tracks  and  such  switches,  sidings  and  turn-outs 
as  may  be  necessary,  along  and  upon  the  following  route  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  to-wit;  commencing  at  the  southern  boundary  line 
of  the  city  of  Chicago,  at  some  point  within  one  hundred  feet  of  the 
west  line  of  Stewart  avenue,  and  thence  northwardly  over  such  lots, 
lands  and  property  as  the  said  company  now  owns,  or  hereafter  may 
acquire  b}'^  lease,  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  parallel  to 
said  Stewart  avenue  to  the  intersection  of  Grove  street  and  said 
Stewart  avenue,  and  thence  over  and  upon  such  lots,  lands, 
and  property  as   the  said   company  now  owns,  or  hereafter  may  ac- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6 II 

quire  by  lease,  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  unto  such 
terminus  as  it  may  estabhsh  between  the  east  bank  of  the  south 
branch  of  Chicago  river  and  the  west  side  of  State  street,  and  be- 
tween Sixteenth  street,  and  the  south  Hne  of  Van  Buren  street  in 
said  city. 

2568.  §  2.  The  said  raih-oad  company  may  cross  any  and  all 
intervening  streets,  alleys  and  railroad  tracks  upon,  or  along  the  line 
of  the  said  route  as  designated,  in  the  first  section;  said  company  to 
be  subject,  at  all  times,  to  the  direction  of  the  department  of  public 
works  or  other  proper  department  or  officer  of  said  city,  in  the  con- 
struction of  its  said  tracks,  in  making  the  crossings  or  connections 
with  other  roads,  and  the  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much  of  said  streets, 
alleys  and  crossings  as  may  be  occupied  by  said  railroad  compan}^, 
with  its  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs. 

2569.  §  3.  The  said  railroad  company  may  and  it  is  hereby 
authorized  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad 
tracks,  with  such  turn-outs,  side  tracks  and  switches,  as  it  shall  deem 
necessary,  over  and  across  any  land  which  it  may  acquire  upon  the  line 
of  said  route  by  lease,  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  and  the 
said  railroad  compan}'  ma}'  use  and  operate  the  railroad  tracks 
hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  with  locomotive  engines  and  cars,  sub- 
ject to  all  ordinances  of  the  cit}-  of  Chicago,  applicable  to  railroads 
which  are  now  or  hereafter  may  be  enforced. 

2570.  ^  4.  The  permission,  authority,  and  privileges  hereby 
granted  are  upon  the  express  condition,  that  the  said  railroad  com- 
pany shall  erect  and  maintain  viaducts  over  any  of  its  said  tracks,  or 
any  street  or  streets  of  said  city  which  may  be  crossed  by  its 
said  tracks  where,  and  as  the  said  city  council  may,  from  time 
to  time,  require,  and  under  the  supervision  of  the  department  of 
public  works  or  other  proper  department  or  officer  of  said  city,  and 
erect  and  construct  the  approaches  to  all  such  viaducts  with  proper 
areas  or  either  side  of  such  approaches.  Provided,  however,  that 
where  any  such  viaduct  cannot  be  built  at  any  such  street  crossing 
without  the  same  be  built  over  the  track  or  tracks  of  some  other 
railroad  company  or  companies,  then  the  said  Chicago  and  Western 
Indiana  Railroad  Company  shall  only  be  obliged  to  join  with  such 
other  last  mentioned  railroad  compan}-  or  companies,  in  the  con- 
struction and  maintenance  of  such  viaduct,  and  to  pay  their  fair 
proportion  of  the  cost  of  such  viaduct  or  viaducts,  and  if  such  other 
railroad  company  or  companies  shall  not  join  in  the  erection  of  any 
such  \'iaduct,  then  when  the  proportion  of  such  other  company  or 
companies  shall  be  otherwise  provided,  the  said  Chicago  and 
Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company  shall  pay  its  fair  proportion  of 
the  cost  of  any  such  viaduct. 


6l2  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

-57^-  §  5-  The  said  railroad  company  shall  be  subject  to  all 
general  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago  in  relation  to 
railroads  which  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force. 

2572.  §  6.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  expressed  condition,  that  the  said  railroad  com- 
pany shall,  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city 
of  Chicago  against  and  from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  de- 
crees and  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  which  it  may  suffer  or 
which  ma}'  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city,  for  or  by 
reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authorit}^,  or  for  or  by 
reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from,  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the 
exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  hereb}^  granted,  or  from 
any  act  or  acts  of  the  said  company,  under  or  by  virtue  of,  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance. 

-573-  §  7-  T'he  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are  upon 
the  further  expressed  condition,  to  wit:  That  said  railway  company 
shall  permit  any  corporation,  person  or  persons,  duly  authorized  by 
ordinance  of  said  city,  to  construct  side  tracks  to  intersect  any  track 
or  tracks  of  said  railroad  company,  within  the  limits  of  said  cit}^  for 
the  purpose  of  conveying  property  to  and  from  such  railroad  to  any 
warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  any  manufactory  situated 
within  one  thousand  feet  of  said  railroad,  and  upon  reasonable  com- 
pensation being  made  therefor  shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owners, 
or  lessees  of  any  such  side-track,  or  the  consignees  of  any  property, 
to  take  the  cars  containing  such  property  to  him  or  them  consigned, 
to  any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory,  situa- 
ted upon  any  such  side-track,  _^r^z7V/£'<y,  /lozvcver,  that  any  cars  so  taken 
shall  be  returned  without  anv  unnecessary  delay,  and  that  any  such 
owner,  lessee  or  person  conducting  or  carrying  on  any  such  ware- 
house, lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory,  shall  be  entitled  to 
have  an}'  property  taken  from  any  such  warehouse,  lumber  vard,  coal 
yard  or  manufactory,  over  any  such  side-track  to  and  upon  the 
tracks  of  said  railroad,  under  the  directions  and  regulations  of  said 
railroad  company  without  unreasonable  delay: 

And  provided  further,  that  the  privileges  authorized  herein  are 
granted  upon  the  express  condition,  that  the  Chicago  and  Western  In- 
diana Railroad  Companv  shall  permit  any  other  railroad  companies, 
not  exceeding  two  in  number,  (which  have  not  at  present  an}'  right  of 
entrance  into  the  city  of  Chicago  under  any  existing  ordinance)  to 
use  the  said  main  railroad  tracks  herein  authorized  to  be  laid,  jointly 
with  the  said  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company, 
upon  such  fair  and  equitable  terms,  as  mav  be  agreed  upon  by  said 
companies,  and  in  the  event  that  said  companies  cannot  agree  upon 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  613 

such  terms,  the  same  shall  be  settled  by  three  disinterested  persons, 
one  to  be  selected  by  said  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad 
Company,  one  to  be  named  by  such  other  company  as  may  desire 
to  use  said  tracks,  and  the  third  by  said  two  persons,  and  the  terms 
and  conditions  which  shall  be  fixed  and  determined  by  said  persons, 
or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  be  the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which 
said  companies  respectively  shall  use  and  occup}^  said  tracks: 
and  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  said  Chicago  and  Wes- 
tern Indiana  Railroad  Company,  and  any  other  railroad  company  or 
companies,  that  shall  construct  or  operate  said  railroad  under  this 
ordinance,  or  under  lease  from  or  contract  with  the  said  Chicago 
and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company  shall  be  held  jointly  bound 
to  pay  all  legal  damages  that  may  accrue  to  the  owners  of  property 
by  reason  of  the  construction  or  operation  of  said  railroad  under  this 
ordinance. 

2574.  S  8.  The  privilege  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
so  granted  upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  the  tracks  au- 
thorized bv  this  ordinance  shall  be  laid  down  and  constructed  within 
one  vear  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  if  not  so  constructed 
and  in  operation,  all  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  b}'  this  ordi- 
nance to  such  company  shall  cease  and  be  null  and  void. 

2575-  §  9-  This  ordmance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  the  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Rail- 
road Company  to  raise  Eighteenth  street  bridge,  and  the  approaches  thereto. 
[Passed  March  7,  1881.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2576.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority'  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  granted  to  the  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  raise  the  present  bridge  crossing  the  south  branch  of  the 
Chicago  river  at  Eighteenth  street,  not  to  exceed  three  and  one- 
third  feet  higher  than  it  now  is,  and  erect,  at  the  east  end  of  said 
bridge,  a  suitable  viaduct,  fifty-eight  feet  long;  and  the  author- 
ity and  permission  is  hereby  further  granted  to  said  Chicago  and 
Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company  to  raise  the  approaches  at  both 
ends  of  said  bridge,  also  the  approach  from  Lumber  street  to  con- 
nect with  the  west  approach  aforesaid,  to  the  necessary  grade,  as 
appears  by  the  profile  plan  marked  B,  now  in  the  office  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works  of  said  city.  All  of  the  material  to  be  used  in 
making  said  changes  and  erecting  said  viaduct  is  to  be  of  wood: 
Provided^  and  this  is  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  raising  of 
said  bridge,  the  building  of  said  viaduct,  together  with  all  of  the  said 
approaches,  shall  be  at  the  expense  and  cost  of  said  company. 


6t4  special  laws  of  the 

2577-  §  2.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  whenever  the  said  city  shall 
build  or  erect  another  bridge  or  widen  the  present  one  at  said  point, 
that  then  the  said  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company 
shall  at  its  own  cost  and  expense  build  the  abutments  at  the  east  end 
of  said  bridge,  and  at  the  east  end  of  such  viaduct,  of  stone  masonry, 
and  shall  at  its  own  cost  and  expense  renew  the  said  viaduct  of  such 
material  and  width  as  may  be  required  by  said  city;  and  further, 
shall  pay  to  the  city  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  additional  height, 
and  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  additional  base  and  proportions 
required  by  such  increased  heights  of  the  center  pier  of  said  bridge, 
whenever  the  city  shall  build  or  erect  another  bridge  or  widen  the 
present  one.  All  of  said  work  to  be  constructed  according  to  plans 
and  specifications  to  be  made  by  the  department  of  public  works,  and 
to  be  under  the  superintendence  and  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  of  said  city.  The  viaduct  men- 
tioned in  the  foregoing  sections  is  to  be  maintained  and  kept  in 
repairs  by  and  at  the  cost  and  expense  of  said  Chicago  and  Western 
Indiana  Railroad  Compan}-,  subject  to  the  direction  and  superin- 
tendence of  the  proper  officer  authorized  by  said  city. 

-^57^-  §  3-  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  upon 
the  express  conditions  that  the  aforesaid  work  shall  be  so  done  that 
it  will  not  interfere  with  travel  across  said  bridge  for  a  longer  period 
than  thirty  days ;  and  upon  the  further  condition  that  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  operate  or  in  an}-  wa}^  be  construed  as  operating,  to 
ratify  or  in  any  manner  confirm  the  ordinance  passed  September 
15th,  1879,  purpoi'ting  to  grant  to  said  railroad  company  permission 
and  authorit}'^  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  in  said 
city,  or  as  in  any  manner  extending  the  rights  or  privileges  purported 
to  be  granted  bv  said  last  mentioned  ordinance,  or  the  time  within 
which  such  rights  or  privileges  were  to  be  exercised. 

2579.  ^4.  That  the  said  railroad  company,  before  exercising 
any  of  the  rights  hereby  granted,  shall  execute  to  the  cit}^  of  Chicago 
a  good  and  sufficient  bond,  in  the  penal  sum  of  fifty  thousand 
($50,000.00)  dollars,  with  surety  or  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  conditioned  that  it  will  observe,  per- 
form and  carry  out  all  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  will  for- 
ever indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  and 
from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees,  costs  and  expenses 
which  it  may  suffer,  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against 
said  city,  for  or  by  reason,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  there- 
with, or  with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  of  any 
of  them  hereby  granted,  or  from  any  act  or  acts  of  the  said  company 
under  or  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  hereof. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  615 

2580.  §  5.  This  ordinance  is  granted  upon  the  further  express 
condition  that  it  shall  be  formally  accepted  by  the  Chicago  and 
Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company  within  ten  days  after  its  pas- 
sage, and  that  the  work  herein  authorized  shall  be  done  and  com- 
pleted within  six  months  from  the  passage  of  the  ordinance;  other- 
wise all  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  shall  cease  and  be  nul 
and  void. 


ILLINOIS  AND  WISCONSIN  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  Railroad  track.   [Passed 

October  4,  1852.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Conitnon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2581.  ^  I.  That  the  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  Railroad  Com- 
pany are  hereby  authorized  to  lay  down  through  their  own  land,  or 
such  land  as  they  may  acquire  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  the  track, 
switches,  turn-tables  and  turn-outs,  as  said  company  may  deem 
proper,  within  the  following  described  limits  of  the  west  division 
of  the  city  of  Chicago:  All  of  Waubansia  addition  west  to  the  center 
of  Jetlerson  street,  and  that  part  of  Russell,  Mather  and  Roberts'  ad- 
dition lying  north  of  Owen  street,  and  those  parts  of  sections  four,  five 
and  eight,  lying  between  Milwaukee  avenue  and  the  north  branch  of 
the  Chicago  river,  and  for  the  purposes  of  such  track,  to  intersect 
and  cross  any  street  or  streets  said  company  may  deem  proper;  the 
city  hereby  reserving  to  itself  the  power  to  control  the  manner  of 
constructing  said  track,  and  the  motive  power  to  be  used,  and  the 
speed  of  the  same. 


ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

AN    ORDINANCE  to  aid   the   Illinois  Central  Railroad   Company  to  obtain  an 
amendment  to  their  charter.     [Passed  June  7,  1863.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2582.  ^  I.  That  the  mayor  be  instructed  to  unite  with  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company  in  an  application  to  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  state  of  Illinois,  for  such  amendment  or  addition  to  the 
act  incorporating  said  company  as  will  confer  upon  it  power  to  con- 
struct and  operate  such  branch  as  may  be  stipulated  for  between  the 
common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  the  said  companv. 

2583.  ^2.  That  the  senators  and  representatives  of  the  countv 
of  Cook  in  the  legislature  be  respectfully  requested  to  aid  in  carry- 
ing out  the  object  of  the  foregoing  section. 


6l6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Illinois,  Central  Railroad.  [Passed  June  14, 1852.] 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2584.  ^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  Company  to  lay  down,  construct,  and  maintain 
within  the  limits  of  the  cit}^  of  Chicago  and  along  the  margin  of  the 
lake  within  and  adjacent  to  the  same,  a  railroad  with  one  or  more 
tracks,  and  to  operate  the  same  with  locomotive  engines  and  cars, 

^under  such  rules  and  regulations  with  reference  to  speed  of  trains, 
the  receipt,  safe  keeping  and  delivery  of  freight,  and  arrangements 
for  the  accommodation  and  conveyance  of  passengers,  not  inconsist- 
ent with  the  public  safety,  as  said  company  may  from  time  to  time 
establish,  and  to  have  the  right  of  way  and  all  powers  incident  to  and 
necessary  therefor,  in  the  manner  and  upon  the  terms  and  conditions 
following,  to  wit:  the  said  road  shall  enter  said  citv  at  or  near  the 
intersection  of  its  south  boundary  with  Lake  Michigan,  and  following 
the  shore  on  or  near  the  margin  of  said  lake  northerly  to  the  southern 
bounds  of  the  open  space  known  as  Lake  Park,  in  front  of  canal  sec- 
tion fifteen,  and  continue  northerh^  across  the  open  space  in  front  of 
said  section  fifteen  to  such  grounds  as  the  said  company  may  acquire 
between  the  north  line  of  Randolph  street  and  the  Chicago  river,  in 
the  Fort  Dearborn  addition  to  said  city,  upon  which  said  grounds 
shall  be  located  the  depot  of  said  railroad  within  the  city,  and  such 
other  buildings,  slips  or  apparatus,  as  may  be  necessary  and  conven- 
ient for  the  business  of  said  company.  But  it  is  expressly  understood, 
that  the  city  of  Chicago  does  not  undertake  to  obtain  for  said  com- 
pany any  right  of  way,  or  other  right,  privilege  or  easement,  not  now 
in  the  power  of  said  city  to  grant  or  confer,  or  to  assume  any  liability 
or  responsibilit}"  for  the  acts  of  said  company. 

2585.  ^  2.  The  said  company  may  enter  upon  and  use  in  per- 
petuity for  its  said  line  of  road,  and  other  works  necessary  to  pro- 
tect the  same  from  the  lake,  a  width  of  three  hundred  feet  from  the 
southern  boundary  of  said  public  ground,  near  Twelfth  street,  to  the 
northern  line  of  Randolph  street ;  the  inner  or  west  line  of  the  ground 
to  be  used  by  said  compan}^  to  be  not  less  than  four  hundred  feet  east 
from  the  west  line  of  Michigan  avenue  and  parallel  thereto. 

2586.  ^  3.  The  said  company  may  extend  their  works  and  fill 
out  into  the  lake  to  a  point  in  the  southern  pier  not  less  than  four  hun- 
dred feet  west  from  the  present  east  end  of  the  same,  thence  parallel 
with  Michigan  avenue  to  the  north  line  of  Randolph  street  extended; 
but  it  is  expressly  understood  that  the  common  council  does  not  grant 
any  right  or  privilege  bevond  the  limits  above  specified,  nor  beyond 
the  line  that  may  be  actually  occupied  by  the  works  of  said  company. 
It  is  further  expressly  understood  that  should  any  damage  or  ob- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  617 

struction  occur  to  the  harbor  of  Chicago,  clearl}'  traceable  to  the  con- 
struction of  said  works  contemplated  by  sections  two  and  three  hereof, 
then  the  said  company  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  same. 

2587.  'i^  4.  Permission  and  right  of  way  are  hereby  given  to  the 
said  compan}'  to  construct  and  maintain  a  side  track  from  its  main  track, 
beginning  at  or  south  of  Twelfth  street,  proceeding  through  said  street, 
or  such  line  as  ma}'  be  prescribed  by  the  common  council,  westerly  to 
the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river;  thence  crossing  the  said  south 
branch  by  a  bridge,  or  other  mode  to  be  approved  by  the  common 
council,  which  shall  not  obstruct  navigation ;  thence  proceeding  north- 
erly to  Kinzie  street,  following,  as  far  as  practicable,  the  streets  near- 
est to  said  branch,  on  such  sides  of  the  center  of  streets  as  the  com-* 
mon  council  may  prescribe ;  said  track  not  to  be  laid  west  of  the  west 
line  of  Canal  street;  and  also  a  track  leading  from  the  last  mentioned 
track,  at  or  near  its  intersection  with  the  eastern  line  of  the  said  south 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  along  the  line  of  said  south  branch,  into 
Market  street,  following,  as  far  as  possible,  the  streets  nearest  the 
river,  and  on  such  sides  of  such  streets  as  the  common  council  may 
direct;  thence  along  the  west  line  of  Market  street  northerly  to  Lake 
street.  And  they  may  also  extend  the  track  of  said  road  from  their 
track  or  grounds  south  of  the  south  pier,  across  the  Chicago  ri\c' 
to  North  Water  street  by  means  of  a  draw-bridge,  or  other  mode 
which  shall  not  obstruct  navigation,  and  which  may  be  approved  by 
the  common  council. 

2588.  §  5.  And  the  said  tracks  shall  be  so  constructed,  fur- 
nished and  operated  as  to  meet  the  demands  of  business  upon  the 
streets  and  lines  through  and  along  which  thev  shall  run.  The  said 
side  tracks,  the  stations,  depots,  turn-outs,  switches,  turn-tables,  build- 
ings and  bridges  along  said  lines,  as  well  as  the  motive  power  to  be 
used  and  the  rate  of  speed  thereon,  to  be  subject  to  such  regulations 
as  the  common  council  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  side  tracks  of  railroads  within  the  inhabited  portions  of 
the  city.  Said  side  tracks  shall  be  open  to  the  use  of  other  railroad 
companies  and  railroads  connecting  therewith,  upon  just  and  equita- 
ble terms,  to  be  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  interested,  and  in  case  of 
disagreement  by  arbitration. 

2589.  4^  6.  The  said  company  shall  erect  and  maintain  on  the 
western  or  inner  line  of  the  ground  pointed  out  for  its  main  track  on 
the  lake  shore,  as  the  same  is  hereinbefore  defined,  such  suitable  walls, 
fences  or  other  sufficient  works,  as  will  prevent  animals  from  straying 
upon  or  obstructing  its  tracks,  and  secure  persons  and  property  from 
danger.  Said  structure  to  be  of  suitable  materials  and  sightly  ap- 
pearance, and  of  such  height  as  the  common  council  may  direct,  and 


6l8  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

no  change  therein  shall  be  made  except  by  mutual  consent:  Pro- 
vided^ however^  that  the  company  shall  construct  such  suitable  gates 
at  proper  places  at  the  ends  of  the  streets,  which  are  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  laid  out,  as  may  be  required  by  the  common  council,  to 
afford  safe  access  to  the  lake:  And  provided  aha  that  in  case  of  the 
construction  of  an  outside  harbor,  streets  may  be  laid  out  to  approach 
the  same,  in  the  manner  provided  by  law,  in  which  case  the  common 
council  may  regulate  the  speed  of  locomotives  and  trains  across 
them. 

2590.  §  7.  The  said  company  shall  erect  and  complete  within 
three  years  after  the}^  shall  have  accepted  this  ordinance,  and  shall 
forever  thereafter  maintain  a  continuous  wall  or  structure  of  stone 
masonry,  pier  work  or  other  sufficient  material,  of  regular  and  sightly 
appearance,  and  not  to  exceed  in  height  the  general  level  of  Michi- 
gan avenue  opposite  thereto,  from  the  north  side  of  Randolph  street  to 
the  southern  boundary  of  Lake  Park  before  mentioned,  at  a  distance 
of  not  more  than  three  hundred  feet  east  from  and  parallel  with  the 
western  or  inner  line  pointed  out  for  said  company,  as  specified  in  sec- 
tion two  hei-eof ,  and  shall  continue  said  works  to  the  southern  boundary 
of  the  city,  at  such  distance  outside  of  the  track  of  said  road  as  may 
be  expedient,  which  structure  and  works  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength 
and  magnitude  to  protect  the  entire  front  of  said  city  between  the  north 
line  of  Randolph  street  and  its  southern  boundary  from  further  dam- 
age or  injury  from  the  action  of  the  waters  of  Lake  Michigan,  and 
that  part  of  the  structure  south  of  Lake  Park  shall  be  commenced 
and  prosecuted  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  after  the  acceptance  of 
this  ordinance. 

2591.  §  8.  The  said  company  shall  not  in  any  manner,  nor  for 
any  purpose  whatever,  occupy,  use  or  intrude  upon  the  open  ground 
known  as  Lake  Park,  belonging  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  lying  between 
Michigan  avenue  and  the  western  or  inner  Hne  before  mentioned,  ex- 
cept as  far  as  the  common  council  may  consent,  for  the  convenience 
of  said  company,  while  constructing  or  repairing  their  works  in  front 
of  said  (ground. 

2592.  §  9.  The  said  company  shall  erect  no  buildings  between 
the  north  line  of  Randolph  street  and  the  south  line  of  the  said  Lake 
Park,  nor  occupy  nor  use  the  works  proposed  to  be  constructed  be- 
tween these  points,  except  for  the  passage  of,  or  for  making  up  or 
distributing  their  trains;  nor  place  upon  any  part  of  their  works 
between  said  points  any  obstruction  to  the  view  of  the  lake  from 
the  shore,  nor  suffer  their  locomotives,  cars  or  other  articles  to 
remain  upon  their  tracks,  but  only  erect  such  works  as  are  proper 
for  the  construction  of  their  necessary  tracks  and  protection  of  the 
same. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  619 

2593.  §  10.  The  said  company,  in  constructing  the  said  line  of 
works  in  front  of  Lake  Park  and  the  public  grounds,  shall  make  and 
keep  open  through  the  same  such  culverts  or  ways,  as  the  common 
council  shall  prescribe,  from  the  open  lake  to  the  space  inside  of  the 
western  line  before  mentioned,  as  will  afford  room  for  the  uninter- 
rupted flow  of  the  water  through  the  same. 

2594.  ^11.  The  said  company  shall  lay  down,  construct,  oper- 
ate and  maintain  a  track,  with  suitable  turn-outs,  switches  and  turn- 
tables, through  Twelfth  street,  or  through  such  other  street  north  of 
North  street,  as  the  common  council  may  desimiate,  from  their  main 
track  on  the  lake  shore,  to  connect  with  the  said  tracks  to  be  con- 
structed by  the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Railroad  Company-,  or 
procure  the  same  to  be  done,  as  provided  by  an  ordinance  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  passed  April  2,  1852,  so  soon  as  the  said  track  on 
the  east  side  of  the  south  branch  of  the  river  shall  be  completed: 
Provided^  that  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  furnish  the  right  of  way  to 
the  said  company  free  of  cost,  before  requiring  said  track  to  be  con- 
structed. 

2595.  §  12.  Upon  the  acceptance  of  this  ordinance  by  the  said 
company  (which  shall  be  within  ninety  days  of  the  passing  of  the 
same),  a  contract  or  agreement  embodying  the  provisions  herein  con- 
tained, and  stipulating  that  the  permission,  rights  and  privileges 
hereb}^  conferred  upon  said  company  shall  depend  upon  the  perform- 
ance on  their  part  of  the  requirements  made  upon  them  by  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  executed,  sealed  and  delivered  on  the  part  of  the  city 
of  Chicago  by  the  mayor  thereof,  and  on  the  part  of  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company  by  the  president  thereof,  both  in  usjial  legal 
form. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the   Illinois   Central    Railroad.     [Passed  Septem- 
ber 1.),  1856.] 

2596.  Whereas:  The  common  council  of  this  city,  bv  an  ordi- 
nance of  the  14th  day  of  June,  1852,  granted  to  the  Ilhnois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company  the  right  to  enter  and  use  in  perpetuity, 
for  its  line  of  railroad  and  other  works  necessary  to  protect  the 
same  from  the  lake,  a  width  of  three  hundred  feet  from  the  south- 
ern boundary-  of  the  public  ground  on  Twelfth  street  to  the  north- 
ern line  of  Randolph  street,  the  inner  or  west  line  of  which  ground 
so  to  be  used  by  the  compan}^  to  be  not  less  than  four  hundred  feet 
east  from  the  west  line  of  Michigan  avenue  and  parallel  thereto; 
and  whereas  the  ground  thus  granted  is  shown  to  be  too  narrow 
to  afford  to  said  company  a  convenient  means  of  approaching  and 
using  a  part  of  their  station  grounds  between  Randolph  street  and 
Chicago  river;  therefore. 


620  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2597.  4^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  the  said  Illi- 
nois Central  Railroad  Company  to  enter  upon  and  use  in  perpetuity, 
for  its  line  of  railroad  and  other  works  necessary  to  protect  the  same 
from  the  lake,  the  space  between  its  present  break-water  and  a  line 
drawn  from  a  point  on  said  break-water,  seven  hundred  feet  south 
of  the  north  line  of  Randolph  street  extended,  and  running  thence 
on  a  straight  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  its  present  break-water, 
and  thence  to  the  river:  Provided^  hozvever,  and  this  permission  is 
only  given  upon  the  express  condition,  that  the  portion  of  said  line 
which  lies  south  of  the  north  line  of  Randolph  street  extended,  shall 
be  kept  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  restrictions,  as  to  the  use  of 
the  same,  as  are  imposed  upon  that  part  of  said  line  by  the  said 
ordinance  of  June  14,  1852. 

AN  ORDINANCE   approving  the  plans  for  a  bridge,  to  be  erected  by  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad   Companj'  across   the   Chicago  river.     [Passed   December  1, 

1862.] 

2598,  Whereas:  The  common  council,  by  ordinance  passed 
June  14,  1852,  did  authorize  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company 
to  extend  the  track  of  said  road  from  their  track  or  grounds  south 
of  the  south  pier,  across  the  Chicago  river  to  North  Water  street, 
by  means  of  a  bridge,  the  plans  of  w.hich  were  to  be  approved  by 
the  common  council;  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Cotincil  of  the  city  of   Chicago  : 

2599.  §  I.  That  the  plans  for  a  pivot  bridge  presented  by  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad^  Company,  to  cross  the  Chicago  river  at  a 
point  designated  in  the  foregoing  preamble,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  approved;  subject,  however,  to  this  express  condition,  that 
the  breaking  of  ground  for  the  erection  of  said  bridge,  or  the  taking  of 
any  measures  by  the  said  company  or  its  agents  towards  the  build- 
ing of  the  same,  shall  be  taken  and  construed  as  an  acceptance  of 
and  agreement  on  the  part  of  said  company  to  all  the  conditions, 
provisions,  restrictions  and  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  and  the 
same  shall  be  binding  upon  said  company. 

2600,  §  2.  Said  railroad  company  shall  construct  said  bridge 
under  the  charge  and  superintendence  of  the  board  of  public  works ; 
and  said  company  shall  be  liable  for  and  chargeable  wdth  all  damage 
that  may  accrue  and  become  payable  to  the  owners  or  occupants  of 
any  real  estate,  or  to  the  owners  or  charter  part}'  of  any  vessel,  float 
or  water  craft,  by  reason  of  the  construction,  operation  or  improper 
care  and  management  of  said  bridge;  and  said  company  shall  at  its 
own  cost  tend  said  bridge,  and  shall  so  operate  and  manage  the  same 
as  to  cause  the  least  possible  obstruction  to  navigation;  and  said  rail- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  62I 

road  company  shall  indemnify  and  save  the  city  of  Chicago  harmless 
from  any  and  all  costs,  damages,  charges  and  expenses  whatsoever, 
that  may  in  any  manner  arise  by  reason  of  the  erection  or  use  of  a 
bridge  at  that  point. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  a  portion  of  the  submerged  lands  and  lake  park  grounds 
lying  on  and  adjacent  to  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  on  the  eastern  frontage 
of  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  (over  veto)  April  16,  1809.] 

2601.  §  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
re-presented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That  all  right,  title  and  interest 
of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  and  to  so  much  of  fractional  section  fifteen 
(15),  township  thirty-nine  (39),  range  fourteen  (14),  east  of  third  (3d) 
principal  meridian,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  county  of  Cook,  and  state 
of  Illinois,  as  situated  east  of  Michigan  avenue,  and  north  of  Park 
row  and  south  of  the  south  line  of  Monroe  street  and  west  of  a  line 
running  parallel  with  and  four  hundred  feet  east  of  the  west  line  of 
said  Michigan  avenue  —  being  a  strip  of  land  four  hundred  feet  in 
width,  including  said  avenue,  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  and 
partiallv  submerged  by  the  waters  of  said  lake — are  hereb}'  granted 
in  fee  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  with  full  power  and  authority  to 
sell  and  convey  all  of  said  tract  east  of  said  avenue,  leaving  said  av- 
enue ninety  (90)  feet  in  width,  in  such  manner  and  upon  such  terms 
as  the  common  council  of  said  cit}'  may  by  ordinance  provide :  Pro- 
vided, that  no  sale  or  conveyance  of  said  property,  or  any  part  there- 
of, shall  be  valid  unless  the  same  be  approved  by  a  vote  of  not  less 
than  three-fourths  of  all  the  aldermen  elect. 

2602.  '^  2.  The  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  anv  and  all  of  said  lands 
shall  be  set  aside,  and  shall  constitute  a  fund  to  be  designated  as  the 
"  Park  Fund  "  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  and  said  fund  shall  be 
equitably  distributed  by  the  common  council  between  the  south  divis- 
ion, the  west  division  and  the  north  division  of  the  said  city,  upon  the 
basis  of  the  assessed  value  of  the  taxable  real  estate  of  each  of  said 
divisions,  and  shall  be  applied  to  the  purchase  and  improvement  in 
each  of  said  divisions,  or  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  of  a  public  park  or 
parks,  and  for  no  other  purpose  whatsoever. 

2603.  §  3.  The  right  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company, 
under  the  grant  from  the  state  in  its  charter,  which  said  grant  consti- 
tutes a  part  of  the  consideration  for  which  the  said  company  pays  to 
the  state  at  least  se\'en  per  cent,  of  its  gross  earnings,  and  under  and  by 
virtue  of  its  appropriation,  occupancy,  use  and  control,  and  the  riparian 
ownership  incident  to  such  grant,  appropriation,  occupancy,  use  and 
control  in  and  to  the  lands  submerged  or  otherwise  lying  east  of  the 
said  line  running  parallel  with  and  four  hundred  feet  east  of  the  west 
line  of  Michigan  avenue,  in  fractional  sections  ten  ( lo)  and  fifteen  (15)7 


622  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

township  and  range  as  aforesaid  is  hereby  confirmed,  and  all  the 
rip"ht  and  title  of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  and  to  the  submerfjed  lands 
constituting  the  bed  of  Lake  Michigan  and  13'ing  east  of  the  tracks 
and  break-water  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  for  the 
distance  of  one  mile,  and  between  the  south  line  of  the  south  pier  ex- 
tended eastwardly,  and  a  line  extended  eastward  from  the  south  line 
of  lot  twenty-one,  south  of  and  near  to  the  round  house  and  machine 
shops  of  said  company  in  the  south  division  of  the  said  city  of  Chi- 
cago, are  hereby  granted  in  fee  to  the  said  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns :  Provided,  however,  that  the  fee 
to  said  lands  shall  be  held  by  said  company  in  perpetuity,  and  that 
the  said  company  shall  not  have  power  to  grant,  sell  or  convey  the 
fee  to  the  same,  and  that  all  gross  receipts  from  use,  profits,  leases 
or  otherwise  of  said  lands,  or  the  improvements  thereon,  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  made  thereon,  shall  form  a  part  of  the  gross  proceeds, 
receipts  and  income  of  the  said  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company, 
upon  which  said  company  shall  forever  pay  into  the  state  treasury, 
semi-annually,  the  per  centum  provided  for  in  its  charter,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  requirements  of  said  charter:  And  provided  also,  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  authorize  obstructions  to  the  Chicago 
harbor,  or  impair  the  public  right  of  navigation,  nor  shall  this  act  be 
construed  to  exempt  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Compan}-,  its  lessees 
or  assigns,  from  any  act  of  the  general  assembly  which  may  be  here- 
after passed  regulating  the  rates  of  wharfage  and  dockage  to  be 
charged  in  said  harbor:  And  provided  further,  that  any  of  the  lands 
hereby  granted  to  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  and  the  im- 
provements now  or  which  may  hereafter  be  on  the  same,  which  shall 
hereafter  be  leased  by  said  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company  to  any 
person  or  corporation,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  occupied  by  any 
person  or  corporation  other  than  said  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany, shall  not  during  the  continuance  of  such  leasehold  estate  or  of 
such  occupancy  be  exempt  from  municipal  or  other  taxation. 

2604.  §  4.  All  the  right  and  title  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  and 
to  the  lands,  submerged  or  otherwise,  lying  north  of  the  south  line 
of  Monroe  street  and  south  of  the  south  line  of  Randolph  street,  and 
between  the  east  line  of  Michigan  avenue  and  the  track  and  roadway 
of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  and  constituting  parts  of 
fractional  sections  ten  (10)  and  fifteen  (15),  in  said  township  thirty- 
nine  (39),  as  aforesaid,  are  hereby  granted  in  fee  to  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company,  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Rail- 
road Company,  and  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad  Company,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  for  the  erection  thereon  of  a  passenger  depot, 
and  for  such  other  purposes  as  the  business  of  said  companies  may 
require :  Provided,  that  upon  all  gross  receipts  of  the  IlUnois  Central 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  623 

Railroad  Compan}',  from  leases  of  its  interest  in  said  grounds,  or  im- 
provements thereon,  or  other  uses  of  the  same,  the  per  centum  pro- 
vided for  in  the  charter  of  said  company  shall  forever  be  paid,  in  con- 
formitv  with  the  requirements  of  said  charter. 

2605.  ^5.  In  consideration  of  the  grant  to  the  said  Illinois 
Central,  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy,  and  Michigan  Central 
Railroad  Companies  of  the  land  as  aforesaid,  said  companies  are 
hereby  required  to  pa}^  to  said  city  of  Chicago  the  sum  of  eight  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  in  the  following  manner,  viz:  Two 
hundred  thousand  dollars  within  three  months  from  and  after  the 
passage  of  this  act,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  within  six  months 
from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars 
within  nine  months  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  two  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  within  twelve  months  from  and  after  the  pass- 
age of  this  act :  which  said  sums  shall  be  placed  in  the  park  fund  of 
the  said  city  of  Chicago,  and  shall  be  distributed  in  like  manner  as 
is  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  distribution  of  the  other  funds  which 
may  be  obtained  by  said  city  from  the  sale  of  the  lands  conveyed  to 
it  by  this  act. 

2606.  ^  6.  The  common  council  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago  is 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  quit-claim  and  release  to  the 
said  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Compan}^  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and 
Quincy  Railroad  Company  and  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany any  and  all  claim  and  interest  in  and  upon  anv  and  all  of  said 
land  north  of  the  south  line  of  Monroe  street  as  aforesaid,  which  the 
said  city  may  have  b\'  virtue  of  any  expenditures  and  improvements 
thereon  or  otherwise,  and  in  case  the  said  common  council  shall  ne- 
glect or  refuse  thus  to  quit-claim  and  release  to  the  said  companies 
as  aforesaid,  within  four  months  from  and  after  th^  passage  of  this 
act,  then  the  said  companies  shall  be  discharged  from  all  obligation 
to  pay  the  balance  remaining  unpaid  to  said  city. 

2607.  §  7.  The  grants  to  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany contained  in  this  act  are  hereby  declared  to  be  upon  the  ex- 
press condition  that  said  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company  shall 
perpetually  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  state  of  Illinois  the  per 
centum  on  the  gross  or  total  proceeds,  receipts  or  incomes  derived 
from  said  road  and  branches  stipulated  in  its  charter,  and  also  the 
per  centum  on  the  gross  receipts  of  said  company  reserved  in  this  act. 

2608.  ^  8.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act,  and  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 


624  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  extending  Randolph  street  to  Lake  Michigan  and  providing  for 
Viaduct  over  the  tracks  of  Illinois  Central   Railroad.     [Passed  July   12,  1880. J 

Be  it  ordahicd  by  the  City  Council  of  tJie  city  of  Chicago : 

2609.  §  I.  Randolph  street  is  hereby  extended  and  produced, 
straight  eastwardly,  and  declared  to  be  a  public  street,  from  its  pre- 
."^ent  eastern  terminus  to  the  west  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  Compan}^,  as  established  by  the  ordinance 
of  September  10,  1855,  of  the  same  width  as  said  street  is  west  of 
its  present  eastern  terminus,  and  also  straight  eastwardly  of  the 
same  width,  and  on  a  line  with  that  part  of  the  street  west  of  said 
right  of  way  from  the  easterly  line  of  slip  "  C,"  prodused  south- 
erly to  Lake  Michigan ;  the  said  extension  of  Randolph  street  to  be 
such,  that  it  shall  be  a  continuous  street  from  its  present  eastern 
terminus  to  Lake  Michigan,  of  the  same  width  and  in  the  same 
direction  as  the  part  of  Randolph  street  west  of  its  said  eastern  ter- 
minus, excepting  from  such  extension  the  space  between  the  east- 
erly line  of  said  slip  "  C,"  produced  southerly  and  the  said  west 
line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Illinois  Central  Company. 

2610.  S  2.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  hereby  is  given 
to  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  to  construct  and  maintain, 
at  its  own  cost  and  expense,  a  bridge  or  viaduct  within  the  line  of 
Randolpli  street,  as  extended  under  the  provisions  of  section  one 
hereof,  and  over  the  tracks  and  right  of  way  of  the  Illinois  Central 
and  Michigan  Central  railroad  companies,  together  with  suitable 
and  convenient  approaches.  The  approach  from  the  west  to  said 
bridge  or  viaduct  shall  be  not  exceeding  thirty  feet  in  width,  and 
shall  commence  at  the  east  line  of  Michigan  avenue,  produced  north- 
erly from  the  south,  said  approaches  and  viaduct  to  be  constructed 
and  located  in  accordance  with  plans  to  be  approved  by  the  com- 
missioner of  public  works. 

261 1.  §  3.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  railroad  company  shall, 
and  will  forever,  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago 
ao-ainst  and  from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees  and  costs 
and  expenses  of  the  same,  which  it  may  suffer,  or  which  may  be 
recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  or  grow- 
ing out  of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any 
matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said 
company  of  the  privilege  hereby  granted. 

2612.  i^  4.  The  said  bridge  or  viaduct  shall  bt^  built  in  a 
straight  easterl\^  direction  corresponding  with  the  course  of  Ran- 
dolph street,  and  in  such  part  of  said  street  as  may  be  directed  by 
the  commissioner  of  public  works.     The  cost  of  maintaining  and  re- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  625 

pairing  the  same  shall  be  borne  by  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
Compan}-,  and  the  right  to  the  use  of  said  bridge  or  viaduct  shall 
be  forever  free  to  the  public,  and  to  all  persons  having  occasion  to 
pass  and  repass  thereon,  and  there  shall  be  accommodation  made  in 
said  viaduct  for  foot  passengers. 

2613.  ^  5.  Unless  the  said  bridge  or  viaduct  shall  be  com- 
pleted and  opened  to  the  public  within  one  year  and  a  half  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  then  the  permission  and  authority  herein 
granted  for  the  erection  of  the  same  shall  cease  and  be  void  and  of 
no  effect. 

2614.  §  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  eflect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


LAKE  SHORE  AND  MICHIGAN  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD. 

AN   ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  the  Michigan    Southern  and  Northern  Indiana 
Raih'oad  Company.     [Passed  September  6,  1869.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coinnion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2615.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted 
to  the  Michigan  Southern  and  Northern  Indiana  Railroad  Company 
to  lay  down  one  or  more  railroad  track  or  tracks  over  and  across 
the  property,  lately  purchased  by  said  company,  between  Twenty- 
second  and  Sixteenth  streets  in  said  city,  being  the  west  one-half  of 
blocks  numbered  forty-seven  (-}7),  thirty-seven  (37),  thirty-six  (36), 
twenty-eight  (28),  eighteen  (^i8j,  eleven  (11)  and  four  (.|)  of  the 
canal  trustees'  subdivision  of  the  east  fraction  of  the  southeast  quar- 
ter of  section  number  twenty-one  (21 ),  in  township  number  thirtv-nine 
(39)  north,  of  range  number  fourteen  (14)  east  of  the  third  (3d)  prin- 
cipal meridian,  and  to  lay  such  tracks  across  the  streets  and  alleys 
lying  between  said  blocks,  within  the  boundaries  aforesaid,  said 
Twenty-second  and  Sixteenth  streets  inclusive,  but  no  more  than 
two  tracks  shall  be  laid  across  Twenty-second  street  or  Archer  road. 

2616.  i^  2.  All  tracks  laid  across  the  streets  aforesaid  shall  be 
laid  under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  public  works,  and  in  such  a 
manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  travel  along  such  streets;  conveni- 
ent crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained  across  such  streets  and 
alleys,  and  proper  warning  signs  shall  be  erected  and  maintained  in 
conspicuous  places  at  or  near  all  street  crossings  within  the  limits 
aforesaid;  and  said  company  shall  keep,  at  all  times,  flagmen  at  the 
crossings  on  Twenty-second  and  Eighteenth  streets  and  Archer  road. 

2617.     ^  3.     Said  company  may  use  and  operate  said  railroad 
tracks,  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  with  locomotives,  engines  and  cars, 
under  such  rules  and  regulations  with  reference  to  the  speed,  mo- 
40 


626  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THP: 

tive  power,  and  manner  of  running  the  same,  as  the  common  coun- 
cil of  said  city  has  made  or  may  from  time  to  time  hereafter  impose 
and  make. 

2618.  §  4.  The  acceptance  of  this  ordinance  by  said  company 
shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  an  agreement  on  its  part,  to  relin- 
quish all  rights  to  use  Clark  street  between  the  points  named  in  the 
first  section,  from  and  after  the  expiration  of  two  years  after  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  all  grants  heretofore  made  to  said 
company  to  use  the  same  shall  cease  and  end  on  the  expiration  of 
said  time. 

AN  ORDINANCE  relating  to  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway 
Company.     [Passed  March  15,  1880.] " 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2619.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  to  the 
Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company  to  lay  down 
and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks  over  and  across  the  property 
lately  purchased  by  said  company  between  Twenty-second  and  Twen- 
ty-fifth streets  in  said  city,  being  all  of  blocks  3,  8  and  13  in  UhHch 
&  Muhlke's  Addition  to  Chicago,  in  the  east  half  of  the  northeast 
quarter  of  section  28,  town  2^,  range  14  east  of  the  third  principal 
meridian,  and  to  lay  and  operate  such  tracks  across  the  streets  and 
alleys  lying  between  said  blocks  within  the  boundaries  aforesaid, 
said  Twenty-second  street  and  Twenty-tifth  street  inclusive. 

2620.  ^  2.  All  tracks  laid  across  the  streets  aforesaid  shall 
be  laid  under  direction  of  the  department  of  public  works,  and  in 
such  a  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  travel  along  such  streets. 
Convenient  crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained  across  such 
streets  and  alleys  at  the  expense  of  said  company,  and  not  in  any 
manner  at  the  cost  of  said  city. 

2621.  §  3.  Said  company  may  use  and  operate  said  railroad 
tracks  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  with  locomotive  engines  and  cars, 
under  such  rules  and   regulations   as   the  city   council   now  has   or 

■  may  hereafter  make,  having  uniform   application  to   all   railroads  in 
said  city. 

2622.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  tiuthorizing  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway- 
Company  to  lay  tracks  in  a  certain  portion  of  South  Clark  street.  [Passed  Oct. 
27,  1879. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2623.  ^  I.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Lake  Shore 
and   Michigan   Southern   Railway   Company  the   right  to  maintain 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  627 

and  operate  a  track  or  tracks  upon  that  portion  of  South  Clark 
street  as  follows,  to  wit:  That  portion  thereof  between  Twelfth 
and  Sixteenth  streets  described  by  the  following  line,  commencing 
at  a  point  on  the  west  line  of  South  Clark  street  one  thousand  feet 
south  of  the  south  line  of  Fourteenth  street,  running  thence  in  a 
north-easterly  direction  having  a  uniform  curve  to  the  left  to  a  point 
twenty-eight  feet  east  of  the  west  line  of  said  South  Clark  street 
and  nine  hundred  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Fourteenth  street, 
which  curve  shall  be  west  from  the  point  last  named,  thence  north 
parallel  with  said  w^est  line  to  a  point  six  hundred  and  tifty  feet  south 
of  the  south  line  of  Twelfth  street,  and  twenty-eight  feet  east  of  the 
west  line  of  Clark  street,  thence  in  a  northwesterly  direction  on  a 
line  having  a  uniform  curve  to  the  west  to  a  point  on  said  west  line 
of  South  Clark  street  tive  hundred  and  tiftv  feet  south  of  the  south 
line  of  Twelfth  street,  thence  south  one  hundred  feet  along  the  west 
side  of  South  Clark  street  to  a  point  six  hundred  and  fifty  feet  south 
of  the  south  line  of  Twelfth  street,  thence  east  on  a  line  at  right 
angles  with  the  west  line  of  South  Clark  street  sixteen  feet,  thence 
south  on  a  line  parallel  with  the  west  line  of  South  Clark  street, 
and  sixteen  feet  therefrom  to  a  point  nine  hundred  feet  south  of  the 
south  line  of  Fourteenth  street,  thence  west  on  a  line  at  right 
angles  with  the  west  line  of  South  Clark  street  sixteen  feet  to  the 
west  line  of  South  Clark  street,  thence  south  on  the  west  line  of 
South  Clark  street  to  the  place  of  beginning;  also  the  right  to  lav 
down  and  operate  one  or  more  tracks  in  the  space  described,  and 
the  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs  on  and  from  said  tracks,  and 
also  the  right,  power  and  authoritv  to  construct,  and  maintain,  and 
operate  all  of  said  tracks  forever,  subject,  however,  to  such  ordi- 
nances and  regulations  enacted  and  ordained  bv  the  proper  author- 
ities of  the  city  of  Chicago,  having  uniform  application  and  opera- 
tion upon  all  railways  within  the  limits  of  the  said  citv- 

2624.  g  2.  The  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
Railway  Compan}'  shall  remove  from  South  Clark  street  its  tracks 
and  switches,  except  those  authorized  to  be  constructed  and  main- 
tained by  section  one  hereof,  within  thirtv  da3^s  after  this  ordinance 
shall  take  etVect.  and  shall  within  three  months  after  this  ordinance 
shall  take  effect,  erect  and  forever  maintain  a  wall  ten  feet  in  heierht 
above  the  grade  of  said  street,  with  foundation  not  less  than  three 
feet  below  said  grade;  the  foundation  to  be  of  good  fiat  building 
stones  laid  in  cement  mortar,  not  less  than  thirty  inches  wide  at 
bottom,  and  twenty  inches  wide  at  grade  line,  the  stone  work  to 
be  built  two  feet  above  grade  line,  faced  on  the  outside  with  ham- 
mer dressed  stone,  wuth  water  table  6x12  inches  of  cut  stone:  on 
this  work  shall  be  a  brick  wall  divided  into  panels  with  piers  two 
feet  wide  every  six  feet  apart,  the  wall  to  be  twentv  inches  thick  at 


628  SPECIAI.    LAWS    OF    THE 

the  piers,  and  sixteen  inches  thick  between  the  piers,  the  brick  to  be 
hard  burned  and  square  laid  in  hme  mortar,  well  built  and  thorough- 
ly banded,  and  the  joints  to  be  neatly  struck  on  the  outside,  to  have  a 
coping  of  stone  on  the  top  twenty-four  inches  wide,  and  six  inches 
thick,  bevelled  to  four  inches  on  the  outer  edge,  the  coping  to  be 
set  and  pointed  in  pure  cement  and  dowelled  together,  from  the 
point  named  in  the  first  section  hereof,  on  the  west  line  of  Clark 
street  one  thousand  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Fourteenth  street, 
thence  by  the  line  therein  mentioned,  running  northeasterly,  north 
and  northwesterly  to  the  point  in  the  west  line  of  South  Clark  street 
five  hundred  and  fifty  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Twelfth  street; 
that  said  wall  shall  be  extended  along  the  west  line  of  South  Clark 
street  as  to  make  each  end  thereof  at  least  twenty-live  feet  from  the 
point  where  the  track  of  the  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  South- 
ern Railway  Company  situated  west  of,  nearest  to  said  wall,  crosses 
the  west  line  of  said  South  Clark  street;  that  the  middle  Hne  of  said 
extension  of  said  wall  shall  be  ten  inches  east  of  said  west  line  of 
Clark  street,  and  that  the  middle  line  of  the  remainder  of  said  wall 
shall  be  the  line  above  described,  extending  from  the  point  one  thous- 
and feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Fourteenth  street  in  a  northeast- 
erly, north  and  northwesterly  direction  to  the  point  five  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Twelfth  street ;  that  an  open  space 
may  be  left  in  said  wall  for  the  existing  track  connecting  the  track 
of  the  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company 
with  the  warehouse  of  George  A.  Severance;  that  it  shall  also  have 
the  right  to  leave  two  gateways  in  said  wall  for  the  passage  of  teams, 
with  gates  at  each  of  the  said  openings,  constructed  so  as  to  slide  in 
said  wall  in  such  manner  as  to  close  said  open  spaces  when  the  same 
are  not  in  actual  use  for  the  movement  of  cars  unto  said  warehouse, 
or  for  the  passage  of  teams  through  such  gateways ;  that  said  gates 
shall  be  ten  feet  high,  and  so  made  as  to  obstruct  the  view  of  the 
cars  from  said  street;  that  it  shall  also  leave  in  said  wall  one  open 
space  sufficient  for  the  crossing  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  from  the  tracks  in  its  yard  upon  the  west 
side  of  Clark  street  to  its  warehouse  on  the  east  side  thereof,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  to  cause  to  be  constructed  at  said  opening  a  gate  of 
the  kind  or  essentially  similar  to  one  of  the  gates  now  used  at  the 
crossing  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railway  over  Mich- 
igan avenue  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  by  such  gate  to  keep  the 
said  track  closed  when  not  in  actual  use  for  the  movement  of  cars 
between  its  railroad  yard  and  its  said  warehouse;  that  the  right  is 
hereby  granted  to  the  said  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  to  erect  in  said  street  the  necessar}'  machinery  for 
working  such  gate,  which  machinerv  shall  not  be  located  east  of  the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  629 

east  line  of  said  wall;  that  the  said  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacitic 
Railroad  Company  is  hereby  released  from  all  obligation  to  build  a 
wall  in  South  Clark  street  as  required  of  them  by  the  ordinance 
passed  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1876,  before  the  time 
in  this  ordinance  specified,  within  which  the  said  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  Railroad  Company  is  required  to  complete  the 
wall  on  the  east  line  of  the  space  described  in  the  tirst  section  hereof, 
and  that  the  completion  of  said  wall  by  the  said  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  Railroad  Company  shall  operate  to  discharge 
said  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Cftmpany  from  any 
and  all  obligation  to  erect  a  wall  in  said  South  Clark  street  as  re- 
quired by  the  ordinance  above  mentioned. 

2625.  §  3.  This  ordinance  shall  have  the  force  and  eflect  of  a 
contract  between  the  citv  of  Chicago  and  the  said  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  Railroad  Company  and  its  successors  and 
assigns. 

Provided.,  If  said  railway  companv  shall  be  subjected  to  any 
delay  because  of  any  legal  proceedings  instituted  by  any  person  or 
persons  or  corporation  in  complying  with  any  of  the  terms  or 
requirements  of  this  ordinance,  or  in  av^ailing  itself  of  any  of  the 
grants  hereby  made,  the  term  of  thirt^^  days  and  the  term  of  three 
months  before  mentioned  shall  be  extended  to  the  period  of  thirty 
days  and  of  three  months  respectively  from  and  after  the  dismissal, 
by  order  or  decree  or  otherwise,  of  such  proceedings;  but  it  is  also 
provided  that  the  said  city  shall  have  the  right,  at  its  option,  to 
emplov  at  its  own  expense  attorneys  to  aid  said  company  in  the 
defense  of  any  such  proceedings. 

2626.  ,4^  4.  The  grant  of  the  right  of  way  to  said  Lake  Shore 
and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company  in  that  portion  of  Clark 
street  aforesaid,  is  made  by  said  citv  and  accepted  b}'  said  company 
upon  the  express  condition  that  said  company  remove  said  track 
and  build  said  wall  within  the  time  and  in  the  manner  aforesaid  and. 
comply  in  all  respects  with  this  ordinance,  and  that  the  said  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  Companv  shall  also  relinquish 
any  right  it  mav  have  to  the  space  vacated  by  the  Michigan  South- 
ern Railroad  Company  under  this  ordinance. 

2627.  §  5.  The  Chicago  Citv  Railwav  Company,  upon  the 
removal  by  the  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway 
Company  of  its  tracks  in  Clark  street  east  of  the  said  wall  as 
described  in  this  ordinance,  may  construct  its  track  in  Clark  street 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance  passed  November 
21,  1870 :     Provided,  That  the  tracks  of  said  Chicago  City  Rail- 


630  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

wa}^  Company  in  that  part  of  Clark  street  opposite  the  said  de- 
scribed wall  shall  be  laid  within  sixteen  feet  of  said  wall  in  the 
principal  part  thereof,  and  parallel  therewith,  and  that  said  Chicago 
City  Railway  shall  not  lay  its  tracks  in,  nor  occupy  in  the  opera- 
tion of  its  cars  any  part  of  Clark  street  opposite  said  wall;  and 
east  of  the  sixteen  feet  of  said  street  next  east  of  said  wall,  and 
parallel  therewith;  and  provided  further,  that  the  said  Chicago  City 
Railway  shall,  at  or  before  the  time  it  shall  construct  its  said  tracks, 
as  aforesaid,  pave  the  said  sixteen  feet  of  said  street  in  which  it  is 
authorized  to  lay  its  tracks  as  aforesaid,  with  cobblestone  pavement, 
under  the  superintendence  and  direction,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  department  of  public  works  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2628.  '^  6.  Whenever  at  any  time  hereafter  any  part  of  Clark 
street  immediately  north  of  the  part  of  said  street  opposite  said 
w^all,  or  immediately  south  of  the  said  part  of  said  street,  shall  be 
ordered  to  be  paved  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  the 
said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company  shall 
pave  all  the  said  part  of  Clark  street  opposite  and  east  of  the  said 
described  wall,  except  the  said  sixteen  feet  of  said  street  to  be  occu- 
pied and  paved  by  the  City  Railway  Company,  in  the  same  manner 
in  all  respects  as  the  other  part  of  said  Clark  street  may  be  ordered 
paved  as  aforesaid;  and  at  the  same  time,  and  in  consideration 
thereof,  the  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway 
Company  shall  be  released  from  the  obligation  to  plank,  put  in 
sewers,  and  pave  said  street,  imposed  by  an  ordinance  passed 
January  7,   1856. 

2629.  'i^  7.  The  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
Railway  Company  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for 
each  day's  delav  in  removing  said  railroad  tracks  as  aforesaid,  after 
the  time  herein  specified,  and  also  to  a  like  penalty  of  fifty  dollars 
for  each  day's  delay  in  completing  said  wall  in  all  respects  as  afore- 
said after  the  time  herein  specified  therefor,  and  also  to  a  like  pen- 

•  alty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  day's  delay  in  commencing  work  on 
said  pavement,  after  notice  to  commence  the  same  from  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works  of  said  city,  and  the  said  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company  shall  also  be  liable  to  a  pen- 
alty of  fifty  dollars  for  each  ofi'ense  for  running  a  train  on  to  any 
portion  of  said  Clark  street  after  said  tracks  shall  have  been 
removed,  in  case  the  same  are  not  removed  within  the  time  afore- 
said, and  for  running  a  train  on  to  any  portion  of  said  Clark  street 
after  said  wall  should  have  been  completed  as  aforesaid,  in  case  the 
same  shall  not  be  completed  within  the  time  and  in  the  manner 
aforesaid;  said  penalties  to  be  rec9vered  against  said  company  on 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  631 

behalf  of  said  city  before  any  justice  of  said  city  or  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction. 

2630.  §  8.  The  said  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
Raib-oad  Company  shall,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  December, 
1879,  (as  amended  November  10,  1879),  duly  signify  its  acceptance 
thereof. 

2631.  §  9.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 


LA  SALLE  AND  CHICA(;0  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

AN    ORDINANCE    concerning    the  La  Salle    and   Chicago  Railroad  Company. 

[Passed  May  6,  1872.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2632.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby,  given  and  granted  unto  the  La  Salle  and  Chicago  Rail- 
road Companv  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  rail- 
road tracks  along  and  upon  the  following  named  route  and  streets 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  wit:  commencing  at  the  western  city  lim- 
its, adjacent  to  the  right  of  way  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and 
Quincv  Railroad  Company,  thence,  as  near  as  practicable,  to  the 
said  Chicago, '  Burlington  and  Quincy  railroad  tracks  to  Rebecca 
street,  thence  on  the  south  half  of  Rebecca  street  to,  or  near,  the 
east  end  of  Rebecca  street,  thence  to  Meagher  street ;  thence  on  the 
south  side  of  Meagher  street  (and  on  the  alleys  between  Johnson 
and  Halsted  streets,  running  on  a  line  nearly  due  west  of  Meagher 
street)  and  across  Meagher  street  into  Stewart  avenue;  thence 
north  on  Stewart  avenue  and  Beach  street  to  Harrison  street; 
thence  north  across  Harrison  street  on  the  east  side  of  the  tracks 
of  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company, 
on  an}^  property  said  La  Salle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Companv  may 
acquire  by  purchase,  condemnatio^n  or  otherwise,  to  the  south  line 
of  West  Adams  street:  Provided,  that  the  La  Salle  and  Chicago 
Railroad  Company  shall  not  in  entering  the  city  occupy  or  cross 
the  depot  grounds  of  another  company. 

2633.  ^  2.  The  said  railroad  company  may  cross  any  and  all 
streets  and  alleys  and  railroad  tracks  upon  or  along  the  line  of  its 
said  route.  Said  company  to  be  subject  to  the  directions  of  the  board 
of  public  works  of  said  city,  in  the  construction  of  its  said  tracks  and 
the  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much  of  said  streets,  alleys  and  cross- 
ings as  may  be  occupied  by  said  railroad  company  with  its  tracks, 
switches  and  turn-outs. 


632  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2634.  ^  3.  The  said  railroad  company  may,  and  it  is  hereby 
authorized  to,  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad 
tracks,  with  such  turn-outs,  side-tracks,  switches  and  turn-tables  as 
it  shall  deem  necessary,  over  or  across  any  land  which  it  may  ac- 
quire upon  the  line  of  said  route,  or  said  streets,  or  between  the 
same  on  the  line  of  said  route,  either  by  purchase,  condemnation  or 
otherwise,  and  the  said  railroad  company  may  use  and  operate  its 
railroad  tracks,  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  with  locomotive  en- 
gines and  cars,  or  with  horse  or  other  animal  power,  as  it  shall  deem 
proper,  subject  to  all  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago  applicable 
to  railroads  similarly  situated. 

2635.  §  4.  The  said  railroad  company  shall  have  the  right, 
and  is  hereby  authorized,  to  depress  its  tracks,  to  bridge  the  cross 
streets  over  said  tracks,  and  to  employ  such  other  means  as  to  such 
cross  streets  as  it  may  deem  necessary  to  secure  quick  transit,  under 
the  direction  and  superintendence  of  the  board  of  public  works  of 
the  city  of  Chicago,  and  all  bridges,  when  erected,  with  the  ap- 
proaches thereto,  shall  belong  to,  and  be  the  propert}'  of  the  city 
of  Chicago.  Convenient  crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained 
by  said  company  where  said  track  or  tracks  cross  any  street  or 
alley  within  said  city,  according  to  the  directions  of  the  board  of 
public  works  of  said  city;  but  the  permission  and  authority  herein 
granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  company  shall 
erect  viaducts  over  its  said  tracks  on  any  street  or  streets  of  said  city 
which  may  be  crossed  b}^  its  said  tracks  where  and  as  the  said 
board  of  public  works  or  the  common  council  may  from  time  to 
time  require:  Pi'ovided^  that  said  viaducts  shall  have  approaches 
thereto  on  either  side  thereof;  said  approaches  to  have  an  elevation 
of  not  more  than  one  foot  to  every  forty  feet  in  length,  and  that  said 
approaches  to  said  viaduct  or  viaducts  shall  likewise  be  erected, 
built  and  maintained  at  the  expense  of  said  railroad  company:  Pro- 
vided, however,  that  said  compan}'  shall  not  be  required  to  erect 
more  than  two  of  such  viaducts  in  any  one  year;  and  that  where 
such  viaducts  cannot  be  built  at  any  such  crossing  without  the  same 
be  built  over  the  track  or  tracks  of  some  other  railway  company  or 
companies,  then  said  company  shall  only  be  obliged  to  join  with  such 
other  last  mentioned  railroad  company  or  companies,  and  to  pay  its 
fair  proportion  of  the  costs  of  such  viaduct  or  viaducts,  and  that  such 
viaducts  shall  be  erected  under  the  superintendence  of  and  in  such 
manner  as  said  board  of  public  works  may  require;  but  it  is  hereby 
provided  that  the  first  two  viaducts  to  be  erected  in  pursuance  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be,  one  over  the  Canal  street  crossing  and  one 
over  the  Halsted  street  crossing,  and  that  if  a  viaduct  shall  be  built 
over  the  said  Canal  street  crossing  before  said  La  Salle  and  Chicago 
Railroad  shall  lay  down  a  track  across  said  Canal  street,  the  said 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  633 

L.a  Salle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company  shall  pay  its  fair  propor- 
tion (^with  other  railroad  companies),  of  the  costs  of  said  last  men- 
tioned viaduct. 

2636.  §  5.  The  said  railroad  company  shall  be  subject  to  all 
general  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  common  council  of  the  said  city, 
in  relation  to  railroads. 

2637.  ^  6.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago 
Railroad  Company  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harm- 
less the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees  and  costs  and  expenses  of  same  which  it  may 
suffer  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city  for 
or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for 
or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with 
the  exercise  b}^  the  said  company  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 

2638.  ^  7.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition  that  said  railroad  company  shall 
and  will,  within  three  3^ears  from  the  time  that  said  company  shall 
lay  down  and  construct  said  track  or  tracks  upon  said  streets,  con>- 
mence  and  prosecute  in  good  faith,  in  some  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction, proceedings  for  the  ascertainment  of  and  the  making  of  com- 
pensation for  all  legal  damages  that  may  be  suffered  by  any  person 
or  persons  in  their  property  or  possessions  by  reason  of  such  laying 
down  and  construction  of  such  track  or  tracks,  or  any  part  thereof; 
and  that  having  so  commenced  such  proceedings  said  railroad  com- 
pany shall  prosecute  the  same  in  good  faith,  without  unreasonable 
delay,  to  completion:  Proiided^  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to 
any  property  or  possessions  the  owner  of  or  party  interested  in  which 
shall  not  have  claimed  such  compensation  within  said  three  years. 

2639.  ^  8.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  to  wit:  That  said  LaSalle  and 
Chicago  Railroad  Company  shall  permit  any  corporation,  person  or 
persons,  duly  authorized  b}^  ordinance  of  said  cit}^,  to  construct  side 
tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  railroad  company, 
within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  property 
to  and  from  said  railroad  to  any  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard 
or  manufactory  situated  within  one  thousand  (1,000)  feet  of  such 
railroad,  and  upon  reasonable  compensation*  being  made  therefor 
shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owner  or  lessees  of  any  such  side  track, 
or  the  consignees  of  any  property,  to  take  the  cars  containing  such 
property  to  him  or  them  consigned  to  any  such  warehouse,  lumber 
yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory  situated  upon  any  such  side  track; 


634  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  that  any  such  owner,  lessee  or  person  conducting  or  carrying  on 
any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory  shall  be 
entitled  to  have  any  property  taken  from  any  such  warehouse,  lum- 
ber yard,  coal  yard  or  manufactory  over  any  such  side  track  to  and 
upon  the  track  of  said  railroad,  under  the  direction  and  regulations 
of  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Companv,  without  unreason- 
able delay:  Provided^  however^  that  any  cars  so  taken  shall  be  re- 
turned without  any  unnecessary  dela}'. 

2640.  ^  9.  The  privileges  authorized  herein  are  granted  upon 
the  express  condition  that  the  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Com- 
pany shall  permit  any  other  railroad  companies,  not  exceeding  two  in 
number,  which  have  not  at  present  any  right  of  entrance  into  the 
city  of  Chicago  under  any  ordinance  or  grant  of  said  city,  to  use  the 
said  tracks  herebv  authorized  to  be  laid  on  the  streets  herein  named 
jointly  with  the  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Companv  (and 
to  lay  down  tracks  upon  and  across  any  lands  owned,  leased  or 
occupied  by  the  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  when 
necessary  to  the  exercise  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted),  upon 
such  fair  and  equitable  terms  as  mav  be  agreed  upon  by  said  com- 
panies; and  in  the  event  that  said  companies  cannot  agree  upon  such 
terms,  the  same  shall  be  settled  by  three  disinterested  persons,  one 
to  be  selected  by  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  one 
to  be  named  b}^  such  other  company  as  may  desire  to  use  said  tracks, 
and  the  third  by  the  said  two  persons,  and  the  terms  and  conditions 
which  sliall  be  iixed  and  determined  by  said  persons,  or  a  majority  of 
such  persons,  shall  be  the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  said  com- 
panies respectively  shall  use  and  occupy  said  tracks  and  lay  down 
tracks  upon  and  across  said  lands;  and  such  other  railroad  companies 
which  mfiy  be  allowed  the  use  of  said  tracks  shall  have  the  same 
privileges  to  run  cars  upon  and  across  said  streets  and  alleys  as  are 
herein  granted  to  said  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  all  the  conditions,  restrictions  and  terms  contained 
in  this  ordinance. 

2641.  'i^  10.  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  upon 
the  further  express  condition  that  the  LaSalle  and  Chicago  Rail- 
road Company  shall  purchase  (and  pay  tor  the  same),  from  all  resi- 
dent owners  who  may  desire  to  sell  the  same,  the  property  upon 
which  they  respectively  now  reside,  fronting  upon  any  street,  be- 
fore it  lays  its  tracks  upon  the  part  of  said  street  in  front  of  the 
said  property,  and  in,  case  the  property  owners  above  referred  to 
and  said  railroad  company  cannot  agree  upon  the  value  of  said  prem- 
ises as  above  stated,  then  said  property  owners  shall  select  one  per- 
son, said  railroad  company  one  person,  and  said  two  men  so  selected 
shall  select  a  third  person,  and  said  three  persons  so  selected  shall 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  635 

be  and  are  hereby  constituted  a  committee  of  arbitration,  and  who 
shall  appraise  the  value  of  said  premises  within  thirty  (30)  days  after 
said  appointment,  and  the  appraisement  and  decision  of  said  three 
persons,  or  of  a  majority  of  such  three  persons,  shall  be  final  and 
binding  upon  said  railroad  company,  and  upon  said  property  owners. 
The  term  "fronting"  shall  be  held  to  include  both  fronts  of  corner 
lots:  Provided^  further^  that  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void 
unless  the  tracks  herein  provided  for  shall  be  constructed  within 
two  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  thereof. 


NORTHERN    RAILROAD. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Northern  Raih-oad  Company.     [Passed  Febru- 
ary 5,  18G(i.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common   Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2642.  §  I.  That  the  Northern  Railway  Company  is  hereby 
authorized  to  lay  down,  in  as  direct  a  line  as  practicable,  in  the  cen- 
ter of  the  streets  and  avenues  hereinafter  enumerated  from  its  com- 
mencement to  the  termination  thereof,  within  the  city  limits,  a  rail- 
road track  with  necessary  switches  and  turnouts,  and  to  operate  the 
same  upon  the  following  named  streets  and  avenues,  and  to  cross 
all  streets  and  avenues  intersecting  the  same  in  its  route,  to  wit: 
Commencing  at  the  northern  city  limits,  thence  along  Southport 
avenue  to  Jones  avenue,  thence  along  Jones  avenue  to  Hawthorne 
avenue,  thence  along  Hawthorne  avenue  to  Larrabee  street,  thence 
along  Larrabee  street  to  Chicago  avenue,  or  to  the  street  used  and 
known  as  Roberts  street,  thence  alonfT  Roberts  street  to  Kin<Ts- 
bury  street,  thence  on  Kingsbury  street  to  the  north  line  of  Kinzie 
street;  or  said  company  may,  instead  of  using  that  portion  of  Chi- 
cago avenue  from  Larrabee  to  Kingsbury  street,  lay  their  track 
across  anv  land  legally  acquired  by  them,  in  a  direct  line  from  Lar- 
rabee street  to  Kingsbury  street,  south  of  Erie  street,  and  thence  on 
Kingsbury  street  to  Kinzie  street. 

2643.  §  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  public  works 
to  furnish  said  company  with  the  grade  established  or  to  be  estab- 
lished on  the  streets  and  avenues  designated  in  section  one  of  this 
ordinance,  or  upon  the  streets  or  avenues  on  which  thev  shall  lav 
their  track,  and  when  ordered  bv  the  common  council  or  the  board 
of  public  works  said  company  shall  raise  the  same  to  grade,  and 
with  an  average  depth  of  at  least  one  foot  and  a  half  of  gravel,  and 
shall  lay  their  track,  as  far  as  practicable,  in  such  a  manner  that  a 
good  travel  wav  shall  be  maintained  for  the  use  of  the  public,  and 
shall  keep  the  said  roadway  in  goo'd  repair  at  all  times,  the  said 


6^6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

improvement  to  be  done  under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  public 
works.  A  faihn-e  on  the  part  of  the  company  to  comply  with  the 
conditions  of  this  section,  shall  work  a  forfeiture  of  the  grant  made 
under  this  ordinance:  Provided,  if  the  said  railroad  company  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  or 
shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  such  new  improvement,  when  recom- 
mended by  the  board  of  public  works,  or  ordered  by  the  common 
council,  within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed  by  an}-  ordinance  of  the 
common  council,  then  the  work  may  be  done  by  the  city,  and  the 
cost  thereof  assessed  by  the  board  of  public  works  on  said  company, 
and  collected  as  other  assessments,  from  any  real  or  personal  prop- 
erty of  said  company.  But  if  the  board  of  public  works  should 
deem  it  inexpedient  that  said  new  improvement  should  be  so  made 
by  said  company,  then  the  same  shall  be  done  by  the  city,  as  in 
other  cases,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  upon  and  collected  of  said 
company  in  manner  as  aforesaid.  And  if  the  said  company  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  make  any  necessary  repairs  as  aforesaid,  or  the 
repairs  required  by  any  ordinances  heretofore  passed,  after  twenty 
days'  notice  from  the  board  of  public  works,  the  city  may  make  the 
improvements  and  collect  the  cost  thereof  by  suit  at  law  in  any  court 
of  competent  jurisdiction. 

2644.  ^  3.  The  said  company  is  also  hereby  required  to  so 
lay  down  and  maintain  its  tracks,  switches,  and  turn-outs,  that  they 
shall  interfere  as, little  as  practicable  with  the  usefulness  of  said 
streets,  avenues  and  alleys  as  road  or  carriage-wa3-s  and  shall  at  all 
times  keep  them  in  such  condition  as  to  allow  free  and  easy  pass- 
age for  vehicles  along  and  over  the  same,  under  the  direction  of 
the  board  of  public  works. 

2645.  ^  4.  The  permission  herein  granted  is  upon  the  ex- 
press condition  that  said  railway  company  shall  keep  and  save  the 
city  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  and  suits  arising 
out  of  the  occupation  or  use  of  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  by 
said  company. 

2646.  §  5,  This  permission  is  granted  on  the  further  condition 
that  the  said  company  shall  at  all  times  keep  flagmen  at  such  cross 
streets  as  the  board  of  public  works  or  the  common  council  may 
from  time  to  time  direct. 

2647.  ^  6.  This  permission  is  granted  subject  to  all  general 
ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  passed,  concerning 
railroads  in  said  city. 

2648.  ^  7.  Said  railroa4  company  shall  enter  into  bonds  with 
the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  penal  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  to  be 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  637 

approved  by  the  mayor  and  comptroller,  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance on  its  part  of  all  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  this  ordi- 
nance, and  all  general  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that  may  here- 
after be  passed  concerning  railroads. 

2649.  §  8.  This  permission  is  given  upon  the  further  condition 
that  the  said  company  shall  not  consoHdate  with,  or  be  controlled 
by,  any  other  company  having  a  trunk  road  entering  in  said  city, 
and  in  case  the  said  company  shall  ever  be  controlled  by  any  such 
road,  either  b}'  sale,  purchase  of  stock  or  otherwise,  this  permission 
or  grant  shall  cease  and  be  of  no  force  or  effect,  and  the  city  may 
enter  upon  said  streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  and  take  up  and  remove 
said  track,  side  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs,  and  repossess  the 
same  as  before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2650.  i^  9.  This  grant  is  made  on  the  further  condition  that 
the  said  railwav  company  shall  construct  and  finish  the  said  road 
within  two  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  in  case 
the  same  is  not  done,  within  the  said  time,  this  grant  shall  cease 
and  be  of  no  force  and  effect.  And  it  is  further  -provided^  that  said 
Northern  Railroad  Company  shall  receive  and  transport,  on  fair  and 
equitable  terms,  all  freights  and  passengers  which  may  be  brought 
to  it  by  connecting  raijroads:  Provided,  that  if  said  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  be  enjoined  by  any  court  in  Cook 
county,  the  time  said  company  shall  be  enjoined  shall  not  be  computed 
or  taken  to  be  any  part  of  the  two  years  herein  mentioned  for  the 
completion  of  said  railroad,  meaning  and  intending  hereby  to  grant 
two  full  years  for  the  completion  thereof. 

2651.  ^  10.  The  provisions,  grants,  restrictions,  and  obliga- 
tions of  this  ordinance  shall  extend  to,  and  be  in  force  and  binding 
upon,  the  successors  and  assigns  of  said  Northern  Railroad  Com- 
pany. 

2652.  §  II-  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  as  soon 
as  the  bond  provided  for  by  section  seven  shall  be  duly  executed  and 
delivered  to  the  city. 


PITTSBURGH,  CINCINNATI  AND  ST.   LOUIS  RAILWAV  COMPANY. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Chicago  and  Great  Eastern  Railwav  Company. 

[Passed  October  8,  1866.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago.- 

2653.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
given  to  the  Chicago  and  Great  Eastern  Railway  Company,  and  its 
successors,  to  put  down,  construct  and  maintain    a    railroad   with  a 


638  '  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

single  track,  and  with  the  necessary  switches  and  turn-outs  in  that 
part  of  Kinzie  street  on  the  south  side  of  said  street,  and  as  near  as 
may  be  to  the  south  track  of  the  Ciiicago  and  Northwestern  Rail- 
way, in  the  city  of  Chicago,  from  Western  avenue  eastward  to  a 
point  on  said  Kinzie  street  between  North  Morgan  and  North  Sanga- 
mon streets;  subject  however  to  the  direction  of  the  board  of  public 
works  in  the  laying  of  the  same,  with  the  right  to  cross  inter- 
vening streets  between  those  limits.  The  permission  and  authority 
herein  granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  said  railroad 
company,  before  laying  down  their  track  on  said  Kinzie  street, 
between  North  Morgan  and  North  Ada  streets,  shall  at  its  own  ex- 
pense construct  a  sewer  on  said  Kinzie  street,  from  North  Ada  street 
eastward  so  far  as  said  company  may  lay  down  their  track,  large 
enough  to  carry  off  all  the  accumulations  of  water,  and  forever  keep 
and  maintain  the  same  in  good  order;  such  sewer  to  be  made  under 
the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  board  of  public  works. 

2654.  ^  2.  Said  company  is  also  hereby  authorized  to  lay 
down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks  with  such 
turn-outs,  switches  and  turn-tables,  as  they  shall  deem  necessary,  on 
any  ground  which  said  company  now  owns  or  may  hereafter  acquire 
by  purchase,  donation,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  between  Kinzie 
and  Carroll,  and  between  Morgan  and  Halsfed  streets,  and  also  to 
lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  any  such  track  or  tracks,  turn-outs 
and  switches  across  any  street  or  streets  and  alleys  within  the  dis- 
trict aforesaid:  Provided^  That  convenient  crossings  shall  be  made 
and  maintained  by  said  company  where  such  track  or  tracks  cross 
any  such  street  or  alley,  and  proper  warning  tables  shall  be  erected 
in  conspicuous  places  at  or  near  such  crossings. 

2655.  §  3.  That  said  company  is  also  hereby  authorized  to 
lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks,  to- 
gether with  all  such  turn-outs  and  switches  as  may  be  deemed  ne- 
cessary on  Carroll  street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  from  Halsted  street 
eastward  to  the  Chicago  river,  with  the  right  to  cross  said  Halsted 
street,  and  all  intervening  streets  between  those  limits;  said  track 
or  tracks  to  be  laid  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  board  of 
public  works,  and  that  but  one  track  shall  be  laid  on  said  street  with- 
out the  permission  of  the  common  council. 

2656.  §  4.  Said  company  is  also  hereby  authorized  to  lay 
down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks  with  such 
turn-outs,  switches  and  turn-tables  as  they  ma}^  deem  necessary,  on 
any  ground  which  said  company  now^  owns,  or  may  hereafter 
acquire  bv  purchase,  donation,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  between 
North   Halsted  street  and  the  Chicago  river,  and  between  Carre, 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  *  639 

and  Fulton  streets;  and  also  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  any 
^such  track  or  tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches,  across  any  street  or 
streets  and  alleys  within  the  district  aforesaid,  and  also  all  such  as 
may  be  necssary  to  the  convenient  use  of  any  depot  grounds  said 
company  may  now  own,  or  hereafter  acquire  in  the  vicinity  of  or 
adjoining  said  line  of  road,  and  to  form  connections  with  other  roads, 
and  also  to  acquire  and  use  all  such  depot  grounds,  and  to  erect 
thereon  such  buildings  as  said  company  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
convenient  transaction  of  its  business:  Provided^  That  convenient 
crossings  shall  be  made  and  maintained  by  said  company,  where  such 
track  or  tracks  cross  any  such  street  or  alley  and  proper  warning 
tables  shall  be  erected  in  conspicuous  places  at  or  near  such  crossing. 

2^57-  §  5-  Said  company  and  its  successors  are  hereby  author- 
ized to  operate  all  the  railroad  tracks  aforesaid  with  steam  or  such 
other  motive  power,  as  said  company  shall  deem  best. 

2658.  §  6.  That  the  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  en- 
joyed, subject  to  all  general  ordinances  that  now  are  or  may  here- 
after be  in   force   concerning  railroads  in  said  citv  of  Chicago. 

2659.  §  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  public  works, 
whenever  so  ordered  by  the  common  council,  or  whenever  they 
deem  the  same  necessary,  to  furnish  said  company  with  the  grade 
established,  or  to  be  established,  on  said  Carroll  street,  or  that  por- 
tion of  said  street  occupied  by  said  company;  and  when  ordered  by 
the  common  council,  or  board  of  public  works,  said  compan}^  shall 
curb  and  raise  the  whole  of  said  street,  between  North  Halsted 
street  and  the  river,  to  grade;  with  an  average  depth  of  at  least  one 
foot  and  a  half  of  gravel  or  macadam,  and  shall  lav  their  tracks, 
switches  and  turn-outs,  in  such  manner  that  a  good  travel  waj'  shall 
be  maintained  for  the  use  of  the  public,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep 
the  said  roadway  in  good  repair,  said  improvement  to  be  done  un- 
der the  direction  of  the  board  of  public  works ;  a  failure  on  the  part 
of  the  company  to  comply  with  the  condition  of  this  section  shall 
work  a  forfeiture  of  the  grant  made  under  this  ordinance:  Pro- 
vided^ however^  if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisiot^  of  this  section,  or  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
make  such  new  improvements,  when  recommended  by  the  board 
of*  public  works  or  ordered  by  the  common  council,  within  a  reason- 
able time,  to  be  iixed  by  order  of  the  council,  then  the  work  mav 
be  done  by  the  city,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  bv  the  board  of 
public  works  on  said  company,  and  collected  as  other  assessments 
or  taxes  from  an}^  real  or  personal  property  of  said  company,  or  re- 
cover by  action  against  said  company.  But  if  the  board  of  public 
works  should  deem  it  inexpedient  that  said  new  improvement  should 


640  *  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

be  made  by  said  company,  then  the  same  shall  be  done  by  the  city, 
as  in  other  cases,  and  the  cost  thereof  assessed  upon  and  collected 
of  said  company  in  manner  as  aforesaid  or  recovered  by  suit.  And 
if  the  said  company  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  make  any  necessary 
repairs  as  aforesaid,  or  the  repairs  required  by  any  ordinance  here- 
tofore passed,  after  twenty  days'  notice  from  the  board  of  public 
vvorks,  the  city  mav  make  the  improvements  and  collect  the  cost 
thereof  by  suit  at  law  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

2660.  ^  8.  The  permission  herein  granted  is  upon  the  ex- 
press condition  that  said  railway  company  shall  keep  and  save  the 
city  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs,  expenses,  and  suits  arising 
out  of  the  occupation  or  use  of  said  streets  and  alleys  by  said  com- 
pany. 

AN   ORDINANCE   to   allow    the    Piltsburgh,  Cincinnati    and    St.  Louis   Railway 
Company  to  occupy  sidewalk  on  Carroll  street.      [Passed  August  IG,  18(59,] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Conivion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2661.  '^  I.  That  as  soon  as  the  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St. 
Louis  Railway  Company  has  planked  with  three-inch  oak  plank  the 
whole  width  of  that  portion  of  Carroll  street,  between  Union  and 
Haisted  streets,  at  their  own  expense,  and  under  the  direction  of  the 
board  of  public  works,  then  they  shall  be  permitted  to  use  the  side 
walk  in  front  of  their  depot  on  the  north  side  of  said  Carroll  street 
between  Union  and  Haisted  streets,  for  the  purpose  of  loading  and 
unloading  goods,  for  the  term  of  five  years. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Rail- 
way.    [Passed  April  1,  1872.J 

J3e  it  ordained  by  the  Coininon  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2662.  'ji^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  are  hereby 
given  to  the  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  to  its  successors,  to  put  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  rail- 
road with  a  single  or  double  track,  and  all  necessary  switches  and 
turn-outs,  in  that  part  of  Rockwell  street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  tc- 
wit :  From  the  intersection  of  said  Rockwell  street  with  the  Chicago 
and  Northwestern  Railway  to  the  northern  terminus  of  said  Rock- 
well street  south  of  Kinzie  street,  thence  from  the  northern  terminus 
of  said  Rockwell  street  parallel  with  the  track  of  the  Chicago  and 
Northwestern  Railway  Company,  as  now  laid,  to  a  point  where  the 
same  will  intersect  Kinzie  street,  but  at  no  greater  distance  from  the 
track  of  the  Northwestern  Railway  Company  than  is  hereb}-  au- 
thorized at  Rockwell  street,  and  also  upon  Kinzie  street,  from 
Western  avenue  to  Haisted  street,  and  also  upon  Depot  place,  from 
Ashland  avenue  to  i\da  street,  such   track    or   tracks  to  be  laid  on 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  '  64 1 

the  west  half  of  said  Rockwell  street,  and  as  near  as  practicable  to 
the  east  line  of  the  present  right  of  way  of  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western railway,  and  said  track  or  tracks  on  Kinzie  street  to  be  laid 
as  near  as  practicable  to  the  south  track  of  said  Chicago  and  North- 
western Railway-  Company,  and  said  track  or  tracks  to  be  laid  on 
the  north  side  of  said  Depot  place,  and  with  the  wall  hereinafter 
mentioned  to  occupy  no  more  than  thirty  feet  on  the  north  side  of 
Depot  place,  and  said  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs  shall  occupy 
no  more  than  thirty  feet  of  any  of  said  streets.  And  the  right  and 
privilege  is  hereby  granted  to  said  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana 
Central  Railway  Company  to  cross  all  intervening  streets  and  alleys 
between  the  points  above  designated,  subject,  however,  to  the  direc- 
tion of  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city  in  the  construction  of 
said  tracks,  and  the  paving  and  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much  of 
said  streets,  alleys  and  crossings  as  may  be  occupied  by  said  rail- 
way company  with  its  tracks,  switches  and  turn-outs:  Provided, 
however,  that  said  railway  company  is  hereby  required  to  sink  its 
tracks  along  Rockwell  street  below  the  natural  surface  at  least  four 
feet,  wherever  there  is  no  impediment  in  the  way  of  such  depres- 
sion. 

2663.  §  2.  Said  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central 
Railway  Company,  and  its  successors,  are  hereby  authorized  to  run 
their  cars  over  and  along  said  tracks  with  steam,  or  such  other 
motive  power  as  said  company  may  deem  best,  subject,  however,  to 
all  general  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Chicago  as  to  railroad  com- 
panies similarily  situated. 

2664.  ^  3.     Convenient   crossings   shall   be   made    and   main- 
tained by  said  company  where  said  track  or  tracks  cross  any  street 
or  alley  within  the  limits  of  said  cit}^,  according  to  the  directions  of 
the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city.     The   permission   and   au- 
thority herein  granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that   the   said 
Columbus,  Chicago   and   Indiana   Central  Railway  Compan}'  shall 
erect  and   maintain   viaducts   over   its  said  tracks  at  Halsted,  Sang- 
amon, Lake  and  Madison   streets,  within  one  year  from  the  pass- 
age   of    this  ordinance,    and    shall    annually   thereafter   erect  two 
viaducts  in  each  year  over   its   said  tracks,  and  the  board  of  public 
works   shall,  in  each  year,  on   or   before  the  first  day  of  January, 
designate   the    streets  over  which   such   viaducts,  and  approaches 
to  such  viaducts,  shall  be  constructed,  the  same  to  be  constructed  and 
maintained  in  such  manner  as  the  said  board  of  public  works  shall 
direct:  Provided,  however,  that  the  said  viaduct  or  viaducts  siiall  have 
approaches  thereto   on   either   side  thereof  with  the  proper  area  on 
either  side  of  said  approaches;  said  approaches  to  have  an  eleva- 
tion of  not    more   than   one  foot  to  every  forty  feet   in    the   length 

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642 


SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 


thereof,  and  that  said  approaches  to  said  viaducts  shall  likewise  be 
erected  and  built  by  and  at  the  expense  of  said  railroad  company: 
Provided^  ho-u'cvcr,  that  where  any  such  viaduct  cannot  be  built 
at  any  such  street  crossing  without  the  same  be  built  over  the  track 
or  tracks  of  some  other  railroad  company  or  companies,  then  said 
company  shall  only  be  obliged  to  join  with  such  other  last  men- 
tioned railroad  company  or  companies  in  the  construction  and  main- 
tenance of  such  viaduct,  and  to  pay  its  fair  proportion  of  the  cost 
of  such  viaduct  or  viaducts,  and  if  such  other  railroad  company  or 
companies  shall  not  join  in  the  erection  of  any  such  viaduct,  then, 
if  the  proportion  of  such  other  company  or  companies  shall  be  other- 
wise provided,  the  said  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central 
Railway  Company  shall  pay  its  fair  proportion  of  the  cost  of  any 
such  viaduct. 

2665.  ■i^  4.  Said  railway  company  shall  have  no  right  to  lay  or 
use  anv  track  on  Depot  place  until  it  shall  have  first  erected  a  brick 
or  stone  wall  ten  (10)  feet  in  height  and  twelve  inches  in  thickness, 
south  of  their  proposed  tracks  along  Depot  place,  from  the  east  line 
of  Ashland  avenue  to  the  west  line  of  Ada  street  (the  south  line  of 
said  wall  to  be  not  more  than  thirty  feet  south  of  the  north  line  of 
Depot  place),  said  wall  to  be  so  built  under  the  direction  of  said 
board  of  public  works,  and  be  kept  b}'  said  company  in  good  re- 
pair during  its  occupancy  of  said  Depot  place. 

2666.  i^  5.  The  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to 
all  general  ordinances  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force  con- 
cerning railroads  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

2667.  i^  6.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
iipon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  said  Columbus,  Chicago 
and  Indiana  Central  Railroad  Company  shall  and  Avill  forever  in- 
demnify and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  any 
and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees,  costs  and  expenses  of  same 
which  it  may  sutler  or  which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against 
said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  au- 
thority, or  for  or  by  reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from, 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected 
therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  b}^  said  company  of  the  privileges 
hereby  granted. 

2668.  i^  7.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  conchtion  that  said  railroad  company  shall, 
and  will  within  three  years  from  the  time  that  said  company  shall 
lay  down  and  construct  said  track  or  tracks  upon  said  streets,  com- 
mence and  prosecute  in  good  faith,  in  some  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction, proceedings  for  the  ascertainment  of  and  the  making  of  com- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6j  3 

pensation  for  all  legal  damages  that  may  be  suffered  b}'  any  person 
or  persons  in  their  property  or  possessions  by  reason  ot  such  laying 
down  and  construction  of  such  track  or  tracks,  or  any  part  thereof; 
and  that  having  so  commenced  such  proceedings,  said  railroad  com- 
pany shall  prosecute  the  same  in  good  faith,  without  unreasonable 
delay,  to  completion:  Provided^  that  this  section  shall  not  apph'  to 
any  property  or  possessions  the  owner  of  or  party  interested  in  which 
shall  not  have  claimed  such  compensation  within  said  three  years. 

2669.  1^  8.  The  permission  and  authority  herein  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  to  wit:  That  said  Columbus,  Chi- 
cago and  Indiana  Central  Railroad  Company  shall  permit  any  cor- 
poration*, person  or  persons  duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  said  cita- 
to construct  side  tracks  to  intersect  any  track  or  tracks  of  said  railroad 
company  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  conveying 
property  to  and  from  said  railroad  to  any  warehouse,  lumber  yard, 
coal  yard,  or  manufactory  situated  within  one  thousand  (1,000)  feet  of 
such  railroad,  and  upon  reasonable  compensation  being  made  therefor, 
shall  at  all  times  permit  the  owners  or  lessees  of  any  such. side  track, 
or  the  consignees  of  any  property,  to  take  the  cars  containing  such 
property  to  him  or  them  consigned  to  any  such  warehouse,  lumber 
yard,  coal  3'ard  or  manufactory,  situated  upon  any  such  side  track ; 
and  that  an}^  such  owner,  lessee  or  person  conducting  or  carrying  on 
any  such  warehouse,  lumber  yard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactory,  shall  be 
entitled  to  have  any  property  taken  from  any  such  warehouse,  lum- 
ber 3'ard,  coal  yard,  or  manufactoiy,  over  any  such  side  track,  to 
and  upon  the  track  of  said  railroad,  under  the  directions  and  regu- 
lations of  said  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railroad 
Company-,  without  unreasonable  delay:  Provided^  /lort^ever,  thnt  any 
cars  so  taken  shall  be  returned  without  any  unnecessary  delay. 

2670.  i^  9.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
in  consideration  of  and  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  said 
Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railway  Company  shall  as 
soon  as  work  thereon  can  be  commenced,  and  without  unnecessary 
dela}' ,  construct  and  forever  maintain  a  swing  or  draw  bridge  across 
the  west  branch  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  at  the 
point  or  place  where  the  track  of  said  company  crosses  said  stream 
in  said  city  of  Chicago;  such  bridgre  or  draw  to  be  of  sufficient  lefiath 
to  admit  the  free  passage  of  all  boats  and  vessels  navigating  said  stream ; 
said  bridge  to  be  built  in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  the  board 
of  public  works  of  said  city;  and  said  permission  and  authorit}-  are 
granted  upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  said  Columbus.  Chi- 
cago and  Indiana  Central  Railway  Compan}'  shall  permit  and  allow 
the  Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad  Company,  and  the 
Milwaukee  and    St.   Paul  Railroad    Company  (or  in  the  event  that 


644  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

said  Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad  Company,  or  said 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  Company  shall  not  accept  of  the 
privileges  hereby  granted,  then  any  other  railroad  company  in  the 
place  of  the  company  that  shall  so  decline  to  accept),  to  use  the  said 
tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  and  also  those  authorized  to  be 
laid  by  an  ordinance  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
passed  October  8,  1866,  entitled  '"An  ordinance  concerning  the  Chi- 
cago and  Great  Eastern  Railway  Company,"  jointly  with  said  Colum- 
bus, Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railwa}'  Company,  and  to  lay 
tracks  upon  and  across  an}-  lands  owned,  leased  or  occupied  by  said 
Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railway  Company  neces- 
sary to  the  enjoyment  of  the  privileges  hereb}'  granted,  upon  such 
fair  and  equitable  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  said  companies, 
and  in  the  event  that  said  companies  cannot  agree  upon  such  terms, 
the  same  shall  be  settled  and  determined  by  three  disinterested 
persons,  one  to  be  selected  by  said  Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana 
Central  Railway  Company,  one  to  be  be  named  by  such  other 
company  as  may  desire  to  use  said  tracks,  and  the  third  to  be  se- 
lected by  the  said  two  persons,  and  the  terms  and  conditions  which 
shall  be  fixed  and  determined  by  said  persons  so  selected,  or  by  a 
majority  of  said  persons,  shall  be  the  terms  and  conditions  upon 
vvhich  said  companies  respectively  shall  use  and  occup}-  said  tracks 
and  lay  tracks  upon  and  across  any  of  said  lands ;  and  said  rail- 
road companies,  the  Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  the  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  Company,  or  such 
other  railroad  company  or  companies  that  may  be  allowed  the  use 
of  said  tracks  in  the  place  of  the  said  last  named  companies,  or 
either  of  them,  shall  have  the  same  privilege  to  run  cars  upon  and 
across  said  streets  and  alleys  as  are  herein  given  to  said  Columbus, 
Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railway  Compan}^  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject CO  all  the  terms,  and  conditions  and  restrictions  of  this  ordinance. 


PITTSBURGH,   FORT  WAYNE  AND  CHICAGO  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

AN   ORDINANCE  in  relation  to   the    Fort  Wavne   and    Chicago  Railroad  Com- 
pany.    [Passed  Februarv'lS,  1854.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Conuiwii  Council  of  the  'city  Chicago.- 

2671.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
given  to  the  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company  to  lay 
down,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  railroad  track  in  any  one  street 
in  the  city  of  Chicago  west  of  the  west  line  of  Clark  street,  from 
the  southern  boundary  of  said  city  as  far  north  as  the  south  line  of 
North  street,  and  all  such  turn-outs,  switches  and  turn-tables  as  shall 
be  deemed  necessary. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6^5 

2672.  §  2.  And  said  company  may  and  shall  have  the  power  to 
lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  one  or  more  railroad  tracks,  with 
such  turn-outs  and  switches  as  they  shall  deem  necessary,  on  any 
ground  which  they  may  acquire  by  purchase,  donation  or  otherwise, 
within  the  district  and  boundaries  aforesaid,  and  also  from  the  north 
line  of  the  district  and  boundary  aforesaid  as  far  north  as  the  south 
line  of  Van  Buren  street,  and  west  of  the  west  line  of  Clark  street, 
and  to  lay  down,  and  maintain,  and  operate  any  such  track  or  tracks, 
and  turn-outs  across  any  street  or  streets,  or  alleys,  within  the  dis- 
tricts aforesaid,  and  also  to  acquire  as  aforesaid,  and  use  all  depot 
grounds,  and  to  erect  all  depot  buildings  necessary  to  accommodate 
the  business  of  said  company:  Provided^  That  convenient  crossings 
shall  be  made  and  maintained  by  said  company  w^here  such  track 
or  tracks  cross  any  such  streets  or  alleys,  and  proper  warning  tables 
shall  be  erected  in  conspicuous  places  at  or  near  such  crossings. 
Said  company  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  that  are 
now  in  force,  or  ma}^  hereafter  be  passed,  to  regulate  railroads  with- 
in said  city. 

2673.  §  3.  Said  company  may  use  and  operate  said  railroad 
tracks,  within  the  districts  aforesaid,  with  locomotive  engines  and 
cars,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  with  reference  to  the  speed, 
motive  power  and  manner  of  running  the  same  as  the  common  coun- 
cil of  said  cit}'  may  from  time  to  time  impose  and  make. 

2674.  '^  4.  Said  company  may  construct,  maintain  and  use 
a  railroad  draw-bridge  across  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago 
river,  or  a  tunnel  under  the  same,  at  any  point  south  of  the  south 
line  of  Twelfth  street  in  said  city:  Provided,  said  bridge  or  tunnel 
shall  be  so  constructed  as  not  materially  to  interrupt  or  impede  the 
navigation  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river;  and  the  said 
company  may  join  any  other  railroad  company  in  the  erection  and 
use  of  said  bridge  or  tunnel,  heretofore  authorized  or  which  may 
be  hereafter  authorized  to  construct  a  bridge  across  said  south 
branch,  and  said  companies  thus  uniting  may  jointly  use  each  other's 
track  or  tracks,  bridge  and  depots,  and  form  mutual  connection 
within  said  city  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the 
parties  interested. 

2675.  i:<  5.  And  said  companv  shall  have  the  power  to  construct 
and  maintain  a  single  railroad  track,  and  operate  the  same  with  horse 
power  only,  in  any  one  street  of  said  city,  or  may  lay  down  and  use  one 
or  more  tracks  on  grounds  which  mav  be  acquired  by  said  companv 
by  purchase,  donation  or  otherwise,  within  the  following  limits,  viz: 
West  of  the  east  line  of  Canal  street,  and  between  the  south  line  of 
Harrison  street  and  the  north  line  of  Kinzie  street,  and  to  cross  anv 


646  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  all  intervening  streets  and  alleys  in  the  track  and  course  thereof; 
Provided^  said  company  shall  planlc  the  carriage-way  of  said  street 
so  occupied,  in  and  on  each  side  of  said  track,  so  as  to  render  the  same 
convenient  for  the  passage  of  teams  and  travel:  And  provided,  also, 
that  said  railroad  company  shall  get  the  consent  of  a  majority  in 
interest  of  the  propert}^  holders  on  said  street  so  occupied,  before 
they  proceed  to  lay  down  and  operate  said  horse  tracks, 

2676.  'i^  6.  This  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect  until  the  said 
company  shall  have  entered  into  a  bond  with  the  city  of  Chicago, 
conditioned  for  the  payment  of  all  damages  for  which  the  said  city 
may  become  liable  to  any  person  or  persons  by  reason  of  the  said 
road  entering  said  city,  or  by  reason  of  said  company  constructing, 
laying  down,  using  or  occupying  said  railroad  track  or  traclcs  within 
said  city;  and  conditioned  also  for  the  payment  of  all  damages  which 
may  arise  to  the  said  city  of  Chicago,  and  to  any  person  or  persons 
whomsoever,  by  reason  of  said  company  constructing,  laying  down, 
maintaining,  using  and  occupying  said  railroad  track  or  tracks  within 
said  city  of  Chicago. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amendatorj-  of  an  ordinance  passed  February  13,  1854,  con- 
cerning the  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  now  the  Pittsburgh, 
Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Coinpany.      [Passed  November  17,  IHoC] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coiudioji  Coiiiieil  of  the  eity  of  Chicago: 

2677.  ■i^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
given  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wa3me  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company  to 
lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track  or  tracks,  with  neces- 
sary switches,  turn-outs  and  side  tracks  in  the  streets  in  the  said  city  of 
Chicago,  running  north  and  south  on  the  center  line  of  section  twenty- 
one,  in  township  thirty-nine  north,  of  range  fourteen  east  of  third  prin- 
cipal meridian,  from  the  south  line  of  North  street  to  the  north  line 
of  Twelfth  street,  and  thence  in  Beach  street  to  Harrison  street: 
Provided,  said  railroad  company  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  the  city 
of  Chicago,  to  be  filed  in  the  clerk's  office  of  said  city,  conditioned 
that  said  railroad  company  will  atibrd  facilities  to  the  owners  of 
property  on  said  streets  running  north  and  south,  for  doing  business 
on  said  railroad,  by  putting  in  side  tracks  necessary  for  that  purpose, 
and  operate  the  said  track  so  as  to  carr}'  the  cars  of  said  railroad 
company,  and  of  all  other  connecting  railroads,  on  fair  and  reason- 
able terms,  to  and  from  said  property,  and  also  to  hold  and  save 
harmless  the  said  city  of  Chicago  from  all  damages  in  consequence 
of  this  act:  And  -provided,  also,  that  nothing  herein  granted  shall 
prevent  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  authorizing  the 
construction  of  a  slip  or  slips  across  said  streets:  And  provided, 
further,  that  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  shall  be  enjoyed  subject 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  647 

to  all  general  ordinances  that  now  are  or  hereafter  may  be  in  force 
concerning  railroads  in  said  city:  Provided^  the  tracks  of  said  road 
shall  be  so  laid  as  to  interfere  as  little  as  possible  with  the  usefulness 
of  said  streets,  as  road  or  carria(je-wavs,  bv  <xiadin<r,  filling,  and 
planking  or  macadamizing  them  in  such  way  as  to  allow  free 
passage  for  carriages  across  and  alongside  its  tracks,  and  in  such 
manner  as  the  common  council  shall  direct,  and  also  by  changing 
the  grade  of  said  streets  at  any  time  it  may  be  ordered  by  the  common 
council,  and  that  they  will  comply  with  all  the  restrictions  imposed 
by  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  an  amendment. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  allow  a  connection  between  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne 
and  Chicago,  and  the  Chiicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  dii  Lac  Railroad  Companies, 
and  such  other  railroad  companies  as  niav  unite  with  them.  [Passed  August 
16,  18r)8.J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coniniou  Conned  of  the  city  of  Chieag-o: 

2678.  i^  T.  That  permission  is  hereby  gi'anted  to  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and 
Fond  du  Lac  Railroad  Companies,  and  all  other  railroad  com- 
panies that  may  unite  with  them,  to  lav  down,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  single  or  double  railroad  track,  with  all  the  necessary 
switches,  side  tracks,  turn-outs  and  turn-tables,  across  and  upon  any 
grounds  that  they  may  acquire  or  obtain  the  use  of,  between  Van 
Buren  and  Kinzie  streets,  and  the  south  and  north  branches  of  the 
Chicago  river  and  Canal  street. 

2679.  §  2.  Like  permission  and  authority  are  hereby  granted 
to  said  companies,  or  either  of  them,  to  use  for  the  purposes  and  in 
the  manner  mentioned  in  the  foreH;oin<j  section.  West  Water  street, 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  that  portion  of  Canal  street  which  is 
between  the  south  line  of  Fulton  and  the  north  line  of  Kinzie 
streets,  and  also  use  for  such  purposes  the  alleys  through  blocks 
number  twenty-tw^o  (22),  twenty-nine  (29),  and  forty-four  (44).  of 
the  original  town  of  Chicago:  Provided,  said  companies  shall  im- 
prove and  maintain  the  public  highways  so  used  by  them,  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  ordered  by  the  common  council. 

2680.  §  3.  The  said  companies  shall  have  full  power  and  au- 
thority to  cross  all  streets  and  alleys  that  ma}'  intersect  the  route  of 
the  tracks  granted  by  the  preceding  section.  The  tracks  of  said 
roads,  at  their  intersection  with  all  streets  that  are  now  or  may  here- 
after be  bridged  to  cross  either  branch  of  the  river,  shall  be  carried 
under  the  streets  in  tunnels,  so  constructed  as  to  protect  the  public 
from  accidents  or  injuries.  And  if,  for  these  purposes,  it  is  necessary 
to  raise  the  grade  of  such  streets,  or  of  the  approaches  to  the  bridges, 
the  same  shall  be  done  by  and  at  the  expense  of  said  railroad  com- 


648  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

panics,  and  under  the  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city 
superintendent  of  public  works,  or  such  other  person  or  committee 
as  the  common  council  may  direct  or  appoint  to  superintend  such 
work,  and  said  companies  shall  pay  and  shall  hold  the  city  harmless 
from  all  damages  arising  from  such  raising  of  grades  and  tilling 
and  tunneling  of  approaches;  and  at  the  intersections  of  said  tracks 
with  the  unbridged  streets,  where  no  tunnels  are  required,  the  said 
railroad  companies  shall  construct  and  maintain  such  crossings  as  to 
obstruct  the  ordinary  travel  as  little  as  possible. 

2681.  §  4.  Said  companies  may  associate  with  themselves,  in 
the  construction  and  use  of  such  tracks,  any  and  all  railroad  corpora- 
tions; and  any  corporations  so  associated  shall  possess  all  the  powers 
herein  granted  to  the  said  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago, 
and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies,  and 
said  latter  companies  shall  allow  and  permit  the  use  of  the  tracks  con- 
structed under  this  ordinance  by  any  other  railroad  corporations  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  shall  be  fair  and  equitable,  to  be  de- 
termined, in  case  .of  disagreement  between  the  companies,  by  two 
disinterested  and  competent  civil  engineers,  one  to  be  selected  by 
each  party,  and  in  case  of  their  disagreement,  a  third  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  judge  of  the  Cook  county  court  of  common  pleas; 
and  the  award  and  decision  of  said  referees  shall  be  final,  conclusive 
and  binding  upon  the  parties. 

2682.  '5^  5.  Said  companies  may  establish,  construct,  maintain 
and  use,  at  any  place  or  places  between  Lake  and  Van  Buren  streets, 
all  such  depots,  freight  houses  and  station  buildings  as  the  business 
of  said  companies,  or  of  any  and  all  companies  that  may  use  said 
tracks,  may  require.  And  in  case  the  depot  shall  be  of  such  length, 
and  so  located  as  to  extend  over  and  require  the  use  of  grounds 
upon  two  adjoining  lots  or  blocks,  said  companies  may  use  the 
street  between  said  lots  or  blocks  for  that  purpose :  Provided^  such 
street  is  not  used  as  a  public  thoroughfare  for  crossing  the  river,  and 
is  legally  vacated  for  the  purpose. 

2683.  §  6.  Said  companies  may  use  and  operate  said  railroad 
tracks,  within  the  district  aforesaid,  under  such  rules  and  regulations 
with  reference  to  speed,  motive  power  and  manner  of  running  the 
same,  as  the  common  council  may  from  time  to  time  impose  and 
make;  and  if  steam  power  locomotives  be  used,  said  companies  shall 
use  only  coke  or  coal  for  fuel  for  the  same,  and  the  speed  shall  not 
exceed  five  miles  per  hour. 

2684.  §  7.  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  to 
said  railroad  companies  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  they 
shall  each  and   all  of  them    indemnify  the  city  for  any  and  all  dam- 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  •  649 

age  and  expense  to  which  it  may  be  subjected  by  reason  of  the  using 
and  occupying  of  any  of  the  streets  and  alley's  and  grounds  in  the 
district  aforesaid  by  said  companies  or  either  of  them. 

2685.  §  8.  All  powers  and  privileges  herein  granted  are  sub- 
ject to  the  ordinance  entitled  ''  An  ordinance  supplemental  to  all 
ordinances  concerning  railroads,"  as  the  same  is  found  incorporated 
into  "  Municipal  Laws,"'  chapter  49,  pp.  363,  364  and  365. 

2686.  §  9.  This  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect  or  be  in  force 
unless  the  said  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chi- 
cago, St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies,  shall  within 
ninety  days  of  the  passage  hereof,  tile  with  the  comptroller,  con- 
tracts in  legal  form  binding  their  respective  companies  to  fulfill  the 
same  so  far  as  any  of  its  provisions  apply  to  them,  and  also  shall  file 
as  above,  the  bonds  of  their  respective  companies,  satisfactory  in 
form  and  amount  to  the  mayor  and  comptroller,  to  secure  the  ful- 
fillment of  said  contract;  nor  shall  any  other  railroad  companies  be 
entitled  to  participate  in  the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted, 
or  any  of  them,  until  thev  respectively  shall  execute  and  file  con- 
tracts and  bonds  in  accordance  with  this  section. 


AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  Railroad 
Company.     [Passed  November  8,  1858.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coininou  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicagv.- 

2687.  ^  I.  That  section  nine  of  an  ordinance  passed  August 
i6th,  1858,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  to  allow  a  connection  between 
the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  St. 
Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies,  and  such  other  railroad 
companies  as  may  unite  with  them,"  be  so  far  amended  as  to  grant 
to  said  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  Railroad  Company 
thirty  davs  additional  to  the  ninetv  davs  therein  specified,  in  which 
to  file  the  "contract"  and  the  "•  bond  "  of  said  company,  as  required 
by  said  section  number  nine. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  amend  an  ordinance  passed  August  16,  1858,  entitled  "  An 
ordinance  to  allow  a  connection  between  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chi- 
cago, and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies,  and  such 
other  railroad  companies  as  may  unite  with  them."     [Passed  August  18,  I860.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago.- 

2688.  ^  I.  That  the  third  section  of  the  ordinance  passed 
August  16,  1858,  entitled  "An  ordinance  to  allow  a  connection 
between  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wavne  and  Chicago,  and  the 
Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies,  and  such 
other    railroad   companies    as    may  unite  with  them,"   be  and  the 


650  •  SPECIAL    LAWS    OP'    THE 

same  is  hereby  so  modified  as  to  permit  a  temporary  track  to 
be  laid  and  used  over  Lake,  Randolph  and  Madison  streets, 
for  the  period  of  one  year  from  the  time  when  they  shall  first  use 
said  temporary  track,  or  any  part  thereof,  for  the  transportation 
of  freight  and  passengers  over  either  Lake,  Randolph  or  Madison 
streets;  said  track  to  be  laid  in  the  alley  in  crossing  blocks  twenty- 
two,  twenty-nine  and  forty-four,  old  town  of  Chicago.  Whenever 
the  permanent  track  and  tunnels  shall  have  been  made  the  right  to 
use  the  said  temporary  track  shall  cease,  although  the  twelve  months 
shall  not  have  expired:  Provided^  that  if  the  said  companies,  or  ei- 
ther of  them,  shall  be  enjoined  by  the  order  or  injunction  of  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  proceeding  with  the  making  of 
any  or  either  of  said  last  mentioned  tunnels,  or  the  laying  of  said 
temporary  track,  the  time  during  which  the}^  are  so  enjoined  shall 
be  added  to  the  time  above  limited  for  continuing  the  use  of  said 
temporary  track  and  completing  said  tunnels;  but  in  no  event  shall  said 
railroad  companies,  or  either  of  them,  be  permitted  to  have  or  use 
said  temporarv  track  over  either  Madison.  Lake  or  Randolph  streets 
for  a  longer  period  than  three  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance, except  as  provided  for  in  the  fourth  section-  hereof. 

2689.  ^  2.  The  said  companies  shall  station  and  keep  a  flag- 
man upon  every  street  crossed  bv  the  track  aforesaid,  and  at  the 
junction  of  Canal  and  West  Water  streets,  whenever  a  train  or  loco- 
motive shall  be  crossing  an}^  of  said  several  streets  on  said  track. 

2690.  ^  3.  The  said  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago 
Railroad  Company  shall  commence  and  complete  the  location  of  its 
depot  grounds,  between  Madison  and  Adams  streets  in  the  west  di- 
vision, as  soon  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  as  it  legally  can,  and 
at  all  events  within  six  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 
And  the  aforesaid  railroad  companies  shall,  immediately  upon  the 
passage  hereof,  begin  and  persistently  follow  the  making  of  the  per- 
manent connection  in  and  bv  said  original  ordinance  contemplated, 
and  the  makino-  and  finishinij  of  the  several  tunnels  under  Lake, 
Randolph  and  Madison  streets,  in  the  manner  in  said  ordinance  speci- 
fied ;  of  which  said  tunnels  they  shall  finish  that  under  Madison  streets 
in  four  months,  under  Lake  street  in  eight  months,  and  under  Ran- 
dolph street  in  ten  months  from  the  passage  hereof.  In  the  event  of 
an  injunction  being  obtained  against  proceeding  wuth  the  permanent 
track  or  the  tunnels,  or  either  of  them,  the  said  railroad  companies 
shall  press  for  a  hearing  and  dissolution  as  soon  as  possible,  and  the 
citizens  of  the  west  division  mav  emplov  counsel  to  aid  the  counsel 
of  said  railroad  companies  in  the  same,  and  said  railroad  companies 
shall  comply  with  all  lawful  orders  of  the  court  in  the  premises,  and 
fairly  and  fullv  insist  upon  their  right  to  make  such  track  and  tun- 
nels. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  65 1 

2691.  §  4.  At  the  expiration  of  the  time  as  in  the  tirst  section 
of  this  ordinance  provided,  all  right  to  have,  continue  or  use  the  said 
temporary  track,  by  any  or  either  of  the  railroad  companies  above 
mentioned  or  referred  to,  shall  utterly  cease  and  determine ;  and  the 
said  railroad  companies,  and  each  and  ever}'  one  of  them,  shall,  and 
by  the  acceptance  of  this  ordinance  and  in  consideration  of  the  privi- 
leges hereby  granted,  expressly  will  and  do  jointly  and  severally 
covenant  and  agree  to  and  with  S.  S.  Hayes,  David  J.  Lake,  John 
C.  Haines,  C.  N.  Holden  and  William  W.  Farwell,  and  the  sur- 
vivors of  them,  severally  and  not  jointly,  as  trustees  of  the  rights  and 
interests  of  the  present  owners,  their  grantees  or  assigns,  of  property 
situate  in  the  west  division  of  Chicago,  without  the  power  in  said 
trustees  of  releasing  or  acquitting  the  said  railroad  companies,  or 
either  of  them,  therefrom,  that  the  said  temporary  track  or  appurte- 
nances shall  not  be  continued  beyond  the  period  aforesaid,  nor  shall 
said  railroad  companies,  or  any  of  them,  or  any  one  for  them,  apply 
to  the  common  council  to  extend  the  said  term  of  such  continuance 
thereof,  or  accept,  or  in  anv  manner  receive,  any  extension  or  re- 
newal of  the  said  term,  except  upon  the  petition  hereinafter  men- 
tioned; and  any  act,  attempt,  or  authority  from  any  source  whatever, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided,  purporting  to  authorize  the  continu- 
ance of  the  said  track  across  the  said  streets  above  mentioned,  or 
either  of  them,  beyond  the  said  period,  shall  be  absolutely  null  and 
void  as  to  the  said  trustees  and  each  of  the  property  owners  and 
inhabitants  of  said  west  division;  and  the  said  trustees,  their  agents 
or  servants,  or  any  inhabitant  of  said  west  division,  may,  if  said 
track  be  continued  across  either  of  said  streets  beyond  the  period 
aforesaid,  enter  upon,  tear  up  and  remove  the  portion  of  said  track 
crossing  said  street  or  streets  as  aforesaid,  and  be  forever  discharged 
and  acquitted  from  any  action. by,  or  liability  to,  said  railroad  com- 
panies, or  their  assigns,  or  any  or  either  of  them,  for  so  doing:  Pro- 
vided., hoiveTei\  that  upon  the  presentation  of  the  petition  in  writing 
of  the  owners  of  two-thirds,  in  lineal  measurement,  of  the  property 
fronting  either  of  said  streets  crossed  by  such  temporary  track,  count- 
ing from  the  river  or  the  branch  thereof  which  said  street  crosses  west 
to  the  city  limits,  at  least  one  month  prior  to  the  expiration  of  said 
year,  the  common  council  may,  in  its  discretion,  extend  the  use  of 
said  temporary  track  on  such  street  for  a  longer  period:  Proz-ided^ 
also,  that  such  petition  shall  designate  the  length  of  time  for  which 
such  extension  or  use  is  sought  to  be  granted. 

2692.  §  5.  The  said  temporary  track  is  to  be  used  by  the  said 
railroad  companies  as  aforesaid,  with  the  utmost  care  and  caution, 
and  every  locomotive  in  coming  in  from  the  north  shall  come  to  a 
full  stop  near  to,  and  before  crossing  Kinzie  street,  and  in  coming 
\n  from  the  south  in  like  manner,  before  crossing  Van  Buren  street. 


652  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

The  rate  of  speed  on  such  temporary  track  shall  be  subject  to  the 
control  and  regulation  of  the  common  council,  and  shall  in  no  place 
thiereon  exceed  the  rate  of  five  miles  per  hour;  trains  shall  not  be 
made  up  on  said  temporary  track,  and  all  locomotives  used  thereon 
shall  use  coke  or  coal  for  fuel,  and  a  clear  violation  -of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  by  any  of  the  railroad  companies  afore- 
said, shall  render  the  same  absolutely  null  and  void,  and  all  the  rights 
herein  and  hereby  granted  shall'  thereupon  cease  and  determine: 
Provided^  there  shall  be  no  switch  or  switches  located  at  the  cross- 
ing of  any  street  or  alley. 

2693.  i^  6.  This  ordinance  shall  not  take  efiect,  nor  shall  either 
of  the  railroad  companies  aforesaid  commence  the  construction  or 
use  of  said  temporary  track,  or  any  part  thereof,  until  the  Pittsburgh. 
Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  rail- 
way conlpanies,  shall  have  first,  respectively,  in  writing,  under  seal 
and  in  due  form,  bound  themselves  to  the  acceptance  and  perform- 
ance of  this  ordinance,  and  filed  such  written  acceptance  with  the 
comptroller  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  made  and  delivered  a  dupli- 
cate of  the  same,  personally,  to  either  Wilham  W.  Farwell  or  David 
J.  Lake  aforesaid,  for  the  said  trustees  above  mentioned.  Nor  shall 
this  ordinance  take  efiect  as  to  an}'  other  railroad  company  proposing 
to  construct  or  use  such  track,  until  such  company  shall  have  first 
filed  and  served  the  obligation  in  this  section  required. 

2694.  ^  7.  The  grade  of  said  streets  at  the  several  points  at 
which  the  tunnels  shall  be  located,  are  hereby  fixed  at  twenty-two 
feet  above  low  water  mark  in  the  Chicago  river. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  amend  an  ordinance,  passed  August  16,  1858,  entitled, 
"All  ordinance  to  allow  a  connection  between  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and 
and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  railroad  companies, 
and  such  other  railroad  companies  as  mav  unite  with  tliem."  [Passed  August 
18,  I860.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2695.  §  I.  That  the  ordinance  passed  August  i6,  1858,  entitled 
"  An  ordinance  to  allow  a  connection  between  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort 
Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac 
railroad  companies,  and  such  other  railroad  companies  as  may  unite 
with  them,"  be  so  modified  as  to  permit  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne 
and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  and  such  other  railroad  companies 
as  may  unite  with  them,  to  cross  Van  Buren  street  at  its  present  grade 
until  the  common  council  shall  order  otherwise  for  the  purpose  of 
making  said  railroad  companies  comply  with  any  grade  it  may 
hereafter  establish,  either  by  running  over  or  under  said  street:  Pro- 
vided^ that  the  common  council  shall  give  six  months  notice  of  said 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  653 

change.  But  this  ordinance  shall  be  void,  and  all  the  rights,  privil- 
eges and  immunities  under  it,  unless  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and 
Chicago  railroad  company  shall  locate  their  passenger  depot  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river,  between  Madison  and  Adams  streets,  within 
six  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  marshal  shall 
at  once  proceed  to  take  up  the  track. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  vacate  Monroe  street,  between  Canal  street  and  the  south 
branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance 
passed  August  1(5,  l!S58,  entitled  "  An  ordinance  to  allow  a  connection  between 
the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond 
du  Lac  railroad  companies,  and  such  other  railroad  companies  as  ma\'  unite  with 
them."     [Passed  August  12, 1801.] 

2696.  Whereas:  The  said  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago 
Railroad  Companv  have  purchased  and  are  the  owners  in  fee  of 
blocks  71  and  72  in  school  section  addition  to  Chicago,  and  have 
permanentlv  located  thereon  a  union  depot  for  the  accommodation 
of  said  companv,  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad  Company, 
and  such  other  railroad  companies  as  may  unite  with  them,  and  for 
the  purpose  of  constructing  upon  said  blocks  such  buildings  and  im- 
provements as  mav  be  required  for  the  business  of  said  companies, 
it  is  desirable  that  Monroe  street,  lying  between  said  blocks,  should 
be  vacated,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  said  ordinance  of 
August  r6th.  A.  D.  1858:  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coninioii  Coiiiieil  of  the  eity  of  Chicagv: 

2697.  i^  I.  That  so  much  of  West  Monroe  street  as  extends 
from  the  east  line  of  Canal  street  to  the  dock  line  which  may  at  an}' 
time  hereafter  be  established  by  the  authorities  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago on  the  west  bank  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  and 
Iving  between  blocks  71  and  72,  in  school  section  addition  to  Chicago, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  vacated  and  discontinued,  so  long  as  it 
may  be  used  for  railroad  passenger  depot  purposes,  and  no  longer. 

2698.  'S^  2.  The  mayor  and  comptroller  shall  execute  and  de- 
liver, on  behalf  of  the  city,  such  proper  deed  or  conveyance  as  may 
be  necessarv  to  convey  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  tlie  city  in 
said  vacated  and  discontinued  street  to  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne 
and  Chicago  Railroad  Company,  and  in  such  deed  or  conveyance, 
or  other  instrument,  this  ordinance  shall  be  fully  recited. 

2699.  i^  3.  If  the  said  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago 
Railroad  Company  shall  at  any  time  cease  to  use  for  railroad  passen- 
ger depot  purposes  that  portion  of  Monroe  street  which  is  hereby 
vacated,  or  if  said  railroad  compan}^  shall  at  an^^  time  hereafter  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  reimburse  said  city  of  Chicago  for  any  amount  of 
money  it  mav  be  compelled  b}'  legal  process  to  pay  any  person  or 


654  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

persons,  as  damages  caused  by  reason  of  the  vacation  and  discon- 
tinuance of  said  portion  of  Monroe  street,  the  same  shall  immedi- 
ately revert  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  any  deed  or  conve3'ance  given 
by  the  city  of  Chicago  by  virtue  hereof  shall  be  void,  and  all  right 
and  title  thereunto  shall  again  become  vested  in  the  city  of  Chicago 
as  before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

AN   ORDINANCE   relative   to   the  use  of  a  part  of  Lumber   street  bj  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Fort  Wayne  and   Chicago  Railroad   Company.     [Passed    Dcceniber   I, 

Be  it  ordained  b\  /lie  Coiiuiwii  Coitneil  of  tJie  eify  of  Chicago : 

2700.  i:^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
given  to  the  Pittsburgli,  Fort  Wa^me  and  Chicago  Railroad  Com- 
pany, to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  single  railroad  track  on 
the  east  side  of  Lumber  street  from  the  intersection  of  said  railroad 
with  Lumber  street  to  South  street,  together  with  all  such  turn-outs 
and  side  tracks  leading  into  the  property  adjoining  such  said  part  of 
Lumber  street  as  may  be  desired  by  the  owners  or  occupants  of  such 
adjoining  property:  Provided^  Iiozvevcr,  that  said  single  track  be  laid 
immediately  over  the  ditch  on  the  east  side  of  said  Lumber  street, 
and  it  and  all  side  tracks  and  turn-outs  shall  be  laid  in  conformity 
with  the  directions  of  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  city  of  Chicago, 
and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  interfere  as  little  as  possible  with  Lum- 
ber street  for  the  ordinary  purposes  and  uses  as  a  highway:  And 
provided,  further,  that  said  railroad  company  shall  at  all  times  keep 
that  portion  of  Lumber  street  which  lies  between  the  points  above 
mentioned  in  good  repair,  and  shall  repair,  grade,  plank  or  pave  all 
that  portion  of  said  Lumber  street,  as  the  said  board  of  public 
works  or  said  common  council  shall  order  or  direct,  and  shall,  in 
the  use  of  said  track  or  tracks, -be  subject  to  all  rules  and  regula- 
tions relative  to  motive  power,  speed  and  the  manner  of  running 
thereon,  that  the  said  common  council  have,  or  hereafter  may,  either 
by  general  or  special  ordinance,  make  or  impose. 

2701.  ^2.  If  at  any  time  the  said  railroad  company  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  order  of  said  board  of  public 
works  or  with  any  order  or  ordinance  of  said  common  council  rela- 
tive to  the  repairing,  grading,  planking  or  paving  of  said  part  of 
Lumber  street,  or  relative  to  the  laying  of  said  track  or  tracks,  or 
using  the  same,  then  all  rights  herein  or  hereby  granted,  or  intended 
to  be  granted,  shall  cease  and  determine,  and  the  said  city  of  Chi- 
cago, its  officers,  agents,  servants  or  workmen,  shall  have  the  right 
at  once  to  take  up  and  r-move  anv  or  all  of  said  tracks  laid  in  said 
Lumber  street. 

2702.     §  3.     This  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect  until  the  said 
railroad   company  shall   have  entered  into  a  bond  with  the  city  of 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  6:^5 

Chicago,  to  be  filed  with  and  approved  by  the  city  comptroller  of 
said  city,  and  conditioned  for  the  payment  of  any  and  all  costs,  ex- 
penses, fees,  charges  and  damages  for  which  the  said  city  of  Chicago 
may  become  or  be  held  liable  to  any  person  or  persons  by  reason  of 
any  act  of  said  railroad  company,  in  laying  down  said  track  or  tracks 
in  said  Lumber  street,  or  using  or  operating  on  the  same,  or  by 
reason  of  said  railroad  company's  neglect  or  refusal  to  keep  saicl 
Lumber  street,  between  the  points  above  mentioned,  in  good  repair, 
or  to  keep  that  portion  of  said  Lumber  street  repaired,  oraded 
planked  or  paved,  as  directed  by  said  common  council  or  said  board 
of  public  works. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  an  ordinance  entitled  "  An  ordinance  arnendino-  an 
ordinance  passed  February  loth,  1S54,  concerning  the  Fort  Wavne  and  Chica<To 
Railroad  Company,  now  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad 
Company,"  passed  November  ITth,  185(5.     [Passed  August  22,  1864^] 

2703.  W/iereas:  Since  the  passage  of  the  ordinance  to  which 
the  following  is  an  amendment,  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Illinois 
has,  by  the  passage  of  the  act  approved  February  13th,  1863,  en- 
titled "  An  act  to  reduce  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  the 
several  acts  amendatory  thereof,  into  one  act,  and  to  revise  the 
same.""  extended  the  limits  of  said  city  upon  the  south  by  includin<»- 
in  the  city  section  number  thirty-three  (33)  in  township  thirtv-nine 
(39)  north,  range  fourteen  ( 14)  east  of  third  principal  meridian:  and 
whereas,  before  the  passage  of  said  act,  the  Pittsburg*h,  Fort  Wavne 
and  Chicago  Railway  Company  had  acquired  from  the  commission- 
ers of  highways  of  the  town  of  South  Chicago,  and  from  various 
property  owners  along  the  line  of  the  street  or  highway  known  as 
"  Stewart  avenue,"  as  the  same  was  laid  out  and  dedicated,  throu<»-h 
the  center  of  section  thirty-three  (33),  the  right  of  wa^'  for  their  track 
or  tracks  in  said  street  or  highwa}^  running  through  said  section;  and 
whereas,  by  the  several  ordinances  to  which  this  is  an  amendment 
said  railroad  company  were  authorized  and  empowered  to  use  said 
street  as  the  same  is  located  through  the  centers  of  sections  number 
twenty-one  (21)  and  twenty-eight  (28),  in  the  manner  therein  speci- 
fied, from  the  south  line  of  North  (now  Sixteenth)  street  to  the  cit^• 
limits;  now,  therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  b\  the  Common  Coiineil  of  the  eity  of  Chieao'o  ■ 

2704.  ■§  I.  That  permission  and  authority  is  herebv  given  to 
the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Companv  to  lav 
down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track  or  tracks not  exceed- 
ing two  in  number  with  necessary  switches,  turn-outs  and  side 
tracks,  in  the  street  known  and  designated  as  Stewart  avenue,  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  as  the  same  is  laid  out  and  dedicated,  running  north 


656  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

and  south  on  the  center  lines  of  sections  twenty-one  (21),  twenty- 
eight  (28)  and  thirty-three  (33)  in  township  thirty-nine  (39)  north, 
range  tourteeen  (14)  east  of  the  third  principal  meridian,  from  the 
south  line  of  Sixteenth  (former^  North)  street  to  the  southern  boun- 
dary of  said  city. 

2705.  i^  2.  Nothing  in  the  foregoing  section  shall  be  construed 
as  conferring  upon  said  railway  company  the  right  to  use  any  other 
street  than  the  one  therein  named,  nor  as  extendino-  the  nVht  to  use 
Stewart  avenue  between  said  points  to  any  greater  extent  than  is 
provided  by  the  ordinance,  passed  November  17th,  1856,  granting  to 
said  company  permission  to  use  said  street  north  of  the  south  line  of 
North  (now  Sixteenth)  street,  to  which  this  is  an  amendment. 

2706.  'S^  3.  That  the  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  en- 
joyed subject  to  all  general  ordinances  that  now  are  or  hereafter  may 
be  in  force  concerning  railroads  in  said  citv. 

2707.  ^  4.  The  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  are  upon 
this  express  condition:  That  said  railway  company,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  shall,  as  respects  grading,  paving,  macadamizing,  filling, 
or  planking,  at  its  own  expense,  keep  eighteen  feet  in  width  in  re- 
pair on  said  Stewart  avenue,  so  far  as  the  same  is  embraced  in  this 
ordinance,  and  keep  its  tracks  in  such  condition  that  wagons  and 
other  vehicles  can  pass  and  repass  at  anv  and  all  points  and  in  any 
and  all  directions,  and  shall  be  subject  to  assessment  for  paving,  re- 
paving,  planking,  replanking,  or  any  other  kind  of  improvement,  of 
eighteen  feet  in  width  of  said  avenue,  whenever  the  common  coun- 
cil shall  by  ordinance  order  said  improvement  to  be  made  in  said 
Stewart  avenue,  and  shall  then  use  the  kind  of  rail  and  lay  it  in  said 
avenue  in  the  manner  directed  by  the  board  of  public  works. 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  regard  to  the  building  of  u  viaduct  over  the  traclis  of  the 
Pittsburgh,  Ft.  Wavne  and  Chicago  Railroad  at  Twelftli  street.  [Passed  May 
5th,  1873.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  CoiiDiion  Coitiicil  of  the  eity  of   Ciiicago: 

2708.  '^  I.  That  the  board  of  public  works  be  and  they  are 
hereby  directed  to  proceed  to  erect  and  complete  within  one  year 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  a  good  and  sufficient  viaduct, 
with  stone  abutments  and  iron  framework,  over  the  tracks  of  said 
Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company  at  Twelfth 
street  in  said  city,  provided  the  said  railroad  company  shall  agree  by 
consenting  to  this  ordinance  through  its  authorized  officers  to  pay  in 
monthly  installments  upon  the  vouchers  (or  certificates)  of  said  board 
of  public  works  and  of  the  chief  engineer  of  said  railroad  company, 
to  be  issued  as  the  work  progresses,  an  aggregate  sum  of  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  657 

2709.  §  2.  The  said  viaduct  shall  be  built  under  the  joint 
superintendence  of  said  board  of  public  works  and  of  said  chief 
engineer,  and  to  be  of  such  height,  and  the  tracks  of  said  railroad 
compan}^  under  said  viaduct  to  be  placed  at  such  grade  as  said 
board  and  said  chief  engineer  shall  determine. 

2710.  i^  3.  All  expenses  of  every  nature  and  kind  in  excess  of 
said  twenty-tive  thousand  dollars,  if  any  there  may  be,  shall  be  borne 
by  the  said  city  of  Chicago ;  said  city  shall  maintain  the  approaches 
to,  and  the  floor  of,  said  viaduct  at  its  own  expense,  and  also  do  all 
ordinary  repairs.  The  said  city  of  Chicago  shall  save  the  said  rail- 
road company  harmless  from  any  claim  for  damages  by  any  person 
injured  by  the  erection  of  said  viaduct,  and  from  all  expenses  con- 
nected with  the  erection  of  the  same  (exceeding  said  sum  of  twenty- 
tive  thousand  dollars),  provided,  however,  the  said  chief  engineer's 
services  shall  be  rendered  at  the  expense  of  said  railroad  company. 


PRIVATE    TRACKS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  allow  the  AUandale  and  Coal  Mining  and  Manufacturing 
Company  to  lay  a  railway  track  on  the  north  side  of  Bates  street,  froin  the 
present  tracks  of  the  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company,  to  the  west 
line  of  Lumber  street.     [Passed  December  1,  1870.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  oj  the  city  of  Chicago: 

27 11.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  granted  to  said  AUandale  Coal.  Mining  and  Manufacturing 
Company  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track  upon 
and  along  the  north  side  of  Bates  street,  from  the  present  tracks  of 
the  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company  to  the  west  line  of 
Lumber  street. 

2712.  ^2.  Said  ordinance  to  be  for  the  term  of  ten  years 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided,  said  AUandale  Coal 
Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company  shall  enter  into  bonds  with 
said  city,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  to  hold  and  sa^'e  the  city 
harmless  from  all  damages  in  consequence  of  this  act:  And  pro- 
vided, the  privileges  granted  shall  be  enjoyed  subject  to  all  ordi- 
nances now  in  force  concerning  railroads,  or  which  may  hereafter 
be  passed  regulating  or  in  any  way  concerning  the  track  laid  in  con- 
formity with  this  ordinance. 

2713-     §  3-     That  the  said  AUandale  Coal  Mining  and  Man- 
ufacturing Company  shall  cause  such  track  to  be  well  planked  be- 
tween the  rails  at  all  street  crossings,  and  to  keep  the  same  in  good 
repair. 
42 


658  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2714.  '^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  due  publication. 

AN   ORDINANCE  to  allow  a  connection  between  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union 
Raih-oad   track,  and   the  warehouse  of  L.  Newberry  &  Co.     [Passed   February 

10,  is(;2.] 
Be  it  urdahicd  hy  the  Comuwn  Council  oj  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2715.  4^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  are  hereby  given 
to  L.  Newberry  &  Co.  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  rail- 
road track  in,  upon  and  along  North  Market  street,  from  the 
track  of  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  to  Carroll  street; 
thence  on  Carroll  street  to  connect  with  the  elevator  of  L.  New- 
berry &  Co.,  in  block  14,  original  town  of  Chicago:  Provided, 
said  Newberry  &  Co.  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  said  city,  to  be 
approved  by  the  mayor,  to  hold  and  save  the  city  harmless  from  all 
damages  in  consequence  of  this  act:  And  provided,  the  privilege 
hereby  granted  shall  be  enjoyed  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in 
force  concerning  railroads,  or  w^hich  may  be  hereafter  passed  regu- 
lating or  in  any  way  concerning  the  track  laid  in  conformity  with 
this  ordinance;  Provided,  that  this  ordinance  shall  at  all  times  be 
subject  to  repeal  by  the  common  council,  and  if  so  repealed,  all  the 
privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and  determine. 

AN    ORDINANCE  allowing  the  South  Branch  Canal  Company  to  lay  down  rail- 
road track  in  streets  in  west  division.     [Passed  January  5,  1857.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicagv  : 

2716.  ^  T.  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the 
Chicago  South  Branch  Canal  Company  to  construct,  maintain  and 
operate,  in  the  west  division  of  said  city,  one  or  more  railroad 
tracks,  with  all  necessary  switches,  turn-outs,  turn-tables,  in,  upon 
or  through  any  and  all  lands  owned  or  controlled  by  said  company, 
between  the  air-line  railroad  track  and  South  street. 

2717.  i:^  2.  Said  company  may  lay  down  said  track  or  tracks 
across  any  street  within  the  boundaries  aforesaid  wherever  any  such 
street  crosses  their  intended  line  of  railroad;  also  the  right  to  con- 
struct and  use  all  depots  necessary  to  accommodate  the  business  of 
said  company:  Provided,  that  convenient  crossings  be  made  by 
said  companv  where  the  said  tracks  cross  the  line  of  streets. 

2718.  i^  3.  Said  company  may  construct,  maintain  and  operate 
one  or  more  railroad  tracks  through  or  upon  any  lands  they  own  or 
control  in  Green's  South  Branch  addition  to  Chicago;  and,  also, 
occupy  such  portion  of  the  streets  in  said  addition,  for  railroad  pur- 
poses, as  were  provided  for  by  reservation  in  the  record  of  the  plat 
of  said  addition. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  659 

2719.  ^  4.  Said  company  may  join  any  railroad  company  in 
the  erection  and  use  of  any  railroad  bridge  heretofore  authorized, 
or  which  may  hereafter  be  authorized,  to  be  constructed  across  the 
south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  and  the  said  South  Branch  Canal 
Company,  and  any  railroad  company,  may  jointly  use  each  otht^r's 
track  or  tracks,  and  bridge  or  bridges,  within  the  city,  and  form 
material  connections,  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by 
the  parties  interested. 

2720.  •s^  5.  Said  company  may  run  their  trains  by  locomotivt^s, 
within  the  limits  herein  described,  at  a  speed  not  exceeding  six  miles 
per  hour,  subject  to  such  laws  and  ordinances  as  are  now  in  force, 
or  that  may  from  time  to  time  be  passed  by  the  common  council  of 
said  city,  establishing  and  regulating  speed  and  motive  power  within 
said  cit\'. 

AX  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  George  Steele  and  Isaac  Taj'lor  to  lay 
down  and  operate  a  railroad  track.     [Passed  September  7,  18G3.J 

Be  il  enacted  by  the  Coinnion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2721.  4^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  George 
Steele  and  Isaac  Taylor  to  lay  down  and  operate  a  railroad  track 
across  all  intervening  streets  from  their  elevator,  situated  on  lots  8, 
9  and  10  in  block  4  of  the  canal  addition  to  Chicago,  to  the  track 
or  tracks  of  the  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis  and  the  Fort  Wayne 
and  Chicago  Railroads,  on  the  most  direct  practicable  route,  for  the 
purpose  of  removing  grain  to  and  from  said  elevator,  and  none  other. 
But  it  is  expressly  understood  that  the  city  of  Chicago  does  not  un- 
dertake to  obtain  for  said  Steele  and  Taylor  any  right  of  way,  or 
other  right,  privilege  or  easement  not  now  in  the  power  of  said  city 
to  grant  or  confer,  or  to  assume  any  liability  or  responsibility  for  the 
acts  of  the  said  George  Steele  and  Isaac  Taylor,  or  their  successors. 

2722.  ^2.  The  permission  hereby  granted  is  wath  the  follow- 
ing express  conditions,  to  wit: 

First.  That  the  said  Steele  and  Taylor,  or  their  successors, 
shall,  at  their  own  expense,  plank  the  carriage-way  of  all  streets 
across  which  their  track  or  tracks,  when  so  laid,  shall  pass,  to  the 
width  of  twenty-four  feet,  on  the  line  of  all  such  streets,  and  extending 
from  a  point  not  less  than  twenty  feet  from  the  outside  rail  on  the 
one  side  of  said  track  or  tracks,  to  a  point  not  less  than  twenty  feet 
from  the  outside  rail  on  the  other  or  opposite  side  of  said  track  or 
tracks,  and  said  rails  and  planking  shall  be  so  laid  that  teams,  car- 
riages, and  all  other  vehicles  can  easily  and  freely  cross  said  track 
or  tracks  with  the  least  obstrtiction  possible,  and  shall  at  all  times 
keep  said  planking  and  street  and  railroad  crossings  in  good  order 
and  repair. 


66o  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

Seco)id.  That  the  said  Steele  and  Taylor,  and  their  snccessors, 
shall,  at  their  own  expense,  and  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  board 
of  public  works,  build  good  and  substantial  culverts,  and  keep  the 
same  in  good  oi'der  and  repair,  on  all  streets  where  their  track  or 
tracks  pass  over  or  intersect  any  street  or  alley. 

Third.  That  the  said  Steele  and  Taylor,  for  themselves  and 
their  successors,  shall  enter  into  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  with  the 
city  of  Chicago,  conditioned  that  they  will  indemnify  the  cit}*  for 
any  damage  and  expense  to  which  it  may  be  legally  subjected  by 
reason  of  the  occupying  of  any  of  the  streets  or  alle3^s  of  the  city 
with  their  tracks  or  other  fixtures. 

2723.  '  ^  3.  The  said  George  Steele  and  Isaac  Taylor  and  their 
successors,  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  that  are  now 
in  force,  or  may  hereafter  be  passed,  to  regulate  railroads  within 
this  city. 

2724.  ^1^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  etiect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  William  F.  Tucker  and  his  associates, 
to  construct  and  maintain  a  railroad  track  across  Egan  avenue  at  Emerald 
street,  thence  to  south  fork  of  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river.  [Passed 
September  23,  1872.] 

Be  it  07'daincd  by  the  Cotnnwii  Couiwil  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2725.  ^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  given  and  granted  Wm. 
F.  Tucker,  and  his  associates,  to  lay  down,  construct  and  maintain 
a  single  railroad  track  across  Egfan  avenue  at  the  intersection  of 
Emerald  street,  thence  west  across  Halsted,  Tucker  and  Gage  streets, 
on  any  land  they  may  acquire  by  purchase  or  otherw^ise,  to  the  south 
fork  of  the  sout^  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  said  railroad  track  to 
be  laid  not  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  north  of  the  north 
line  of  Egan  avenue:  /^rcz7<T'r<T',  the  .'■aid  track  shall  be  laid  down 
and  maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  board  of 
public  works:  And ^rovided^  further,  that  the  said  Wm.  F.  Tucker 
and  his  associates,  their  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  keep  such  portion  of 
said  streets  as  shall  be  occupied  by  said  track  in  good  condition 
and  repair,  under  the  supervision,  and  as  they  may  be  directed  by 
the  board  of  public  w^orks. 

2726.  ^  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed  and  the  permission  afore- 
said granted,  upon  the  express  condition,  that  the  said  Wm.  F. 
Tucker  and  his  associates,  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  the  said  city 
of  Chicago,  signed  by  sureties  to  be  approved  by  thfe  mayor,  within 
twenty  days  from  its  passage,  in  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dol- 
lars, conditioned  to  comply  wdth  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance  and 


I 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  66l 

the  general  railroad  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that  may  hereafter 
be  passed,  and  also  to  save,  keep  harmless  and  indemnify  the  city 
of  Chicago  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  that  may  accrue 
or  in  any  wise  arise  from  or  grow  out  of  the  privileges  hereby 
granted,  and  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  city  of 
Chicago   may  at   any  time   repeal  this  ordinance. 

2727.  §  3.     This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  W.  M.  Pond  and  A.  C  Soper,  to  con- 
struct and  maintain  a  railroad  track  across  Twentv-sccond  street.  [Passed 
June  S,  1874.] 

Be  it  urdaiiicd  by  the  Coinuioii  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2728.  i^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  are  hereby  given 
and  granted  to  W.  M.  Pond  and  A.  C.  Soper,  their  heirs  and  assigns, 
to  lay  down,  construct  and  maintain  a  single  railwa}'  track  for  the 
period  of  five  years,  from  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington 
and  Quincy  Railway  Company,  on  the  south  side  of  Twenty-second 
street,  across  said  Twent^'^-second  street  into  the  east  one  hundred 
and  lift}^  feet  (150)  feet  of  the  south  two  hundred  and  fifty  (250) 
feet  of  block  fourteen  (14),  Johnson  &  Lee's  subdivision  of  the 
south-west  quarter  (s.  w^  _^)  of  section  twenty  (20),  township  thirty- 
nine  (39),  north  of  range  fourteen  (14),  east  of  the  third  principal 
meridian:  Provided,  the  said  track  shall  be  laid  down  and  main- 
tained under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  board  of  public 
works:  And  fir  t  her  -provided,  that  the  said  W.  M.  Pond  and  A. 
C.  Soper,  tljeir  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  keep  such  portion  of  said 
street  as  shall  be  occupied  by  said  track  in  good  condition  and  repair, 
under  the  supervision  and  as  they  may  be  directed  by  the  board  of 
public  works.  And  further  provided,  that  they  pay  all  damages 
that  may  result  to  property  owners  owning  propertv  along  the  line 
of  said  railroad  tracks. 

2729.  §  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed,  and  the  permission  afore- 
said is  granted  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  W.  M.  Pond 
and  A.  C.  Soper  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  the  said  citv  of  Chicago, 
signed  by  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  within  twenty  days 
from  the  passage  thereof,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  con- 
ditioned to  comply  with  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance  and  the 
general  railroad  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that  may  hereafter  be 
passed;  and,  also,  to  save,  keep  harmless,  and  indemnify  the  city  of 
Chicago  for  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  that  may  accrue  or  in 
any  wa}-  arise  froin  or  grow  out  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted, 
and  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  city  of  Chicago  may 
at  any  time  repeal  this  ordinance. 

2730.  i^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


662  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINWNCE  granting  permission  to  P.  W.  Gates  and  others  to  construct 
and  maintain  a  railroad  track  from  Madison  street  to  Washington  street  mid- 
way between  the  present  railroad  tracks  and  the  sidewalk  on  tiie  west  side 
of  West  Water  street.      [Passed  July  10,  187G.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  CoiDicil of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2731.  '^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to  P.  W. 
Gates  and  others,  their  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  construct 
and  maintain  a  single  railroad  track,  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  from 
the  track  of  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  Railroad  Company,  com- 
mencing at  West  Madison  street  and  running  about  midway  be- 
tween the  present  railroad  tracks  and  the  sidewalk  on  the  west  side 
of  West  Water  street  to  West  Washington  street:  Provided^  the 
said  track  shall  be  laid  down  and  maintained  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works:  And  further  -provided^ 
that  said  P.  W.  Gates  and  others,  their  successors  and  assigns,  shall 
keep  such  portion  of  said  West  Water  street  as  shall  be  occupied  by 
said  track  in  good  condition  and  repair,  and  as  they  inay  be  directed 
by  the  board  of  public  works. 

2732.  §  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed  and  the  permission  afore- 
said is  granted  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  P.  W.  Gates 
shall  enter  into  bond  with  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  be  approved  by 
the  Mayor  within  twenty  da3's  from  its  passage,  in  the  sum  of 
$5,000,  conditioned  to  comply  with  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance 
and  the  general  railroad  ordinance  now  in  force,  or  that  may  here- 
after be  passed,  and  also  to  save,  keep  harmless  and  indemnifv  the 
said  city  of  Chicago  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  that  may 
accrue,  or  that  may  in  anvwise  arise  or  grow  out  of  the  privileges 
hereby  granted,  and  upon  the  further  express  condition  that  the  city 
of  Chicago  may  at  any  time  repeal  this  ordinance. 

^733-  §  3-  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  M.  Gottfried  to  construct  and  maintain 
a  railroad  track  across  Alexander  street,  from  Stewert  avenue  to  the  alley  next 
east  of  said  Stewart  avenue  connecting  with  said  Alexander  street.  [Passed 
November  20,  1876.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2734.  '?^  ^-  That  permission  and  authority  is  herebv  granted  to 
M.  Gottfried  to  lay  down,  construct,  and  maintain  a  railroad  track  in 
and  across  Alexander  street,  from  Stewart  avenue  to  the  allev  next 
east  of  said  Stewart  avenue,  connecting  with  said  Alexander  street, 
said  track  to  be  laid  down  and  maintained  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  department  of  public  works. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  663 

Provided  that  the  privilege  hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to 
all  ordinances  now  in  force  concerning  railroads,  or  which  mav  here- 
after be  passed,  and 

Provided  further^  that  said  M.  Gottfried,  his  heirs  or  assigns, 
shall  keep  such  portion  of  said  street  as  is  occupied  by  said  track, 
in  good  condition  and  repair,  under  the  supervision  of,  and  as  may 
be  directed  by,  the  department  of  public  works  of  said  city. 

2735-  §  2.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company.    [Passed 

March    19,   1877.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  tiie  City  of  Chicago: 

2736.  '^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  are  hereby 
granted  to  the  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company  to  extend 
its  railroad  tracks  along  the  east  side  of  and  adjoining  the  Colum- 
bus, Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  Railway  from  the  crossing  of  the 
Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  northward  to  a  connection  with  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  at  or  near  the  crossing  of  that 
road  and  Ogden  avenue,  in  said  city,  and  mav  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  such  railroad  with  single  or  double  track,  and  with  all 
necessary  switches,  turn-outs  and  connections  along  the  line  thereof, 
as  may  be  convenient  or  necessary  for  the  transaction  of  the  busi- 
ness to  be  done  therein ;  said  track,  side  tracks,  turn-outs  and  switches 
to  be  laid,  completed  and  constructed  subject  to  the  direction  of  the 
city  engineer.  And  the  paving  and  keeping  in  repair  of  so  much 
of  the  streets,  alleys  and  crossings  as  may  be  occupied  by  said  Union 
Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company  with  such  tracks,  switches  and 
turnouts,  also  to  be  under  the  direction  of  said  engineer,  and  shall 
be  paved  and  repaired  when  ordered  bv  the  city  council  of  this 
city,  and  the  said  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company  shall  pave 
all  approaches  to  the  same,  and  keep  them  in  proper  repair. 

2737.  ^2.  The  said  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transii  Com- 
pany' is  hereby  authorized  to  run,  and  permit  to  be  run,  cars  and 
engines  over  and  along  said  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  con- 
structed, with  steam  or  such  other  motive  power  as  said  company 
may  deem  best;  subject,  however,  to  all  laws  and  ordinances  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  relative  to  railroad  companies  now  in  force,  or  which 
may  hereafter  be  passed.  But  this  section  shall  not  be  so  construed 
as  to  authorize  the  said  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company  to 
construct  or  operate  or  permit  to  be  operated  what  is  commonly 
known  as  horse  railroads,  transporting  passengers  and  baggage  to 
and  fro  wuthin  the  city  of  Chicago. 


664  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2738.  i^  3.  Such  crossings,  bridges  or  viaducts  shall  be  made 
and  maintained  by  said  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company, 
where  such  track  or  tracks  cross  any  streets,  water-course  or  alley 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  may  be  ordered  by 
the  city  council. 

2739.  ''^  4-  The  permission  and  authority  hereby  granted  are 
upon  the  further  express  condition,  that  the  said  Union  Stock  Yard 
and  Transit  Company,  shall,  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save 
harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  against  and  from  an}^  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees,  costs  and  expenses,  which  it  may  suiter  or  which 
may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  the  city  by  reason  of  the 
granting  of  such  privileges  and  authorit}^,  or  for  or  by  reason  of,  or 
growing  out  of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or 
any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith  or  with  the  exercise  by  said 
Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company  of  the  privileges  hereby 
granted. 

2740.  ^  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage  and   due  publication. 

AN  ORDINANCE,  granting  permission  to  C.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.  to  lay  down 
and  maintain  a  railroad  track  in  Quarry  street,  in  front  ot'  tiieir  premises. 
[Passed  April  6,  1877.] 

Be  it  ordahicd  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago  : 

2741.  ^  I.  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  C. 
C.  Thompson  &  Co.  to  remove  the  railroad  track  and  switch  which 
is  now  laid  across  Quarry  street,  and  over  and  across  the  premises 
occupied  by  them  as  a  lumber  yard,  and  w^hich  is  now  connected 
with  the  Chicago  &  Alton  railroad,  at  Quarry  street,  by  a  switch, 
and  when  so  removed,  to  lay  down  the  same  on  the  east  side  of 
Quarry  street,  in  front  of  their  said  premises,  and  no  farther,  and 
connect  the  same  by  a  switch  with  said  railroad,  and  to  maintain 
and  operate  the  same  in  front  of  their  said  premises,  and  no  farther, 
for  the  period  of  ten  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  sub- 
ject to  the  terms  and  conditions  hereafter  provided. 

« 

2742.  ^  2.  The  privileges  hereby  granted  by  this  ordinance 
are  upon  the  express  condition  that  said  railroad  tracks  shall  be  laid 
in  said  street,  upon  the  east  fifteen  feet  thereof,  outside  of  the  side- 
walk line,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  directed  by  the  department  of 
public  works,  and  so  as  not  to  obstruct  or  interfere  with  the  use 
of  the  street,  and  that  said  C.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.,  their  heirs, 
executors  and  assigns,  shall  fill,  grade,  pave,  macadamize,  or  plank 
or  improve  the  street  so  used  by  them  for  their  track,  and  sixteen 
feet  of  the  street  outside  of  the  same,  whenever  ordered  or  directed 

.by  the   department   of  public   works,    and  in   such  manner  as    the 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  665 

said  department  of  public  works  shall  direct,  and  will  keep  so  much 
of  said  street  as  they  occupy  with  their  said  tracks,  and  the  space 
between  the  same,  and  at  least  sixteen  feet  in  width  outside  of  the 
said  track,  at  all  times,  in  good  order  and  repair;  and  further,  that 
they  will  save  and  keep  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs, 
expenses  and  suits  arising  out  of  the  occupation  or  use  of  said  street, 
and  that  thev  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  passed  concerning  railroads  in  this  city,  and  that 
in  case  said  C.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.,  their  heirs,  executors  or  as- 
signs neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  orders  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works  in  regard  to  the  laying  down  of  their  track, 
and  the  use  of  the  same,  or  neglect  or  refuse  to  grade,  pave  or  re- 
pave,  or  keep  in  good  order  and  repair  the  portion  of  the  street 
above  specified,  then  the  license  and  permission  hereby  granted 
shall  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  this  council. 

2743.     §  3.     This  ordinance  shall  take  efiect   and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


AN  ORDINANCE,  authorizing  the   North- Western  Leather   Company  to   lay  a 
railroad  track  on  Robinson  street.     [Passed  September  7,  187T.] 

Be  it  ordained  hv  the   City   Council  of  the   City  of  Chicago  : 

2744.  §  I.  That  the  North-Western  Leather  Company  ia 
hereby  authorized  to  lay  down  a  railroad  track  (with  necessary 
turn-outs  and  switches  to  connect  the  adjoining  lots)  and  operate 
the  same,  in  and  along  Robinson  street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
from  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  across  Thirtv-first  street,  to 
the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad. 

-7-45-  ■§  -•  The  said  company  is  hereby  required,  and  this 
grant  is  made  on  the  express  condition  that  it  shall  so  lay  down  and 
maintain  its  track,  turn-outs  and  switches  that  they  shall  interfere 
as  little  as  practicable  in  the  use  of  said  street,  and  shall  at  all  times 
keep  them  in  such  condition  as  to  allow  the  free  use  and  easy  pass- 
aofe  of  vehicles  alonii  and  over  it.  All  of  which  shall  be  done 
under  the  supervision  of  the  proper  city  authorities. 

2746.  ■^  3.  This  permission  or  grant  is  made  upon  the  further 
condition  that  said  companv  shall  keep  and  save  the  city  harmless 
from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatever  arising  out  of  the 
use  and  occupation  of  said  street  by  said  company. 

2747.  '^  4.  This  permission  is  granted  subject  to  all  the  general 
ordinances  concerning  railroads  now  in  force,  or  that  may  hereafter 
be  passed. 


666  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2  7_|.8.  i^  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  amendment  or 
repeal  by  said  council  at  any  time   after   five  years  from  its  passage. 

AN   ORDINANCE  granting  permission   to   G.   W.  Hinckley  &  Co.,   to   lay  down 
certain  tracks.     [Passed  February  4,  1878.] 

£c  it  orda/iicd  bv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chiaio'o: 

2749.  i<.  I.  Permission  is  hereby  granted  to  G.  W.  Hinckley 
&  Co.  to  lay  down  and  operate  a  railroad  track  upon  or  across  the 
north  half  of  Twenty-second  street,  and  to  connect  their  planing  mill 
with  the  track  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad, 
said  mill  to  be  located  on  the  west  half  of  Block  23,  in  Walsh  & 
McMullen's  subdivision  of  section  20,  town  39,  north  range  14  East: 
Provided,  that  the  said  G.  W.  Hinckley  &  Co.  shall,  before  laying 
such  track,  enter  into  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  be  approved 
by  the  mayor,  conditioned  to  save  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages, 
costs  and  expenses  whatever  in  consequence  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  or  the  la3dng  down  and  operating  such  track  ;  and 
that  said  G.  W.  Hinckley  &  Co.,  and  their  successors,  shall  plank  or 
pave  the  street,  and  maintain  the  same  in  good  order,  at  least  twenty 
feet  in  width  on  both  sides  of  the  track  laid  by  them  the  whole  width 
of  the  street,  and  <also  between  the  tracks,  under  the  direction  of  the 
proper  city  authorities. 

2750.  ■§  2.  No  cars  shall  at  any  time,  stand  on  said  tracks 
hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  on  Twenty-second  street,  and  the 
privilege  by  this  ordinance  granted,  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws  and 
ordinances  in  force  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  which  shall  be  enacted 
or  passed. 

2751.  §  3.  All  the  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and 
determine  at  the  expiration  of  ten  years  from  the  passage  hereof. 

2752.  i:^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  Ferdinand  E.  Canda,  to  construct  and 
maintain  a  railroad  track  from  the  main  track  of  the  Pittsl^urgh,  Fort  ^\'ayne 
and  Cliicago  Railroad,  to  Block  one  (1),  in  tiie  United  States  Bank  addition  to 
Chicago,  being  the  W.  %  ^.  E.  %  Sees.  28,  89,  14.     [Passed  February  2.'),  1878.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicag-o: 

2753-  §  I-  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  is  hereby 
granted  to  Ferdinand  E.  Canda,  to  lay  dowfi,  construct,  maintain  and 
operate  a  railroad  track  from  the  main  track  of  the  Pittsburgh.  Fort 
Wa3'ne  and  Chicago  Railroad,  on  Stewart  avenue,  to  and  upon  the 
premises  known  as  block  one  (i)  in  United  States  Bank  addition  to 
Chicago,  together  with  the  necessary  switch  connections;  said  track 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  667 

to  be  laid  down  and  maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision 
of  the  department  of  public  works:  Provided,  that  the  privilege 
hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force,  con- 
cerning railroads,  or  which  mav  hereafter  be  passed,  and  shall  only 
be  granted  for  the  term  of  ten  years:  And  provided  further,  that 
said  Ferdinand  E.  Canda,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  shall  keep  such  part 
of  Stewart  avenue  as  is  occupied  by  said  track  in  good  condition 
and  repair,  under  the  supervision  of  and  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
proper  city  authorities  of  said  city. 

2754.  ^  -•  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  Schoenemann  &  Co.,  to  lay  a  side  track 
on  Hugh  place  or  Salt  street.     [Passed  April  18th,  1878."] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2755.  §  I.  Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  to 
Schoenemann  &  Co.,  to  lav  down  and  operate  a  railroad  track  on 
Hugh  place  (Salt  street)  from  a  point  one  hundred  feet  north  of 
Archer  avenue,  to  the  tracks  of  the  Chicago,  x\lton  &  St.  Louis 
Railroad  Company:  Provided,  that  before  laying  such  track  said 
Schoenemann  &  Co.  shall  enter  into  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Chicago, 
with  two  or  more  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  penal 
sum  of  $2,000,  and  conditioned  to  save  the  city  harmless  from  any 
and  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  which  may  arise  from  or  grow 
out  of  the  privilege  hereby  granted,  or  the  laying  or  operating  of 
such  track:  And  frovided  further,  that  said  Schoenemann  «&  Co.,  or 
their  successors,  shall  plank  the  said  street  between  the  tracks,  here- 
by authorized  to  be  laid,  and  keep  the  same  in  good  repair,  under 
the  direction  of  the  proper  city  authorities. 

2756.  §  2.  The  privilege  hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to 
all  ordinances  concerning  railroads  now  in  force,  or  which  mav  be 
hereafter  passed. 

2757-  §  3-  The  rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  shall 
cease  and  determine  at  the  expiration  of  live  years  from  the  pass- 
age hereof. 

2758.  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

AN   ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  N.  K.  Fairhanks  &  Co.  to  construct 
certain  tracks.     [Passed  February  10,  1879.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2759.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  granted  to  N.  K.  Fairbanks  &  Co.  to  lay  down  and  operate 


668  SPECIAL    LAWS    OP^    THE 

a  railroad  track  from  their  lard  oil  manufactory,  corner  of  Nineteenth 
street  and  Wentworth  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  and  along 
said  Nineteenth  street,  to  and  to  connect  in  the  most  practical  man- 
ner with  the  tracks  of  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  tracks  on 
Grove  street:  Provided^  the  said  tracks  shall  be  laid  down  and 
maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  department 
of  public  works  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  that  said  N.  K.  Fair- 
banks &  Co.,  their  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  keep  such  portions  of  said 
streets  as  shall  be  occupied  by  their  said  track  in  good  condition 
and  repair  under  the  supervision  and  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
said  department  of  public  works. 

2760.  '^  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed,  and  the  permission 
aforesaid  granted,  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  N.  K. 
Fairbanks  &  Co.  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  said  city  of  Chicago, 
signed  by  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  withing  ten  days 
from  its  passage,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  and  the  general  rail- 
road ordinances  now  in  force  or  that  may  hereafter  be  passed,  and 
also  to  save,  keep  harmless,  and  indemnify  the  city  of  Chicago  from 
all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  that  may  accrue  or  in  an3'wise  arise 
or  grow  out  of  the  privilege  hereby  granted ;  also,  on  condition  that 
at  the  end  of  ten  years  from  the  passage  hereof  the  said  N.  K, 
Fairbanks  &  Co.  shall  and  will  remove  from  said  street  all  tracks 
and  material  laid  under  this  ordinance. 

2761.  i>  3.  In  case  said  party  or  their  heirs  or  assigns  shall 
neglect  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  or  conditions  of 
this  ordinance,  the  council  shall  have  the  right  and  power  to  amend 
or  repeal  the  same. 

2762.  ■^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission    to   the   Chicago   Dock  and  Canal  Co.,  to 
construct  certain  tracks.      [Passed  June  9lh,  lb79.] 

Be  H  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2763.  That  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Chicago  Dock 
and  Canal  Co.,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  maintain 
and  use  such  railwa}^  tracks  and  switches,  upon  North  Water  and 
Illinois  streets,  east  of  the  east  line  of  St.  Clair  street,  and  across 
the  premises  owned  by  said  company,  as  may  be  necessary  to  afford 
convenient  railway  access  to  said  premises. 

Provided^  said  Chicago  Dock  and  Canal  Co.,  before  laying  said 
track,  enter  into  a  bond  with  said  city,  in  the  sum  ot  ten  thousand 
dollars,  to  be   approved   by  the   mayor,  to   hold   and   save  the  city 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  669 

harmless  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatever,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  the  laving  down  or 
using  of  said  track,  and  all  damages  suffered  bv  anv  private  prop- 
erty by  reason  thereof. 

Afid  provided  further^  the  privilege  hereby  granted  shall  be 
subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force  concerning  railroads,  or  which 
mav  hereafter  be  passed. 

2764.  All  the  privileges  herebv  granted  shall  cease  and  deter- 
mine at  the  expiration  of  ten  years  from  the  passage  hereof;  and 
said  company  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  de- 
partment of  public  works  as  to  the  planking  or  paving  and  keeping 
in  repair  of  so  much  of  said  tracks  as  may  be  in  anv  pulic  street  or 
alley. 

2765.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage and  publication. 

^VN   ORDINANCE  grantiiii^-    permission    to    Munger    (Iv:    Wheeler    to    lay    down, 
maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track.      [Passed  ISIarch   lo,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Conncil  of  the  City  of    Chicago  : 

2766.  ^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  granted  to  Munger  & 
Wheeler  to  lay  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track  over 
and  across  Maxwell  street  at  its  junction  with  Dodge  street;  thence 
south  on  Dodge  street  to  its  intersection  with  Mitchell  street,  thence 
over  and  across  Mitchell  street,  to  the  north  line  of  the  grounds  of 
the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wavne  &  Chicago  Railroad  Companv,  for  the 
purpose  of  enabling  said  Munger  &  Wheeler  to  make  and  have  a 
more  perfect  and  easv  connection  between  their  elevator,  situated 
south  of  Twelfth  street  and  the  Chicago  &  North  Western  Rail- 
way. 

Provided,  hoivever,  said  Munger  &  Wheeler  shall  enter  into  bond 
with  said  city  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  within  thirty  days 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  approved  by  the  ma^'or. 
to  hold  and  save  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs  and  ex- 
penses watever  in  consequence  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
or  the  laying,  maintaining  and  operating  said  track. 

And  provided  fit  rt  her ,  the  privilege  hereb\'  granted  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  all  ordinances  now  in  force  concerning  railroads,  or  which 
may  be  hereafter  passed. 

And  provided  also,  this  ordinance  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 
modification,  amendment  or  repeal,  and  in  case  of  repeal  all  the  privil- 
eires  herebv  a'ranted  shall  cease  and  determine. 

And  provided  further^  that  said  grant  or  permission  is  hereby  ex- 
pressly limited  to  a  pjriod  not  exceeding  five  vears  from  the  passage 


670  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

of  this  ordinance,  and  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  council,  said 
Munger  &  Wheeler,  their  representatives  or  assigns,  shall  take  up 
and  remove  the  same  at  the  end  of  said  period,  or  on  repeal  of  this 
ordinance,  or  on  their  default  the  city  may  order  the  same  taken  up 
at  the  expense  of  said  Munger  &  Wheeler,  their  representatives 
or  assifjns. 

2767.  i^  2.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  due  publication. 

AN  ORDINANCE    granting  permission   to  W.   H.   Swett    &  Co.,  to    lay   down, 
maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track.      [Passed  March  15,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  h\  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  CJiicago  : 

2768.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  granted  and  given  to  W.  H.  Swett  &  Co.,  to  lay  down,  maintain 
and  operate  a  railroad  track  from  their  ice-house  on  Grove  street,  be- 
tween Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  streets  in  said  city,  on  the  most 
direct  and  practical  route  across  said  Grove  street,  to  connect  with  the 
track  of  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad  Company:  Provided,  the 
said  track  shall  be  laid  down  and  maintained  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  department  of  public  works  of  said  city:  And 
■provided  fiirtJier,  that  the  said  privilege  or  grant  shall  cease  and 
terminate  at  the  expiration  of  live  years  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  and  that  at  the  expiration  of  said  period  the  said  Swett 
&  Co.,  or  their  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  take  up  and  remove  the  same, 
leaving  the  street  in  good  condition  and  repair  where  the  same 
is  so  taken  up:  And  -provided  further,  that  in  case  of  their  neglect  or 
refusal  so  to  do,  the  council  may  order  the  same  to  be  taken  up  and  re- 
moved by  any  of  its  officers  or  agents,  at  the  cost  and*  expense  of 
said  W.  H.  Swett  &  Co.,  their  heirs  and  assigns:  And  provided 
further,  that  said  W.  H.  Swett  &  Co.,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  shall 
keep  such  portion  of  said  street  as  shall  be  occupied  by  said  track 
in  good  condition  and  repair,  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of 
the  department  of  public  works  of  said  city. 

2769.  v:^  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed  and  the  permission  afore- 
said granted  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  W.  H.  Swett  & 
Co.  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  said  citv  of  Chicago,  signed  by  sureties 
to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  within  thirty  days  from  its  passage, 
in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  and  the  general  railroad  ordinances  now 
in  force,  or  that  mav  hereafter  be  passed,  and  also  to  save,  keep 
harmless  and  indemnify  the  city  of  Chicago  from  all  damages,  costs 
and  expenses  that  may  accrue  or  in  any  way  arise  from  or  gro\\' 
out  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  67 1 

2770.  §  3.  In  case  said  party,  or  their  heirs  or  assigns,  shall 
neglect  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  or  conditions  of 
this  ordinance,  the  council  shall  have  the  right  and  power  to  amend 
or  repeal  the  same. 

2771.  i^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  due  publication. 

AN   ORDINANCE  granting   p;.>rmi>sion   to  T.  W.  Harvey,  to  lay  down,  maintain 
and  operate  a  railroad  track.     [Passed  March  1.5,  1S80.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Ci/v  Coiineil  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2772.  ^  I.  Tiiat  permission  is  herebv  granted  to  T.  W.  Harvev, 
to  lav  down,  maintain  and  operate  a  railroad  track  upon  and  across 
the  north  half  of  Twenty-second  street,  and  to  connect  his  planing 
mill  with  the  track  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad, 
said  mill  to  be  located  on  Block  twenty-four  (24),  Walsh  &  JVIcMuUen's 
subdivision  of  Section  twenty  (20),  T.  39,  N.  R.  14  E.:  Provided, 
hozvever,  said  T.  W.  Harvey  shall  enter  into  bonds  to  the  city,  in  the 
sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  wathin  thirtv  days  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  to  be  approved  bv  the  mavor,  to  hold  and  save  the 
citv  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatsoever,  in 
consequence  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  the  laying,  main- 
taining or  operating  said  track:  And  provided  yurther,  the  privilege 
herebv  granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now.in  force  con- 
cerning railroads,  or  which  mav  hereafter  be  passed:  A)id provided 
further^  that  said  Harvey,  and  his  successors,  shall  plank  the  street 
and  maintain  the  same  in  good  order  at  least  twenty  feet  in  width 
on  both  sides  of  the  track  laid  by  him,  the  whole  width  of  the  street, 
and  also  between  the  track :  And  provided  aho^  that  the  cars  shall 
at  no  time  stand  on  Twentv-second  street. 

-773-  ■>?  -•  ^^  ^^^  privileges  herebv  granted  shall  cease  and 
determine  at  the  expiration  of  live  years  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance. 

2774.  ■^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  due  publication. 

AN   ORDIN.VNCE   granting  permission   to   the  Union    Planing   Mill  Co.,  to  con- 
struct certain  tracks.      [Passed  March  22,  18«0.'j 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

~nS-  §  I-  That  permission  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to  the 
Union  Planing  Mill  Company,  to  maintain  and  operate,  for  a  period 
of  five  vears  from  the  time  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect,  a  single 
railroad  track  from  any  part  of  their  propertv  on  the  corner  of 
Twenty-second  and  Fisk  streets,  across  Twentj'-second  street,  to 
connect  with   railroad  track  on  Twentv-second  street,  the  switch  to 


672  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

commence  opposite  Fisk  street:  Provided^  that  said  track  shall  be 
laid  down  and  maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the 
board  of  public  works:  Atid  -provided  further^  that  the  said  privi- 
lege or  grant  shall  cease  and  terminate  at  the  expiration  of  one  year 
'from  the  time  this  ordinance  takes  effect,  and  that  at  the  expiration 
of  said  period,  the  said  Union  Planing  Mill  Companv,  or  their  heirs, 
or  assigns,  shall  take  up  and  remove  the  same,  leaving  the  street  in 
good  condition  and  repair  when  the  same  is  so  taken  up:  And 
provided  further^  that  in  case  of  their  neglect  or  refusal  to  do  so,  the 
council  may  order  the  same  to  be  taken  up  and  removed  by  any  of 
its  officers,  at  the  cost  and  expense  of  said  Union  Planing  Mill 
Company,  their  heirs  or  assigns:  And  provided  further^  that  the 
said  Union  Planing  Mill  Company,  their  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  keep 
such  portion  of  said  street  as  shall  be  occupied  by  said  track  in  good 
condition  and  repair,  under  the  supervision  of  and  as  they  may  be 
directed  by  the  board  of  public  works  of  said  citv. 

2776.  ^  2.  This  ordinance  is  passed,  and  the  permission  afore- 
said granted,  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  Union  Planing 
Mill  Compan}'  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  the  said  city  of  Chicago, 
signed  by  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  within  ten  da3S  from 
its  passage,  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  to  comph' 
with  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance  and  the  general  railroad  ordi- 
nances now  ii»  force,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  passed ;  also,  to  save. 
keep  harmless,  and  indemnify  the  city  of  Chicago  from  all  damages, 
costs  and  expenses  that  may  accrue,  or  in  an^'wise  arise  from,  or 
grow  out  of,  the  privileges  herebv  granted ;  and  upon  further  express 
condition,  that  the  citv  of  Chicago  mav,  at  anv  time,  repeal  this 
ordifiance. 

2777.  ■i^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  due  publication. 

AN   ORDINANCE,  granting  permission  to  Macculloch,   anci   otners,  to   constriu-t 
certain  tracks.     [Passed  March  23,  18S0.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common-  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2778.  §  I.  That  permission  is  herebv  granted  to  Ferdinand 
Macculloch'  Elizabeth  Bryer,  W.  H.  Mitchell,  John  J.  Mitchell,  Ben- 
jamin E.  Galup,  Franc.es  B.  Peabodv,  and  the  National  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Vermont,  to  lay  down  aild  maintain  for  a  period 
of  ten  years  a  railroad  track  across  Main  s'reet.  at  a  point  northerly 
of  and  near  Cologne  street:  Provided,  the  same  be  laid  down  and 
maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  department 
of  public  wurks:  And  provided,  that  said  grantees  shall  plank  and 
keep  planked,  and  in  good  condition,  the  roadway  between  the 
rails:  And  provided,  that  said  grantees  shall  first  execute  a  bond  to 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  673 

the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  con- 
ditioned to  save  the  cit\'  harmless  from  all  costs,  damages  and  ex- 
penses in  consequence  of  the  passing  of  this  ordinance,  said  bond  to 
be  approved  by  the  mayor:  And  ■provided further,  that  the  privilege 
hereby  granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force,  or 
which  may  be  hereafter  passed  regulating  railroads. 

2779.  ^2.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN   ORDINANCE,  granting  permission  to  John  A.  Yale,  and  others,  to  construct 
"certain  tracks.     [Passed  April  3,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2780.  ^  I.  That  permission  be  and  is  herebv  granted  to  John 
A.  Yale,  James  W.  Oakley,  George  F.  Bailey,  Wahl  Bros.,  John 
McCaffrey,  and  their  associates  and  assigns,  to  la}'  down,  maintain, 
and  operate  not  exceeding  two  railroad  tracks,  with  necessary  turn- 
outs and  switches  in,  upon,  and  along  the  west  half  of  Ullman  street, 
as  at  present  platted  and  laid  out,  from  the  citv  limits  north  to  a  point 
opposite  the  north  line  of  Thirtv-fourth  court,  and  also  from  the 
south  end  of  Fox  street,  as  at  present  platted  and  laid  out,  north  on 
and  along  said  Fox  street  to  Waterville  street;  and  thence  on 
and  along  Waterville  street  to  the  south  line  of  Thirtv-second 
street  ;  thence  across  said  Thirty-second  street  on  and  along 
Benson  street  to  the  south  line  of  James  avenue  ;  thence 
northeasterly  to  the  property  or  lots  of  John  McCaffrey,  and  across 
the  alley  between  Benson  street  and  Pitnev  court,  in  rear  of  lots  59 
to  67  inclusive,  in  Broad  and  Pitney 's  subdivision  of  4  34-100  acres, 
in  northeast  corner  of  W.  ^  of  N.-W.  ^  of  Sec.  32,  T.  59,  R.  14: 
and  thence  across  Pitney  court  east  at  any  point  south  of  Thirty- 
first  street. 

Provided,  hozi'cvcr,  and  the  foregoing  grant  and  permission  is 
upon  the  following  conditions,  viz.  :  That  said  parties  above  shall 
first,  before  laying  down  any  track  or  tracks  above,  convev  or  ob- 
tain conveyance  of,  by  good  and  sufficient  deed,  or  by  proper  legal 
and  statutory  dedication  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  purposes  of 
a  street,  a  strip  of  land  twenty-four  feet  wide,  taken  off  from  the 
land  immediately  east  of  and  adjoining  said  Ullman  street,  as  at 
present  platted  and  laid  out,  from  the  city  limits  aforesaid,  to  a  point 
opposite  the  south  line  of  said  Thirty-fourth  court:  And  provided 
further,  that  said  parties  shall  enter  into  bonds  in  the  penal  sum  of 
ten  thousand  dollars  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  to  be  approved  bv  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  to  hold  and  save  the  city  harmless 
from  all  damages  from  the  provisions  of  this  act:  And  provided 
further,  that  all  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  enjoved  subject 


674  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

to  all  ordinances  now  existing,  or  which  may  be  hereafter  passed, 
regarding  or  in  any  way  concerning  the  tracks  laid  in  conformity 
with  this  ordinance. 

2781.  ^2.  The  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  are  upon 
the  express  condition  that  said  parties  above  named,  their  heirs, 
executors  or  assigns,  shall  till,  grade  and  pave,  macadamize  or  plank, 
as  and  when  directed  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  or  the 
city  council,  sucJi  portions  of  said  streets  as  are  used  and  occupied 
by  said  railroad  tracks,  and  including  a  space  on  each  side  of  tracks 
of  five  feet. 


AN  ORDINANCE,  granting  permission  to  John  A.  Yale,  and  others,  to  construct 
certain  tracks.     [Passed  April  2,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  b  v  the   City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2782.  i^  I.  That  permission  be,  and  is  hereby  granted  to  John 
A.  Yale,  his  associates  or  assigns,  to  lay  down,  maintain  and 
operate  not  exceeding  two  railroad  tracks  at  right  angles  across 
Thirty-fifth  street,  at  any  point  within  five  hundred  feet  west  of  the 
dock,  as  now  built,  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  in  Section  32, 
Town  39,  North  Range  fourteen  (14)  East,  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

Provided  however^  that  said  Yale,  his  associates  or  assigns,  shall 
enter  into  bonds  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  the  city 
of  Chicago,  to  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
to  hold  and  save  the  c\ty  harmless  from  all  damages  from  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act:  And  -provided further^  that  all  privileges  hereby 
granted  shall  be  enjoyed  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  existing,  or 
which  may  be  hereafter  passed,  regarding  or  in  any  way  concerning 
the  tracks  laid  in  conformity  with  this  ordinance. 

AN  ORDINANCE,  granting  permission  to  E.  L.  Hedstrom  &  Co.  to  construct 
and  maintain  a  railroad  track  from  the  northeast  corner  of  lot  number  six  (6), 
in  block  number  four  (4),  in  the  South  Branch  Addition  to  Chicago,  in  a  south- 
erly direction  across  Gro\e  street  diagonally,  to  connect  with  the  Chicago  and 
Alton  Railroad  track.      [Passed  May  8,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2783.  ^  I.  Permission  and  authority  are  hereby  given  and 
granted  to  E.  L.  Hedstrom  &  Co.  to  lay  down,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  railroad  track  from  the  northeast  corner  of  lot  number 
one  (^ij,  in  block  number  four  (4),  in  the  South  Branch  Addition  to 
Chicago,  in  a  southerly  direction  diagonally  across  Grove  street,  to 
connect  with  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  track  : 

Provided  hoiuever,  said  E.  L.  Hedstrom  &  Co.  shall  enter  into 
bonds  with  the  city  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  before  laying 
said  track,  said  bonds  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  to  hold  and  save 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  675 

the  city  harmless  from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatever  in 
any  way  growing  out  of  the  privilege  hereby  granted. 

A)id  provided  fiirthcr^  that  the  pri\ilege  hereby  granted  shall 
be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
passed  concerning  railroads. 

.  2784.  §  2.  All  the  privilege  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and 
determine  at  the  expiration  of  live  years  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  and,  at  the  expiration  of  said  period,  the  said  E.  L.  Hed- 
strom  &  Co.,  or  their  assigns,  shall  take  up  and  remove  said  track, 
leaving  the  street  in  good  condition  and  repair  where  the  same  is 
to  be  taken  up. 

2785.  i^  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  Jones   &   Laughlin   to  lay  down  and 
operate  a  railroid  track  across  Fulton  street.     [Passed  September  10,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2786.  ^  I.  That  permission  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to 
Jones  «&  Laughlin  to  lay  down  and  operate  a  railroad  track  over 
and  across  Fulton  street,  from  the  track  now  laid  on  North  Canal 
street  operated  by  the  Pittsburgh,  Ft. Wayne  &  Chicago,  and  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  railroad  companies,  to  the  iron  and 
nail  warehouse  between  Canal,  Lake  and  West  Water  streets,  be- 
longing to  the  said  Jones  &  Laughlin,  for  the  period  of  ten  years: 
Provided,  that  the  said  Jones  &  Laughlin  shall,  before  laying  said 
track,  enter  into  bond  with  said  city  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  to  hold  and  save  the  city  harmless 
from  all  damages,  costs  and  expenses  whatever  in  consequence  of 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  granting  of  the  privilege 
herein  mentioned:  And  provided,  that  said  track  shall  be  laid  down 
and  maintained  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works:  And  provided^  that  the  privilege  hereby 
granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  ordinances  now  in  force  concerning 
railroads,  or  which  maybe  hereafter  passed:  A)id  provided,  that  this 
ordinance  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  moditication,  amendment  or 
repeal,  and  in  case  of  repeal  all  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease 
and  determine. 

2787.  §  2.  This  ordinance  shall  bj  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


676  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  Tobev  &  Booth  to  construct  a  bridge  across  Grove 
street.     [Passed  November  8,  1880] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2788.  ^  I.  That  Messrs.  Tobe}'  &  Booth  be  and  they  are 
hereby  authorized  and  permitted  to  construct  a  bridge  across  Grove 
street,  north  of  Eighteenth  street,  from  their  packing  "house  to  their 
market;  said  bridge  to  be  twenty-eight  feet  above  the  grade  of  the 
street,  and  to  be  not  more  than  seven  feet  wide:  Provided  that  said 
bridge  shall  be  constructed  as  directed  by  and  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  the  department  of  public  works:  And  -provided  further, 
that  said  Tobey  &  Booth  shall  give  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the 
penal  sum  of  $10,000  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  to  save  the  city 
harmless  from  any  and  all  damages  to  any  person  or  persons  aris- 
ing out  of,  or  resulting  from,  the  privileges  hereb}-  granted,  and  to 
remove  said  bridge  whenever  ordered  so  to  do  by  the  city  council. 

AN  ORDINANCE  granting  permission  to  George  BuUen  &  Co.  to  laj  a  railroad 
track  on  East  Illinois  street,  connecting  with  the  track  of  the  Chicago  Dock 
and  Canal  Company,  commencing  at  the  east  line  of  St.  Clair  street  and  run- 
ning west  on  .s.iid  Illinois  street  to  a  point  within  thirty  feet  of  the  east  line  of 
Pine  street.      [Passed  November  15,  1880.1 

Be  it  ordained  bv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2789.  ^  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  they  are 
hereby  granted  to  George  Bullen  &  Co.  to  lay  down,  maintain  and 
operate  a  railroad  track  in  and  along  East  Illinois  street  and  across 
St.  Clair  street  from  the  east  line  of  said  St.  Clair  street,  to  a  point 
within  thirtv  feet  of  the  east  line  of  Pine  street,  and  in  front  of  the 
warehouse  of  said  George  Bullen  &  Co. 

2790.  §  2.  Said  grant  to  be  for  the  term  of  ten  3'ears  from 
and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided,  that  the  said 
George  Bullen  &  Co.  shall  enter  into  bonds  in  the  penal  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars  with  the  cit}'  of  Chicago,  to  be  approved  by  the 
mayor,  to  hold  and  save  the  city  harmless  from  all  damages,  ex- 
penses and  consequences  from  or  by  this  ordinance:  And  provided,  the 
privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  enjoved  subject  to  all  ordinances 
now  in  force  concerning  railroads,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  passed. 

2791.  ^  3.  That  said  railroad  track  herebv  authorized  to  be 
laid  shall  be  laid  on  the  south  side  of  the  crossing  of  said  St.  Clair 
sire  J  c,  and  along  said  south  side  of  Illinois  street  to  a  point  within 
thirty  feet  of  the  east  line  of  Pine  street,  and  in  front  of  said  ware- 
house of  said  George  Bullen  &  Co. 

2792.  §  4.  Said  George  Bullen  &.  Co.,  in  consideration  of  the 
premises  hereby  granted  to  them,  shall  lav  down  and  keep  in  good 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  677 

repair  such  culverts,  cross-walks  or  plankings  as  the  city  council 
may  direct,  and  shall  generally  conform  to  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  the  department  of  public  works  may  make  for  the  la3nng 
down  of  said  track,  and  shall  till,  grade  or  pave,  and  keep  in  repair 
such  portions  of  said  streets  occupied  by  them  as  and  when  the  city 
council  or  department  of  public  works  shall  order  and  direct. 

2793-  §  5-  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  allow  Brand  &  Co.  to  lay  tracks  connecting  the  C.  &  N.  \V. 
R.  R.  with  Brand's  Brew^ery.     [Passed  December  13,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City   Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2794.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  are  hereby  given  to 
Michael  Brand,  Rudolph  Brand  and  Frank  J.  Davis,  composing  the 
firm  of  M.  Brand  &  Co.,  to  lay  down  and  maintain  a  single  railroad 
track,  and  to  operate  thereon  cars  with  horse  power,  from  some  point 
on  the  Hne  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railroad,  northwesterly 
of  the  middle  line  of  Snow  street  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  to 
connect  \vith  said  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railroad  tracks,  and 
thence  along  said  Snow  street  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  middle  of 
said  street  easterly  across  Elston  avenue  to  the  property  known  as 
Brand's  brewery,  situate  between  Elston  avenue  and  the  north  branch 
of  the  Chicago  river,  the  privilege  and  permission  hereby  given  to 
continue  twenty  years:  Provided,  however,  that  said  M.  Brand  & 
Co.  shall  enter  into  bonds  with  said  city  of  Chicago,  to  be  approved 
by  the  commissioner  of  the  department  of  public  works,  in  the 
sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  to  hold  and  save  harmless  the  said  city 
from  all  damages,  expenses  or  consequences  arising  from  or  incident 
to  the  laying,  maintaining  or  operating  said  railroad:  And  provided 
further,  that  the  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  be  enjoyed  subject 
to  all  ordinances  now  in  force  concerning  railroads  or  which  may  be 
hereafter  passed,  and  also  all  ordinances  that  may  be  passed  regu- 
lating in  any  way  the  track  laid  in  conformity  with  this  ordinance  or 
which  regulate  the  operating  of  the  same. 

2795.  §  2.  The  track  shall  be  laid  on  the  northerly  side  of  Snow 
street,  and  at  the  crossing  of  Elston  avenue  said  M.  Brand  &  Co. 
shall  construct,  lay  down  and  keep  in  good  repair  such  culverts, 
crosswalks  or  plankings  as  the  commissioner  of  the  department  of 
public  works  may  direct,  and  shall  conform  to  such  rules  and  reg- 
ulations as  the  said  commissioner  may  make  for  the  laying  down  of 
the  track,  and  shall  fill,  grade  or  pave  and  keep  in  repair  the  portions 
of  said  streets  occupied  by  them,  and  when  the  city  council  or  said 
cominissioner  shall  order  and  direct,  and  said  track  shall  be  so  laid 
that  teams  and  wagons  can  easily  and  readily  pass  and  re-pass  the 
same  at  all  times. 


678  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2796.  §  3.  The  said  M.  Brand  &  Co.  shall,  at  the  expiration 
of  the  term  aforesaid,  or  sooner  if  so  ordered  by  the  city  council, 
at  their  own  expense,  take  up  and  remove  said  track  from  said 
streets,  or  in  default  of  so  doing,  the  department  of  public  works 
may  cause  the  same  to  be  taken  up  and  removed  at  the  expense  of 
said  M.  Brand  &  Co.,  their  successors  or  assigns. 

2797.  ^  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


STREETS    FOR    PARK    PURPOSES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Board  of  South  Park  Commissioners  to  take 
possession  of  a  certain  portion  of  Michigan  Avenue.     [Passed  June  23,  1879.] 

Be  it  ordained  hv  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2798.  §  I.  That  whereas,  the  general  assembly  has  passed  a 
certain  act  which  was  duly  approved  April  9th,  A.  D.  1879,  ^"^ 
which,  with  the  title  thereto,  is  in  the  words  and  figures  following  : 

AN  ACT  to  enable  park  commissioners  and  corporate  autliorities  to  take,  regulate, 
control  and  improve  public  streets  leading  to  public  parks,  to  pay  for  the  im- 
provement thereof  and  in  that  behalf  to  make  and  collect  a  special  assessment 
or  special  tax  on  contiguous  property. 

2799.  §  ^-  ^^  '^  enacted  hv  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  that  evpry  board  of  park  com- 
missioners shall  have  power  to  connect  any  public  park,  boulevard 
or  driveway  under  its  control  with  any  part  of  any  incorporated  city, 
town  or  village,  by  selecting  and  taking  any  connecting  street  or 
streets  or  part  thereof,  leading  to  such  park:  Provided,  that  the 
streets  so  selected  and  taken,  so  far  as  taken,  shall  be  within  the  dis- 
trict or  territory,  the  property  of  which  shall  be  taxable  for  the  main- 
tenance of  such  park:  And  provided  ftrt  her,  that  the  consent  of  the 
corporate  authorities  having  control  of  any  such  street  or  streets,  so 
far  as  selected  and  taken,  and  also  the  consent  in  writino-  of  the 
owners  of  a  majorit}-^  of  the  frontage  of  th(;  lots  and  lands  abutting 
on  such  street  or  streets  so  far  as  taken,  shall  be  first  obtained :  And 
provided  further,  that  such  connection  or  improvement  shall  em- 
brace only  such  street  or  streets  as  are  necessary  to  form  one  con- 
tinuous improvement. 

2800.  §  2.  That  such  board  of  park  commissioners  or  such 
corporate  authorities  as  are  by  law  authorized  to  levy  taxes  or 
assessments  for  the  maintenance  of  such  parks,  shall  have  power  to 
improve  such  street  or  streets  in   such   manner  as   they    ma}-  deem 


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best,  and  for  that  purpose  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  pay  for  the 
improvement  thereof;  and  from  time  to  time  to  levy  or  cause  to  be 
levied  and  collected  a  special  tax  or  assessment  on  contiguous  prop- 
erty abutting  upon  such  street  so  improved,  for  a  sum  of  money  not 
exceeding  the  estimated  cost  of  such  first  improvement  or  improve- 
ments as  shall  be  ordered  and  estimated  by  such  board  of  park  com- 
missioners, but  not  for  any  subsequent  repair  thereof.  And  to  that 
end  such  board  or  corporate  authorities  shall  have  all  the  po\ver  and 
authority  now  or  hereafter  granted  to  them  respectively,  relative  to 
the  levy,  assessment  and  collection  of  taxes  and  assessments  for  cor- 
porate purposes.  And  such  special  taxes  or  assessments  as  are  hereby 
authorized,  may  be  divided  into  not  exceeding  four  annual  install- 
ments, bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  from 
the  date  of  confirmation  until  paid,  and  the  said  assessment  or  install- 
ment thereof  shall  be  collected  and  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as 
is  provided  by  law,  for  the  collection  and  enforcement  of  other  taxes 
or  assessments  for  or  on  account  of  such  corporate  bodies  or  boards 
as  aforesaid,  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable. 

2801.  §  3.  Such  park  boards  shall  have  the  same  power  and 
control  over  the  parts  of  streets  taken  under  this  act,  as  are  or  may 
be  by  law  vested  in  them  of  and  concerning  the  parks,  boulevards 
or  drive-ways  under  their  control. 

2802.  ^  4.  In  case  any  such  street  or  parts  thereof,  shall  pass 
from  the  control  of  any  such  park  board,  the  power  and  authority  of 
the  same  granted  or  authorized  by  this  act  shall  revert  to  the  proper 
over  corporate  authorities  of  such  city,  town  or  village  respectively, 
as  aforesaid. 

2803.  '^  5.  Any  city,  town  or  village  in  this  state  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  invest  any  of  such  park  boards  with  the  right 
to  control,  improve  and  maintain  any  of  the  streets  of  such  city,  town  or 
village,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

2804.  i^  6.  Whereas,  there  is  a  necessity  for  the  immediate  con- 
struction of  the  improvements  contemplated  in  this  act,  therefore  an 
emergency  exists,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.     Approved  April  9,  1879. 

And  Whereas,  the  board  of  south  park  commissioners  are  about 
selecting  and  taking  for  the  uses  and  purposes  in  the  said  act  men- 
tioned, that  part  of  Michigan  avenue  extending  from  the  south  line  of 
Jackson  street  to  the  south  line  of  Thirty-fifth  street,  and  that  part  of 
Thirty-fifth  street  extendins^  from  the  east  line  of  Michicran  avenue  to 
the  east  line  of  the  Grand  boulevard,  and  the  consent  in  writing  of  the 


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SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 


owners  of  a  majority  of  the  frontage  of  the  lots  and  lands  abutting  on 
each  of  the  said  streets,  so  far  as  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  said 
board,  having  been  obtained,  consent  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to 
the  said  board  of  south  park  commissioners  to  take,  regulate,  control 
and  improve  the  before  described  parts  of  Michigan  avenue  and  Thirty- 
fifth  streets  respectively,  in  manner  and  form  provided  in  the  said  act 
of  the  general  assembly.  And  full  power  and  authority  is  hereby 
granted  to  said  board  of  park  commissioners  to  control,  improve  and 
maintain  the  parts  of  said  streets,  so  to  be  taken  as  aforesaid,  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  said  act  of  the  general  as- 
sembh'.-  Provided^  /wzi'eveK,  that  nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained 
shall  be  construed  as  a  waiver  or  relinquishment  by  or  on  the  part  of 
said  city  of  any  of  its  rights  or  powers  in  relation  to  the  laying  of  water 
or  gas  mains  and  pipes,  and  the  building  and  repairing  of  sewers,  in  said 
streets,  and  the  regulating  of  openings  for  the  same.  All  powers  which 
said  city  now  has  in  relation  to  water  and  gas  pipes  and  sewers  and 
their  connections,  and  the  regulation  of  the  same  and  the  openings  for 
the  same  in  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city,  being  hereby  expressly  re- 
served as  to  the  said  part  of  Michigan  avenue  and  Thirty-fifth  street  in 
as  ample  a  manner  as  if  the  aforesaid  consent  were  not  given. 

P roz' ided  ihai  the  estimated  cost  of  said  first  improvement  shall  in- 
clude a  sum  sufficient  to  lay  a  pavement  of  the  best  qualit}',  stone  curb- 
ing, a  permanent  sidewalk  of  uniform  width  and  such  shade  trees, 
shrubber}',  additional  lamp  posts  and  other  additions  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  to  make  the  same  in  everv  respect  a  thoroughlv  finished  bou- 
levard. 

2805.  §  7-  Unless  the  said  board  of  park  commissioners  shall 
within  thirty  days  from  the  approval  hereof,  select  and  take  the  said 
parts  of  streets  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  this  ordinance  shall  cease  to 
be  of  any  force  or  effect,  and  the  consent  given  by  section  one  afore- 
said shall  be  deemed  to  be  withdrawn. 

2806.  ■§  8.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


AN  ORDINANCE,   authorizing  the  Board  of  West  Park  Commissioners  to  im- 
prove, control  and  manage  certain  streets. 

2807.  Whereas,  Under  and  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  this  state,  in  force  July  i,  1873,  the  West  Chicago 
park  commissioners  have  selected  and  designated  Division  street, 
from  Milwaukee  avenue  to  Humboldt  Park;  Washington  street, 
from  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  railroad  crossing  to  Central 
Park ;  Twelfth  street,  from  Ashland  avenue  to  Ogden  avenue,  and 
Ogden  avenue  from  West  twelfth  street  to  the  w^  est  line  of  Douglas 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  68 1 

Park,  as  boulevards  or  pleasure-ways  to  connect  said  Humboldt, 
Central,  and  Douglas  park  with  the  more  thickly-settled  portions 
of  the  park  district;  therefore, 

Be  it  ordaimdby  the  Cornnw)i  Council  of  the  City  of  Cliicao-o : 

That  the  said  West  Chicago  park  commissioners  be,  and  they  are 
Tiereby  authorized  to  improve,  control,  and  manage  the  said  several 
streets  above  described,  the  same  as  other  public  grounds  by  them 
established. 

AN  ORDINANCE,  consenting  that  the  Board  of  West  Park  Commissioners  may 
take,  regulate,  control  and  improve  a  certain  part  of  West  Washington  street, 
from  the  west  line  of  Halsted  street  to  Central  Park.  [Passed  September  3!), 
187'J.J 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  oj  Chicago: 

2808.  §  I.  That  whereas,  the  General  Assembly  has  passed 
a  certain  act,  which  was  duly  approved  April  9,  A.  D.  1879,  and 
which,  with  the  title  thereto,  is  in  the  words  and  figures  following  : 
"  An  act  to  enable  park  commissioners  and  corporate  authorities 
to  take,  regulate,  control  and  improve  public  streets  leading  to  pub- 
lic parks,  to  pay  for  the  improvement  thereof,  and  in  that  behalf  to 
make  and  collect  a  special  assessment  or  special  tax  on  contiguous 
property." 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly  : 

2809.  §  I.  That  every  board  of  park  commissioners  shall  have 
power  to  connect  any  public  park,  boulevard  or  driveway  under  its 
control  with  ^ny  part  of  any  incorporated  cit}',  town  or  village,  by 
selecting  and  taking  any  connecting  street  or  streets,  or  part  thereof, 
leading  to  such  park. 

Provided,  that  the  streets  so  selected  and  taken,  so  far  as  taken, 
shall  be  within  the  district  or  territory,  the  property  of  which  shall 
be  taxable  for  the  maintenance  of  such  park:  And  provided  further, 
that  the  consent  of  the  corporate  authorities  having  control  of  any 
such  street  or  streets,  so  far  as  selected  and  taken,  and  also,  the  con- 
sent, in  writing,  of  the  owners  of  a  majority  of  the  frontage  of  the 
lots  and  lands  abutting  on  such  street  or  streets,  so  far  as  taken, 
shall  be  first  obtained  :  And  provided  further,  that  such  connection 
or  improvement  shall  embrace  only  such  street  or  streets  at^  are 
necessary  to  form  one  continuous  improvement. 

2810.  ^  2.  That  such  board  of  park  commissioners,  or  such  cor- 
porate authorities  as  are  bv  law  authorized  to  levy  taxes  or  assessments 
for  the  maintenance  of  such  parks,  shall  have  power  to  improve  such 
street  or  streets  in  such  manner  as  they  may  deem  best;  and  for  that 


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SPECIAL    LAWS    OP^    THE 


purpose  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  pay  for  the  improvement 
thereof,  and  from  time  to  time  to  levy  or  cause  to  be  levied  and  col- 
lected a  special  tax  or  assessment  on  contiguous  property  abutting 
upon  such  street  so  improved,  for  a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  the 
estimated  cost  of  such  first  improvement  or  improvements  as  shall  be 
ordered  and  estimated  by  such  board  of  park  commissioners,  but  not 
for  any  subsequent  repair  thereof.  And  to  that  end  such  board  of 
corporate  authorities  shall  have  all  the  power  and  authority  now  or 
hereafter  granted  to  them  respectively  relative  to  the  levy,  assess- 
ment and  collection  of  taxes  or  assessments  for  corporate  purposes. 
And  such  special  taxes  or  assessments  as  are  hereby  authorized  may 
be  divided  into  not  exceeding  four  annual  installments,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  date  of  con- 
firmation until  paid.  And  the  said  assessment  or  installment  thereof 
shall  be  collected  and  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  by 
law  for  the  collection  and  enforcement  of  other  taxes  or  assessments 
for  or  on  account  of  such  corporate  bodies  or  boards  as  aforesaid,  so 
far  as  the  same  are  applicable. 

281 1.  'i^  3.  Such  park  boards  shall  have  the  same  power  and 
control  over  the  parts  of  streets  taken  under  this  act  as  are  or  may 
be  by  law  vested  in  them  of  and  concerning  the  parks,  boulevards, 
or  driveways  under  their  control. 

2812.  '^  4.  In  case  any  such  street,  or  parts  thereof,  shall  pass 
from  the  control  of  any  such  park  board,  the  power  and  authority 
over  the  same,  granted  or  authorized  by  this  act,  shall  revert  to  the 
proper  corporate  authorities  of  such  city,  town  or  village  respect- 
ively, as  aforesaid. 

2813.  'i^  5.  Any  city,  town,  or  village,  in  this  state,  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  invest  any  of  such  park  boards  with  the 
right  to  control,  improve  and  maintain  any  of  the  streets  of  such 
cit}^,  town  or  village,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act. 

2814.  iiN  6.  Whereas  there  is  a  necessity  for  the  immediate 
construction  of  the  improvements  contemplated  in  this  act,  therefore 
an  emergency  exists,  and  this  act  shall  take  etiect  and  be  in  fo;xe 
from  and  after  its  passage.     Approved  April  9,  1879.     And 

Whereas,  The  board  of  West  Park  commissioners  are  about 
selecting  and  taking  for  the  uses  and  purposes  in  the  said  act  men- 
tioned, that  part  of  West  Washington  street  extending  from  the 
west  line  of  Halsted  street  to  Central  Park;  and  the  consent  in 
writing  of  the  owners  of  a  majority  of  the  frontage  of  the  lots  and 
lands  abutting  on  said  streets,  so  far  as  taken  or  proposed  to  be 
taken  bv  said  board,  having  been  obtained,  consent  is  hereby  given 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  683 

and  granted  to  the  said  board  of  West  Park  commissioners  to  take, 
regulate,  contro'  and  improve  the  before  described  parts  of  West 
Washington  street  respectively,  in  manner  and  form  provided  in  the 
said  act  of  the  General  Assembly.  And  full  power  and  authority  is 
hereb}'  granted  to  said  board  of  park  commissioners  to  control, 
improve  and  maintain  the  parts  of  said  street,  so  to  be  taken  as 
aforesaid,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  said 
act  of  the  General  x-Yssembly. 

Provided^  however,  that  nothinir  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall 
be  construed  as  a  waiver  or  relinquishment  by  or  on  the  part  of 
said  city  of  any  of  its  rights  or  powers  in  relation  to  the  laying  of 
water  or  gas  mains  and  pipes,  and  the  building  and  repairing  of 
sewers  in  said  streets,  and  the  r^^gulating  of  openings  for  the  same. 
All  powers  which  said  city  now  has  in  relation  to  water  and  gas 
pipes  and  sewers  and  their  connections,  and  the  regulation  of  the 
same  and  the  openings  for  the  same  in  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city, 
being  hereby  expressh'  reserved  as  to  the  said  part  of  West  Wash- 
ington street  in  as  ample  a  manner  as  if  the  aforesaid  consent  were 
not  ii^iven. 

2815.  i^  2.  Unless  the  said  board  of  park  commissioners  shall, 
within  thirty  days  from  the  approval  hereof,  select  and  take  the  said 
parts  of  streets  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  this  ordinance  shall  cease 
to  be  of  any  force  or  etiect,  and  the  consent  given  by  section  one 
aforesaid  shall  be  deemed  to  be  withdrawn. 

2816.  •j^  3.  Tiiis  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


TELEGRAPHS  AND  TELEPHONES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing   the   Atlantic  and   Pacific  Telegraph  Company  to 
erect  telegraph  poles  in  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  May  18,  1868.] 

Be  ii  ordained  by  the  Coiuiuon  Council  of  the  City  of  C/iicagv: 

2817.  ^  I.  That  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  Company  is 
hereby  authorized  to  erect  telegraph  poles  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  as 
hereinafter  specitied,  and  to  construct  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of 
telegraph  in  connection  with  the  same,  viz. :  On  the  north  side  of 
Egan  avenue,  from  State  street  to  Wentworth  avenue ;  on  the  west 
side  of  Wentworth  avenue,  from  Egan  avenue  to  Seventeenth  street; 
on  the  north  side  of  Seventeenth  street,  from  Wentworth  avenue  to 
State  street;  on  the  west  side  of  State  street,  from  Seventeenth  street 
to  Washington  street;  on  the  south  side  of  Washington  street,  from 
State  street  to  La  Salle  street.  The  telegraph  poles  erected  along 
the  streets  specitied  in  this  section,  and  which  will  be  north  of  Thirty- 
first  street,  shall  be  planed  and  painted. 


684  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2818.  §2.  Authority  is  also  hereby  given  to  said  company  to 
erect  telegraph  poles  and  to  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of  telegraph 
thereon,  on  the  north  side  of  Egan  avenue,  from  Wentworth  avenue 
to  Western  avenue,  and  on  the  east  side  of  Western  avenue,  from 
Egan  avenue  to  West  FuUerton  avenue. 

2819.  §3.  The  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected  shall  be 
placed  at  the  edge  or  curb  of  the  sidewalk,  and  the  whole  manner  of 
constructing  said  telegraph  lines,  as  to  the  length  of  the  poles,  their 
position,  and  otherwise,  shall  be  as  the  board  of  pubhc  works  shall 
direct. 

2820.  §  4.  All  the  proceedings  of  said  telegraph  company, 
under  this  ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  any  ordinance  relative  to 
the  same  which  may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  common  council  of 
the  city  of  Chicago. 

2821.  §  5.  The  grants  and  privileges  herein  conferred  shall 
expire  and  determine  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage 
hereof. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  tiie  Pacific  and  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company  of 
the  United  States  to  erect  telegraph  poles,  etc.     [Passed  September  0,  18t)i).] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Comiuon  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2822.  §  I.  That  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic  Telegraph  Com- 
pany of  the  United  States,  is  hereby  authorized  to  erect  tele- 
graph poles  on  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  hereinafter 
specified,  and  to  construct  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of  telegraph  in 
connection  with  the  same,  viz.:  On  Halsted  street,  from  Egan 
avenue  to  Twenty-sixth  street.  On  Twenty-sixth  street,  from 
Halsted  street  to  Wentworth  avenue.  On  Wentworth  avenue,  from 
Twent3^-sixth  street  to  Twenty-second  street.  On  Twenty-second 
street,  from  Wentworth  avenue  to  Burnside  street.  On  Burnside 
street,  from  Twent3^-second  street  to  Fourteenth  street.  On  Four- 
teenth street,  from  Burnside  street  to  Fourth  avenue.  On  Fourth 
avenue,  from  Fourteenth  street  to  Polk  street.  On  Polk  street, 
from  Fourth  avenue  to  Grisworld  street.  On  Griswold  street,  from 
Polk  street  to  Jackson  street.  On  Jackson  street,  from  Griswold 
street  to  La  Salle  street.  On  the  east  side  of  La  Salle  street,  from 
Jackson  street  to  Washington  street,  and  thence  to  such  places  on  La 
Salle,  Washington  or  Clark  streets  as  said  company  shall  select  for 
their  general  offices,  the  precise  route  to  be  determined  by  the  board 
of  public  works.  The  telegraph  poles  erected  along  the  streets 
specified  in  this  section,  and  which  will  be  north  of  Thirty-first 
street,  shall  be  planed  and  painted. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  685 

2823.  §  2.  The  poles  hereby  authorized  to  be  erected  shall 
be  placed  at  the  edge  or  curb  of  the  sidewalk,,  and  the  whole  man- 
ner of  placing  the  same,  and  the  manner  of  constructing  said  tele- 
graph lines,  as  to  the  height,  size  and  kind  of  poles,  their  position  on 
the  streets  named  herein  and  otherwise,  shall  be  as  the  board  of 
public  works  shall  direct. 

2824.  ^  3.  All  the  proceedings  of  said  telegraph  company 
under  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  any  ordinance  relative  to  the 
said  telegraph  line,  which  may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  common 
council  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide    for   the    construction    of  a  fire  alarm,  police   and 
water  telegraph  in  and  for  the  city  of  Chicago.     [Passed  April  35,  1804.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coiiniioji  Couiieil  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2825.  §  I.  That  the  board  of  public  works  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  authorized  and  empowered  to  contract,  in  the  name  and  in 
behalf  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  immediate  construction  of  a 
lire  alarm,  police  and  water  telegraph,  in  and  for  said  city:  said 
telegraph  to  be  constructed  in  accordance  wath  the  general  plan 
herewith  submitted  for  that  purpose  by  John  F.  Kennard  &  Co.,  or  that 
of  an}'  other  responsible  company  or  party,  but  subject  to  such 
modihcation  of  the  details  thereof  as  to  the  said  board  of  public 
works  shall  seem  expedient. 

2826.  s^  2.  Said  contract  shall  be  let  to  some  skillful  and  re- 
sponsible party  or  parties,  at  such  price,  not  exceeding  se^'ent\-  thou- 
sand dollars,  as  may  be  agreed  upon.  The  w^ork  shall  be  done  un- 
der the  superintendence  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board  of 
public  works,  and  the  payments  therefor  shall  be  made  as  follows: 
On  the  satisfactory  completion  of  the  whole  work,  and  the  presen- 
tation to  the  city  comptroller  of  a  certificate  of  the  completion  and 
acceptance  thereof,  signed  by  the  board  of  public  works,  the  said 
contractor  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  sum  equal  to  the  entire 
amount  that  shall  then  have  accumulated  in  the  city  treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  special  fund  provided  by  section  eight,  chapter  twelve, 
of  the  revised  charter,  for  a  fire-alarm  telegraph;  and  the  balance  of 
the  contract  price  shall  be  payable,  in  successive  annual  installments, 
at  the  expiration  of  each  and  everv  year,  ensuing  the  date  of  the 
aforesaid  certificate,  of  ten  thousand  dollars  each  (provided  so  much 
shall  remain  due)  until  the  whole  amount  shall  have  been  fully  paid; 
the  said  deferred  payments  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
cent,  per  annum  from  the  date  of  said  certificate,  payable  semi-an- 
nually. But  the  right  shall  be  reserved  to  the  city,  in  and  by  said 
contract,  to  make  such  additional  pavments,  on  the  first  day  of  Jan- 


686  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

uaiy   and  July   of  each  or   any  year,   as   it   may   be  prepared   and 
choose  to  make. 

2827.  4:^  3.  The  whole  amount  now  in  the  treasury  of  said 
city  standing  to  the  credit  of  the  fire-alarm  telegraph  fund  aforesaid, 
together  with  seven-eighths  of  the  entire  proceeds  of  all  fire  insur- 
ance rates  that  shall  be  hereafter  paid  into  the  city  treasury,  agree- 
ably to  the  provisions  of  the  revised  charter,  are  hereby  appropri- 
ated to  provide  for  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  work  hereby  author- 
ized, and  to  meet  the  payments  for  the  same  in  the  manner,  and  at 
the  times,  contemplated  and  provided  for  in  the  foregoing  section. 
In  case  the  said  fund  should  be  insuflicient,  or  unavailable  to  meet 
any  one  or  more  of  said  deferred  payments,  or  the  interest  accruing 
thereon,  when  the  same  shall  have  matured,  such  deficiency  shall  be 
supplied  from  the  general  fund  of  said  city;  but  the  said  general  fund 
shall  be  reimbursed,  for  all  such  advances,  from  the  proceeds  of  said 
insurance  rates  as  soon  as  a  sufficient  amount  shall  have  accumulat- 
ed for  that  purpose. 

2828.  §  4.  That  a  committee  of  three,  composed  of  one  from 
each  division,  to  be  appointed  by  the  president,  together  with  the  chief 
engineer  of  the  fire  department,  shall  together  with  the  board  of 
public  works,  locate  the  boxes  mentioned  in  the  proposed  plan  of  a 
fire-alarm  telegraph. 

2829.  ^  5.     This  ordinance   shall   take   efiect  from  its  passage. 

AN  ORDINANCE  concernino-  the  United  States  Telegraph  Company.     [Passed 

September  21,  18(!:-5.] 

Be  it  ordained  b\  the  Coiiiiiion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2830.  §  I.  That  the  United  States  Telegraph  Company  is 
hereby  authorized  to  construct  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of  tele- 
graph through  the  streets,  and  under  the  bed  of  Chicago  river  and  its 
branches,  so  as  in  nowise  to  interfere,  now  or  hereafter,  with  the  navi- 
gation of  said  river  and  branches;  the  line  or  lines  to  be  construct- 
ed along  such  streets,  and  across  the  river  or  branches,  at  such  points 
and  in  such. manner,  as  to  the  kind  and  position  of  the  telegraph  poles, 
the  height  of  the  wires  above  the  streets,  and  in  all  other  particulars, 
as  the  board  of  public  works  may  direct:  Provided^  however^  that  all 
the  doings  of  said  telegraph  compan}'-,  under  this  ordinance,  shall  be 
subject  to  anv  ordinance  which  may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  coun- 
cil concernino'  the  same. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  687 

AN    ORDINANCE    concerning    the    telegraph  line  of   the    Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  Company.     [Passed  October  27,  187!).] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2831.  i^  I.  That  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Raih-oad  Company 
is  hereby  authorized  to  construct  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of 
telegraph,  through  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  The  line  or 
lines  to  be  constructed  along  such  streets,  and  in  such  manner  as  to 
the  kind  and  position  of  the  telegraph  poles,  the  height  of  the  wires 
above  the  streets,  and  in  all  other  particulars,  as  the  department  of 
public  works  may  direct :  Provided,  however,  that  all  the  doings  of 
said  company  under  this  ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  any  ordinance 
which  may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  council  concerning  the  same 

AN   ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.  to  construct  and  maintain 
lines  of  telegraph.     [Passed  September  9,  1878.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2832.  i^.  I.  That  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  of  Boston.  Mas- 
sachusetts, is  hereby  authorized  to  construct  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines 
of  telegraph  through  the  streets  and  tunnels,  and  under  the  bed  of 
the  Chicago  Riyer,  and  its  branches,  so  as  in  nowise  to  interfere 
now,  or  hereafter,  with  the  navigation  of  said  river,  or  its  branches; 
the  line  or  lines  to  be  constructed  along  such  streets,  and  across  the 
river,  or  branches,  as  such  points,  and  in  such  manner,  as  to  the 
kind  and  position  of  the  telegraph  poles,  the  height  of  the  wires 
above  the  streets,  and  in  all  other  particulars  as  the  department  of 
public  works  may  direct:  Provided,  hoivever,  that  the  said  company 
shall  connect  their  wires  with  the  mayor's  office,  the  department  of 
public  works,  the  fire  department,  and  the  police  department,  and 
place  and  keep  telephones  therein  free  of  charge  to  the  city,  so  that 
the  said  telephones  may  be  used  in  connection  with  all  wires  under 
the  control  of  said  company:  And,  provided  further,  that  all  the  acts 
and  doings  of  said  company  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to 
any  ordinance  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  by  the  city  council 
concerning  the  same. 

AX  (M\DER  authorizing  the   Chicago   and  Western   Indiana   Railroad   Company    to 
construct  an  imdi.rground  telegraph  line.    [Passed  Marcii  14,  1881.] 

2833.  Ordered,  That  the  commissioner  of  public  works  be  and 
is  hereby  directed  to  issue  a  permit,  subject  to  such  conditions,  lim- 
itations and  restrictions  for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  city  as 
he  may  see  fit  to  impose,  to  the  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Rail- 
road Company  to  construct  an  underground  telegraph  line,  by  laying 
cable  wires  on  the  westerly  side  of  Stewart  avenue,  adjoining  rail- 
road tracks  heretofore  constructed  by  said  company,  and  between 


688  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

said  tracks,  and  the  proposed  location  of  the  tracks  of  the  Pittsburgh, 
Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railway,  after  the  same  shall  be  moved 
west  of  the  centre  line  of  Stewart  avenue,  and  running  north  on  said 
street  as  far  as  the  Chicago  river;  thence  northeasterh^  on  Grove 
street  to  Sixteenth  street;  thence  east  on  Sixteenth  street  to  Dearborn 
street;  thence  upon  Dearborn  street  to  Fourteenth  street;  thence 
north  upon  Third  avenue  to  Twelfth  street:  Provided,  hozceve)', 
i.hat  the  granting  of  such  permit  shall  not  be  construed  as  in  any 
manner  recognizing,  ratifying  or  afiirming  any  right  in  the  said 
Chicao-o  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Company  to  construct,  main- 
tain or  operate  any  railroad  track  whatever  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  Chicago,  and  that  the  acceptance  b}^  said  company  of  the 
said  permit  to  construct  said  telegraph  lines  shall  be  deemed  and 
taken  as  consent  on  the  part  of  said  company  that  said  permit  shall 
not  be  so  construed  or  understood:  Ami  provided,  further,  that 
unless  the  said  telepraph  line  shall  be  wholly  constructed  within  one 
year  from  the  date  of  the  passage  hereof,  then  all  rights  herein 
o-ranted  or  authorized  shall  cease  and  determine. 


WASHINGTONIAN    HOME. 

AN  ACT  to  incorporate  the  Washingtonian  Home  of  Chicago.    [Approved  February 

16,  1867.] 

;;;  ^  *  *  *  *  *  *  * 

2834.  §  5.  Any  person  sentenced  by  the  authorities  of  the 
city  of  Chicago  to  the  bridewell  or  house  of  correction  for  intem- 
perance, drunkenness,  or  for  any  misdemeanor  caused  thereby,  may, 
with  the  consent  of  the  proper  officers  of  said  "  Home,"  be  received 
and  detained  as  an  inmate  of  said  home,  in  Heu  of  the  bridewell  or 
house  of  correction,  until  the  expiration  of  such  sentence;  and  when 
anv  such  person  has  been  committed  to  the  city  bridewell  or  house 
of 'correction  for  any  such  misdemeanor  caused  by  intoxication,  or 
for  drunkenness,  either  justice  of  the  police  court  may,  with  the  consent 
aforesaid,  upon  apphcation,  cause  him  to  be  transferred  to  the  said 
Washingtonian  Home  for  the  unexpired  term  of  his  sentence. 


2835.  §  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  the  county 
of  Cook,  and  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  the  officers  of 
either  into  whose  hands  the  same  may  come  or  be  paid,  to  pa}'  over 
to  said  corporation,  in  quarterly  installments,  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  said  institution,  ten  per  centum  of  all  moneys  re- 
ceived for  all  hcenses  granted  b}'  authority  of  said  county  or  city, 
for  the  right  or  privilege  to  vend  or  sell  spirituous,  vinous  or  fer- 
mented liquors  within  the  said  county  of  Cook  and  city  of  Chicago. 


CriY    OF    CHICAGO.  689 

2836,     ^  8.     All  the  property  at  any  time  owned  by  said  cor- 
poration, shall  be  exempt  from  taxation. 


WHARFING    PRIVILEGES. 

AN   ORDINANCE  vacating  part  of  Water  street,  on  south  side  of  Chicago  river. 
[Passed  February  11,  1848-] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  t]ie  City  of  Chicago: 

2837.     §  I.     That  so  much  and  such  parts  of  South  Water  street 
as  lie  opposite  to  blocks  sixteen  (i6),  seventeen  (17),  eighteen  (18). 
nineteen  (19)  and  twenty  (20)  in  the  original  town   of  Chicago,  and 
north  of  a  line  drawn  eighty  feet  distant  from  the  south  hne  of  said 
street,  and  all  such  parts  of  the  said  street,  between  the  north  line  of 
Lake  street  and  the  west  line  of  Franklin  street,  as  lie  opposite  to 
block  twent3^-one  (21)  in  said  original  town  and  north   or   west  of  a 
line  drawn  eighty  feet  distant  from  the   line  of  said  block  twenty- 
one,  fronting  said  Water  street,  and  onl}^  such  parts  of  said  streets  as 
shall  be   mortgaged  to  the  city  of  Chicago  to  secure  the  payment 
of  such   sums  of  money  and  the  interest  thereon  as  are  required  to 
be   secured  to  the  city  by  the  provisions  of  section  five  (5)  of  the 
proposition  for  settling  wharfing  privileges  on  South  Water  street 
and  East  Water  street;  north  of  Randolph  street,  passed  by  the  com- 
mon council,  February  11,  1848,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  mentioned, 
be  and  the  same  hereby  are   discontioued  and   vacated:     Provided^ 
that  in  case  it  should  be  judiciall}^  determined,  upon  a  bill  to  be  filed 
under  the  act  entitled  "  An  act   to  adjust  and  settle  the  title  to  the 
wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved 
February  27,  1847,  that  upon  the  discontinuance  or  vacation  of  said 
parts  of  said  streets,  the  fee  of  the  land,  now^  contained  in  the  same, 
is  in  some  other  party  or  parties  than  the   cit}^  of  Chicago,   or  the 
said  original  grantees  from  the  State  or  their  legal  representatives, 
by    virtue  of    a  conve3'ance    or   conveyances  as    specified    in    the 
second  section  of  this  ordinance,  then  this  ordinance   shall   be   null 
and  void. 

2838.  §  2.  Before  the  vacation  or  discontinuance  of  any  part 
or  portion  of  said  streets,  as  contemplated  in  the  foregoing  section 
shall  take  place,  a  mortgage  thereof  shall  be  executed  to  the  city 
by  the  respective  owners  of  the  various  portions  of  land  or  town 
lots  in  said  blocks  which  are  opposite  to  such  parts  or  portion  of 
said  streets  as  are  proposed  to  be  vacated,  or  in  cases  where  the 
original  grantees  from  the  state  of  said  land  and  town  lots  shall 
have  parted  with  their  estate  or  interest  in  such  parts  of  said  streets 
as  are  hereby  mentioned,  by  those  respectively  who  are  legally  en- 
titled to  such  estate  or  interest,  under  or  b}-  virtue  of  a  conveyance 
44 


690  SPECIAI.    LAWS    OF    THE 

or  conveyances  from  the  said  original  grantees  and  some  intermediate 
parties  or  grantees  of  such  land  or  town  lots  respectively  opposite 
to  said  street  or  streets,  to  secure  the  payment  of  such  sums  of 
money  and  interest  thereon  as  are  required  to  be  secured  to  the  city 
by  the  provisions  of  said  section  five  of  the  proposition  aforesaid; 
said  mortgage  to  be  drawn  and  executed  in  such  form  and  manner 
as  shall  be  approved  by  the  common  council,  or  the  mayor  or  act- 
ing mayor,  and  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  said  city  within  six 
months  from  the  date  hereof.  The  parts  or  portions  of  said  streets 
hereby  proposed  to  be  discontinued  upon  the  performance  of  the 
conditions  aforesaid,  are  designated  on  a  map  of  the  wharfing  lots 
on  South  Water  street  and  East  Water  street,  north  of  Randolph 
street,  made  by  Asa  F.  Bradley,  city  surveyor,  and  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  clerk  of  said  city,  February  n,  1848,  as  wharfing  lots  i 
(one),  2  (two),  3  (three),  4  (four),  5  (five),  6  (six),  7  (seven),  8  (eight), 
9  (nine),  10  (ten),  11  (eleven),  12  (twelve),  13  (thirteen),  14  (fourteen), 
15  (fifteen),  16  (sixteen),  17  (seventeen),  18  (eighteen),  19  (nineteen), 
20  (twenty),  21  (twenty-one),  22  (twenty-two),  23  (twenty-three), 
24  (twent3^-four),  25  (twenty-five),  26  (twenty-six),  27  (twenty-seven), 
28  (twenty-eight),  29  (twenty-nine).  • 

AN  ORDINANCE  discontinuing  parts  of  East  Water  street.   [Passed  February  11, 

1848.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  oj^  the  City  oj^  Chicago  : 

2839.  §  I-  That  all  that  part  of  East  Water  street,  in  the  city 
of  Chicago,  which  lies  between  the  south  line  of  Lake  street  and 
the  north  line  of  Randolph  street,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  west 
of  the  following  boundary  or  line,  to  wit :  commencing  at  a  point  on  the 
north  line  of  Randolph  street  one  hundred  and  forty  (140)  feet  west 
from  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  five  (5)  in  block  thirty-one  (31)  in  the 
original  tOAvn  of  Chicago,  and  thence  running  northerly  in  a  direct  line 
to  the  south  line  of  Lake  street,  at  a  point  in  the  line  last  mentioned, 
eighty  (80)  feet  west  from  the  northwest  corner  of  lot  four  (4)  in 
said  block  thirty-one  (31)  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  discontinued 
and  vacated:  Provided,  that  all  persons  owning  lands  adjoining  said 
East  Water  street  shall  consent,  in  writing,  to  the  discontinuance 
of  so  much  of  said  street  as  is  herebv  discontinued  and  vacated: 
And  provided  further,  that  the  original  grantee  from  the  state  of 
said  lot  four  (4)  or,  in  case  said  original  grantee  shall  have  parted 
with  his  estate  or  interest,  by  the  part}-  or  parties,  respectively,  who 
is  or  are  legall}^  entitled  to  such  estate  or  interest  under  or  by  virtue 
of  a  conveyance  or  conveyances  from  the  said  original  grantee,  or 
said  original  grantee  and  some  intermediate  parties  or  grantees,  shall 
execute  to  the  city  of  Chicago  a  mortgage  upon  the  land  compris- 
ing that  part  of  the   street  thus  vacated,  lying  north  of  the  south 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  69 1 

line  of  the  alley  dividing  said  block  thirty-one  ('31)  to  secure  the  pay- 
ment of  the  sum  of  thirteen  thousand  two  hundred  and  thirtv-eight 
dollars,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  required  by  the  common  council 
of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  the  mayor  or  acting  mayor  thereof.  And 
the  person  or  persons  legally  entitled  to  such  estate  or  interest  in  the 
land  comprising  that  part  of  the  street  thus  vacated,  lying  south  of 
the  south  line  of  the  alley  dividing  said  block  thirty-one  (31),  under 
or  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  or  conveyances  from  the  original 
grantee  or  grantees  from  the  state,  of  the  lots  fronting  the  same  on 
said  street  respectively,  or  said  original  grantee  or  grantees,  or 
some  intermediate  parties  or  grantees,  shall  execute  to  the  city  of 
Chicago  a  mortgage  upon  the  land  comprising  that  part  of  the  street 
thus  vacated,  lying  south  of  the  south  line  of  the  alley  dividing  said 
block  thirty-one  (31),  to  secure  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  three 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ( $3,50o\  in  such  manner  as  shall  be 
required  by  the  corninon  council  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  the  mayor 
or  acting  mayor  thereof:  And  -provided  further^  that  in  case  it 
should  be  judicially  determined,  upon  a  bill  to  be  filed  under  the  act 
entitled  '-An  act  to  adjust  and  settle  the  title  to  the  wharfing  privi- 
leges in  Chicago  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  February  27, 
1847,  that,  upon  the  discontinuance  or  vacation  of  said  parts  of  said 
streets,  the  fee  of  the  land  now  contained  in  the  same  is  in  some 
other  party  or  parties  than  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  the  said  original 
grantees  from  the  state,  or  their  legal  representatives,  bv  virtue  of  a 
conveyance  or  conveyances  as  specified  in  the  foregoing  part  of  this 
ordinance,  then  this  ordinance  shall 'be  null  and  void. 

AN  ORDTNANCE,  discontinuing  that  part  of  East  Water  street,  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  which  lies  between  Randolph  and  Madison  streets.  [Passed  June  19, 
1848.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2840.  §  I.  That  all  that  part  of  East  Water  street  which 
lies  between  the  south  line  of  Randolph  street  and  the  north  line  of 
Madison  street,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  discontinued  and  va- 
cated: Provided^  that  all  persons  owning  land  adjoining  said  East 
Water  street  shall  consent,  in  writing,  to  the  discontinuance  of  so 
much  of  said  street  as  is  hereby  discontinued  and  vacated,  or  such 
assent  shall  be  dispensed  with  b}-  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state 
of  Illinois. 

2841.  §  2.  In  case  it  shall  be  judicially  determined  upon  a 
bill  to  be  filed  under  the  act  entitled  -  An  act  to  adjust  and  settle  the 
title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  for  other  purposes," 
passed  February  27,  1847,  that,  upon  the  discontinuance  or  vaca- 
tion of  said  parts  of  said  street,  the  fee- of  the  land  now  contained 
in  the  same  is  in   some  other  party  or   parties  than  the  city  of  Chi- 


692  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

cago,  or  the  said  respective  owners  of  the  various  portions  of  land 
or  town  lote  aforesaid  fronting  the  same,  then  this  ordinance  shall 
be  null  and  void. 

28^2.  §  3.  This  ordinance  shall  not  take  effect  until  the  mayor 
of  said  city  shall  endorse  thereon  his  certificate  that  the  proposition 
for  the  widening  of  Market  street  has  been  complied  wilh  by  the 
respective  persons  owning  land  fronting  said  part  of  East  Water 
street,  herein  proposed  to  be  discontinued  and  vacated. 


AN  ORDINANCE,  vacating  parts  of  North  Water  street.     [Passed  June  19, 1848.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

28^3.  §  I.  That  so  much  and  such  parts  of  North  Water 
street  as  lie  in  front  of  blocks  one  (i),  two  (2),  three  (3),  four  (4) 
and  live  (5),  in  the  original  town  of  Chicago,  and  only  such  parts  of 
said  street  as  shall  be  mortgaged  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  herein- 
after provided,  or  the  owners  of  which  shall  cause  to  be  paid  to  the 
city  the  amounts  required  to  be  secured  to  the  city  by  mortgage,  as 
hereinafter  provided,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  discontinued 
and  vacated:  Provided^  that  all  persons  owning  lands  adjoining  said 
North  Water  street  shall  consent,  in  writing,  to  the  discontinuance 
of  so  much  of  said  street  as  is  hereby  discontinued  and  vacated,  or 
such  assent  shall  be  dispensed  with  by  act  of  the  legislature  of  the 
state  of  Illinois. 

2844.  ^  2.  Before  the  vacation  and  discontinuance  of  any 
part  or  portion  of  said  street,  as  herein  contemplated,  shall  take 
place,  a  mortgage  thereof,  and  of  the  respective  town  lots  or  por- 
tion of  lots  fronting  the  same,  shall  be  executed  to  said  city,  or  the 
payment  mentioned  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
made  in  lieu  thereof  b}^  the  respective  owners  of  the  various  por- 
tions of  land  or  town  lots  in  said  blocks,  which  are  opposite  to  or 
front  on  such  respective  parts  or  portions  of  said  street  as  are  pro- 
posed to  be  vacated,  to  secure  the  pa^^ment  of  the  sum  of  one  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  eighty  feet  of  said  lots  front- 
ing said  parts  of  said  street,  or  in  that  proportion  for  a  greater  or 
less  extent;  said  mortgage  to  be  drawn  and  executed  in  such  form 
and  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  common  council,  or  the 
mayor  or  acting  mayor  thereof,  and  to  be  deposited  with  the  clerk 
of  said  city  within  twelve  months  from  the  date  hereof,  and  said 
mortgage  to  be  so  drawn  as  to  contain,  in  substance,  the  provisions 
of  the  twelfth  (12th)  section  of  the  proposition  for  settling  wharfing 
privileges  on  South  Water,  street  and  East  Water  street,  north  of 
Randolph  street,  passed  in  common  council  February  11,  1848. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  693 

2845.  §  3.  In  case  it  should  be  judicially  determined,  upon  a 
bill  to  be  tiled  under  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  adjust  and  settle 
the  title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," approved  February  27,  1847,  that,  upon  the  discontinuance 
or  vacation  of  said  parts  of  said  street,  the  fee  of  the  land  now  con- 
tained in  the  same  is  in  some  other  party  or  parties  than  the  city  of 
Chicago  or  the  said  respedive  owners  of  the  various  portions  of 
land  or  town  lots  aforesaid,  fronting  the  same,  then  this  ordinance 
shall  be  null  and  void. 


AN  ORDINANCE,  extending  the  provisions  of  the  "ordinance  vacating  parts  ot 
North  Water  street,"  passed  June  19,  1848.     [Passed  December  11,  1848.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago  : 

2846.  '^  I.  That  the  first  section  of  the  ordinance  "vacating 
parts  of  North  Water  street,"  passed  June  19,  18^8,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended,  by  inserting  after  the  word  and  figure 
"five  (5)"  the  words  and  figures  following,  to-wit  :  "And  in  front 
of  lots  one  (i)  and  two  (2)  in  blocks  six  (6),"  so  that  the  provisions 
of  said  ordinance  shall  apply  to  said  lots  one  (i)  and  two  (2). 


AN   ORDINANCE,  vacating  parts  of  West  Water  street.     [Passed  September  12, 

i8oa.] 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of   Chicago  : 

2847.  §  I.  That  so  much  and  such  parts  of  West  Water 
street  as  lie  in  front  of  blocks  fifty-one  (51),  forty-four  (44),  twenty- 
nine  (29)  and  twenty-two  (22),  in  the  original  town  of  Chicago,  and 
only  such  parts  of  said  street  as  shall  be  mortgaged  to  the  city  of 
Chicago,  as  hereinafter  provided,  or  the  owners  of  which,  or  some 
other  person  or  persons  on  their  behalf,  shall  cause  to  be  paid  or 
secured  to  the  city,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor 
or  acting  mayor  of  said  city,  the  amounts  required  to  be  secured  to 
the  city,  by  mortgage  or  otherwise,  or  paid  to  said  citv  as  hereinafter 
provided,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  discontinued  and  vacated  : 
Provided^  that  the  new  street  extending  from  Madison  street  to 
Fulton  street,  specified  in  the  second  section  of  the  "  proposition 
for  disposing  of  the  wharfing  privileges  on  West  Water  street," 
contained  in  the  report  of  the  committee  on  wharfing  privileges, 
concurred  in  by  the  common  council  January  29,  1849,  shall  be  laid 
out,  and  the  damages  occasioned  thereby  paid  without  charge  or 
expense  to  said  citv,  except  the  expense  of  laying  out  the  street,  and 
of  assessing  or  collecting  said  damages  within  such  time  as  shall 
be  determined  bv  the  common  council:  And  -provided  further^  that 
all  persons  owning  lands  adjoining  said  West  Water  street  shall  con- 


694  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

sent,  in  writing,  to  the  discontinuance  of  so  much  of  said  street  as 
is  hereby  discontinued  and  vacated,  or  such  assent  shall  be  dispensed 
with  b}'  the  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

28^8.  ^  2.  Before  the  vacation  and  discontinuance  of  any  part 
or  portion  of  said  street,  as  herein  contemplated,  shall  take  place,  a 
mortgage  of  such  parts  or  portions  shall  be  executed  to  said  city, 
by  the  respective  owners  of  the  various  parts  or  portions  of  land  or 
town  lots  in  said  blocks  which  are  opposite  to,  or  front  on  such  parts 
or  portions  of  said  street  as  are  proposed  to  be  vacated,  to  secure 
the  payment  of  sixty  per  centum  of  the  sums  set  opposite  the  follow- 
ing lots,  respectively,  or  in  that  proportion  for  any  part  or  portion 
of  a  lot  fronting  said  street;  said  mortgage  to  be  drawn  and  executed 
in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall  be  approved  b}'  the  common 
council,  or  the  mayor  or  acting  mayor,  and  to  be  deposited  with  the 
clerk  of  said  city  within  such  time  from  the  date  hereof  as  shall  be 
determined  or  required  by  the  common  council,  and  said  mortgage 
to  be  so  drawn  as  to  contain,  in  substance,  the  provision  of  the 
twelfth  (12)  section  of  the  proposition  for  settling  wharfing  privileges 
on  South  Water  street  and  East  Water  street,  north  of  Randolph 
street,  passed  in  common  council,  Februar}^  11,  1848,  or  said  sixty 
per  centum  shall  be  otherwise  secured  or  paid  to  said  city  in  such 
manner  as  shall  be  approved  b}'  the  ma^•or  or  acting  ma^'or  of  said 
city.  [Here  follows  the  assessment  of  prices  of  values  of  the  lots 
referred  to.]  And  shall  likewise  pay  or  secure  to  said  city,  in  such 
a  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor  or  acting  mayor  of  said 
city,  the  remaining  forty  (40)  per  centum  of  said  sums  set  opposite 
■  the  aforesaid  lots,  respectively  as  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  when  required 
by  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  dredging  the  west  bank  of  the  south 
branch  of  the  Chicago  River,  as  specilied  in  the  first  section  of  said 
proposition  for  disposing  of  the  wharfing  privileges  on  West  Water 
street. 

2849.  §  3.  In  case  it  should  be  judicially  determined,  upon 
a  bill  to  be  filed  under  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  adjust  and  settle 
the  title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," approved  February  27,  1847,  that,  upon  the  discontinuance 
or  vacation  of  said  parts  of  said  streets,  the  fee  of  the  land  now 
contained  in  the  same  is  in  some  other  party  or  parties  than  the  city 
of  Chicago,  or  the  said  respective  owners  of  the  various  portions  of 
land  or  town  lots  aforesaid  fronting  the  same,  then  this  ordinance 
shall  be  null  and  void. 

2850.  '^  4.  Ten  feet  next  and  adjoining  the  river  of  said 
wharves  shall  be  and  always  remain  an  open  wharf,  upon  the  same 
conditions  and  restrictions  as  contained  in  the  settlement  of  the 
wharfing  privileges  on  the  south  side  of  the  Chicago  River. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  695 

AN  ORDINANCE  vacating  parts  of  West  Water  street  in  front  of  Blocks  eight 
and  thirteen,  original  town  of  Chicago.     [Passed  December  10,  1855.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Conmion  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicairo : 

2851.  §  I.  That  so  much  and  such  parts  of  AVest  Water 
street  as  lie  in  front  of  blocks  eight  and  thirteen,  in  the  original 
town  of  Chicago,  and  east  of  a  line  drawn  eighty  feet  distant  from 
the  west  line  of  said  street,  and  only  such  parts  of  said  street  as 
shall  be  mortgaged  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  as  hereinafter  provided, 
or  the  owners  of  which,  or  some  other  person  or  persons  on  their 
behalf,  shall  cause  to  be  paid  or  secured  to  the  city,  in  such  manner 
as  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor  or  acting  mayor  of  said  city,  the 
amounts  required  to  be  secured  to  said  city,  by  mortgage  or  other- 
wise, or  paid  to  said  city,  as  hereinafter  provided,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereb}'  discontinued  and  vacated. 

2852.  §  2.  Before  the  vacation  and  discontinuance  of  any  part 
or  portion  of  said  street,  as  herein  contemplated  shall  take  place,  a 
mortgage  of  such  parts  or  portions  shall  be  executed  to  said  city, 
by  the  respective  owners  of  the  parts  or  portions  of  land  or  town 
lots  in  said  blocks,  which  are  opposite  to,  or  front  on  such  parts  or 
portions  of  said  street  as  are  proposed  to  be  vacated,  to  secure  the 
payment  of  the  sums  set  opposite  to  the  following  lots,  respectively, 
or  in  that  proportion  for  any  part  or  portion  of  a  lot  fronting  said 
street;  said  mortgage  to  be  drawn  and  execute^  in  such  form  and 
manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  common  council,  or  the  mayor, 
or  the  acting  mayor,  and  to  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  said  city 
within  such  time  from  the  date  hereof  as  shall  be  determined  or  re- 
quired by  the  common  council,  and  said  mortgage  to  be  so  drawn 
as  to  contain,  in  substance,  the  provisions  of  the  twelfth  section  of 
the  proposition  for  settling  the  wharling  privileges  on  South  Water 
street  and  East  Water  street,  north  of  Randolph  street,  passed  in 
common  council  February  11,  1848,  or  said  sums  shall  be  otherwise 
secured  or  paid  to  said  city,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  approved 
by  the  ma3'or  or  acting  mayor  of  said  city.  [Here  follows  an  assess- 
ment of  the  prices  or  value  of  the  lots  referred  to.] 

2853.  ^  3.  In  case  it  shall  be  judicially  determined,  upon  a 
bill  to  be  filed  under  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  adjust  and  settle 
the  title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  other  purposes," 
approved  February  27,  1847,  that,  upon  the  discontinuance  or 
vacation  of  said  parts  of  said  streets,  the  fee  of  the  land  now  con- 
tained in  the  same  is  in  some  other  party  or  parties  than  the  city  of 
Chicago,  or  the  said  respective  owners  of  the  various  portions  of- 
land  or  town  lots  aforesaid,  fronting  the  same,  then  this  ordinance 
shall  be  null  and  void. 


6^6  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2854.  §  4.  Ten  feet  next  and  adjoining  the  river  of  said 
wharves  shall  be  and  alwa3's  remain  an  open  wharf,  upon  the  same 
conditions  and  restrictions  as  contained  in  the  settlement  of  the 
wharfing  privileges  on  the  south  side  of  the  Chicago  River. 


AN  ORDINvVNCE   vacating  parts  of  East  Water,   Old    North  Water,  and  East 
Carroll  streets.      [Passed  February  14,  1856.] 

J^e  it  ordained  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2855.  §  I.  That  so  much  and  such  parts  of  East  Water  street 
as  lie  in  front  of  blocks  seven  and  fourteen,  in  the  original  town  of 
Chicago,  and  so  much  and  such  parts  of  old  North  Water  street 
as  lie  in  front  of  blocks  fourteen,  fifteen  and  six,  in  the  original  town 
of  Chicago,  and  such  parts  of  East  Carrel  street  as  lie  in  front 
of  lots  two  and  three  in  block  six,  in  the  original  town  of  Chicago, 
and  only  such  parts  of  said  streets  as  shall  be  mortgaged  to  the  city 
of  Chicago,  as  is  hereinafter  provided,  or  the  owners  of  which,  or 
some  other  person  or  persons  in  their  behalf,  shall  cause  to  be  paid 
or  secured  to  the  said  city,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by 
the  mayor  or  acting  mayor  of  said  city,  the  amount  required  to  be 
secured  to  the  said  city,  by  mortgage  or  otherwise,  or  paid  to  said 
city,  as  hereinafter  provided,  be  and  the  same  are  discontinued  and 
vacated. 

2856.  §  2.  Before  the  vacation  or  discontinuance  (as  herein 
contemplated)  of  any  parts  or  portions  of  said  streets  shall  take 
place,  a  mortgage  of  such  parts  or  portions  shall  be  executed  to  said 
city,  by  the  respective  owners  of  the  various  parts  or  portion  of  land 
or  town  lots  in  said  blocks,  which  are  opposite  to,  or  front  on  such 
parts  or  portion  of  said  streets  as  are  herein  proposed  to  be  vacated, 
to  secure  the  payment  of  the  sums  set  opposite  the  following  lots, 
respectively,  or  in  that  pro|X)rtion  for  any  part  or  portion  of  a  lot 
fronting  on  said  streets,  for  such  sums  as  are  more  specifically  herein 
set  forth ;  said  mortgages  to  be  drawn  in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall 
be  approved  by  the  common  council,  or  the  mayor  or  acting  mayor, 
and  to  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  said  city,  within  such  time 
from  the  date  hereof  as  shall  be  determined  or  required  by  the 
common  council;  and  said  mortgages  to  be  so  drawn  as  to  contain, 
in  substance,  the  provisions  of  the  twelfth  (12)  section  of  the  "propo- 
sition for  settling  wharfing  privileges  on  South  Water  street  and  East 
Water  street,  north  of  Randolph  street,"'  passed  February  14,  1848, 
or  said  sums  shall  be  otherwise  secured  or  paid  to  said  cit}^  in  such 
manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor  or  acting  mavor  of  said 
city.  [Here  follows  a  list  of  the  sums  assessed  as  the  amount  of 
mortgage  upon  each  lot  referred  to]. 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  '      '  697 

2857-  §  3-  In  case  it  shall  be  judicially  determined,  upon  a 
bill  to  be  filled  under  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  adjust  and  settle 
the  title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," approved  February  27,  1847,  or  upon  proceedings  had  under 
an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  'An  act  to  adjust 
and  settle  the  title  to  the  wharfing  privileges  in  Chicago,  and  for  other 
purposes,'  approved  February  27,  1847,  and  in  relation  to  wharves 
and  docks  in  said, city,"  approved  February  11,  1853,  that  upon  the 
discontinuance  or  vacation  of  the  said  parts  of  said  streets,  the  fee 
of  the  land  now  contained  in  the  same  is  in  some  other  part}'  or 
parties  than  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  the  said  respective  owners  of 
the  various  portions  of  land  or  town  lots  aforesaid,  fronting  the 
same,  then  and  in  that  case  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void, 
otherwise  to  remain  in  full  force  and  efiect. 

2858.  §  4.  Ten  feet,  next  adjoining  the  river,  of  said  vacated 
premises,  shall  be  and  always  remain  an  open  wharf,  upon  the  same 
conditions  and  restrictions  as  contained  in  the  settlement  of  the 
wharfing  privileges  on  the  south  side  of  the  Chicago  river. 

2859.  §  5.  Before  the  vacation  or  discontinuance  (as  herein 
contemplated)  of  any  such  parts  or  portions  of  said  East  Water 
street  as  lie  in  front  of  lots  four  (^4)  or  five  (^5 )  in  said  block  seven 
(7)  shall  take  place,  a  new  street,  sixty  feet  wide,  from  East  Kinzie 
street  to  East  Carroll  street  through  said  block  seven  (7),  the  east 
line  of  which  new  street  shall  be  on  the  east  fine  of  said  lots  four 
(4)  and  five  (5),  shall  be  laid  out  and  opened  by  the  owners  of  said  lots 
four  (4)  and  five  (5),  without  expense  or  cost  to  the  city  of  Chicago. 

AN   ORDIXANX'E  eshiblishing  certain  dock   lines.     [Passed  Februarv  14,  1S56.] 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  Commoii  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago: 

2860.  ^  I.  That  the  dock  line  from  the  south  line  of  East 
Kinzie  street  to  the  west  line  of  North  Franklin  street,  in  front  of 
blocks  seven,  fourteen,  fifteen  and  six,  in  the  original  town  of  Chi- 
cago, be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established  as  follows,  to  wit: 
Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  south  line  of  East  Kinzie  street,  one 
hundred  and  seventy-two  feet  west  of  the  northwest  corner  of  said 
block  seven;  thence,  in  a  straight  line,  southeasterly  to  a  point  twenty 
feet  west  of  a  point  in  the  west  line  of  lot  five  in  block  fourteen, 
which  is  seventy-four  feet  south  of  the  northwest  corner  of  said  lot 
five;  then  southeasterly  to  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  six,  in  block 
fourteen;  thence  along  the  south  line  (produced)  of  said  lot  six,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-eight  and  one  half  feet;  thence  northeastwardly 
in  a  straight  line  towards  a  point  in  the  center  line  of  old  North 
Water  street,  eight}-eight  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  North  Frank- 


698  .  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

lin  street,  five  hundred  and  ten  and  one-half  feet  (more  or  less)  to 
a  point  whence  a  line,  perpendicular  to  the  last  mentioned  line,  will 
intersect  the  north  line  of  lot  three  in  said  block  fifteen,  at  ten  feet 
east  from  the  northwest  corner  of  said  lot  three  in  block  fifteen; 
thence,  northwestwardly,  at  right  angles  to  the  last  described  line, 
seventy-nine  feet  (more  or  less)  to  a  point  in  the  west  line  (produced] 
of  said  lot  three,  and  twelve  feet  (more  or  less)  north  of  the  north- 
west corner  of  said  lot  three;  thence  north  twenty-eight  feet  (more 
or  less)  on  said  west  line  of  lot  three  (produced^,  to  the  center  of 
East  Carroll  street;  thence  east  on  the  center  line  of  East  Carroll 
and  old  North  Water  streets,  to  the  west  line  of  North  Franklin 
street,  as  will  more  fully  appear  by  reference  to  the  map  herewith 
submitted. 

2861.  ^  2.  That  so  much  of  any  and  all  previous  ordinances, 
defining  dock  lines,  as  conflict  or  are  inconsistent  with  this  ordinance, 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  rescinded. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  autliorizing  the  Chicago  Steam  Co.  to  lay  down  certain  pipes. 

[Passed  Aprit  20,  18S0.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Conncil  of  the  eity  of  Chicago.- 

2862.  §  I.  That  permission  and  authority  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  granted  to  the  Chicago  Steam  Company,  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, to  lay  its  mains,  pipes,  feeders  and  service  pipes  in  any  and 
all  the  alleys,  streets,  avenues,  highways  and  public  places  of  said 
city,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  therebv  steam  or  hot  water  for 
power  or  heating  purposes,  for  the  period  of  twenty  vears  from  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided,  said  company  shall  first  obtain 
a  permit  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or  other  authorized 
officer  of  the  city,  before  laying  down  their  mains  in  any  such  alle}', 
street,  avenue,  highwa}-  or  public  place,  and  shall  conform  to  all  or- 
dinances, rules  and  regulations  now  in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter 
be  passed  or  made  by  said  city  concerning  the  use  or  opening  of  any 
such  street,  avenue,  highway  or  public  place:  jAnd  provided,  that 
when  said  company  shall  open  the  ground  to  lay  an}'  pipe  or  for  any 
other  purpose  whatever,  the  same  shall  be  done  in  accordance  with 
the  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  in  such  manner  as  the  permit  for  the 
doing  thereof  shall  specify  and  direct,  ana  the  said  company  shall  as 
a  condition  precedent  to  obtaining  a  permit  deposit  with  the  commis- 
sioner of  public  workS;  or  other  proper  officer  of  said  cit}',  an  amount 
of  money  sufficient  in  the  juclgment  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  or  other  proper   officer  in  charge  of  public  works,  to  cover 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO. 


699 


the  expense  of  replacing  the  street,  alley  or  other  public  place  in  as 
good  condition  as  before  the  making  of  said  opening.  Such  replac- 
ing shall  be  done  by  said  city  and  the  cost  thereof  shall  be  borne  bv 
said  company,  and  in  case  the  amount  of  said  deposit  shall  exceed 
the  actual  cost  of  the  replacing,  the  amount  of  such  excess  shall  be 
refunded  to  the  said  company;  the  estimate  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  or  other  officer  of  said  city  in  charge  of  public  works, 
to  be  conclusive  as  to  the  amount  of  the  cost  of  said  replacing.  Said 
company  shall  be  liable  for  and  save  the  city  of  Chicago  harmless 
from  all  damages  which  may  result  from  its  neghgence  or  otherwise 
from  or  by  reason  of  opening  or  encumbering  any  alley,  street,  side- 
walk or  public  place  in  said  city  of  Chicago:  A}id  frovidcd  further^ 
that  the  allevs  of  said  city  shall  in  all  cases  be  used  in  preference  to 
the  streets  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  when  in  the  judgment  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  works  or  other  authorized  officer  of  the  cit}', 
it  shall  be  practicable  so  to  do. 

2863.  '^  2.  Said  company  shall  give  its  bond  with  sureties,  to 
be  approved  by  the  mayor,  payable  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the 
penal  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  conditioned  to  save  the  city 
harmless  from  anv  and  all  damages  resulting  from  the  permission 
hereby  granted  and  to  faithfully  perform  and  fulfill  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  in  accordance  with  all  lawful  regulations  of  the  city  in 
reference  threto:  Provided.,  that  said  company  shall  renew  such 
bond  on  the  first  day  of  October  in  each  and  every  year,  if  re- 
quested bv  the  mayor  of  said  cit}-. 

2864.  •§  3.  No  street,  avenue,  highway,  alley,  or  public  place 
shall  be  entered  upon,opened  or  used  under  the  authority  herebygrant- 
ed,  until  a  notice  thereof  shall  have  been  given  by  said  company,  by 
publication  at  least  one  week  preceding  such  entering,  in  some  news- 
paper to  be  designated  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  or 
other  authorized  officer,  as  aforesaid. 

2865.  ■^  4.  In  consideration  of  the  permission  and  authority 
hereby  granted,  the  said  company  shall  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  for  the  use  of  street  cleaning  and  repairing  fund,  the  sum 
of  five  cents  for  each  lineal  foot  of  their  mains  laid  down  by  them 
in  the  said  cit\',  to  be  collected  by  the  city  treasurer,  upon  demand, 
and  shall  thereafter  pay  annually  into  the  city  treasury,  upon  the  first 
day  of  July  in  each  year,  the  sum  of  two  cents  for  each  and  every 
lineal  foot  of  the  mains  of  said  company  in  said  cit}-. 

2866.  iiN  5.  The  said  companv  shall  be  required  to  attach  to  each 
of  its  furnaces  some  good  and  efficient  apparatus  or  device  for  con- 
suminiT  the  smoke  therefrom. 


yOO  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2867.  S  6,  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  acceptance  by  said  company,  and  the  approval,  by  the 
mayor,  of  the  bond  aforesaid:  Provided^  that  this  ordinance  shall 
be  formally  accepted  by  said  company  within  sixty  days  from  such 
approval,  and  that  unless  the  said  company  shall  have  laid,  and  in 
practical  operation,  at  least  two  (2)  miles  of  main  pipes  within  two 
12)  years  from  the  date  of  such  acceptance,  then  this  ordinance  to 
be  null  and  void  and  of  no  effect. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Mayor  and  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
to  enter  into  a  certain  contract  with  the  Chicago  Sugar  Refining  Co.  [Passed 
May  17,  1880.] 

Be  it  ordahied  by  the  City  Council  of  the   city  of  Chicago: 

2868.  ^  I.  That  the  mayor  and  commissioner  of  public  works 
be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  enter  into  a  contract  with  the 
Chicago  Sugar  Refining  Company,  authorizing  said  company  to 
make  connection  with  and  pump  water  from  the  tunnel  through 
which  water  is  supplied  to  the  city  pumping  works,  in  the  west 
division,  such  connection  to  be  made  at  such  place  and  in  such 
manner   as  may  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

Provided,  said  company  shall  agree  to  pay  twenty  dollars  per 
million  gallons  for  the  water  pumped  by  it  from  said  tunnel,  said 
contract  to  run  not  more  than  ten  years:  And  provided  further ,  that 
if  at  any  time  the  taking  of  water  from  said  tunnel  by  said  com- 
pany shall  prevent  a  sufficient  supply  of  water  for  the  city's  use  at 
its  pumping  works,  the  city  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate  said 
contract. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  Furst  &  Bradley  Manufacturing  Co.  to  ex- 
tend a  wire  rope  across  Jefferson  street.     [Passed  October  27,  1879.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

2869.  §  I.  That  the  Furst  and  Bradley  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, be  and  is  hereby  atthorized  to  extend  a  wire  rope  or  cable, 
not  to  exceed  one  inch  in  diameter,  across  Jefferson  street,  at  least 
twenty  feet  above  the  grade  of  the  street,  and  about  thirty  feet 
north  of  Fulton  street,  from  and  between  the  buildings  of  the  said 
manufacturing  company  on  the  southwest  and  southeast  corner  of 
Jefferson  and  Fulton  streets. 

2870.  §  2.  The  said  wire  rope  or  cabel  shall  be  properly  pro- 
tcicted  and  secured,  under  the  direction  and  superintendence  of  the 
department  of  public  works,  and  to  the  satisfaction  and  approval  of 
said  department,  and  shall  be  so  constructed,  placed  in  position,  and 
used   as  not   to  interfere   in  an}^  way  with  the  use  of  said  Jefferson 


CITY    OF    CHICAGO.  70I 

street,  or  the  convenient  and  safe  enjoyment  by  the  public  of  said 
street ;  and  the  mayor  of  the  city  may,  at  any  time,  and  in  his  dis- 
cretion, revoke  the  privilege  and  permission  hereby  granted,  and 
upon  w^hich  revocation  the  said  rope  or  cable  shall  immediately  be 
removed  and  no  longer  used. 

2871.  ■§  3.  The  said  manufacturing  company,  its  successors, 
assigns,  lessees  and  any  and  all  persons  who  shall  occupy  the  said 
buildings,  or  use  or  operate  the  said  wire  rope  or  cable,  shall  in- 
demnify and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  of  and  from  all  suit, 
costs,  claims  and  damages  for  which  it  may  become  or  be  liable  for 
or  by  reason  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  or  the  extension,  use 
or  operation  of  said  wire  rope  or  cable. 

Before  extending  the  said  wire  rope  or  cable,  the  said  Furst  and 
Bradley  Manufacturing  Company  shall  manifest  its  assent  to  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  by  filing  with  the  city  comptroller  its 
written  acceptance  of  the  same. 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  Richard  T.  Crane  to  extend   a  f  ipe  over  Wilson 
street.     [Passed  March  14,  1881.] 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago : 

2872.  §  I.  That  Richard  T.  Crane  be  and  is  hereby  authorized 
to  erect  and  extend  a  pipe  from  three  to  four  feet  in  diameter  for  the' 
purpose  of  conveying  gas  from  the  producers  thereof  to  the  furnaces 
wherein  said  gas  is  to  be  burned;  said  pipe  to  be  erected  at  a  point 
on  Wilson  street,  east  of  Canal  street,  and  to  cross  from  his  property 
on  the  south  side  of  Wilson  street  over  said  Wilson  street  to  and  into 
his  new  pipe  mill  lately  erected  on  the  north  side  of  Wilson  street, 
east  of  the  alley,  north  and  south,  between  Wilson  and  Judd  streets, 
said  alley  being  the  first  one  next  east  of  Canal  street.  Said  pipe  to 
be  not  less  than  twenty  feet  above  the  grade  of  said  stree't. 

2873.  §  2.  That  said  pipe  for  conveying  gas  shall  be  properly 
protected  and  secured,  under  the  direction  and  superintendence  of 
the  department  of  public  works,  and  to  the  satisfaction  and  approval 
of  said  department,  and  shall  be  so  constructed,  placed  in  position  and 
used  as  not  to  interfere  in  an^r  way  with  the  use  of  said  Wilson 
street,  or  the  convenient  and  safe  enjoyment  by  the  public  of  said 
street;  and  the  said  pipe  shall  be  properly  secured  by  good  and 
sufiicient  supports,"  which  said  supports  shall  be  placed  upon  the 
property  owned  by  the  said  Richard  T.  Crane,  on  the  south  and 
north  sides  of  Wilson  street,  and  the  mayor  of  the  city  may  at  any 
time,  and  in  his  discretion,  revoke  the  privilege  and  permission  hereby 
granted:  and  upon  such  revocation  said  pipe  shall  be  immediately 
removed  and  no  Ioniser  used. 


702  SPECIAL    LAWS    OF    THE 

2874-  §  3-  The  said  Richard  T.  Crane,  his  successors,  assigns, 
lessees,  and  any  and  all  persons  who  shall  occupy  the  buildings  with 
which  the  said  pipe  is  connected  or  used,  or  use  or  operate  the  said 
pipe,  shall  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  of  Chicago  from  all 
suit,  costs,  claims  and  damages  for  which  it  may  become  or  be  liable, 
for  or  by  I'eason  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted  for  the  extension, 
use  or  operation  of  said  pipe.  Before  extending  or  erecting  the  said 
pipe,  said  Richard  T.  Crane  shall  manifest  his  assent  to  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  by  filing  with  the  city  comptroller  his  acceptance 
of  the  same. 


APPENDIX. 


Constitution  of  the  United  States, 


September  17,  1787. 

Preamble.  We,  the  people  of  the  United  States,  in  order  to  form  a  more  per- 
fect union,  establish  justice,  insure  domestic  tranquility,  provide  for  the  common 
defense,  promote  the  general  welfare,  and  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty  to  ourselves 
and  our  posterity,  do  ordain  and  establish  this  constitution  of  the  United  States  of 
America : 

Article  I. 

Sec.  1.  All  legislative  powers  herein  granted  shall  be  vested  in  a  congress  of  the 
United  States,  which  shall  consist  of  a  senate  and  iiouse  of  representatives. 

§  2.  First.  The  house  of  representatives  shall  be  composed  of  members  chosen 
every  second  year,  by  the  people  of  the  several  states;  and  the  electors  in  each  state 
shall  have  the  qualifications  requisite  for  elctors  of  the  most  nvnnerous  branch  of 
the  state  legislature. 

Second.  No  person  shall  be  a  representative  who  shall  not  have  attained  to  the 
age  of  25  years,  and  been  seven  years  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  who  shall 
not,  when  elected,  be  an  inhabitant  of  that  state  in  which  he  shali  be  chosen. 

Third.  Representatives  and  direct  taxes  shall  be  apportioned  among  tlie  several 
states  which  may  be  included  within  this  union,  according  to  their  respective  num- 
bers, which  shall  be  determined  by  adding  to  the  whole  number  of  free  persons, 
including  those  bound  to  service  for  a  term  of  years,  and  excluding  Indians  not 
taxed,  three-fifths  of  all  other  persons.  The  actual  enumeration  shall  be  made 
within  three  years  after  the  first  meeting  of  the  congress  of  the  United  States,  and 
within  every  subsequent  term  of  ten  years,  in  such  manner  as  thev  shall  by  law 
direct.  The  number  of  representatives  shall  not  exceed  one  for  every  30,<)u6,  but 
each  s'ate  shall  have  at  least  one  representative;  and  until  such  enumeration  shall 
be  made,  the  state  of  Nerv  Hampshire  shall  be  entitled  to  choose  three;  Massachu- 
setts., eight;  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  one;  Connecticut,  five;  JVev.' 
3't);'X",  six;  JVexv  yersev,  io\ir\  Penn.<:yl''aniii,  eight;  Delaware,  one;  Maryland,  f,ix; 
I'^irginia,  ten;  North  Carolina,  five;  South  Carolina,  five;  and  Georgia,  three. — [See 
14th  Amendment. 

Fourth.  When  vacancies  happen  in  the  representation  from  any  state,  the  exec- 
utive authority  thereof  shall  issue  writs  of  election  to  fill  such  vacancies. 

Fifth.  The  house  of  representatives  shall  choose  their  speaker  and  other  offi- 
cers, and  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeachment. 

§  3.  First.  The  senate  of  the  United  States  shall  be  composed  of  two  senators 
from  each  state,  chosen  by  the  legislature  thereof,  tor  six  years ;  and  each  senator 
siiall  have  one  vote. 

Second.  Immediately  after  they  shall  be  assembled  in  consequence  of  the  first 
election,  they  shall  be  divided,  as  equally  as  may  be,  into  three  classes.  The  seats 
of  the  senators  of  the  first  class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  expiration  of  the  second 
year;  of  the  second  class,  at  the  expiration  of  the  fourth  year;  and  of  the  third 
class,  at  the  expiration  of  the  si:cth  year,  so  that  one-third  may  be  chosen  everv 
second  year;  and  if  vacancies  happen,  by  resignation  or  otherwise,  during  the 
recess  of  the  legislature  of  any  state,  the  executive  thereof  may  make  temporar\- 
appointments  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  legislature,  which  shall  then  fill  such 
vacancies. 

Third.  No  person  shall  be  a  senator  who  shall  not  have  attained  to  the  age  of 
thirlv  vears,  and  been  nine  vears  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  who  shall  not, 
when  elected,  b^  an  inhabitant  of  that  state  for  which  he  shall  be  chosen. 

Fourth.  The  vice-president  of  the  United  Statc>  shall  be  president  of  the  sen- 
ate; but  shall  have  no  vote,  unless  they  be  equally  divided. 

45  705 


706  COxNSTITUTION    OF 

Fifth.  The  senate  shall  choose  their  otlicr  ofBcers,  and  also  a  president  pro 
tempore  in  the  absence  of  the  vice-president,  or  wlien  he  shall  exercise  the  office  of 
president  of  the  United  States. 

Sixth.  The  senate  shall  have  the  sole  power  to  try  all  impeachments.  When 
sitting  for  that  purpose,  they  shall  be  on  oath  or  affirmation.  When  the  president 
of  the  United  States  is  tried,  the  chief  justice  shall  preside;  and  no  person  shall 
be  convicted  without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present. 

Seventh.  Judgment  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall  not  extend  further  than  to 
removal  from  office,  and  disqualification  to  hold  and  enjoy  any  office  of  honor,  trust 
or  profit  vuider  the  United  States;  but  the  party  convicted  shall,  nevertheless,  be 
liable  and  subject  to  indictment,  trial,  judgment  and  punishment,  according  to  law. 

^  4..  First.  The  times,  places  and  manner  of  holding  elections  for  senators  and 
representatives  shall  be  prescribed  in  each  state  by  the  legislature  thereof;  but  the 
congress  may,  at  any  time,  by  law,  make  or  alter  such  regulations,  except  as  to  the 
places  of  choosing  senators. 

Second.  The  congress  shall  assemble  at  least  once  in  every  year,  and  such  meet- 
ing shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  unless  they  shall  by  law  appoint  a 
difi'erent  day. 

J5  5.  First.  Each  house  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  elections,  returns  and  qualifica- 
tions of  its  own  members;  and  a  majority  ot  each  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do 
business;  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day,  and  may  be  author- 
ized to  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members,  in  such  inanner  and  under  such 
penalties  as  each  house  may  provide. 

Second.  Each  house  may  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings,  punish  its 
members  for  disorderly  behavior,  and,  with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds,  expel  a 
member. 

Third.  Each  house  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings,  and  from  time  to 
time  publish  the  same,  excepting  such  parts  as  may,  in  their  judgment,  require 
secrecy;  and  the  yeas  and  naj's  of  the  members  of  either  house,  on  any  question, 
shall,  at  the  desire  of  one-fifth  of  those  present,  be  entered  on  the  journal. 

Fourth.  Neither  house,  during  the  session  of  congress,  shall,  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days,  nor  to  any  other  place  than  that 
in  which  the  two  houses  shall  be  sitting. 

§  ().  First.  The  senators  and  representatives  shall  receive  a  compensation  tor 
their  services,  to  be  ascertained  by  law,  and  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  United 
States.  They  shall,  in  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony  and  breach  of  the  peace,  be 
privileged  from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  the  session  of  their  respective 
houses,  and  in  going  to  or  returning  from  the  same;  and  for  any  speech  or  debate 
in  either  house,  they  shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

Second.  No  senator  or  representative  shall,  during  the  time  for  which  he  was 
elected,  be  appointed  to  any  civil  office  under  the  authority  of  the  United  States 
which  shall  liave  been  created,  or  the  emoluments  whereof  shall  have  been  increased, 
during  such  time;  and  no  person  holding  any  office  under  the  United  States  shall 
be  a  member  of  either  house  during  his  continuance  in  office. 

5^  7.  First.  All  bills  for  raising  a  revenue  shall  originate  in  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives; but  ttie  senate  may  propose  or  concur  with  amendments,  as  on  other  bills. 

Second.  E^'ery  bill,  which  shall  have  passed  the  house  of  representatives  and  the 
the  senate,  shall,  before  it  becomes  a  law,  be  presented  to  the  president  of  the  United 
States;  if  he  approve,  he  shall  sign  it;  but  if  not,  he  shall  return  it,  with  his  objec- 
tions, to  that  house  in  which  it  shall  have  originated,  who  shall  enter  the  objections 
at  large  on  their  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider  it.  If,  after  such  reconsideration, 
two-thirds  of  that  house  shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  be  sent,  together  with 
the  objections,  to  the  other  house,  by  which  it  shall  likewise  be  reconsidered,  and  if 
approved  by  two-thirds  of  that  house,  it  shall  become  a  law.  But  in  all  such  cases 
the  votes  of  both  houses  shall  be  determined  by  yeas  and  nays;  and  the  names  of 
the  persons  voting  for  and  against  the  bill,  shall  be  entered  on  the  join-nal  of  each 
house  respectively.  If  any  bill  shall  not  be  returned  by  the  president  within  ten 
days  (Sundays  excepted)  alter  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him,  the  same  shall  be 
a  law,  in  like  manner  as  if  he  had  signed  it,  imless  the  congress,  by  their  adjourn- 
ment, prevent  its  return;  in  which  case,  it  shall  not  be  a  law. 

Third.  Every  order,  resolution  or  vote,  to  which  the  concurrence  of  the  senate 
and  house  of  representatives  may  be  necessary  (except  on  a  question  of  adjournment). 


THE    UNITED    STATES.  707 

shall  be  presented  to  the  president  of  the  United  States;  and  before  the  same  shall 
take   effect,  shall   be  approved   by  him,  or  being  disapproved   by  him,  shall   be   re- 
passed by  two-thirds  of  the  senate  and   house  of  representatives,  according   to  the 
rules  and  limitations  prescribed  in  the  case  of  a  bill. 
^  8.     The  congress  shall  have  power — 

First.     To  lay  and  collect  taxes,  duties,  imposts  and  excises;   to  pay  the  debts 
and  provide  for  the  common  defense  and  general  welfare  of  the  United  States;  but 
all  duties,  imposts  and  excises  shall  be  unitorm  throughout  the  United  States: 
Second      To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  United  States: 
Third.     To  regulate   commerce  with   foreign   nations,  and   among   the    several 
states,  and  with  the  Indian  tribes: 

Fourth.  To  establish  an  uniform  rule  of  naturalization,  and  uniform  laws  on  the 
subject  of  bankruptcies  throughout  the  United  States: 

Fifth.  To  coin  money,  regulate  the  value  thereof,  and  of  foreign  coin,  and  fix 
the  standard  of  weights  and  measures : 

Sixth.  To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  counterfeiting  the  securities  and  cur- 
rent coin  of  the  United  States: 

Seventh.     To  establish  post  offices  and  post  roads: 

Eighth.  To  promote  the  progress  of  science  and  useful  arts,  by  securing,  for 
limited  times,  to  authors  and  inventors,  the  exclusive  right  to  their  respective  writ- 
ings and  discoveries: 

Ninth.  To  constitute  tribunals  inferior  to  the  supreme  court:  To  define  and 
punish  piracies  and  felonies  committed  on  the  high  seas,  and  offenses  against  the 
law  of  nations: 

Tenth.  To  declare  war,  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  and  make  rules 
concerning  captures  on  land  and  water: 

Eleventh.     To  raise  and  support  armies;  but  no  appropriation  of  money  to  that 
use  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than  two  years : 
Tzvelfth.     To  provide  and  maintain  a  navy  : 

Thirteenth.  To  make  rules  for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the  land  and 
naval  forces : 

Fourteenth.  To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws  of  the 
union,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  invasions: 

Fifteenth.  To  provide  for  organizing,  arming  and  disciplining  the  militia,  and 
for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employed  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  reserving  to  the  slates  respectively  the  appointment  of  the  officers,  and  the 
authority  of  training  the  militia  according  to  the  discipline  prescribed  by  congress : 
Sixteenth.  To  exercise  exclusive  legislation  in  all  cases  whatsoever  over  such 
district  (not  exceeding  ten  miles  square)  as  may,  by  cession  of  particular  states,  and 
the  acceptance  of  congress  become  the  seat  of  government  of  the  United  States, 
and  to  exercise  like  authority  over  all  places  purchased,  by  the  consent  of  the  legis- 
lature of  the  state  in  which  the  same  shall  be,  for  the  erection  of  forts,  ma"azines 
arsenals,  dock  yards,  and  other  needful  biuldings:  and 

Seventeenth.  To  make  all  laws  which  shall  be  necessarv  and  proper  for  carr\  in"- 
into  execution  the  foregoing  powers,  and  all  other  powers  vested  by  this  constitu^ 
tion  in  the  government  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  department  or  officer  thereof. 
§  1).  F'irst.  The  migration  or  importation  of  such  persons  as  any  of  the  states 
now  existing  shall  think  proper  to  admit,  shall  not  be  prohibited  by  the  congress 
prior  to  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight,  but  a  tax  or  duty  ma\  be 
imposed  on  such  importation,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  person. 

Second.     The  privilege  of  the  writ  o{  hiil>etts  corpus  shall  not  be  suspended,  unless 
when,  in  cases  of  rebellion  or  invasion,  the  public  safety  may  require  it. 
Third.     No  bill  of  attainder  or  ex  fost  facto  law  shall  be  passed. 
Fourth.     No  capitation  or  other  direct  tax    shall    be  laid,  unless  in  proportion   to 
the  census  or  enumeration  hereinbefore  directed  to  be  taken. 

Fifth.  No  tax  or  duty  shall  be  laid  on  articles  exported  from  any  state.  No 
preference  shall  be  given,  by  any  regulation  of  commerce  or  revenue,  to  the  ports 
of  one  state  over  those  of  another;  nor  shall  vessels  bound  to  or  from  one  stale  be 
obliged  to  enter,  clear  or  pay  duties  in  another. 

Sixth.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury,  but  in  consequence  of  appro- 
priations made  by  law;  and  a  regular  statement  and  account  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  all  public  money  shall  be  published  from  time  to  time. 


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Seventh.  No  title  of  nobility  shall  be  granted  by  the  United  States,  and  no  per 
son  holding  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  under  them  shall,  without  the  consent  of 
the  congress,  accept  of  any  present,  emolument,  office  or  title  of  any  kind  what- 
ever, from  any  king,  prince,  or  foreign  state. 

§10.  First.  No  state  shall  enter  into  any  treaty,  alliance  or  confederation; 
grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal;  coin  money;  emit  bills  of  credit;  make  any- 
thing but  gold  and  siher  coin  a  tender  in  payment  of  debts;  pass  any  bill  of 
attainder,  c.v /f).«/  /'r/r/o  law,  or  law  impairing  the  obligation  of  contracts;  or  grant 
any  title  of  nobility. 

Second.  No  state  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  congress,  lay  any  imposts  or 
duties  on  imports  or  exports,  except  what  may  be  absolutely  necessary  for  execut- 
ing its  inspection  laws ;  and  the  net  produce  of  all  duties  and  imposts,  laid  by  any  state 
on  imports  or  exports,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  treasury  of  the  United  States,  and 
all  such  laws  shall  be  subject  to  the  revision  and  control  of  the  congress.  No  state 
shall,  without  the  consent  of  congress,  lay  any  duty  of  tonnage,  keep  troops  or 
ships  of  war  in  time  of  peace,  enter  into  any  agreement  or  compact  with  another 
state,  or  with  a  foreign  power,  or  engage  in  war,  unless  actually  invaded,  or  in  such 
imminent  danger  as  will  not  admit  of  delay. 

Article  II. 

Sec.  1.  Ftr.'it.  The  executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  president  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  He  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  term  of  four  3'ears,  and 
together  with  the  vice-president,  chosen  for  the  same  term,  be  elected  as  follows: 

Second.  Each  state  shall  appoint,  in  such  manner  as  the  legislature  thereof  may 
direct,  a  number  of  electors,  equal  to  the  whole  number  of  senators  and  representa- 
tives to  which  the  state  may  be  entitled  in  the  congress;  but  no  senator  or  representa- 
tive, or  person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or  profit  under  the  United  States,  sliall  be 
appointed  an  elector. 

Third.  'The  elector.'!  shall  meet  in  their  respective  states,  and  vote  by  ballot  for  izvo 
persons,  of  whom  one  at  least,  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  same  state  xvith  them- 
selves. And  they  shall  make  a  list  of  all  the  persons  voted  for,  and  of  the  number  of 
votes  for  each;  ivhich  list  they  shall  sign  and  certify,  and  transmit  sealed  to  the  seat  of 
governinent  of  the  United  States,  directed  to  the  president  of  the  senate.  The- president 
of  the  senate  shall,  in  the  presence  oj  the  senate  and  house  of  representatives,  open  all 
the  certificates,  and  the  votes  shall  then  be  counted.  The  person  having  the  greatest 
number  of  votes  shcdl  be  the  presidetit,  if  such  tiumber  be  a  majority  of  the  ivhole  num- 
ber of  electors  appointed ;  and  if  there  be  more  thati  one  rvho  have  such  majority,  and 
have  an  equal  number  of  votes,  then  the  house  of  representatives  shall  immediately  choose 
by  ballot,  one  of  them  for  president ;  and  if  no  person  have  a  majority,  then  from  the 
five  highest  on  the  list  the  said  house  sfiall.  in  like  manner,  choose  the  president.  But  in 
choosing  the  president,  the  votes  shall  he  taken  by  states,  tlie  representation  from  each 
state  having  one  vote  ;  a  quorum  for  this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  member  or  tnembers 
from  two-thirds  of  tJie  states,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  states  shall  be  necessary  to  a 
c/ioice.  In  everv  case,  after  the  choice  of  the  president,  the  person  having  the  greatest 
number  of  votes  of  the  electors  sliall  be  the  vice-president .  But  if  there  should  remain 
txvo  or  more  who  have  equal  votes,  the  senate  shall  choose  from  them,  by  ballot,  the  vice- 
president. — [The  foregoing  provisions  were  changed  by  the  r2th  Amendment. 

Fourth.  The  congress  n\ay  determine  the  time  of  choosing  the  electors,  and  the 
day  on  which  they  shall  give  their  votes;  which  day  shall  be  the  same  throughout 
the  United  States. 

Fijth.  No  person  except  a  natural  born  citizen,  or  a  citizen  of  the  United  States 
at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
president;  neillier  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  that  office  who  shall  not  have 
attained  to  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  and  been  fourteen  years  a  resident  within  the 
United  States. 

Sixth.  In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  president  from  office,  or  of  his  death,  resig- 
nation, or  inability  to  discharge  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  said  office,  the  same  shall 
devolve  on  the  vice-president,  and  the  congress  may.  by  law,  provide  for  the  case  of 
removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability,  both  of  the  president  and  vice-president, 
declaring  what  officer  shall  then  act  as  president,  and  such  officer  shall  act  accord- 
ingly, until  the  disabilitv  be  removed,  or  a  president  shall  be  elected. 

Seventh.    The  president  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his  services  a  compensa- 


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tion,  which  shall  neither  be  increased  or  diminished  during  the  period  for  which  he 
shall  have  been  elected,  and  he  shall  not  receive  within  that  period  any  other  emolu- 
ment from  the  United  States  or  any  of  them. 

Eii^/tf/i.  Before  he  enters  on  the  execution  of  his  office  he  siiall  take  the  follow- 
ing oath  or  affirmation : 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  execute  the  ofBce  of  president  of  the  United  States,  ' 
and  will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  preserve,  protect  and  defeni  the  constitution  of  the  United  States. 

§  2.  First.  The  president  shall  be  commander-in-chief  of  the  army  and  navy 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  militia  of  the  several  states,  when  called  into  the 
actual  service  of  the  United  States.  He  may  require  the  opinion,  in  writing,  of  the 
principal  officer  in  each  of  the  executive  departments,  upon  any  subject  relating 
to  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices;  and  he  shall  have  power  to  grant  reprieves 
and  pardons,  for  oftenses  against  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment. 

Second.  He  shall  have  power,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate, 
to  make  treaties,  provided  two-thirds  of  the  senators  present  concur;  and  he  shall 
nominate,  and,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate,  shall  appoint  am- 
bassadors, other  public  ministers  and  consuls,  judges  of  the  supreme  court,  and  all 
other  officers  of  the  United  States,  whose  appointments  are  not  herein  otherwise 
provided  for,  and  which  shall  be  established  bv  law.  But  the  congress  may,  by  law, 
vest  the  appointment  of  such  inferior  officers,  as  they  shall  think  proper,  in  the 
president  alone,  in  the  courts  of  law,  or  in  the  heads  of  departments. 

Third.  The  president  shall  have  power  to  fill  up  all  vacancies  that  may  happen 
during  the  recess  of  the  senate,  by  granting  commissions,  which  shall  expire  at  the 
end  of  their  next  session. 

>^  8.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  to  the  congress  information  of  the  state 
of  the  union;  and  recommend  to  their  consideration  such  measures  as  he  shall 
judge  necessary  and  expedient.  He  inav,  on  extraordinary  occasions,  convene  both 
houses,  or  either  of  them,  and  in  case  of  disagreement  between  them,  with  respect 
to  the  time  of  adjournment,  he  may  adjourn  them  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think 
proper.  He  shall  receive  ambassadors  and  other  public  ministers.  He  shall  take 
care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed ;  and  shall  commission  all  officers  of  the 
United  States. 

i^  4.  The  president,  vice-president,  and  all  civil  officers  of  the  United  States 
shall  be  removed  from  office,  on  impeachment  for  and  conviction  of  treason,  bribery, 
or  other  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors. 

Article  III. 

Sec.  1.  The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  be  vested  in  one  supreme 
court,  and  in  such  inferior  courts  as  the  congress  may,  from  time  to  time,  ordain  and 
establish.  The  judges,  both  of  the  supreme  and  inferior  courts,  shall  hold  their 
offices  during  good  behavior;  and  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  their  services  a 
compensation,  which  shall  not  be  diminished  during  their  continuance  in  office. 

§  'i.  First.  The  judicial  power  shall  extend  to  all  cases,  in  law  and  equity, 
arising  under  this  constitution,  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  treaties  made,  or 
which  shall  be  made,  under  their  authority;  to  all  cases  affecting  ambassadors,  other 
public  ministers,  and  consuls;  to  all  cases  of  admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction; 
to  controversies  to  which  the  United  States  shall  be  a  party ;  to  controversies  between 
two  or  inore  states;  between  a  state  and  citizens  of  another  state;  between  citizens 
of  different  states;  between  citizens  of  the  same  state,  claiming  lands  under  grants 
of  different  states;  and  between  a  state  or  the  citizens  thereof,  and  foreign  states, 
citizens  or  subjects. 

Second.  In  all  cases,  affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers,  and  consuls, 
and  those  in  which  a  state  shall  be  a  party,  the  supreme  court  shall  have  original 
jurisdiction.  In  all  the  other  cases  before  mentioned,  the  supreme  court  shall  have 
appellate  jurisdiction,  both  as  to  law  and  tact,  with  such  exceptions,  and  under  such 
regulations  as  the  congress  shall  make. 

Third.  The  trial  of  all  crimes,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall  be  by  jury; 
and  such  trials  shall  be  held  in  the  state  where  the  said  crimes  shall  have  been  com- 
mitted; but  when  not  committed  within  any  state,  the  trial  shall  be  at  such  place  or 
places,  as  the  congress  may  by  law  have  directed. 

§  3.     First.     Treason  against  the  United  States  shall  consist  onlv  in  levying  war 


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against  them,  or  in  adhering  to  their  enemies,  giving  tlaem  aid  and  comfort.  No 
person  shall  be  convicted  of  treason  unless  on  the  testimony  of  two  witnesses  to  the 
same  overt  act,  or  on  confession  in  open  court. 

Second.  The  congress  shall  have  power  to  declare  the  punishment  of  treason  ;  but 
n "1  attainder  of  treason  shall  work  corruption  of  blood,  or  forfeiture  except  during 
the  life  of  the  person  attainted. 

Artici.e  IV. 

Sec.  1.  Full  faith  and  credit  shall  be  given,  in  each  state,  to  the  public  acts,  rec- 
ords and  judicial  proceedings  of  every  otiier  state.  And  the  congress  maj',  by  gen- 
eral laws,  prescribe  the  manner  in  which  such  acts,  records  and  proceedings  shall  be 
proved,  and  the  effect  thereof 

§  2.  First.  The  citizens  of  each  state  shall  be  entitled  to  all  privileges  and  immu- 
nities of  citizens  in  the  several  states. 

Second.  A  person  charged  in  any  state  with  treason,  felony,  or  other  crime,  who 
shall  flee  from  justice,  and  be  found  in  another  state,  shall,  on  demand  of  the  execu- 
tive authority  of  the  state  from  which  he  fled,  be  delivered  up,  to  be  removed  to  the 
state  having  jurisdiction  of  the  crime. 

Third.  No  person  held  to  service  or  labor  in  one  state,  under  the  laws  thereof, 
escaping  into  another,  shall,  in  consequence  of  any  law  or  regulation  therein,  be  dis- 
charged froin  such  service  or  labor;  but  shall  be  delivered  up  on  claim  of  the  party 
to  whom  such  service  or  labor  may  be  due. 

§  3.  First.  New  states  may  be  admitted  by  the  congress  into  this  union;  but  no 
new  state  shall  be  formed  or  erected  within  the  jurisdiction  of  any  other  state,  nor 
any  state  be  formed  by  the  junction  of  two  or  more  states,  or  parts  of  states,  without 
the  consent  of  the  legislatures  of  the  states  concerned,  as  well  as  of  the  congress. 

Second.  The  congress  shall  have  power  to  dispose  of,  and  make  all  needful  rules 
and  regulations  respecting  the  territory  or  other  property'  belonging  to  the  United 
States;  and  nothing  in  this  constitution  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prejudice  any 
claims  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  particular  state. 

§  4.  .The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  state  in  this  union  a  republican 
form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion;  and  on  appli- 
cation of  the  legislature,  or  of  the  executi\'e  (when  the  legislature  cannot  be  con- 
vened) against  domestic  violence. 

Article  V. 

The  congress,  whenever  two-thirds  of  both  houses  shall  deem  it  necessary,  shall 
propose  amendments  to  this  constitution;  or,  on  the  application  of  the  legislatures  of 
two-thirds  of  the  se\'eral  states,  shall  call  a  convention  for  proposing  amendments, 
which,  in  either  case,  shall  be  valid  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  as  part  of  this  consti- 
tution, when  ratified  by  the  legislatures  of  three-fourths  of  the  several  states,  or  by 
conventions  in  three-fourths  thereof,  as  the  one  or  the  other  mode  of  ratification  may 
be  proposed  by  the  congress :  Provided^  That  no  amendment  which  may  be  made 
prior  to  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight,  shall  in  any  manner  affect 
the  first  and  fourth  clauses  in  the  ninth  section  of  the  first  article;  and  that  no  state, 
without  its  consent,  shall  be  deprived  of  its  equal  suffrage  in  the  senate. 

Article  VI. 

Sec.  1.  First.  All  debts  contracted,  and  engagements  entered  into,  before  tlie 
adoption  of  this  constitution,  shall  be  as  valid  against  the  United  States  under  this 
constitution,  as  under  the  confederation. 

Second.  This  constitvition,  and  the  laws  of  the  United  States  which  shall  be  made 
in  pursuance  thereof,  and  all  treaties  made,  or  which  shall  be  made,  under  au- 
thority of  the  L^nited  States,  shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the  land;  and  the  judges 
in  every  state  shall  be  bound  thereby;  anything  in  the  constitution  or  laws  of  any 
state  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Third.  The  senators  and  representatives  before  mentioned,  and  the  inembers  o4" 
the  several  state  legislatures,  and  all  executive  and  judicial  officers,  both  of  the  Uni- 
ted States  and  of  the  several  states,  shall  be  bound  by  oath  or  affirmation,  to  support 
this  constitution  :  but  no  religious  test  shall  exer  be  required  as  a  qualification  to  any 
office  or  public  trust  under  the  United  States. 


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Article  VII. 

The  ratification  of  the  conventions  of  nine  states  shall  be  sufficient  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  this  constitution  between  the  states  so  ratifying  the  same. 

Done  in  convention,  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  states  present,  the  seven- 
teenth dav  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
eighty-seven,  and  of  the  independence  of  the  United  States  of  America  the  twelfth. 


Amendments  to  the  Constitution. 

Proposed  by  congress  and  ratified  by  the  legislatures  of  the  several  states,  pursuant  to  Art.  V.  of  the  original 
constitution  — For  the  first  twelve  :  1  Stat,  at  Large,  21.  Thirteenth  proposed  :  13  Id.,  567;  proclaimed: 
Id.,  774.    Fourteenth  proposed  :  14  Id.,  358;  proclaimed:  1.5  Id.,  706, 708.     Fifteenth  proposed  :  15  Id. ,346. 

I.  Congress  shall  make  no  law  respecting  an  establishment  of  religion,  or  prohib- 
iting the  free  exercise  thereof ;  or  abridging  the  freedom  of  speech,  or  of  the  press ; 
or  the  right  of  the  people  peaceably  to  assemble,  and  to  petition  the  government  for 
a  redress  of  grievances. 

II.  A  well  regulated  militia  being  necessary  to  the  security  of  a  tree  state,  the 
right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms  shall  not  be  infringed. 

III.  No  soldier  shall,  in  tinie  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  anv  house  without  the 
consent  of  the  owner:  nor  in  time  of  war,  but  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed    by  law. 

IV.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons,  houses,  papers,  and 
effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seizures,  shall  not  be  violated;  and  no 
warrants  shall  issue,  but  upon  probable  cause,  supported  hy  oath  or  affirmation,  and 
particularly  describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  persons  or  things  to  be 
seized. 

V.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  capital,  or  otherwise  infamous  crime, 
imless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a  grand  jury,  except  in  cases  arising  in  the 
land  or  naval  forces,  or  in  the  militia,  when  in  actual  service,  in  time  of  war  or  pub- 
lic danger;  nor  shall  anv  person  be  subject,  for  the  same  offense,  to  be  twice  put  in 
jeopardy  of  life  or  limb;  nor  shall  be  compelled,  in  any  criminal  case,  to  be  a  witness 
against  himself,  nor  be  deprived  of  life,  libert}'  or  property,  without  due  process  of 
law;  nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use  without  I'ust  compensation. 

VI.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the  right  to  a  speedy 
and  public  trial,  by  an  inipartial  jury  of  the  state  and  district  wherein  the  crime 
shall  have  been  committed,  which  district  shall  have  been  previously  ascertained  by 
law,  and  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusation;  to  be  confronted 
with  the  witnesses  against  hfm ;  to  have  compulsory  process  for  obtaining  witnesses 
in  his  favor;  and  to  have  the  assistance  of  counsel  for  iiis  defense. 

VII.  In  suits  at  common  law,  where  the  value  in  controversy  shall  exceed  $30., 
the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall  be  preserved;  and  no  fact  tried  bv  a  fury  shall  be  oth- 
wise  re-examined  in  any  coiu-t  of  the  United  States,  than  according  to  the  rules  of 
the  common  law. 

VIII.  Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required,  nor  excessive  fines  imposed,  nor  cruel 
and  unusual  punishments  inflicted. 

IX.  The  enumeration  in  the  constitution,  of  certain  rights  shall  not  be  construed 
to  deny  or  disparage  others  retained  by  the  people. 

X.  The  powers  not  delegated  to  the  United  States  bv  the  constitution,  nor  pro- 
iiibiled  by  it  to  the  states,  are  reserved  to  the  states  respectively,  or  to  the  people. 

XI.  The  judicial  power  of  the  United  Stales  shall  not  be  construed  to  extend  to 
any  suit  in  law  or  equity,  commenced  or  prosecuted  against  one  of  the  United  States 
by  citizens  of  another  state,  or  by  citizens  or  subjects  of  any  foreign  state. 

XII.  Sec.  1.  The  electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  states,  and  vote  by  bal- 
lot for  president  and  vice  president,  one  of  whom  at  least  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant 
of  the  same  state  with  themselves;  they  shall  name  in  their  ballots  the  person  voted 
for  as  ]iresident,  and  in  distinct  ballots  the  person  voted  for  as  vice  president;  and 
they  shall  make  distinct  lists  of  all  persons  voted  for  as  president,  and  of  all  persons 
voted  for  as  vice  president,  and  of  the  number  of  votes  for  each,  which  list  they  shall 
sign  and  certify,  and  transmit  sealed  to  the  seat  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  directed  to  the  president  of  the  senate;  the  president  of  the  senate  shall,  in 


712  CONSTITUTION. 

the  presence  of  the  senate  and  house  of  representatives,  open  all  the  certificates,  and 
the  votes  shall  then  be  counted;  the  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  for 
president,  shall  be  the  president,  if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number 
of  electors  appointed;  and  if  no  person  have  such'majoritj,  then  from  the  persons 
having  the  highest  numbers,  not  exceeding  three,  on  the  list  of  those  voted  for  as 
president,  the  house  of  representatives  shall  choose  immediately,  by  ballot,  the  pres- 
ident. But  in  choosing  the  president,  the  votes  shall  be  taken  by  states,  the  repre- 
sentation from  each  state  having  one  vote;  a  quorinn  for  this  purpose  shall  consist 
of  a  member  or  members  from  two-thirds  of  the  States,  and  a  majoritv  of  all  the 
states  shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice.  And  if  the  house  of  representatives  shall  not 
choose  a  president  whenever  the  right  of  choice  shall  devolve  upon  them,  before  the 
fourth  day  of  March  next  following,  then  the  vice  president  shall  act  as  president,  as 
in  the  case  of  the  death  or  other  constitutional  disability  of  the  president. 

§  2.  The  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  as  vice  president,  shall  be 
the  vice  president,  if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  electors 
appointed;  and  if  no  person  have  a  majority',  then  from  the  two  highest  numbeis  on 
the  list,  the  senate  shall  choose  the  vice  president:  a  quorum  for  the  purpose  shall 
consist  of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  number  of  senators,  and  a  majority  of  the  whole 
number  shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice. 

^  3.  But  no  person  constitutionally  ineligible  to  the  office  of  president  shall  be 
eligible  to  that  of  vice  president  of  the  United  States. 

XIII.  Sec.  1.  Neither  slavery  nor  involimtary  servitude,  except  as  a  punish- 
ment for  crime,  whereof  the  party  shall  have  been  duly  convicted,  shall  exist  within 
the  United  States,  or  any  place  subject  to  their  jurisdiction. 

§  2.     Congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  article  by  appropriate  legislation. 

XIV.  Sec.  1.  All  persons  born  or  naturalized  in  the  United  States,  and  subject 
to  the  jurisdictioii  thereof,  are  citizens  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  state  wherein 
they  reside.  No  state  shall  make  or  enforce  anv  law  which  shall  abridge  the  privi- 
leges or  immunities  of  citizens  of  the  United  States;  nor  shall  anv  state  deprive  any 
person  of  life,  liberty  or  property,  without  due  process  of  law,  nor  deny  to  any  person 
within  its  jurisdiction  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws. 

§  2.  Representatives  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  states  according  to 
their  respective  numbers,  counting  the  whole  number  of  persons  in  each  state,  ex- 
cluding Indians  not  taxed.  But  when  the  right  to  vote  at  any  election  for  the  choice 
of  electors  for  president  and  vice  president  of  the  United  States,  representatives  in 
congress,  the  executive  and  judicial  officers  of  a  state,  or  the  members  of  the  legis- 
lature thereof,  is  denied  to  any  of  the  male  inhabitants  of  such  state,  being  21  years 
of  age,  and  citizens  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  way  abridged,  except  for  partici- 
pation in  rebellion  or  other  crime,  the  basis  of  representation  therein  shall  be  reduced 
in  the  proportion  which  the  number  of  such  male  citizens  shall  bear  to  the  w^hole 
number  of  male  citizens  21  years  of  age  in  such  state. 

i^  3.  No  person  shall  be  a  senator  or  representative  in  congress,  or  elector  of 
president  and  vice  president,  or  hold  any  office,  civil  or  military,  under  the  United 
States,  or  under  any  state,  who,  having  previously  taken  an  oath,  as  a  meinber  of 
congress,  or  as  an  officer  of  the  United  States,  or  as  a  member  of  any  state  legisla- 
ture, or  as  an  executive  or  judicial  officer  of  any  state,  to  support  the  constitution  of 
the  United  States,  shall  have  engaged  in  insurrection  or  rebellion  against  the  saine, 
or  given  aid  or  comfort  to  the  enemies  thereof.  But  congress  may,  by  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  each  house,  remove  such  disability. 

§  4.  The  validity  of  the  public  debt  of  the  United  States,  authorized  by  law,  in- 
cluding debts  incurred  for  payment  of  pensions,  and  bounties  for  services  in  sup- 
pressing insurrection  or  rebellion,  shall  not  be  questioned.  But  neither  the  United 
States  nor  anv  state  shall  assume  or  pay  any  debt  or  obligation  incurred  in  aid  of 
insurrection  or  rebellion  against  the  United  States,  or  any  claim  for  the  loss  or  eman- 
cipation of  any  slave;  but  all  such  debts,  obligations  and  claims  shall  be  held  illegal 
and  void. 

§  5.  The  congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce,  by  appropriate  legislation,  the 
provisions  of  this  article. 

XV.  §  1.  The  right  of  citizens  of  the  United  States  to  vote  shall  not  be  denied 
or  abridged  hy  the  United  States  or  any  state  on  account  of  race,  color,  or  previous 
condition  of  servitude 

^5  2.   The  congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  article  by  appropriate  legislation. 


Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 


Preamble.  We,  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois— grateful  to  Almighty  God 
for  the  civil,  political  and  religious  liberty  which  He  hath  so  long  permitted  us  to 
enjoy,  and  looking  to  Him  for  a  blessing  upon  our  endeavors  to  secure  and  transmit 
the  same  unimpaired  to  succeeding  generations— in  order  to  form  a  more  pertect 
government,  establish  justice,  insuredomestic  tranquility,  provide  for  the  common 
defense,  promote  the  general  welfare,  and  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty  to  our- 
selves and  our  posterity ;  do  ordain  and  establish  this  constitution  for  the  state  of 
Illinois. 

Article  I. 

Bon?idarics. 

The  boundaries  and  jurisdiction  of  the  state  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit:  Begin-_ 
ning  at  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash  river;  thence  up  the  same,  and  with  the  line  ot 
Indiana,  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  state;  thence,  east,  with  the  line  of  the 
same  state,  to  the  middle  of  Lake  Michigan;  thence  north,  along  the  middle  of  said 
lake,  to  north  latitude  forty-two  degrees  and  thirty  minutes ;  thence  west  to  the 
middle  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and  tlience  down  along  the  middle  of  that  river  to 
its  confluence  with  the  Ohio  river,  and  thence  up  the  latter  river,  along  its  north- 
western shore,  to  the  place  of  begmning:  Provided,  that  this  state  shall  exercise 
such  jurisdiction  upon  the  Ohio  river  as  she  is  now  entitled  to,  or  such  as  may  here- 
after be  agreed  upon  by  this  state  and  the  state  of  Kentucky. 

Article  II. 
Bill  of  Riff/its. 

Sec.  1.  All  men  are  bv  nature  free  and  independent,  and  have  certain  inherent 
and  inalienable  rights — among  these  are  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness. 
To  secure  these  rights  and  the  protection  of  property,  governments  are  instituted 
among  men,  deriving  their  just  powers  from  tne  consent  of  the  governed. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty  or  property,  without  due  pro- 
cess of  law. 

§  3.  The  free  exercise  and  enjoyment  of  religious  profession  and  worship,  with- 
out discrimination,  shall  forever  be  guaranteed;  and  no  person  shall  be  denied  any 
civil  or  political  right,  privilege  or  capacity  on  account  of  his  religious  opinions  ; 
but  the  liberty  of  conscience  hereby  secured  shall  not  be  construed  to  dispense  with 
oaths  or  affirmations,  excuse  acts  of  licentiousness,  or  justify  practices  inconsistent 
with  the  peace  or  safety  of  the  state.  No  person  shall  be  required  to  attend  or  sup- 
port any  ministry  or  place  of  worship  against  his  consent,  nor  shall  any  preference 
be  given  by  law  to  any  religious  denomination  or  mode  of  worship. 

g  4.  Every  person  may  freely  speak,  write  and  publish  on  all  subjects,  being 
responsible  for  the  abuse  of  that  liberty;  and  in  all  trials  for  libel,  both  civil  and 
criminal,  the  truth,  when  published  with  good  motives  and  for  justifiable  ends,  shall 
be  a  sufficient  defense. 

§  5.  The  right  of  trial  by  jury  as  heretofore  enjoyed,  shall  remain  inviolate;  but 
the  trial  of  civil  cases  before  "justices  of  the  peace  by  a  jury  of  less  than  twelve  men, 
may  be  authorized  bv  law. 

'^  6.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons,  houses,  papers  and 
effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seizures,  shall  not  be  violated;  and  no 
warrant  shall  issue  without  probable  cause,  supported  by  affidavit,  particularly  de- 
scribing the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  jierson  or  things  to  be  seized. 

§  7^     All    persons   shall   be   bailable  by   sufficient   sureties,    except    for   capital 

713 


714  CONSTITUTION 

offenses,  where  the  proof  is  evident  or  the  presumption  great;  and  the  privilege  ot 
the  writ  of  habeas  corf  us  shall  not  be  suspended,  unless  when  in  cases  of  rebellion 
or  invasion  the  public  safety  may  require  it. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  criminal  offense,  unless  on  indict- 
ment of  a  grand  jury,  except  in  cases  in  which  the  punishment  is  by  fine,  or  im- 
prisonment otherwise  than  in  the  penitentiary,  in  cases  of  impeachment,  and  in 
cases  arising  in  the  army  and  navy,  or  in  the  militia  when  in  actual  service  in  time 
of  war  or  public  danger:  Provided,  that  the  grand  jury  may  be  abolished  by  law 
in  all  cases. 

§  9.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  have  the  right  to  appear  and 
defend  in  person  and  by  counsel  ;  to  demand  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusa- 
tion, and  to  have  a  copy  thereof ;  to  meet  the  witnesses  face  to  face,  and  to  have 
process  to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  in  his  behalf,  and  a  speedy  public 
trial  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the  county  or  district  in  which  the  offense  is  alleged  to 
have  been  committed. 

§  10.  No  person  shall  be  compelled  in  any  criminal  case  to  give  evidence 
against  himself,  or  be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  for  the  same  offense. 

§  11.  All  penalties  shall  be  proportioned  to  the  nature  of  the  offense;  and  no 
conviction  shall  work  corruption  of  blood  or  forfeiture  of  estate  ;  nor  shall  any  per- 
son be  transported  out  of  the  state  for  any  offense  committed  within  the  same. 

§  12.  No  person  shall  be  imprisoned  for  debt,  unless  upon  refusal  to  deliver  vip 
his  estate  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by 
law;  or  in  cases  where  there  is  strong  presumption  of  fraud. 

§  13.  Private  property  shall  not  be  taken  or  damaged  for  public  use  without 
just  compensation.  Such  compensation,  when  not  made  by  the  state,  shall  be  ascer- 
tained by  a  jury,  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law.  The  fee  of  land  taken  for  railroad 
tracks,  without  consent  of  the  owners  thereof,  shall  remain  in  such  owners,  subject 
to  the  use  for  which  it  is  taken. 

§  14.  No  ex  fosf  facto  law,  or  law  impairing  the  obligation  of  contracts,  or 
making  any  irrevocable  grant  of  special  privileges  or  immunities,  shall  be  passed. 

§  15.     The  military  shall  be  in  strict  subordination  to  the  civil  power. 

§  16.  No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  any  house  withovit  the 
consent  of  the  owner;  nor  in  time  of  war  except  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law. 

§  17.  The  people  have  the  right  to  assemble  in  a  peaceable  manner  to  consult 
for  the  common  good,  to  make  known  their  opinions  to  their  representatives,  and  to 
apply  Ibr  redress  of  grievances. 

§  18.     All  elections  shall  be  free  and  equal. 

t^  19.  Every  person  ought  to  find  a  certain  remedy  in  the  laws  for  all  injuries 
and  wrongs  which  he  may  receive  in  his  person,  property  or  reputation ;  he  ought 
to  obtain,  b^'  law,  right  and  justice  freely,  and  without  being  obliged  to  purchase  it, 
completely  and  without  denial,  promptly  and  without  delay. 

§  20.  A  frequent  recurrence  to  the  fundamental  principles  of  civil  government 
is  absolutely  necessary  to  preserve  the  blessings  of  liberty. 

Article  III. 

Distribution  of  Poxvers. 

The  powers  of  the  government  of  this  state  are  divided  into  three  distinct  de- 
partments— the  legislative,  executive  and  judicial;  and  no  person,  or  collection  of 
persons,  being  one  of  these  departments,  shall  exercise  any  power  properly  belong- 
ing to  either  of  the  others,  except  as  hereinafter  expressly  directed  or  permitted. 

Article  IV. 

Legislatit'e  Department. 

Sec.  1.  The  legislative  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  general  assembly,  which 
shall  consist  of  a  senate  and  house  of  representatives,  both  to  be  elected  by  the  people. 

ELECTION. 

i^  2.  An  election  for  members  of  the  general  assembly  shall  be  held  on  the 
Tuesday  next  after  the  first  Monday  in   November,  in  the  year  of  our   Lord  one 


OF    ILLINOIS.  7^5 

thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy,  and  every  two  years  thereafter,  in  each  county, 
at  such  places  therein  as  may  be  provided  by  law.  When  vacancies  occur  in  either 
house,  the  governor,  or  person  exercising  the  powers  of  governor,  shall  issue  writs 
of  election  to  fill  such  vacancies. 

KLIUIBILITY    AND    OATH. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  be  a  senator  who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  twenty- 
five"  vears,  or  a  representative  who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years. 
No  person  shall  be  a  senator  or  a  representative  who  shall  not  be  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  and  who  shall  not  have  been  for  five  years  a  resident  of  this  state, 
and  for  two  years  next  preceding  his  election  a  resident  within  the  territory  forming 
the  district  from  which  he  is  elected.  No  judge  or  clerk  of  any  court,  secretary  of 
state,  attorney  general,  state's  attorney,  recorder,  sherift",  or  collector  of  public 
revenue,  member  of  either  house  of  congress,  or  person  holding  any  lucrative  office 
under  the  United  States  or  this  state,  or  any  foreign  government,  shall  have  a  seat 
in  the  general  assembly :  Provided,  that  appointments  in  the  militia,  and  the  offices 
of  notary  public  and  justice  of  the  peace  shall  not  be  considered  lucrative.  Nor 
shall  anv  person  holding  any  office  of  honor  or  profit  under  any  foreign  government, 
or  under  the  government  of  the  United  States  (except  postmasters  whose  annual 
compensation  "does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $300),  hold  any  office  of  honor  or  profit 
under  the  authoritv  of  this  state. 

i5  4.  No  person  who  has  been,  or  hereafter  shall  be,  convicted  of  bribery,  perjury 
or  other  infamous  crime,  nor  any  person  who  has  been  or  may  be  a  collector  or 
holder  of  public  moneys,  who  shall  not  have  accounted  for  and  paid  over,  according 
to  law,  all  such  moneys  due  from  him,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  general  assembly,  or  to 
any  office  of  profit  or  trust  in  this  state. 

'  §  5.  Members  of  the  general  assembly,  before  they  enter  upon  their  official 
duties,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  following  oath  or  affirmation : 

"  I  do  solemnly  swear  Cor  affirm)  that  I  will  support  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  the  con- 
stitution of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  senator  (or  representative  i  according 
to  the  best  of  my  ability;  and  that  I  havj  not,  knowingly  or  intentionally,  paid  or  contributed  anything,  or 
made  any  promise  in  the  nature  of  a  bribe,  to  directly  or  indirectly  influence  any  vote  at  the  election  at  which 
I  was  chosen  to  fill  the  said  office,  and  have  not  accepted,  nor  will  I  accept  or  receive,  directly  or  indirectly, 
any  money  or  other  valuable  thins;,  from  any  corporation,  company  or  person,  for  any  vote  or  influence  I  may 
give  or  withhold  on  any  bill,  resolution  or  appropriation,  or  for  any  other  official  act." 

This  oath  shall  be  administered  by  a  judge  of  the  supreme  or  circuit  court,  in 
the  hall  of  the  house  to  which  the  member  is  elected,  and  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
record  and  file  the  oath  subscribed  by  each  member.  Any  member  who  shall  refuse 
to  take  the  oath  herein  prescribed,  shall  forfeit  his  office,  and  every  member  who 
shall  be  convicted  of  having  sworn  falsely  to,  or  of  violating  his  said  oath,  shall 
forfeit  his  office,  and  be  disqualified  thereafter  from  holding  any  office  of  profit  or 
trust  in  this  state. 

APPORTIONMENT — SENATORIAL. 

§  6.  The  general  assembly  shall  apportion  the  state  every  10  years,  beginning 
witii  the  year  1871,  by  dividing  the  population  of  the  state,  as  ascertained  by  the 
federal  census,  by  the  number  .il,  and  the  quotient  shall  be  the  ratio  of  representation 
in  the  senate.  The  state  shall  be  divided  into  51  senatorial  districts,  each  of  which 
shall  elect  one  senator,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  four  years.  The  senators 
elected  in  the  vear  of  our  Lord  1872,  in  districts  bearing  odd  numbers,  shall  vacate 
their  offices  at  the  end  of  two  years,  and  those  elected  in  districts  bearing  even 
numbers,  at  the  end  of  four  years;  and  vacancies  occurring  by  the  expiration  of 
term,  shall  be  filled  by  the  election  of  senators  for  the  full  term.  Senatorial  districts 
shall  be  formed  of  contiguous  and  compact  territory,  bounded  bv  county  lines,  and 
contain  as  nearly  as  practicable  an  equal  number  of  inhabitants;  but  no  district  shall 
contain  less  than  four-fifths  of  the  senatorial  ratio.  Counties  containing  not  less 
than  the  ratio  and  three-foin-ths,  may  be  divided  into  separate  districts,  and  shall  be 
entitled  to  two  senators,  and  to  one  additional  senator  for  each  number  of  inhabitants 
equal  to  the  ratio,  contained  by  such  counties  in  excess  of  twice  the  number  of  said 
ratio. 

NoTB. — By  the  adoption  of  minority  representation,  ??  7  and  8  of  this  article  cease  to  be  a  part  of  the 
constitution.  Under  ?  12  of  the  schedule,  and  the  vote  of  adoption,  the  following  section  relating  to  minority 
representation  is  substituted  for  said  sections. 


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MINORITY     REPRESENTATION. 


ij!:;  7  and  8.  The  house  of  reprcvsentatives  shall  consist  of  three  times  the  number 
of  the  members  of  the  senate,  and  the  term  of  office  shall  be  two  years.  Three 
representati\  es  shall  be  elected  in  each  senatorial  district  at  the  j^eneral  election  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  1872,  and  ever}'  two  years  thereafter.  In  all  elections  of 
representatives  aforesaid,  each  qualified  voter  may  cast  as  many  votes  for  one  can- 
didate as  there  are  representatives  to  be  elected,  or  may  distribute  the  same,  or  equal 
parts  thereof,  among  the  candidates,  as  he  shall  see  fit;  and  the  candidates  highest 
in  votes  shall  be  declared  elected. 

TIME    OF    MEETING    AND    GENERAL    RULES. 

§  !).  Tiie  sessions  of  the  general  assembly  shall  commence  at  12  o'clock  noon, 
on  the  Wednesday  next  after  the  first  Monday  in  January,  in  the  year  next  ensuing 
the  election  of  members  thereof,  and  at  no  other  time,  unless  as  provided  by  this 
constitution.  A  majority  of  the  members  elected  to  each  house  shall  constitute  a 
quorum.  Each. house  shall  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings,  and  be  the  judge 
of  the  election,  returns  and  qualifications  of  its  members;  shall  choose  its  own 
officers;  and  the  senate  shall  choose  a  temporary  president  to  preside  when  the 
lieutenant  governor  shall  not  attend  as  president,  or  shall  act  as  governor.  The 
secretary  of  state  shall  call  the  house  of  representatives  to  order  at  the  opening  of 
each  new  assembly,  and  preside  over  it  until  a  temporary  presiding  officer  thereof 
shall  have  been  chosen  and  shall  have  taken  his  seat.  No  member  shall  be  expelled 
by  either  house,  except  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  that 
house,  and  no  member  shall  be  twice  expelled  for  the  same  offense.  Each  house 
may  punish  by  imprisonment  any  person,  not  a  member,  who  shall  be  guilty  of 
disrespect  to  the  house  by  disorderly  or  contemptuous  behavior  in  its  presence.  But 
no  such  imprisonment  shall  extend  be\ond  two  hours  atone  time,  unless  the  person 
shall  persist  in  such  disorderly  or  contemptuous  behavior. 

§  10.  The  doors  of  each  house  and  of  committees  of  the  \vhole,  shall  be  kept 
open,  except  in  such  cases  as,  in  the  opinion  of  the  house,  require  secrecy.  Neither 
house  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  two  days,  or  to 
any  other  place  than  that  in  which  the  two  houses  shall  be  sitting.  Each  house  shall 
keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings,  which  shall  be  published.  In  the  senate  at  the 
request  of  two  members,  and  in  the  house  at  the  request  of  five  memljers,  the  yeas 
and  nays  shall  be  taken  on  any  question,  and  entered  upon  the  join-nal.  Any  two 
members  of  either  house  shall  have  liberty  to  dissent  from  and  protest,  in  respectful 
language,  against  any  act  or  resolution  which  they  think  injurious  to  the  public  or 
to  any  individual,  and  have  the  reasons  of  their  dissent  entered  upon  the  journals. 

STYLE    OF    LA^V,S    .\ND    PASSAGE    OF    BILLS. 

§  11.  The  style  of  the  laws  of  this  state  shall  be:  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of 
the  State  of  lUiuois^^  represented  in  the  General  Assembly. 

§  12.  Bills  may  originate  in  either  house,  but  may  be  altered,  amended  or  re- 
jected by  the  other;  and  on  the  final  passage  of  all  bills,  the  vote  shall  be  by  yeas 
and  nays,  upon  each  bill  separately,  and  shall  be  entered  upon  the  journal ;  and  no 
bill  shall  become  a  law  without  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  the  members 
elected  to  each  house. 

§  18.  Every  bill  shall  be  read  at  large  on  three  difterent  days,  in  each  house ; 
and  the  bill  and  all  amendments  thereto  shall  be  printed  before  the  vote  is  taken  on 
its  final  passage;  and  every  bill,  having  passed  both  houses,  shall  be  signed  by  the 
speakers  thereof.  No  act  hereafter  passed  shall  embrace  more  than  one  subject,  and 
that  shall  be  expressed  in  the  title.  But  if  any  subject  shall  be  embraced  in  an  act 
which  shall  not  be  expressed  in  the  title,  such  act  shall  be  void  only  as  to  so  much 
thereof  as  shall  not  be  so  expressed ;  and  no  law  shall  be  revived  or  amended  by 
reference  to  its  title  only,  but  the  law  revived,  or  the  section  amended,  shall  be  in- 
serted at  length  in  the  new  act.  And  no  act  of  the  general  assembly  shall  take 
eftect  until  the  first  day  of  July  next  after  its  passage,  unless,  in  case  of  emergency 
(M'hich  emergency  shall  be  expressed  in  the  preamble  or  body  of  the  act),  the  gene- 
ral assembly  shall,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  each  house, 
otherwise  direct. 


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PRIVILEGES    AND    DISABILITIES. 

g  14.  Senators  and  representatives  shall,  in  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony  or 
breach  of  the  peace,  be  privileged  from  arrest  during  the  session  of  the  general 
assemblv,  and  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  same;  and  for  any  speech  or  de- 
bate in  either  house,  they  shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

§  15.  No  person  elected  to  the  general  assembly  shall  receive  any  civil  appoint- 
ment within  this  state  from  the  governor,  the  governor  and  senate,  or  from  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  during  the  term  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected;  and  all  such 
appointments,  and  all  votes  given  for  any  such  members  for  any  such  office  or  ap- 
pointment, shall  be  void;  nor  shall  any  member  of  the  general  assembly  be  inter- 
ested, either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract  with  the  state  or  any  county 
thereof  authorized  by  any  law  passed  during  the  term  for  which  he  shall  have  been 
elected,  or  within  one  year  after  the  expiration  thereof. 

PUBLIC    MONEYS     AND    APPROPRIATIONS. 

§  16.  The  general  assembly  shall  make  no  appropriation  of  money  out  of  the 
treasury  in  any  private  law.  Bills  making  appropriations  for  the  pay  of  members 
and  officers  of  the  general  assembh",  and  for  the  salaries  of  the  officers  of  the  gov- 
ernment, shall  contain  no  provisions  on  any  other  subject. 

g  17.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury  excejit  in  pursuance  of  an 
appropriation  made  "by  law,  and  on  the  presentation  of  a  warrant  issued  by  the  audi- 
tor tliereon ;  and  no  money  shall  be  di\erted  from  any  appropriation  made  for  any 
purpose,  or  taken  from  any  fund  whatever,  either  by  joint  or  separate  resolution. 
The  auditor  shall,  within  6(3  days  after  the  adjournment  of  each  session  of  the  gen- 
eral as5.emblv,  prepaie  and  publish  a  full  statement  of  all  money  expended  at  such 
session,  specifying  the  amount  of  each  item,  and  to  whom  and  for  what  paid. 

g  18-  Each  general  assembly  shall  provide  for  all  the  appropriations  necessary 
for  the  ordinary  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  government  until  the  expiration  of 
the  first  fiscal  quarter  after  the  adjournment  of  the  next  regular  session,  the  aggre- 
gate amount  of  which  shall  not  be  increased  without  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  elected  to  each  house,  nor  exceed  the  amount  of  revenue  authorized  by 
law  to  be  raised  in  such  time;  and  all  appropriations,  general  or  special,  requiring 
money  to  be  paid  out  of  the  state  treasury,  from  funds  belonging  to  the  state, 
shall  end  with  such  fiscal  quarter:  Provided,  the  state  may,  to  meet  casual  deficits 
or  failures  in  revenues,  contract  debts,  never  to  exceed  in  the  aggregate  $250,000; 
and  moneys  thus  borrowed  shall  be  applied  to  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  ob- 
tained, or  to  pav  the  debt  thus  created,  and  to  no  other  purpose;  and  no  other  debt, 
except  for  the  purpose  of  repelling  invasion,  suppressing  insurrection,  or  defending 
the  state  in  war  (tor  payment  of  which  the  faith  of  the  state  shall  be  pledged),  shall 
be  contracted,  unless  the  law  authorizing  the  same  shall,  at  a  general  election,  have 
been  submitted  to  the  people,  and  have  received  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  for 
members  of  the  general  assembly  at  such  election.  The  general  assembly  shall 
provide  for  the  publication  of  said  law  for  three  months,  at  least,  before  the  vote  of 
the  people  shall  be  taken  upon  the  same;  and  provision  shall  be  made,  at  the  time, 
for  the  payment  of  the  inteiest  annually,  as  it  shall  accrue,  by  a  tax  levied  for  the 
purpose,  or  from  other  sources  of  revenue;  which  law,  providing  for  the  payment 
of  such  interest  by  such  tax,  shall  be  irrepealable  until  such  debt  be  paid:  And 
provided,  f/(rf//er,  thai  the  law  levying  the  tax  shall  be  submitted  to  the  people  with 
the  law  authorizing  the  debt   to  be  contracted. 

g  19.  The  general  assembly  shall  never  grant  or  authorize  extra  compensation, 
fee  or  allowance  to  anv  public  oflicer,  agent,  servant  or  contractor,  after  service  has 
been  rendered  or  a  contract  made,  nor  authorize  the  payment  of  any  claim,  or  part 
thereof,  hereafter  created  against  the  state  under  any  agreement  or  contract  made 
without  express  authorit\- of  law ;  and  all  such  unauthorized  agreements  or  con- 
tracts shall  be  null  and  void:  Proz-ided,  the  general  as>embly  may  make  appro- 
priations for  expenditures  incurred  in  suppressing  insurrection  or  repelling  invasion. 

g  20.  The  state  shall  never  piy,  assume  or  become  responsible  for  the  debts  or 
liabilities  of,  or  in  any  manner  give,  loan  or  extend  its  credit  to  or  in  aid  of,  any 
public  or  other  corporation,  association  or  individual. 

P.KY    OF    MEMBERS. 

g  21.  The  members  of  the  general  assembly  shall  receive  for  their  services  the 
sum  of  $5  per  day,  during  the  first  session  held  under  this  constitution,  and  10  cents 


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for  each  mile  necessarily  traveled  in  Sfoin^  to  and  returning  from  the  seat  of  gov- 
ernment, to  be  computed  by  the  auditor  of  public  accounts;  and  thereafter  such 
compensation  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law,  and  no  other  allowance  or  emolument, 
directly  or  indirectly,  for  any  purpose  whatever;  except  the  sum  of  $50  per  session 
to  each  member,  which  shall  be  in  full  for  postage,  stationery,  newspapers,  and  all 
other  incidental  expenses  ana  perquisites;  but  no  change  shall  be  made  in  the  com- 
pensation of  members  of  the  general  assembly  during  the  term  for  which  they  may 
haye  been  elected.  The  pay  and  mileage  allowed  to  each  member  of  the  general 
assembly  shall  be  certified  by  the  speakers  of  their  respective  houses,  and  entered 
on  the  journals  and  published  at  the  close  of  each  session. 

SPECIAL    LEGISLATION    PROHIBITED. 

i^  23.  The  general  assembly  shall  not  pass  local  or  special  laws  in  any  of  the 
following  enumerated  cases,  that  is  to  say:  for — 

Granting  divorces; 

Changing  the  names  of  persons  or  places ; 

Laying  out,  opening,  altering,  and  working  roads  or  highways; 

Vacating  roads,  town  plats,  streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds; 

Locating  or  changing  county  seats; 

Regulating  county  and   township  affairs; 

Regulating  the  practice  in  courts  of  justice; 

Regulating  the  jurisdiction  and  duties  of  justices  of  the  peace,  police  magistrates 
and  constables; 

Providing  for  changes  of  \enue  in  civil  and  criminal  cases; 

Incorporating  cities,  towns  or  yillages,  or  changing  or  amending  the  charter  of 
any  town,  city   or  village; 

Providing  for  the  election  of  members  of  the  board  of  supervisors  in  townships, 
incorporated  towns  or  cities; 

Summoning  and  impaneling  grand  or  petit  juries; 

Providing  for  the  management  of  common  schools; 

Regulating  the  rate  of  interest  on  money; 

The  opening  and  conducting  of  any  election,  or  designating  the  place  of  voting; 

The  sale  or  mortgage  of  real  estate  belonging  to  minors  or  others  under  dis- 
ability ; 

The  protection  of  game  or  fish; 

Chartering  or  licensing  ferries  or  toll  bridges; 

Remitting  fines,  penalties  or  forfeitures; 

Creating,  increasing  or  decreasing  fees,  percentage  or  allowances  of  public  offi- 
cers, during  the  term  for  which  said  officers  arc  elected  or  appointed; 

Changing  the  law  of  descent; 

Granting  to  any  corporation,  association  or  individual  the  right  to  lay  down  rail- 
road tracks,  or  amending  existing  charters  for  such  purpose; 

Granting  to  any  corporation,  association  or  individaal  any  special  or  exclusive 
privilege,  immunity  or  franchise  whatever. 

In  all  other  cases  where  a  general  law  can  be  made  applicable,  no  special  law- 
shall  be  enacted. 

i^  2'd.  The  general  assembly  shall  have  no  power  to  release  or  extinguish,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  the  indebtedness,  liability,  or  obligation  of  any  corporation  or  indi- 
vidual to  this  state  or  to  any  municipal  corporation  therein. 

IMPEACHMENT. 

i;  24.  The  house  of  representatives  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeac^hment; 
but  a  majority  of  all  the  inembers  elected  must  concur  therein.  All  impeachments 
shall  be  tried  by  the  senate;  and  when  sitting  for  that  purpose,  the  senators  shall  be 
upon  oath,  or  affirmation,  to  do  justice  according  to  law  and  evidence.  When  the 
governor  of  the  state  is  tried,  the  chief  justice  shall  preside.  No  person  shall  be 
convicted  without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  senators  elected.  But  judg- 
ment, in  such  cases,  shall  not  extend  further  than  remoyal  from  office,  and  disqual- 
ification to  hold  any  office  of  honor,  profit  or  trust  under  the  government  of  this 
state.  The  party,  whether  convicted  or  acquitted,  shall,  nevertheless,  be  lialjle  to 
prosecution,  trial,  judgment  and  punishment  according  to  law. 


OF    ILLINOIS.  719 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

§  25.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide,  by  law,  that  the  fuel,  stationery  and 
printing  paper  furnished  for  the  use  of  the  state;  the  copying,  printing,  binding  and 
distributing  tlie  laws  and  journals,  and  all  other  printing  ordered  by  the  general 
assembly,  shall  be  let  by  contract  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder;  but  the  general 
assembly  shall  fix  a  maximum  price;  and  no  member  thereof,  or  other  officer  of  the 
state,  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  such  contract.  But  all  such  con- 
tracts shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  governor,  and  if  he  disapproves  the 
same  there  shall  be  a  re-letting  of  the  contract,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed 
by  law. 

^  26.  The  state  of  Illinois  shall  never  be  made  defendant  in  any  court  of  law  or 
equity. 

§  27.  The  general  assembly  shall  have  no  power  to  authorize  lotteries  or  "ift 
enterprises,  for  any  purpose,  and  shall  pass  laws  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  lottery  or  "-ift 
enterprise  tickets  in  this  state. 

§  28-  No  law  shall  be  passed  which  shall  operate  to  extend  the  term  of  any 
public  officer  after  his  election  or  appointment. 

g  29.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  general  assembly  to  pass  such  laws  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  operative  miners,  by  providing  for  ventilation,  vvhen 
the  same  may  be  required  and  the  construction  of  escapement-shafts,  or  such  other 
appliances  as  may  secure  safety  in  all  coal  mines,  and  to  provide  for  the  enforcement 
of  said  laws  bv  such  penalties  and  punishments  as  may  be  deemed  proper. 

§  iiO.  The  general  assembly  may  provide  for  establishing  and  opening  roads  and 
cartways,  connected  with  a  public  road,  for  private  and  public  use. 

§  31.  The  general  assembly  may  pass  laws  permitting  the  owners  or  occupants 
of  lands  to  construct  drains  and  ditches  for  agricultural  and  sanitary  purposes, 
across  the  lands  of  others. 

J^  32.     The  general  assembly  shall  pass  liberal  homestead  and  exemption  laws. 

g  33.  The  general  assembly  shall  not  appropriate  out  of  the  state  treasury,  or 
expend  on  account  of  the  new  capitol  grounds,  and  construction,  completion^  and 
furnishing  of  the  state  house,  a  sum  exceeding,  in  the  aggregate,  $:J, 500,000,  inclusive 
of  all  appropriations  heretofore  made,  without  first  submitting  tiie  proposition  ibr  an 
additional  expenditure  to  the  legal  voters  of  the  state,  at  a  general  election;  nor 
unless  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  shall  be  for  the  proposed 
additional  expenditure. 

Article  V. 

Executive    Department. 

Sec.  1.  The  executive  department  shall  consist  of  a  governor,  lieutenant  gov- 
ernor, secretary  of  state,  auditor  of  public  accounts,  treasurer,  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  and  attorney  general,  who  shall,  each,  witii  the  exception  of 
the  treasurer,  hold  his  office  tor  the  term  of  four  years  from  the  second  Mon- 
day of  January  next  after  his  election,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied. They  shall,  except  the  lieutenant  governor,  reside  at  the  seat  of  government 
during  their  term  of  office,  and  keep  the  public  records,  books  and  papers  there 
and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

§  2.  The  treasurer  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  his 
successor  is  elected  and  qualified;  and  shall  be  ineligible  to  said  office  for  two  years 
next  after  the  end  of  the  term  for  which  he  was  elected.  He  may  be  required  by 
the  governor  to  give  reasonable  additional  security,  and  in  default  of  so  doing  his 
office  shall   be  deemed  vacant. 

ELECTION. 

§  3.  An  election  for  governor,  lieutenant  governor,  secretary  of  state,  auditor  of 
public  accounts,  and  attorney  general,  shall  be  held  on  the  Tuesday  next  at'ter  the 
first  Monday  of  November,  in  the  year  o."  our  Lord  1872,  and  eVery  four  years 
thereafter;  for  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  on  the  Tuesday  next  after  the 
first  Monday  of  November,  in  the  year  1870,  and  every  four  years  "thereafter;  and 
lor  treasurer  on  the  day  last  above  mentioned,  and  e\ery  two  years  thereafter  at 
such  places  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 


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t?  4.  The  returns  of  every  election  for  the  above  named  officers  shall  be  sealed 
up  and  transmitted,  by  the  returning  officers,  to  the  secretary  of  state,  directed  to 
"  the  speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives,"  who  shall,  immediately  after  the 
organization  of  the  house,  and  before  proceeding  to  other  business,  open  and  publish 
the  same  in  the  presence  of  a  majority  of  each  house  of  the  general  assembly,  who 
shall,  for  that  purpose,  assemble  in  the  hall  of  the  house  of  representatives.  The 
person  ha\ingthe  highest  number  of  votes  for  either  of  said  offices  shall  be  declared 
duly  elected;  but  if  two  or  more  have  an  equal  and  the  highest  number  of  votes, 
the  general  assembly  shall,  by  joint  ballot,  choose  one  of  such  persons  for  said  office. 
Contested  elections  for  all  of  said  offices  shall  be  determined  by  both  houses  of  the 
general  assembly,  by  joint  ballot,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

ELIGIBILITY. 

§  5  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  governor,  or  lieutenant  gov- 
ernor, who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  30  years,  and  been,  for  five  years  next 
preceding  his  election,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State.  Neither  the 
governor,  lieutenant  governor,  auditor  of  public  accounts,  secretary  of  ^tate,  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction  nor  attorney  general  shall  be  eligible  to  any  other 
otfi.ce  during  the  period  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected. 

GOVERNOR. 

fc^  6.  The  supreme  executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  the  governor,  who  shall 
lake  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed. 

t^  7.  The  governor  shall,  at  the  commencement  of  each  session,  and  at  the  close 
of  his  term  of  office,  give  to  the  general  assembly  information,  by  message,  of  the 
condition  of  the  state,  and  shall  recommend  such  measures  as  he  shall  deem  expe- 
dient. He  shall  account  to  the  general  assembly,  and  accompany  his  message  with 
a  statement  of  all  moneys  received  and  paid  out  by  him  from  any  lunds  subject  to 
his  order,  with  vouchers,  and,  at  the  commencement  of  each  regular  session,  pre- 
sent estimates  of  the  amount  of  money  required  to  be  raised  by  taxation  for  all  pur- 
poses. 

45  8.  The  governor  may,  on  extraordinai-y  occasions,  convene  the  general 
assemblv,  by  proclamation,  stating  therein  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  convened; 
and  the  general  assembly  shall  enter  upon  no  business  except  that  for  which  they 
were  called  together. 

8  9.  In  case  of  a  disagreement  between  the  two  houses  with  respect  to  the  time 
of  adjournment,  the  governor  may,  on  the  same  being  certified  to  him,  by  the  house 
first  moving  the  adjournment,  adjourn  the  general  assembly  to  such  time  as  he 
thinks  proper,  not  beyond  the  first  day  of  the  next  regular  session. 

t^  10.  The  governor  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the  ad\ice  and  consent  of 
the  senate,  (a  majority  of  all  the  senators  elected  concurring,  by  yeas  and  nays,) 
appoint  all  officers  whose  offices  are  established  by  this  constitution,  or  which  may 
be  created  by  law,  and  whose  appointment  or  election  is  not  otherwise  provided  ibr ; 
and  no  such  officer  shall  be  appointed  or  elected  by  the  general  assembly. 

§  11.  In  case  of  a  vacancy,  during  the  recess  of  the  senate,  in  any  office  which 
is  not  elective,  the  governor  shall  make  a  temporary  appointment  until  the  next 
meeting  of  the  senate,  when  he  shall  nominate  some  person  to  fill  such  office;  and 
nnv  person  so  nominated  who  is  confirmed  by  the  senate  (a  majority  of  all  the  sen- 
ators elected  concurring  by  yeas  and  nays),  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  remainder 
of  the  term,  and  until  his  succes.sor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified.  No  person, 
after  being  rejected  bv  the  senate,  shall  be  again  nominated  for  the  same  office  at 
the  same  session,  unless  at  the  request  of  the  senate,  or  be  appointed  to  the  same 
office  during  the  recess  of  the  general  assembly. 

§  12.  The  go\ernor  shall  have  power  to  remove  any  officer  whom  he  may  ap- 
point, in  case  of  incompetent/,  neglect  of  duty,  or  malfeasance  in  office  ;  and  he  may 
declare  his  office  vacant,  and  fill  the  same  as  is  herein  provided  in  other  cases  of 
vacancy. 

ii  13.  The  governor  shall  have  power  to  grant  reprieves,  commutations  and 
pardons,  after  conviction,  for  all  offenses,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  may  be  pro- 
\'ided  by  law  relative  to  the  manner  of  applying  therefor. 

t^  14.  The  governor  shall  be  commander-in-chief  of  the  militarv  and  naval  forces 
of  the  state  (except  when  thev  shall  be  called  into  the  service  of  th;  United  States);  and 
mav  call  out  the  same  to  execute  t'.ie  laws,  suppress  insurrectio.i,  and  repel  invasion. 


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§  15.  The  governor,  and  all  civil  officers  of  this  state,  shall  be  liable  to  impeach- 
ment for  any  misdemeanor  in  office. 

VETO. 

§  16.  Every  bill  passed  by  the  general  assembly  shall,  before  it  becomes  a  law, 
be  presented  to  the  governor.  If  he  approve,  he  shall  sign  it,  and  thereupon  it  shall 
become  a  law;  but  if  he  do  not  approve,  he  shall  return  it,  with  his  objections,  to  the 
house  in  which  it  shall  have  originated,  which  house  shall  enter  the  objections  at 
large  upon  its  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider  the  bill.  If,  then,  two-thirds  of  the 
members  elected  agree  to  pass  the  same,  it  shall  be  sent,  together  with  the  objec- 
tions, to  the  other  house,  by  which  it  shall  likewise  be  reconsidered,  and  if  approved 
by  two-thirds  of  the  members  elected  to  that  house,  it  shall  become  a  law,  notwith- 
standing the  objections  of  the  governor.  But  in  all  such  cases,  the  vote  of  each 
house  shall  be  determined  by  yeas  and  nays,  to  be  entered  on  the  journal.  Any  bill 
which  shall  not  be  returned  by  the  governor  within  ten  days  (Sundays  excepted) 
after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him,  shall  become  a  law  in  like  manner  as  if  he 
had  signed  it,  unless  the  general  assembly  shall,  by  their  adjournment,  prevent  its 
return;  in  which  case  it  shall  be  filed,  with  his  objections,  in  the  office  of  the  secre- 
tary of  state,  within  ten  days  after  such  adjournment,  or  become  a  law. 

LIEUTENANT     GOVERNOR. 

§  17.  In  case  of  death,  conviction  on  impeachment,  failure  to  qualify,  resigna- 
tion, absence  from  the  state,  or  other  disability  of  the  governor,  the  powers,  duties 
and  emoluments  of  the  office  for  the  residue  of  the  term,  or  until  the  disability  shall 
be  removed,  shall  devolve  upon  the  lieutenant  governor. 

§  18.  The  lieutenant  governor  shall  be  president  of  the  senate,  and  shall  vote 
only  when  the  senate  is  equally  divided.  The  senate  shall  choose  a  president,  pro 
tempore^  to  preside  in  case  of  the  absence  or  iinpeachment  of  the  lieutenant  governor, 
or  when  he  shall  hold  the  office  of  governor. 

§  19.  If  there  be  no  lieutenant  governor,  or  if  the  lieutenant  governor  shall,  for 
any  of  the  causes  specified  in  §  17  of  this  article,  become  incapable  of  performing  the 
duties  of  the  office,  the  president  of  the  senate  shall  act  as  governor  until  the  vacancy 
is  filled  or  the  disability  removed;  and  if  the  president  of  the  senate,  for  an}'  of  the 
above  named  causes,  shall  became  incapable  of  performing  the  duties  of  governor, 
the  same  shall  devolve  upon  the  speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives. 

OTHy.R    STATE    OFFICERS. 

§  20.  If  the  office  of  auditor  of  public  accounts,  treasurer,  secretary  of  state,  at- 
torney general,  or  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  be  vacated  bv  death, 
resignation  or  otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  governor  to  fill  the  same  by  ap- 
pointment, and  the  appointee  shall  hold  his  office  until  his  successor  shall  be  elected 
and  qualified  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law.  An  account  shall  be 
kept  by  the  officers  ot  the  executive  departinenl,  and  of  all  the  public  institutions  of 
the  state,  of  all  moneys  received  or  disbursed  by  them,  severally,  from  all  sources, 
and  for  every  service  performed,  and  a  semi-annual  report  thereof  be  made  to  the 
governor,  under  oath;  and  any  officer  who  makes  a  false  report  shall  be  guilty  of 
perjury,  and  punished  accordingly. 

g  'l\.  The  officers  of  the  executive  department,  and  of  all  the  public  institutions 
of  the  state,  shall,  at  least  10  days  preceding  each  regular  session  of  the  general  as- 
sembly, severally  report  to  the  governor,  who  shall  transmit  such  reports  to  the 
general  assembly,  together  with  the  reports  of  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court,  of 
the  defects  in  the  constitution  and  laws;  and  the  governor  may  at  anv  time  re- 
quire information,  in  writing,  under  oath,  from  the  officers  of  the  executive  depart- 
tnent,  and  all  officers  and  managers  of  state  institutions,  upon  any  subject  relating 
to  the  condition,  management  and  expenses  of  their  respective  offices. 

THE    SEAL    OF    STATE. 

§  23.  There  shall  be  a  seal  of  the  state,  Avhich  shall  be  called  the  "Great  seal  of 
the  State  of  Illinois,"  which  shall  be  kept  by  the  secretary  of  state,  and  used  bv  him, 
officially,  as  directed  by  law. 

FEES    AND    SALARIES. 

§  23.  The  officers  named  in  this  article  shall  receive  for  their  services  a  salary, 
to  be  established  by  law,  which  shall  not  be  increased   or  diminished   during   their 

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official  terms,  and  thev  shall  not,  after  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  those  in  office 
at  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  receive  to  their  own  use  any  fees,  costs,  perqui- 
sites of  othce,  or  other  compensation.  And  all  fees  that  may  hereafter  be  payable 
by  liiw  for  any  service  performed  by  any  officer  provided  for  in  this  article  of  the 
constitution,  shall  be  paid  in  advance  into  the  state  treasury. 

DEFINITION    AND    OATH    OF    OFFICE. 

^  24.  An  office  is  a  public  position  created  by  the  constitution  or  la\y,  continu- 
ing during  the  pleasure  of  the  appointing  po\ver,  or  for  a  fixed  time,  with  a  successor 
elected  or  appointed.  An  employment  is  an  agency,  for  a  temporary  purpose,  which 
ceases  when  that  purpose  is  accomplished. 

5^  25.  All  civil  officers,  except  members  of  the  general  assembly  and  such  infe- 
rior officers  as  may  be  by  law  exempted,  shall,  before  they  enter  on  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  take  and  subscribe  the  following  oath  or  affirmation: 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be)  that  I  will  support  the  constitution  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  that  1  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office 
of according  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

And  no  other  oath,  declaration  or  test  shall  be  required  as  a  qunlification. 

Article  VI. 

Judicial  Department. 

Sec.  1.  The  judicial  powers,  except  as  in  this  article  is  otherwise  provided,  shall 
be  vested  in  one  supreme  court,  circuit  courts,  county  courts,  justices  of  the  peace, 
police  magistrates,  and  in  such  courts  as  may  be  created  by  law  in  and  for  cities  and 
incorporated  towns. 

SUPREME    COURT. 

(^  2.  The  supreme  court  shall  consist  of  seven  judges,  and  shall  have  original 
jurisdiction  in  cases  relating  to  the  revenue,  in  mandamus^  and  habeas  corf  us,  and 
appellate  jurisdiction  in  all  other  cases.  One  of  said  judges  shall  be  chief  justice; 
four  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  the  concurrence  of  tour  shall  be  necessary  to 
every  decision. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the  supreme  court  unless 
he  shall  be  at  least  30  years  of  age,  and  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  nor  unless  he 
shall  have  resided  in  this  state  five  years  next  preceding  his  election,  and  be  a 
resident  of  the  district  in  which  he  shall  be  elected. 

^  4.  Terms  of  the  supreme  court  shall  continue  to  be  held  in  the  present  grand 
divisions  at  the  several  places  now  provided  tor  holding  the  same;  and  until  other- 
wise provided  by  law,  one  or  more  terms  of  said  court  shall  be  held,  for  the  northern 
division,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  each  year,  at  such  times  as  said  court  may  appoint, 
whenever  said  city  or  the  county  of  Cook  shall  provide  appropriate  rooms  therefor, 
and  the  use  of  a  suitable  library,  without  expense  to  the  state.  The  judicial  divisions 
may  be  altered,  increased  or  diminished  in  number,  and  the  times  and  places  of 
holding  said  court  may  be  changed  by  law. 

^  5.  The  present  grand  divisions  shall  be  preserved,  and  be  denominated 
.Southern,  Central  and  Northern,  until  otherwise  provided  by  law".  The  state  shall 
be  divided  into  seven  districts  for  the  election  of  judges,  and  until  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  law,  they  shall  be  as  follows : 

First  District. — The  counties  of  St.  Clair,  Clinton,  Washington,  Jefferson,  Wayne, 
Edwards,  Wabash,  White,  Hamilton,  Franklin,  Perry,  Randolph,  Monroe,  Jackson, 
Williamson,  Saline,  Gallatin,  Hardin,  Pope,  Union,  Johnson,  Alexander,  Pulaski 
and  Massac. 

Sccoud  District.— The  counties  of  Madison,  Bond,  Marion,  Clay,  Richland,  Law- 
rence, Crawford,  Jasper,  Effingham,  Fayette,  Montgomery,  Macoupin,  Shelby, 
Cumberland,  Clark,  Greene,  Jersey,  Calhoun  and  Christian. 

T/iird  District. — The  counties  of  Sangamon,  Macon,  Logan,  De  Witt,  Piatt, 
Douglas,  Champaign,  Vermillion,  McLean,  Livingston,  Ford,  Iroquois,  Coles, 
Edgar,  Moultrie  and  Tazewell. 

Fourth  District. — The  counties  of  Fulton.  McDonough,  Hancock,  Schuyler, 
Brown,  Adams,  Pike,  Mason,  Menard,  Morgan,  Cass  and  Scott. 


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Fifth  District. — The  counties  of  Knox,  Warren.  Henderson,  Mercer,  Ilenrj, 
Stark,  Peoria,  Marshall,  Putnam,  Bureau,  LaSalle,  Grundy  and  Woodford. 

6V.\7/i'  District. — The  counties  of  Whiteside,  Carroll,  Jo  Daviess,  Stephenson, 
Winnebago,  Boone,  McHenry,  Kane,  Kendall,  DeKalb,  Lee,  Ogle  and  Rock  Island. 

Sci'dit/i  District. — The  counties  of  Lake,  Cook,  Will,  Kankakee  and  DuPage. 

The  boundaries  of  the  districts  may  be  changed  at  the  session  of  the  general 
assembly  next  preceding  the  election  for  judges  herein,  and  at  no  other  time;  but 
whenever  such  alterations  shall  be  made,  the  same  shall  be  upon  the  rule  of  equality 
of  population,  as  nearly  as  county  boundaries  will  allow,  and  the  districts  shall  be 
comi:)§sed  of  contiguous  counties,  in  as  nearly  compact  form  as  circumstances  will 
permit.  The  alteration  of  the  districts  shall  not  affect  the  tenure  of  office  of  any 
judge. 

g  6.  At  the  time  ot  voting  on  tiie  adoption  of  this  constitution,  one  judge  ot  the 
supreme  court  shall  be  elected  by  the  electors  thereof,  in  each  of  said  di-.tricts  num- 
bered two,  three,  six,  and  seven,  who  shall  hold  nis  office  for  the  term  of  nine  years 
from  the  first  Monday  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1870.  The  term  of  office 
of  judges  of  the  supreme  court,  elected  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  shall 
be  nine  years;  and  on  the  first  Monday  of  June  of  the  year  in  which  the  term  of  any 
of  the  judges  in  office  at  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  or  of  the  judges  then 
elected,  shall  expire,  and  every  nine  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be  an  election  for 
the  successor  or  successors  of  such  judges,  in  the  respective  districts  wherein  the 
term  of  such  judges  shall  expire.  The  chief  justice  shall  continue  to  act  as  such 
until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  he  was  elected,  after  which  the  judges 
shall  choose  one  of  their  number  chief  justice. 

§  7.  From  and  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  the  judges  of  the  supreme 
court  shall  each  receive  a  salary  of  $4,000  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  until  other- 
wise provided  by  law.  And  after  said*  salaries  shall  be  fixed  by  law,  the  salaries  of 
the  judges  in  office  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  the  terms  for  which 
said  judges  have  been  elected. 

§  8.  Appeals  ami  writs  of  error  may  be  taken  to  the  supreme  court,  held  in  the 
grand  division  in  which  the  case  is  decided,  or,  by  consent  of  the  parties,  to  any 
other  grand  division. 

§  y.  The  supreme  court  shall  appoint  one  reporter  of  its  decisions,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  for  six  years,  subject  to  removal  by  the  court. 

g  10.  At  the  time  of  the  election  for  representatives  in  the  general  assembly, 
happening  next  preceding  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  office  of  the  present  clerks 
of  said  court,  one  clerk  of  said  court  for  each  division  shall  be  elected,  whose  term 
of  office  shall  be  six  years  from  said  election,  but  who  shall  not  enter  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  his  predecessor,  and  every  six  years 
thereafter,  one  clerk  of  said  court  for  each  division  shall  be  elected. 

APPELLATE    COURTS. 

ij  11.  After  the  vear  of  our  Lord  1874,  inferior  appellate  courts,  of  uniform  or- 
ganization and  jurisdiction,  may  be  created  in  districts  formed  for  that  purpose,  to 
which  such  appeals  and  writs  of  error  as  the  general  assembly  may  provide,  may  be 
prosecuted  from  circuit  and  other  courts,  and  from  which  appeals  and  writs  of  error 
shall  lie  to  the  supreme  court,  in  all  criminal  cases,  and  cases  in  which  a  franchise, 
or  freehold,  or  the  validity  of  a  statute  is  involved,  and  in  such  other  cases  as  may  be 
provided  bv  law.  Such  appellate  courts  shall  be  held  by  such  number  of  judges  of 
the  circuit  courts,  and  at  such  times  and  places,  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  pro- 
vided bv  law;  but  no  judge  shall  sit  in  review  upon  cases  decided  by  him;  nor  shall 
said  judges  receive  any  additional  compensation  for  such  services. 

CIRCUIT  COURTS. 

g  12.  The  circuit  courts  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  of  all  causes  in  law  and 
equity,  and  such  appellate  jurisdiction  as  is  or  may  be  provided  by  law,  and  shall 
hold  two  or  more  terms  each  year  in  every  county.  The  terms  of  office  of  judges 
of  circuit  courts  shall  be  six  years. 

{^  13.  The  state,  exclusive  of  the  county  of  Cook  and  other  counties  having  a 
population  of  100,000,  shall  be  divided  into  judicial  circuits,  prior  to  the  expiration  of 
the  terms  of  office  of  the  present  judges  of  the  circuit  courts.  Such  circuits  shall 
be  formed  of  contiguous  counties,  in  as  nearly  compact  form  and  as  nearly  equal 


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as  circumstances  will  permit,  having  due  regard  to  business,  territory  and  popula- 
tion, and  shall  not  exceed  in  number  one  circuit  for  every  100,000  of  population  in 
the  state.  One  judge  shall  be  elected  tor  each  of  said  circuits  by  the  electors  thereof. 
New  circuits  may  be  formed  and  the  boundaries  of  circuits  changed  by  the  general 
assembly  at  its  session  next  preceding  the  election  for  circuit  judges,  but  at  no  other 
time:  Provided^  that  the  circuits  may  be  equalized  or  changed  at  the  first  session  of 
the  general  assembly,  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution.  The  creation,  altera- 
tion or  change  of  any  circirft  shall  not  affect  the  tenure  of  office  of  any  judge. 
Whenever  tlie  business  of  the  circuit  court  of  any  one,  or  of  two  or  more  contigu- 
ous counties  containing  a  population  exceeding  50,000,  shall  occupy  nine  mJhths  of 
the  year,  the  general  assembly  may  make  of  such  county,  or  counties,  a  separate 
circuit.  Whenever  additional  circuits  are  created,  the  foregoing  limitations  shall  be 
observed. 

^  14.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide  for  the  times  of  holding  court  in  each 
countv;  which  shall  not  be  changed,  except  by  the  general  assembly  next  preceding 
tlie  general  election  for  judges  of  said  courts;  but  additional  terms  may  be  provided 
for  in  any  county.  The  election  for  judges  of  the  circuit  courts  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Monday  in  June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1878,  and  every  six  years  thereafter. 

^  15.  The  general  assembly  may  divide  the  state  into  judicial  circuits  of  greater 
pop\ilation  and  territory,  in  lieu  of  the  circuits  provided  for  in  section  13  of  this  art- 
icle, and  provide  for  the  election  therein,  severally,  by,the  electors  thereof,  by  general 
ticket,  of  not  exceeding  four  judges,  who  shall  hold  the  circuit  courts  in  the  cir- 
cuit for  which  thev  shall  be  elected,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

i^  16.  From  and  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  judges  of  the  circuit 
courts  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $1:3,000  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  until  otherwise 
provided  by  law.  And  after  their  salaries  shall  be  fixed  by  law,  they  shall  not  be 
increased  or  diminished  during  the  terms  for  which  said  judges  shall  be,  respect- 
iveh',  elected;  and  from  and  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  no  judge  of  the 
supreme  or  circuit  court  shall  receive  any  other  compensation,  perquisite  or  benefit, 
in  any  form  whatsoever,  nor  perform  any  other  than  judicial  duties  to  which  may 
belong  any  emoluments. 

^  17-  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the  circuit  or  any  in- 
ferior court,  or  to  membership  in  the  "  board  of  county  commissioners,"  unless  he 
shall  be  at  least  25  years  of  age,  and  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  nor  vmless  he 
shall  have  resided  in  this  state  five  years  next  preceding  his  election,  and  be  a  res- 
ident of  the  circuit,  county,  city,  cities,  or  incorporated  town  in  which  he  shall  be 
elected. 


COUNTY    COURT.S. 


S  18.  There  shall  be  elected  in  and  for  each  county,  one  county  judge  and  one 
clerk  of  the  county  court,  whose  terms  of  office  shall  be  four  years.  But  the  gen- 
eral assembly  may  create  districts  of  two  or  more  contiguous  counties,  in  each  of 
which  shall  be  elected  one  judge,  who  shall  take  the  place  ot',  and  exercise  the 
powers  and  jurisdiction  of  county  judges  in  such  districts.  County  courts  shall  be 
courts  of  record,  and  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  in  all  matters  of  probate;  set- 
tlement of  estates  of  deceased  persons;  appointment  of  guardians  and  conservators, 
and  settlements  of  their  accounts;  in  all  matters  relating  to  apprentices;  and  in 
proceedings  for  the  collection  of  taxes  and  assessments,  and  such  other  jurisdiction 
as  may  be  provided  for  by  general  law. 

^  19.  Appeals  and  writs  of  error  shall  be  allowed  from  final  determinations  of 
county  courts,  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 


PROBATE  COURT.S. 


^  20.  The  general  assembly  may  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  probate 
court  in  each  county  having  a  population  of  over  50,000,  and  for  the  election  of  a 
judge  thereof,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  the  county  judge, 
ancfwho  shall  be  elected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner.  Said  courts, 
when  established,  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  of  all  probate  matters,  the  settle- 
ment of  estates  of  deceased  persons,  the  appointment  of  guardians  and  conserva- 
tors and  settlement  of  their  accounts;  in  all  matters  relating  to  apprentices,  and  in 
cases  of  the  sales  of  real  estate  of  deceased  persons  for  the  payment  of  debts. 


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JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE  AND  CONSTABLES. 

§  21.  Justices  of  the  peace,  police  magistrates  and  constables  shall  be  elected 
in  and  for  such  districts  as  are,  or  may  be,  provided  by  law,  and  the  jurisdiction  of 
such  justices  of  the  peace  and  police  magistrates  shall  be  uniform. 

state's  attorneys. 

^  22.  At  the  election  for  members  of  the  general  assembly  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1872,  and  every  four  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  a  state's  attorney 
in  and  for  each  county,  in  lieu  of  the  state's  attornev  now  provided  by  law,  whose 
term  of  office  shall  be  four  years. 

courts  of  cook  county. 

§  23.  The  county  of  Cook  shall  be  one  judicial  circuit.  The  circuit  court  of 
Cook  county  shall  consist  of  five  judges,  until  their  number  shall  be  increased,  as 
herein  provided.  The  present  judge  of  the  recorder's  court  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
and  the  present  judge  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county,  shall  be  two  of  said 
jiKiges,  and  shall  remain  in  office  for  the  terms  for  which  they  were  respectively 
elected,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be  elected  and  qualified.  The  superior  court 
of  Chicago  shall  be  continuec^  and  called  the  superior  court  of  Cook  county.  The 
general  assembly  may  increase  the  number  of  said  judges,  by  adding  one  to  either 
of  said  courts  for  every  additional  50,000  inhabitants  in  said  county,  over  and  above 
a  population  of  400,000.  The  terms  of  office  of  the  judges  of  said  courts  hereafter 
elected  shall  be  six  years. 

§  24.  The  judge  having  the  shortest  unexpired  term  shall  be  chief  justice  of  the 
court  of  which  he  is  a  judge.  In  case  there  are  two  or  more  whose  terms  expire  at 
ttie  same  time,  it  may  be  determined  bv  lot  which  shall  be  chief  justice.  Any  judge 
of  either  of  said  courts  shall  have  all  the  powers  of  a  circuit  judge,  and  may  hold 
the  court  of  which  he  is  a  member.  Each  of  them  may  hold  a  different  branch 
thereof  at  the  same  time. 

§  25.  The  judges  of  the  superior  and  circuit  courts,  and  the  state's  attorney,  in 
said  county,  shall  receive  the  same  salaries,  payable  out  of  the  state  treasury,  as  is 
or  may  be  paid  from  said  treasury  to  the  circuit  judges  and  state's  attorneys  of  the 
state,  and  such  further  compensation,  to  be  paid  by  the  county  of  Cook,  as  is  or 
may  be  provided  by  law;  such  compensation  shall  not  be  changed  during  their  con- 
tinuance in  office. 

§  26.  The  recorder's  court  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  continued,  and  shall 
be  called  the  "criminal  court  of  Cook  county."  It  shall  have  the  jurisdiction  of  a 
circuit  court,  in  all  cases  of  criminal  and  <//^(?,</ criminal  nature,  arising  in  the  county 
of  Cook,  or  that  may  be  brought  before  said  court  pursuant  to  law;  and  all  recog- 
nizances and  appeals  taken  in  said  countv,  in  criininal  and  r/«f?,s-/ criminal  cases,  shall 
be  returnable  and  taken  to  said  court.  It  shall  have  no  jurisdiction  in  civil  cases, 
except  in  those  on  behalf  of  the  people,  and  incident  to  such  criminal  or  ywrt.f/ crim- 
inal matters,  and  to  dispose  of  unfinished  business.  The  terms  of  said  criminal 
court  of  Cook  coimty  shall  be  held  by  one  or  more  of  the  judges  of  the  circuit  or 
superior  court  of  Cook  county,  as  nearly  as  may  be  in  alternation,  as  may  be  deter- 
mined by  said  judges,  or  provided  by  law.  Said  judges  shall  be  ex-officio  judges  of 
said  court. 

§  27.  The  present  clerk  of  the  recorder's  court  of  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be 
the  clerk  of  the  criminal  court  of  Cook  county,  during  the  term  for  which  he  was 
elected.  The  present  clerks  of  the  superior  court  of  Chicago,  and  the  present  clerk 
of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county,  shall  continue  in  office  during  the  terms  for 
which  they  were  respectively  elected;  and  thereafter  there  shall  be  but  one  clerk  of 
the  superior  court,  to  be  elected  by  the  qualified  electors  of  said  countv,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and 
qualified. 

g  28.  All  justices  of  the  peace  in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate  (but  only  upon  the 
recommendation  of  a  majority  of  the  judges  of  the  circuit,  superior  and  county 
courts),  and  for  such  districts  as  are  now  or  shall  hereafter  be  provided  by  law. 
They  shall  hold  their  offices  for  four  years,  and  until  their  successors  have  been 
commissioned  and  qualified,  but  they  may  be  removed  by  summarv  proceeding  in 


726  CONSTITUTION. 

the  circuit  or  superior  court,  for  extortion  or  other  malfeasance.  Existing  justices 
of  the  peace  and  police  magistrates  may  hold  their  offices  until  the  expiration  of 
their  respective  terms. 

GEXERAL    PROVISIONS. 

§  29.  All  judicial  officers  shall  be  commissioned  bv  the  governor.  All  laws 
relating  to  courts  shall  be  general,  and  of  uniform  operation;  and  the  organization, 
jurisdiction,  powers,  proceedings  and  practice  of  all  courts,  of  the  same  class  or 
grade,  so  far  as  regulated  bv  law,  and  the  force  and  effect  of  the  process,  judgments 
and  decrees  of  such  courts,  severally,  shall  be  uniform. 

!?  30.  The  general  assembly  may,  for  cause  entered  on  the  journals,  upon  due 
notice  and  opportunity  of  defense,  remove  from  office  any  judge,  upon  concurrence 
of  three-fourths  of  all  the  members  elected,  of  each  house.  All  other  officers  in 
this  article  mentioned  shall  be  removed  from  office  on  prosecution  and  final  con- 
viction, for  misdemeanor  in  office. 

§  31.  All  judges  of  courts  of  record,  inferior  to  the  supreme  court,  shall,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June  of  each  year,  report  in  writing  to  the  judges  of  the 
supreme  court,  such  defects  and  omissions  in  the  laws  as  their  experience  may  sug- 
gest; and  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
January  of  each  year,  report  in  writing  to  the  governor  such  defects  and  omissions 
in  the  constitution  and  laws  as  they  may  find  to  exist,  together  with  appropriate 
forms  of  bills  to  cure  such  defects  and  omissions  in  the  laws.  And  the  judges  of 
the  several  circuit  courts  shall  report  to  the  next  general  assembly  the  number  of 
days  they  have  held  court  in  the  several  counties  composing  their  respective  cir- 
cuits, the  preceding  two  years. 

§  33.  All  officers  provided  for  in  this  article  shall  hold  their  offices  until  their 
successors  shall  be  qualified,  and  they  shall,  respectively,  reside  in  the  division,  cir- 
cuit, count}-  or  district  for  which  they  may  be  elected  or  appointed.  The  terms  of 
office  of  all  such  officers,  \\  here  not  otherwise  prescribed  in  this  article,  shall  be  four 
years.  All  officers,  where  not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  article,  shall  perform 
such  duties  and  receive  such  compensation  as  is  or  may  be  provided  by  law.  Va- 
cancies in  such  elective  offices  shall  be  filled  by  election;  but  where  the  unexpired 
terin  does  not  exceed  one  year,  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment,  as 
follows:  Of  judges,  by  the  governor;  of  clei-ks  of  courts,  by  the  court  to  which 
the  office  appertains,  or  bv  the  judge  or  judges  thereof;  and  of  all  such  other  offices, 
bv  the  board  of  supervisors  or  board  of  county  commissioners  in  the  county  where 
the  vacancy  occurs. 

§  33.  All  processes  shall  run  :  In  the  name  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois; 
and  all  prosecutions  shall  be  carried  on:  In  the  name  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
People  oj  the  State  of  Illinois;  and  conclude:  Against  the  peace  and  dignity  of  the 
same.  "  Population,"  wherever  used  in  this  article,  shall  be  determined  bv  the  next 
preceding  census  of  this  state,  or  of  the  United  States. 

Article  VII. 
Snfrage. 

Sec.  1.  Every  person  having  resided  in  this  state  one  year,  in  the  county  90 
davs,  and  in  the  election  district  30  days  next  preceding  any  election  therein,  who 
was  an  elector  in  this  state  on  the  first  day  of  April,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1848, 
or  obtained  a  certificate  of  naturalization  before  any  court  of  record  in  this  state 
prior  to  the  first  day  of  Januai-y,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1870,  or  who  shall  be  a 
male  citizen  of  the  United  states,  above  the  age  of  21  years,  shall  be  entitled  to 
vote  at  such  election. 

^  2.     All  votes  shall  be  by  ballot. 

^  3.  Electors  shall,  in  all  cases  except  treason,  felony  or  breach  of  the  peace, 
be  privileged  from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  elections,  and  in  going  to  and 
returning  from  the  same.  And  no  elector  shall  be  obliged  to  do  military  dut^^  on 
the  davs  of  election,  except  in  time  of  war  or  public  danger. 

^  4.  No  elector  shall  be  deemed  to  have  lost  his  residence  in  this  state  by 
reason  of  his  absence  on  business  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  state,  or  in  the 
military  or  naval  ser\ice  of  the  United  States. 


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§  5.  No  soldier,  seaman  or  marine  in  the  army  or  navy  of  the  United  States 
shall  be  deemed  a  resident  ol"  this  state  in  consequence  of  being  stationed  therein. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  be  elected  or  appointed  to  any  office  in  this  state,  civil  or 
military,  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  who  shall  not  have  resided 
in  this  state  one  year  next  preceding  the  election  or  appointment. 

§  7.  The  general  assembly  shall  pass  laws  excluding  from  the  right  of  suftrage 
persons  convicted  of  infamous  crimes. 

Article  VIII. 

Education . 

Sec  1.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide  a  thorough  and  eflicient  system  of 
free  schools,  whereby  all  children  of  this  state  may  receive  a  good  common  school 
education. 

§  3.  All  lands,  moneys  or  other  property  donated,  granted  or  received  for 
school,  college,  seminary  or  university  purposes,  and  the  proceeds  thereof,  sh.ill  be 
faithfully  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  such  gifts  or  grants  were  made. 

^  .3.  Neither  the  general  assembly  nor  an}'  county,  city,  town,  township,  school 
district  or  other  pulslic  corporation,  shall  ever  make  any  appropriation  or  pay  from 
any  public  fund  whatever,  anything  in  aid  of  any  church  or  sectarian  purpose,  or  to 
help  support  or  sustain  any  school,  academy,  seminary,  college,  university  or  other 
literary  or  scientific  institution,  controlled  by  any  church  or  sectarian  denomination 
whatever;  nor  shall  any  grant  or  donation  of  land,  money  or  other  personal  prop- 
erty ever  be  made  by  the  state  or  any  such  public  corporation,  to  any  church,  or  for 
any  sectarian  purpose. 

§  4.  No  teacher,  state,  county,  township,  or  district  school  officer  shall  be  inter- 
ested in  the  sale,  proceeds  or  profits  of  any  book,  apparatus  or  furniture,  used  or  to 
be  used,  in  any  school  in  this  state,  with  which  such  officer  or  teacher  may  be  con- 
nected, under  such  penalties  as  may  be  provided  by  the  general  assembly. 

§  5.  There  may  be  a  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  each  county,  whose 
qualifications,  powers,  duties,  compensation,  and  time  and  manner  of  election,  and 
terni  of  office,  shall  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Article  IX. 
Revenue. 

Sec.  1.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide  such  revenue  as  may  be  needful  by 
levying  a  tax,  by  valuation,  so  that  every  person  and  corporation  shall  pay  a  tax  in 
proportion  to  the  value  of  his,  her  or  its  property — such  value  to  be  ascertained  by 
some  person  or  persons,  to  be  elected  or  appointed  in  such  manner  as  the  general 
assembly  shall  direct,  and  not  otherwise;  but  the  general  assembly  shall  have  power 
to  tax  peddlers,  auctioneers,  brokers,  hawkers,  merchants,  commission  merchants, 
showmen,  jugglers,  inn-keepers,  grocery  keepers,  liquor  dealers,  toll  bridges,  ferries, 
insurance,  telegraph  and  express  interests  or  business,  venders  of  patents,  and  per- 
sons or  corporations  owning  or  using  franchises  and  privileges,  in  such  manner  as  it 
shall  from  time  to  time  direct  by  general  law,  uniform  as  to  the  class  upon  which  it 
operates. 

§  3.  The  specification  of  the  objects  and  subjects  of  taxation  shall  not  deprive 
the  general  assembly  of  the  power  to  require  other  subjects  or  objects  to  be  taxed  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  piinciples  of  taxation  fixed  in  this  con- 
stitution. 

§  3.  The  property  of  the  state,  counties  and  other  municipal  corporations,  both 
real  and  personal,  and  such  other  property  as  may  be  used  exclusively  for  agricul- 
tural and  horticultural  societies,  for  school,  religious,  cemetery  and  charitable  pur- 
poses, mav  be  exempted  from  taxation;  but  such  exeinption  shall  be  only  by  general 
law.  In  the  assessment  of  real  estate  incumbered  bv  public  easement,  any  depreci- 
ation occasioned  by  such  easement  may  be  deducted  in  the  valuation  of  such  prop- 
erty. 

§  4.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide,  in  all  cases  where  it  may  be  necessary 
to  sell  real  estate  for  the  non-payment  of  taxes  or  special  assessments  for  state, 
county,  municipal  or  other  purposes,  that  a  return  of  such  unpaid  taxes  or  asse.ss- 


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nients  shall  be  made  to  some  general  officer  of  tlie  county  ha\ing  autiioi  ity  to 
receive  state  and  county  taxes;  and  there  shall  be  no  sale  of  said  property  lor  any  of 
said  taxes  or  assessments  but  by  said  officer,  upon  the  order  or  judgment  of  some 
court  of  record. 

§  5.  The  right  of  redemption  from  all  sales  of  real  estate  for  the  non-payment  of 
taxes  or  special  assessments  of  any  character  whate\er,  shall  exist  in  favor  of  owners 
and  persons  interested  in  such  real  estate,  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  two  years 
from  such  sales  thereof.  And  the  general  assembly  shall  provide  by  law  for  reason- 
able notice  to  be  given  to  the  owners  or  parties  interested,  by  publication  or  other- 
wise, of  the  fact  of  the  sale  of  the  property  for  such  taxes  or  assessments,  and  when 
the  time  of  redemption  shall  expire:  Provided,  that  occupants  shall  in  all  cases  be 
served  with  personal  notice  before  the  time  of  redeinption  expires. 

^  0.  The  general  assembly  shall  have  no  power  to  release  or  discharge  any 
countv,  city,  township,  towm  or  district  whatever,  or  the  inhabitants  thereof  or  the 
property  therein,  from  their  or  its  proportionate  share  of  taxes  to  be  levied  for  state 
purposes,  nor  shall  commutation  for  such  taxes  be  authorized  in  any  form  whatso- 
ever. 

§  7.     All  taxes  levied  for  state  purposes  shall  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury. 

g  8.  County  authorities  shall  never  assess  taxes,  the  aggregate  of  which  shall 
exceed  75  cents  per  $100  valuation,  except  for  the  payment  of  indebtedness  existing 
at  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  unless  authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  people  of  the 
county. 

^  9.  The  general  assmblv  may  vest  the  corporate  authorities  of  cities,  towns 
and  villages,  with  power  to  make  local  improvements  by  special  assessment  or  by 
special  taxation  of  contiguous  property,  or  otherwise.  For  all  other  corporate  pur- 
poses, all  municipal  corporations  may  be  vested  with  authoritj^  to  assess  and  collect 
taxes;  but  such  taxes  shall  be  uniform  in  respeqt  to  persons  and  property,  with.in  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  body  imposing  the  same. 

§  10.  The  general  assembly  shall  not  impose  taxes  upon  municipal  corporations, 
or  the  inhabitants  or  property  thereof,  for  corporate  purposes,  but  shall  require  that 
all  the  taxable  property  within  the  limits  of  mvmicipal  corporations  shall  be  taxed 
for  the  payment  of  debts  contracted  under  authority  of  law,  svich  taxes  to  be  uniform 
in  respect  to  persons  and  property,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  body  imposing  the 
same.  Private  property  shall  not  be  liable  to  be  taken  or  sold  for  the  payment  of 
the  corporate  debts  of  a  mvmicipal  corporation. 

i^  11.  No  person  who  is  in  default,  as  collector  or  custodian  of  money  or  prop- 
erty belonging  to  a  municipal  corporation,  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  in  or  under 
such  corporation.  The  fees,  salary  or  compensation  of  no  municipal  officer  who  is 
elected  or  ajipointed  for  a  definite  term  of  office,  shall  be  increased  or  diminished 
during  such  term. 

t^  12.  No  county,  city,  township,  school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation 
shall  be  allowed  to  becozne  indebted  in  any  manner  or  for  any  purpose,  to  .nn  amount, 
including  existing  indebtedness,  in  the  aggregate  exceeding  five  per  centum  on  the 
value  of  the  taxable  property  therein,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  for 
state  and  county  taxes  previous  to  the  incurring  of  such  indebtedness.  Any  county, 
city,  school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation  incurring  any  indebtedness  as 
aforesaid,  shall,  before  or  at  the  time  of  doing  so,  provide  for  the  collection  of  a 
direct  annual  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  debt  as  it  falls  due.  and  also 
to  pay  and  discharge  the  principal  thereof  within  twenty  years  from  the  time  of  con- 
tracting the  same.  This  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  any  county,  city, 
township,  school  district  or  other  municipal  corporation  from  issuing  their  bonds 
in  compliance  with  any  vote  of  the  people  which  may  have  been  had  prior  to  the 
adoption  of  this  constitution  in  pursuance  of  any  law  providing  therefor. 

Article  X. 

Counties. 

Sec.  1.  No  new  covinty  shall  be  formed  or  established  by  the  general  assembly, 
which  will  reduce  the  county  or  counties,  or  either  of  them,  from  which  it  shall  be 
taken,  to  less  contents  than  400  square  miles;  nor  shall  any  county  be  formed  of  less 
contents;  nor  shall  any  line  thereof  pass  within  less  than  ten  miles  of  any  county 
seat  of  the  county  or  counties  proposed  to  be  divided. 


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§  2.  No  county  shall  be  divided,  or  have  any  part  stricken  therefrom,  withovit 
submitting  the  question  to  a  vote  of  the  people  of  the  county,  nor  unless  a  majority 
of  all  the  legal  voters  of  the  county  voting  on  the  question  shall  vote  for   the  same. 

i5  3.  There  shall  be  no  territory  stricken  from  any  coimty  unless  a  majority  ot 
the  voters  living  in  such  territory  shall  petition  for  such  division;  and  no  territory 
shall  be  added  to  any  county  without  the  consent  of  the  majority  of  the  voters  of  the 
county  to  which  it  is  proposed  to  be  added.  But  the  j)ortion  so  stricken  oft"  and 
added  to  another  county,  or  formed  in  whole  or  in  part  into  a  new  count}-,  shall  be 
holden  for  and  obliged  to  pay  its  proportion  of  the  indebtedness  of  the  county  from 
which  it  has  been  taken. 

COUNTY    SEAT.S. 

§  4.  No  county  seat  shall  be  removed  until  the  point  to  which  il;  is  proposed  to 
be  removed  shall  be  fixed  in  pursuance  of  law,  and  three-fifths  of  the  voters  of  the 
county,  to  be  ascertained  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  general  law,  shall 
have  voted  in  favor  of  its  removal  to  such  point;  and  no  person  shall  vote  on  such 
question  who  has  not  resided  in  the  county  six  months,  and  in  the  election  precinct 
ninety  days  next  preceding  such  election.  The  question  of  the  removal  of  a  county 
seat  shall  not  be  oftener  submitted  than  once  in  ten  years  to  a  vote  of  the  people. 
But  when  an  attempt  is  made  to  remove  a  county  seat  to  a  point  nearer  to  the  centre 
of  a  county,  then  a  majority  vote  only  shall  be  necessary. 

COUXTY    GOVERNMENT. 

§  5.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide  by  general  law  for  township  organiza- 
tion, under  which  any  county  may  organize  whenever  a  majority  of  the  legal  voters 
of  such  county,  voting  at  any  general  election,  shall  so  determine,  and  whenever  any 
county  shall  adopt  township  organization,  so  much  of  this  constitution  as  provides 
for  the  management  of  the  fiscal  concerns  of  the  said  county  by  the  board  of  coimty 
commissioners  may  be  dispensed  with,  and  the  aftairs  of  said  count\'  may  be  trans- 
acted in  such  manner  as  the  general  assembly  may  provide.  And  in  any  county 
that  shall  ha\'e  adopted  a  township  organization,  the  question  of  continuing  the  same 
may  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  of  such  county  at  a  general  election,  in 
the  manner  that  now  is  or  may  be  provided  bj'law;  and  if  a  majority  of  all  the  votes 
cast  upon  that  question  shall  be  against  township  organization,  then  such  organiza- 
tion shall  cease  in  said  county;  and  all  laws  in  force  in  relation  to  counties  not  hav- 
ing township  organization  shall  immediately  take  eflect  and  be  in  force  in  such 
county.  No  two  townships  shall  have  the  same  name,  and  the  day  of  holding  the 
annual  township  nieeting  shall  be  uniform  throughout  the  state. 

§  fi.  At  the  first  election  of  coimty  judges  under  this  constitution,  there  shall  be 
elected  in  each  of  the  counties  in  this  state  not  under  township  organization,  three 
officers,  who  shall  be  styled  "The  board  of  county  commissioners,"  who  shall  hold 
sessions  for  the  transaction  of  county  business  as  shall  be  provided  by  law.  One  ot 
said  commissioners  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year,  one  for  two  years,  and  one  for 
three  years,  to  be  determined  by  lot;  and  every  year  thereat'ter  one  such  officer  shall 
be  elected  in  each  of  said  counties  for  the  term  of  three  3'ears. 

§  7.  The  county  aftairs  of  Cook  county  shall  be  managed  by  a  board  of  com- 
missioners of  fifteen  persons,  ten  of  whom  shall  be  elected  from  the  city  of  Chicago, 
and  five  from  towns  outside  of  said  city,  in  such  manner  as  maybe  provided  by  law. 

COUNTY  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  COMPENSATION. 

§  8.  In  each  county  there  shall  be  elected  the  following  county  oiicers:  County 
judge  sherift".  county  clerk,  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  (who  ^nay  he  cx-o/^do  recorder 
of  deeds,  except  in  counties  having  60,000  and  more  inhabitants,  in  which  counties  a 
recorder  of  deeds  shall  be  elected  at  the  general  election  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1872),  treasurer,  surveyor  and  coroner,  each  of  whom  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of 
his  office,  respectively,  on  the  first  Monday  of  December  after  their  election;  and 
they  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the  terin  of  four  years,  except  the  treasurer, 
sherift"  and  coroner,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  for  two  years,  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors shall  be  elected  and  qualified. 

§  9.  The  clerks  of  all  the  courts  of  record,  the  treasurer,  sheriff",  coroner  and 
recorder  of  deeds  of  Cook  county,  shall  receive  as  their  only  compensation  t'or  their 
services,  salaries  to  be  fixed  by  law,  which  shall  in  no  case  be  as  niuch  as  the  lawtul 
compensation    of  a  judge   of  the    circuit   court  of  said  county,  and  shall  be  paid. 


730  CONSTITUTION 

respective!}',  only  out  of  the  fees  of  the  office  actually  collected.  All  tecs,  perquisites 
and  emoluments  (above  the  amount  of  said  salaries)  shall  be  paid  into  the  county 
treasury.  The  number  of  the  deputies  and  assistants  of  such  otTicers  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  rule  of  the  circuit  court,  to  be  entered  of  record,  and  their  compensation 
shall  be  determined  by  the  county  board. 

^  10.  The  county  board,  except  as  provided  in  section  9  of  this  article,  shall  fix  the 
coinpensation  of  all  county  officers,  with  the  amount  of  their  necessary  clerk  hire, 
stationery,  fuel  and  other  expenses,  and  in  all  cases  where  fees  are  provided  for,  said 
compensation  shall  be  paid  only  out  of,  and  shall  in  no  instance  exceed,  the  fees  act- 
ually collected;  they  shall  not  allow  eitner  of  them  more  per  annum  than  |;1,500  in 
counties  not  exceeding  20,000  inhabitants;  $2,000  in  counties  containing  20,000  and 
not  exceeding  30,000  inhabitants;  |;2,r)00  in  counties  containing  30,000  and  not  ex- 
ceeding 50,000  inhabitants;  $3  000  in  counties  containing  50,000  and  not  exceeding 
70.000  inhabitants;  $3,500  in  counties  containing  70,000  and  not  exceeding  100,000 
inhabitants;  and  !|4,000  in  counties  containing  over  100,000  and  not  exceeding  250,- 
000  inhabitants;  and  not  more  than  $1,000  additional  compensation  for  each  addi- 
tional 100,000  inhabitants :  i^/v^r'/V/rr/,  that  the  compensation  of  no  officer  shall  be 
increased  or  diminished  during  his  term  of  office.  All  fees  or  allowances  by  them 
received  in  excess  of  their  said  compensation  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury. 

i^  11.  The  fees  of  township  officers,  and  of  each  class  of  county  officers,  shall  be 
uniform  in  the  class  of  counties  to  which  they  respectively  belong.  The  compen- 
sation herein  provided  for  shall  apply  only  to  officers  hereafter  elected,  but  all  fees 
established  by  special  laws  shall  cease  at  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  and  such 
officers  shall  receive  only  such  fees  as  are  provided  bv  general  law. 

i^  12.  All  laws  fixing  the  fees  of  state,  county  and  township  officers  shall  ter- 
minate with  the  terms,  respectively,  of  those  who  may  be  in  oiiice  at  the  meeting 
of  the  first  general  assembly  after  the  adoption  of  this  constitution;  and  the  general 
assembly  shall,  by  general  law,  uniform  in  its  operation,  provide  for  and  regulate  the 
fees  of  said  officers  and  their  successors,  so  as  to  reduce  the  same  to  a  reasonable  com- 
pensation for  services  actually  rendered.  But  the  general  assembly  may,  by  gene- 
ral law,  classify  the  counties  bv  population  into  not  more  tiian  three  classes,  and  regu- 
late the  fees  according  to  class.  This  article  shall  not  be  construed  as  depriving  the 
general  assembly  of  the  power  to  reduce  the  fees  of  existing  officers. 

^  13.  Every  person  who  is  elected  or  appointed  to  any  office  in  this  state,  who 
shall  be  paid  in  whole  or  in  part  by  fees,  shall  be  required  by  law  to  make  a  semi- 
annual report,  under  oath,  to  some  officer  to  be  designated  by  law,  of  all  his  fees  and 
emolimients. 

Article  XI. 

Co  rf  or  at  to  n  s . 

Sec.  1.  No  corporation  shall  be  created  by  special  laws,  or  its  charter  extended, 
changed  or  amended,  except  those  for  charitable,  educational,  penal  or  reformatory 
purposes,  which  are  to  be  and  remain  under  the  patronage  and  control  of  the  state, 
but  the  general  assembly  shall  provide  by  general  laws  for  the  organization  of  all 
corporations  hereafter  to  be  created. 

§  2.  All  existing  charters  or  grants  of  special  or  exclusive  privileges,  under 
which  organization  shall  not  have  taken  place,  or  which  shall  not  have  been  in 
operation  within  ten  days  from  the  time  this  constitution  takes  eftect,  shall  there- 
after have  no  vmlidity  or  eftect  whatever. 

?  3.  The  general  assembly  shall  provide  by  law,  that  in  all  elections  for  direc- 
tors or  managers  of  incorporated  companies,  every  stockholder  shall  have  the  right 
to  vote,  in  person  or  by  proxy,  for  the  number  of  shares  of  stock  owned  by  him, 
foK  as  many  persons  as  there  are  directors  or  managers  to  be  elected,  or  to  cumulate 
said  shares,  and  give  one  candidate  as  many  votes  as  the  number  of  directors  mul- 
tiplied by  the  number  of  his  shares  of  stock  shall  equal,  or  to  distribute  them  on 
the  same  principle  among  as  many  candidates  as  he  shall  think  fit;  and  such  direc- 
tors or  managers  shall  not  be  elected  in  any  other  manner. 

I  4.  No  law  shall  be  passed  by  the  general  assembly  granting  the  right  to  con- 
struct and  operate  a  street  railroad  within  any  city,  town  or  incorporated  village, 
without  requiring  the  consent  of  the  local  authorities  having  the  control  of  the 
street  or  highway  proposed  to  be  occupied  by  such  street  railroad. 


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2  5.  No  state  bank  shall  hereafter  be  created,  nor  shall  the  state  own  or  be 
liable  for  any  stock  in  any  corporation  or  joint  stock  company  or  association  for 
banking  purposes,  now  created  or  to  be  hereafter  created.  No  act  of  the  general 
assembly  authorizing  or  creating  corporations  or  associations  with  banking  powers, 
whether  of  issue,  deposit  or  discount,  nor  amendments  thereto,  shall  go  into  effect 
or  in  any  manner  be  in  force  unless  the  same  shall  be  submitted  to  a  yote  of  the 
people  at  the  general  election  next  succeeding  the  passage  of  the  same,  and  be  ap- 
proved by  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  for  or  against  such  ]a^y. 

^  6.  Every  stockholder  in  a  banking  corporation  or  institution  shall  be  individ- 
ually responsible  and  liable  to  its  creditors,  over  and  above  the  amount  of  stock  by 
him" or  her  held,  to  an  amount  equal  to  his  or  her  respective  shares  so  held,  for  all 
its  liabilities  accruing  while  he  or  she  remains  such  stockholder. 

ii  7.  The  suspension  of  specie  payments  by  banking  institutions,  on  their  cir- 
culation, created  by  the  laws  of  this  state,  shall  never  lae  permitted  or  sanctioned. 
Every  banking  association  now,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  organized  under  the 
laws  of  this  state,  shall  make  and  publish  a  fulTand  accurate  quarterly  statement  of 
its  affairs  (which  shall  be  certified  to  under  oath  by  one  or  more  of  its  officers),  as 
mav  be  provided  by  law. 

'y/,  8.  If  a  general  banking  law  shall  be  enacted,  it  shall  provide  for  the  registry 
and  countersigning,  by  an  officer  of  slate,  of  all  bills  or  paper  credit  designed  to  cir- 
culate as  money,  and  "require  security,  to  the  full  amount  thereof,  to  be  deposited 
with  the  state  treasurer,  in  United  States  or  Illinois  state  stocks,  to  be  rated  at  ten 
per  cent,  below  their  par  value;  and  in  case  of  a  depreciation  of  said  stocks  to  the 
amount  of  ten  per  cent,  below  par,  the  bank  or  banks  owning  said  stocks  shall  be 
required  to  make  up  said  deficiency  by  depositing  additional  stocks.  And  said  law- 
shall  also  provide  for  the  recording  of  the  names  of  all  stockholders  in  such  cor- 
porations, the  amount  of  stock  held  by  each,  the  time  of  any  transfer  thereof,  and 
to  whom  such  transfer  is  made. 

RAILROADS. 

^  9.  Every  railroad  corporation  organized  or  doing  business  in  this  state, 
under  the  laws  or  authority  thereof,  shall  have  and  maintain  a  public  office  or  place 
in  this  state  for  the  transaction  of  its  business,  where  transfers  of  .stock  shall  be 
made,  and  in  which  shall  be  kept,  for  public  inspection,  books,  in  which  shall  be 
recorded  the  amount  of  capital  stock  subscribed,  and  by  whom;  the  names  of  the 
owners  of  its  stock,  and  the  amounts  owned  by  them  respectively;  the  amount  of 
stock  paid  in,  and  bv  whom  ;  the  transfer  of  said  stock ;  the  amount  of  its  assets  and 
liabilities,  and  the  names  and  place  of  residence  of  its  offi.cers.  The  directors  of 
every  railroad  corporation  shall,  annually,  make  a  report,  under  oath,  to  the  auditor 
of  public  accounts,  or  some  officer  to  be  designated  by  law,  of  all  their  acts  and 
doings,  which  report  shall  include  such  matters  relating  to  railroads  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  law.  And  the  general  assembly  shall  pass  laws  enforcing  by  suitable 
penalties  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

^  10.  The  rolling  stock,  and  all  other  movable  property  belonging  to  any  railroad 
company  or  corporation  in  this  state,  shall  be  considered  personal  property,  and 
shall  be' liable  to  execution  and  sale  in  the  same  manner  as  the  personal  property  of 
individuals,  and  the  general  assembly  shall  pass  no  law  exempting  any  such  prop- 
erty from  execution  and  sale. 

t^  11.  No  T'lilroad  corporation  shall  consolidate  its  stock,  property  or  franchises 
with  any  other  railroad  corporation  owning  a  parallel  or  competing  line;  and  in  no 
case  shall  any  consolidation  take  place  except  upon  public  notice  given,  of  at  least 
sixty  days,  to  all  stockholders,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law.  A  ma- 
jority of  the  directors  of  any  railroad  corporation,  now  incorporated  or  hereafter  to 
be  incorporated  by  the  laws  of  this  state,  shall  be  citizens  and  residents  of  this  state. 

§  12.  Railways  heretofore  constructed,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  constructed  in 
this  state,  are  hereby  declared  public  highways,  and  shall  be  free  to  all  persons  for 
the  transportation  of  their  persons  and  property  thereon,  under  such  regulations  as 
may  be  prescribed  bv  law.  And  the  general  assembly  shall,  from  time  to  time,  pass 
laws  establishing  reasonable  niaximimi  lates  of  charges  tor  the  transportation  of 
passengers  and  freight  on  the  different  railroads  in  this  state. 


732  CONSTITUTION 

§  13.  No  railroad  corporation  shall  issue  any  stock  or  bonds,  except  for  money, 
labor  or  property  actually  received  and  applied  to  the  purposes  for  which  such  cor- 
poration was  created  ;  and  all  stock  dividends  and  other  fictitious  increase  of  the  cap- 
ital stock  or  indebtedness  of  any  such  corporation  shall  be  void.  The  capital  stock 
of  no  railroad  corporation  shall  be  increased  for  any  purpose,  except  upon  giving 
sixty  days'  public  notice,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  hy  law. 

§  14.  The  exercise  of  the  power  and  the  right  of  eminent  domain  shall  never  be 
so  construed  or  abridged  as  to  prevent  the  taking,  by  the  general  assembly,  of  the 
property  and  franchises  of  incorporated  companies  already  organized,  and  subjecting 
them  to  the  public  necessity  the  same  as  individuals.  The  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall 
be  held  inviolate  in  all  trials  of  claiins  for  compensation  Avhen,  in  the  exercise  of 
the  said  right  of  eminent  domain,  any  incorporated  company  shall  be  interested 
either  for  or  against  the  exercise  of  said  right. 

§  15.  The  general  assembly  shall  pass  laws  to  correct  abuses  and  prevent  unjust 
discrimination  and  extortion  in  the  rates  of  freight  and  passenger  tariffs  on  the  dif- 
ferent railroads  in  this  state,  and  enforce  such  laws,  by  adequate  penalties,  to  the 
extent,  if  necessary'  for  that  purpose,  of  forfeiture  of  their  property  and  franchises. 

Article  XII. 

J\/ih'f{a. 

Sec.  1.  The  militia  of  the  state  of  Illinois  shall  consist  of  all  able-bodied  male 
persons,  resident  in  the  state,  between  the  ages  of  eighte'en  and  fortv-five,  except 
such  persons  as  now  are,  or  hereafter  may  be,  exempted  by  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  this  state. 

§  2.  The  general  assembly,  in  providing  for  the  organization,  equipment  and 
discipline  of  the  militia,  shall  conform  as  nearly  as  practicable  to  the  regulations  tor 
the  government  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States. 

§  3.  All  militia  officers  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  governor,  and  may  hold 
their  commissions  for  such  time  as  the  general  assembly  may  provide. 

^  4.  The  militia  shall,  in  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony  or  breach  of  the  peace, 
be  privileged  from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  musters  and  elections,  and  in 
going  to  and  returning  from  the  same. 

§  5.  The  military  records,  banners  and  relics  of  the  state  shall  be  preserved  as 
an  enduring  memorial  of  the  patriotism  and  valor  of  Illinois,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  general  assembly  to  provide  by  law  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the  same. 

§  6.  No  person  having  conscientious  scruples  against  bearing  arins  shall  be 
compelled  to  do  militia  dut}^  in  time  of  peace:  Provided,  such  person  shall  pav  an 
equivalent  for  such  exemption. 

Article  XIII. 

Warc/iouses. 

Sec.  1.  All  elevators  or  storehouses  where  grain  or  other  property  is  stored  for 
a  compensation,  whether  the  property  stored  be  kept  separate  or  not,  are  declared  to 
be  public  warehouses. 

§  2.  The  owner,  lessee  or  manager  of  each  and  every  public  warehouse  situated 
in  any  town  or  city  of  not  less  than  100,000  inhabitants,  shall  make  weekly  state- 
ments under  oath,  before  some  officer  to  be  designated  by  law,  and  keep  the  same 
posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the  office  of  such  warehouse,  and  shall  also  file 
a  copy  for  public  examination  in  such  place  as  shall  be  designated  .by  law,  which 
statement  shall  correctly  set  forth  the  amount  and  grade  of  each  and  every  kind  of 
grain  in  such  warehouse,  together  with  such  other  property  as  may  be  stored  therein, 
and  what  warehouse  receipts  have  been  issued,  and  are,  at  the  time  of  making  such 
statement,  outstanding  therefor ;  and  shall,  on  the  copy  posted  in  the  warehouse, 
note  daily  such  changes  as  may  be  made  in  the  quantity  and  grade  of  grain  in  such 
warehouse;  and  the  difierent  grades  of  grain  shipped  in  separate  lots  shall  not  be 
mixed  Avith  inferior  or  superior  grades,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  or  con- 
signee thereof. 

§  3.  The  owners  of  property  stored  in  any  warehouse,  or  holder  of  a  receipl  for 
the  same,  shall  always  be  at  liberty  to  examine  such  property  stored,  and  all  the  books 
and  records  of  the  warehouse  in  regard  to  such  property. 


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§  4.  All  railroad  companies  and  other  common  carriers  on  railroads  shall  weigh 
or  measure  grain  at  points  where  it  is  shipped,  and  receipt  for  the  full  amount,  and 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  deliverj  of  such  amount  to  the  owner  or  consignee 
thereof  at  the  place  of  destination. 

i^  .5.  All  railroad  companies  receiving  and  transporting  grain  in  bulk  or  other- 
wise, shall  deliver  the  same  to  anv  consignee  thereof,  or  any  elevator  or  public 
warehouse  to  which  it  may  by  consigned,  provided  such  consignee  or  the  elevator 
or  public  warehouse  can  be  reached  bv  any  track  owned,  leased  or  used,  or  which 
can  be  used,  by  such  railroad  companies;  and  all  railroad  companies  shall  permit 
connections  to  be  made  with  their  track,  so  that  any  such  consignee,  and  any  public 
warehouse,  coal  bank  or  coal  yard,  may  be  reached  by  the  cars  on  said  railroad. 

^  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  general  assembly  to  pass  all  necessary  laws  to 
prevent  the  issue  of  false  and  fraudulent  warehouse  receipts,  and  to  give  full  effect 
to  this  article  of  the  constitution,  which  shall  be  liberally  construed  so  as  to  protect 
producers  and  shippers.  And  the  enumeration  of  the  remedies  herein  named  shall 
not  be  construed  to  deny  to  the  general  assembly  the  power  to  prescribe  b}'  law- 
such  other  and  further  remedies  as  may  be  found  expedient,  or  to  deprive  any 
person  of  existing  common  law  remedies. 

§  7.  The  general  assembly  shall  pass  laws  for  the  inspection  of  grain,  for  the 
protection  of  producers,  shippers  and  receivers  of  grain  and  produce. 

Article  XIV. 

Amendments  to  the  Constitution. 

Sec.  1.  Whenever  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  each  house  of  the  general 
assembly  shall,  by  a  vote  entered  upon  the  journals  thereof,  concur  that  a  convention 
is  necessary  to  revise,  alter  or  amend  the  constitution,  the  question  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  at  Ihe  next  general  election.  If  a  majority  voting  at  the 
election  vote  for  a  convention,  the  general  assemblv  shall,  at  the  next  session,  pro- 
\ide  for  a  convention,  to  consist  of  double  the  number  of  members  of  the  senate,  to 
be  elected  in  the  same  manner,  at  the  same  places,  and  in  the  same  districts.  The 
general  assembly  shall,  in  the  act  calling  the  convention,  designate  the  day,  hour 
and  place  of  its  meeting,  fix  the  pay  of  its  members  and  officers,  and  provide  for  the 
payment  of  the  same,  together  with  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  the  convention 
in  the  performance  of  its  duties.  Before  proceeding,  the  members  shall  take  an 
oath  to  support  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and 
to  faithfully  discharge  their  duties  as  members  of  the  convention.  The  qualification 
of  meiiibers  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  members  of  the  senate,  and  vacancies  occurring 
shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  pro\'ided  for  filling  vacancies  in  the  general  assembly. 
Said  convention  shall  meet  within  three  months  after  such  election,  and  prepare 
such  revision,  alteration  or  amendments  of  the  constitution  as  shall  be  deemed 
necessary,  which  shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors  for  their  ratification  or  rejection, 
at  an  election  appointed  by  the  convention  for  that  purpose,  not  less  than  two  nor 
more  than  six  months  after  the  adjournment  thereof;  and  unless  so  submitted  and 
approved  by  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting  at  the  election,  no  such  revision, 
alterations  or  amendments  shall  take  effect. 

g  2.  Amendments  to  this  constitution  may  be  proposed  in  either  house  of  the 
general  assembly,  and  if  the  same  shall  be  voted  for  by  two-thirds  of  all  the  mem- 
bers elected  to  each  of  the  two  houses,  such  proposed  amendments,  together  with 
the  yeas  and  nays  of  each  house  thereon,  shall  be  entered  in  full  on  their  respective 
journals,  and  said  amendments  shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors  of  this  state  for 
adoption  or  rejection,  at  the  next  election  of  uiembers  of  the  general  assembly,  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  bv  law.  The  proposed  amendents  shall  be  pub- 
lished in  full  at  least  three  months  preceding  the  election,  and  if  a  majority  of  the 
electors  voting  at  said  election  shall  vote  for  the  proposed  amendments,  they  shall 
become  a  part  of  this  constitution.  But  the  general  assembly  shall  have  no  power 
to  propose  amendments  to  more  than  one  article  of  this  constitution  at  the  same 
session,  nor  to  the  .same  article  oftener  than  once  in  four  years. 


734  CONSTITUTION 

Separate  Sections. 

Illinois  Central  Railroad. 

No  contract,  obligation  or  liability  whatever,  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
Company  to  pay  any  money  into  the  state  treasury,  nor  any  lien  of  the  state  upon, 
or  ri^ht  to  tax  property  of  said  company,  in  accordance  ^^  ith  the  provisions  of  the 
charter  of  said  company,  approved  Feb.  10,  in  the  3'ear  of  our  Lord  I80I,  shall  ever 
be  released,  suspended,  modified,  altered,  remitted  or  in  any  manner  diminished  or 
impaired  by  legislative  or  other  authority;  and  all  moneys  derived  from  said  corn- 
pan}',  after  the  payment  of  the  state  debt,  shall  be  appropriated  and  set  apart  for  the 
payment  of  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  state  government,  and  for  no  other  pur- 
poses whatever. 

MUNICIPAT.    SUBSCRIPTIONS    TO    RAILROADS    OR    PRIVATE    CORPORATIONS. 

No  county,  city,  town,  township  or  other  municipality,  shall  ever  become  sub- 
scriber to  the  capital  stock  of  any  railroad  or  private  corporation,  or  make  donation 
to  or  loan  its  credit  in  aid  of  such  corporation:  Provided,  liozvcvcr,  that  the  adop- 
tion of  this  article  shall  not  be  construed  as  affecting  the  right  of  any  such  munici- 
pality to  make  such  subscriptions  where  the  same  have  been  authorized,  under 
existing  laws,  by  a  vote  of  the  people  of  such  municipalities  prior  to  such  adoption. 

CANAL. 

The  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  shall  never  be  sold  or  leased  until  the  specific 
proposition  for  the  sale  or  lease  thereof  shall  first  have  been  submitted  to  a  vote  of 
the  people  of  the  state  at  a  general  election,  and  have  been  approved  by  a  majority 
of  all  the  votes  polled  at  such  election.  The  general  assembly  shall  never  loan  the 
credit  of  the  state,  or  make  appropriations  from  the  treasury  thereof,  in  aid  of  rail- 
roads or  canals:  Provided,  that  any  surplus  earnings  of  any  canal  may  be  ap- 
propriated for  its  enlargement  or  extension. 

SCHEDULE. 

That  no  inconvenience  may  arise  from  the  alterations  and  amendments  made  in 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  and  to  carry  the  same  into  complete  effect,  it  is  hereby 
ordained  and  declared: 

Sec.  1.  That  all  laws  in  force  at  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  not  inconsist- 
ent therewith,  and  all  rights,  actions,  prosecutions,  claims  and  contracts  of  this 
state,  individuals,  or  bodies  corporate,  shall  continue  to  be  as  valid  as  if  this  consti- 
tution had  not  been  adopted. 

§  2.  That  all  fines,  taxes,  penalties  and  forfeitures,  due  and  owing  to  the  state 
■  of  Illinois  under  the  present  constitution  and  laws  shall  inure  to  the  use  of  the 
people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  under  this  constitution. 

j^  ?).  Recognizances,  bonds,  obligations  and  all  other  instruments  entered  into 
or  executed  before  the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  to  the  people  of  the  state  of 
Illinois,  to  any  state  or  count}^  officer  or  public  bodv,  shall  remain  binding  and  valid; 
and  rights  and  liabilities  upon  the  same  shall  continue,  and  all  crimes  and  misde- 
meanors siiall  be  tried  and  punished  as  though  no  change  had  been  made  in  the  con- 
stitution of  this  state. 

§  4.  County  courts  for  the  transaction  of  count}'  business  in  counties  not  hav- 
ing adopted  township  organization  shall  continue  in  existence  and  exercise  their 
present  iurisdiction  until  the  board  of  county  commissioners  provided  in  this  con- 
stitution is  organized  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  the  general  assembly ;  and  the 
county  courts  in  all  other  counties  shall  have  the  same  power  and  jurisdiction  they 
now  possess  until  otherwise  provided  by  general  law. 

g  5.  All  existing  courts  which  are  not  in  this  constitution  specifically  enumer- 
ated, sliall  continue  in  existence  and  exercise  their  present  jurisdiction  until  other- 
wise provided  by  law. 

§  0.  All  persons  now  filling  anj'  office  or  appointment  shall  continue  in  the  ex- 
ercise of  the  duties  thereof,  according  to  their  respective  commissions  or  appoint- 
ments, unless  by  this  constitution  it  is  otherwise  directed. 


OF    ILLINOIS. 


735 


§  18.  All  laws  of  the  slate  of  Illinois,  and  ail  official  writings,  and  the  executive, 
legislative  and  judicial  proceedings,  shall  be  conducted,  preserved  and  published  in 
no  other  than  the  English  language. 

j^  19.  The  general  assembly  shall  pass  all  laws  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  constitution. 

s^  20.  The  circuit  clerks  of  the  different  counties  having  a  population  over  sixty 
thousand,  shall  continue  to  be  recorders  (ex-officio)  lor  their  respective  counties, 
under  this  constitution,  vmtil  the  expiration  of  their  respective  terms. 

^  21.  The  judges  of  all  courts  of  record  in  Cook  county  shall,  in  lieu  of  an}'  salary 
provided  for  in  this  constitution,  receive  the  compensation  now  provided  by  law,  until 
the  adjournment  of  the  first  session  of  the  general  assembly  after  the  adoption  of 
this  constitution. 

§  22.  The  present  judge  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county  shall  continue  to 
hold  the  circuit  court  of  Lake  county,  until  otherw  ise  provided  by  law. 

§  23.  When  this  constitution  shall  be  adopted  and  take  effect  as  the  supreme 
law  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  the  two-mill  tax  provided  to  be  annually  assessed  and 
collected  upon  each  dollar's  worth  of  taxable  property,  in  addition  to  all  other  taxes, 
as  set  forth  in  article  fifteen  of  the  now  existing  constitution  shall  cease  to  be 
assessed  after  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy. 

§  24.  Nothing  contained  in  this  constitution  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  deprive 
the  general  assembly  of  power  to  authorize  the  city  of  Quincy  to  create  any  indebt- 
edness for  railroad  or  municipal  purposes,  for  which  the  people  of  said  city  shall 
have  voted,  and  to  which  they  shall  have  given,  by  such  vote,  their  assent,  prior  to 
the  thirteenth  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-nine:  Provided,  that  no  such  indebtedness,  so  created,  shall  in  any  part 
thereof  be  paid  by  the  state,  or  from  any  state  revenue,  tax  or  fund  but  the  same 
shall  be  paid,  if  at  all,  by  the  said  city  of  Quincy  alone,  and  by  taxes  to  be  levied 
upon  the  taxable  property  thereof:  And  provided,  further,  that  the  general  assembly 
shall  have  no  power  in  the  premises  that  it  could  not  exercise  under  the  present  con- 
stitution of  this  state. 

§  25.  In  case  this  constitution  and  the  articles  and  sections  submitted  separately 
be  adopted,  the  existing  constitution  shall  cease  in  all  its  provisions;  and  in  case 
this  constitution  be  adopted,  and  any  one  or  more  of  the  articles  or  sections  sub- 
mitted separately  be  defeated,  the  provisions  of  the  existing  constitution  (if  any)  on 
the  same  subject  shall  remain  in  force. 

§  26.  The  provisions  of  this  constitution  required  to  be  executed  prior  to  the 
adoption  or  rejection  thereof  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  immediately. 

Done  in  convention  at  the  capital,  in  the  city  of  Springfield,  on  the  thirteenth 
day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy,  and 
of  the  independence  of  the  United  States  of  America  the  ninety-fourth. 


INDEX. 


A. 

Ackxovvledgment:                                                                                             Section.  Page. 

Of  official  bonds 195  64 

Adam.s  Street: 

Preserved  from  horse  railway 2148  494 

Adverti.semext.s  : 

Power  to  regulate  posting  of [17]  63  19 

Power  to  regulate  carrying  of [18]  63  19 

For  bids  for  public  improvements 563  175 

For  work  to  be  done  by  special  assessment 563  175 

Re-advertisements 564  176 

For  scavenger  work 712  204 

Aldermen : 

May  be  elected  on  general  ticket,  ^\■hen 7  9  • 

Number  of  in  cities 31  13 

Term  of  office  of 32  13 

Vacancv  in  office  of,  how  filled 33  13 

Qualifications  of 34  13 

Not  eligible  to  any  other  office  under  city  government 34  13 

Not  to  be  engaged  in  other  than  oflicial  business  transactions 

with  city 34  18 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts  with  city 34  13 

Ineligible  if  convicted  of  malfeasance,  or  in  arrears  for  tax,  etc.  34  13 

Office  of  vacated  when  convicted  of  bribery 36  14 

Ma^'  be  expelled  only  once  for  same  oftense 36  14 

Two  may  defer  committee  report 44  14 

Ma}-  calf  special  meeting  of  city  council 46  14 

To  be  elected  annually 52  15 

Term  of  office  of. 52  15 

At  first  election  to  be  classified 53  16 

Under  minority  plan 55  16 

When  minority  plan  not  adopted 56  17 

Mav  call  special  election,  when 61  18 

Qualifications,  etc ; 78  29 

Not  to  hold  other  office 81  30 

Conservators  of  peace 84  30 

Power  to  make  arrests 84  30 

Compensation  of  authorized 86  31 

One  only  to  be  director  public  librarv 278  84 

Unlawful  to  accept  any  office  by  appointment  of  mayor 292  88 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts — bribery 293  88 

Penalty  for  obtaining  contracts,  or  for  bribery 294  88 

Not  to  receive  interest  on,  or  use  city  iunds 445  146 

Not  to  borrow  city  funds 445  146 

Compensation  of,  fixed 509  164 

Contesting  election  of 1237  297 

May  remove  obstructions  from  sidewalks 1P53  '140 

Allandale  Coal  Mining  Co.: 

Authority  to  lay  track  on  Bates  street 2711  657 

Ambilance:  » 

To  have  right  of  way 1494  357 

47  737 


73S 


INDEX. 


Ami^sements:                                                                                                                Section.  Page. 

Power  to  regulate  places  of [58]  63  22 

Power  to  prevent  certain [92J  63  25 

Power  to  license [13]  434  133 

Divided  into  classes 1)07  240 

Dramatic,  operatic,  read'gs,  paint'gs,  statu'ry,  etc.,  of  1st  class  907  240 

Concerts,  panoramas,  juggl'y, necromancy, curiosities,  2d  class  907  240 

Circuses,  caravans,  etc.,  under  canvas — of  third  class 907  240 

To  be  licensed — exceptions 908  240 

License  fee  for 909  240 

Class  to  be  determined  by  mayor 911  241 

Licenses  for  hall  and  theaters 912  241 

"Entertainments"  defined 915  241 

License  subject  to  ordinances 910  242 

No  gaming  to  be  connected  with 917  242 

Not  to  be  given  in  saloons  without  permit 918  242 

Certificate  to  be  posted,  showing  class  of  hall,  seating  ca- 
pacity, exits  and  aisles 919  242 

Owners  of  halls  to  obtain  license  for 920  242 

Bills  describing  not  to  be  torn  down,  etc 921  242 

Not  lawful  to  sell  liquors  at  without  permit 922  243 

Chairs  not  to  be  placed  in  aisles 923  243 

Doors  to  open  outward 924  243 

Police  to  clear  aisles 925  243 

Good  order  to  be  preserved 926  243 

Unlawful  to  stand  in  lobbies  or  entrances  to 927  243 

Anchors  : 

Dragging  prohibited 1847  419 

Animals: 

Power  to  regulate  speed  of [21]  63  20 

Power  to  restrain  from  running  at  large [80]  03  24 

To  be  fastened  when  standing  in  street [22]  454  134 

Prohibit  abuse  of [22]  454  134 

Prevent  running  at  large [26]  454  135 

Abusing,  tying,  overloading 1607  376 

Not  to  be  turned  loose  in  parks 1689  391 

Annexation  of  Territory: 

Petition  to  be  annexed 401  121 

Annexing  one  corporation  to  another 402  122 

Proceedings  to  annex  territory 403  122 

Notice  of  proceedings 404  123 

Objections  to  annexation — trial 405  123 

Finding,  costs,  etc 406  123 

Proceedings  by  owner  to  be  annexed 407  123 

Appeal  : 

From  judgment  in  special  assessment  shall  not  delay  im- 
provement, when 130  42 

Delays  judgment,  when 149  47 

Appointments  : 

Of  commission  to  revise  ordinances 29  12 

Council  to  appoint  harbor  masters [39]  63  21 

Mayor  to  make,  etc 75  28 

Of  aldermen  to  o^ce  void 292  88 

Appropriations  : 

Must  not  be  made  for  sectarian  purposes 3  4 

Yea  and  nay  \ote  to  be  taken  on 42  14 

Mayor  mav  veto  items  of 47  15 

Ordinance  to  be  published 65  26 

When  to  be  made 90  31 

Additional  to  be  submitted  to  people 90  32 

•       Expenditures,  limitation  of 91  32 

Items  mav  be  vetoed 289  87 


INDEX.  739 

Appropriations,  continued :                                                                   Section.  Page. 

Salaries  may  be  fixed  in 298  90 

May  be  reduced  or  revised,  when 393  119 

^Vhen  bill  may  be  repealed  and  new  one  passed 393  119 

Unexpended  to  be  transferred  to  general  fund 530  169 

Apprai.ser.s: 

May  be  appointed  by  mayor  and  comptroller 525  1G8 

Arbitr.\tors  : 

Fee  of 1113  274 

Archer  Ave  : 

Horse  Railway  on 2084  474 

Track  of  Joliet  ^:  Chicago  R.  R 2433  569 

Improvement  of  by  J.  cV  C.  R.  R.  Co 2442  571 

Areas: 

Power  to  regulate,  etc   [57]  63  22 

Armories: 

Under  charge  Com.  Public  Works 558  174 

Arrests: 

May  be  made  by  firemen 793  217 

Ashes: 

Power  to  pre\'ent  deposit  of [15]  63  19 

Power  to  regulate  deposit  of [63]  63  23 

May  be  ordered  removed,  etc 621  187 

May  be  removed  at  expense  of  tenant 622  187 

Not  to  be  kepi  in  wooden  box 1263  301 

To  be  deposited  in  iron  vessels 1434  346 

Not  to  be  put  in  same  vessels  with  liquids 1435  346 

Vessels,  where  kept 1436  346 

Deposit  regulated 1437  347 

Drivers  to  give  notice  of  time  of  removal 1438  347 

Removal  of  by  day  scavengers 1878  425 

Assessment  Roll: 

Duty  of  commissioners r 140  44 

Return  of. 141  45 

To  be  certified  to  city  clerk 150  47 

Assistant  Fire  Marshals:  (See  Fire  Marshal.) 

Attachment  : 

Against  property  of  non-resident,  etc 442  145 

For  damages  from  defective  sidewalks 446  147 

Auctions  and  Auctioneers: 

Power  to  license [91]  63  25 

Power  to  license [10]  434  133 

Permit  to  sell  on  street 928  244 

Sales  to  be  made  by  licensed  person 929  244 

No  signals  but  flag'  to  be  used 930  244 

Fee  for   license.  .  ." 931  244 

How  licenbC  obtained 932  244 

When  made  to  expire 933  244 

Penalty  for  selling  without  license 934  244 

Sales  of  jewelry  and  watches 935  245 

Purchaser  right  to  return  jewelry,  etc 936  245 

Penalty  for  s\ibstituting  articles  ". 937  245 

Penalty  for  misrepresentations 938  245 

Names  of  partners  and  clerks  to  be  filed  with  city  clerk.  .  .  .  939  245 

Provisions  apply  to  clerks .' 940  246 

Not  to  sell  on  public  streets 941  246 

Co-partners  to  act  under  license  on  death  of  auctioneer 942  246 

No  sales  except  at  place  mentioned  in  license,  without  permit  943  246 

Penalty  for  violating  ordinance 9-14  246 

Horses'  not  to  be  sold  on  public  streets  at 1502  358 

Awnings  : 

Power  to  regulate [17]  63  19 


740 


INDEX. 


AwxiXGS,  co)i finned:  Section.  Page. 

To  have  metal  frame 1090         270 

Defacing- loSG         373 

Construction  regulated 1941-1942         437 

B. 

Badge: 

Of  hackmen 1157         281 

Of  junkdealers 1900         429 

T?  i\  "K  TT  I?  •-;  •  * 

To  be  licensed 906        249 

Ball  Alleys  : 

Power  to  license [44]       68  21 

Power  to  license [8]     434         133 

Ballot : 

Form  of  ballot  for  organization  vmder  general  law 3  7 

Ball  Playing  : 

.  Power  to  prevent [92]       63  25 

Banners: 

Power  to  regulate  carrving  of [18]       03  19 

Power  to  regulate  flying  of [19]       03  20 

Bathing: 

Power  to  regulate [24]     434        134 

Without  bathing  dress  prohibited 1590         374 

In  parks  prohibited 1696         392 

Within  three  blocks  of  pumping  works  prohibited 2037         455 

Bates  St: 

Railroad  track  on 2711         657 

Barbed  Wire  Fence: 

Use  of  prohibited 945         246 

To  be  removed 946         246 

Penalty  for  not  removing 947         247 

Barns:     ("See  Buildings,  Nuisances.) 

Regulate  lights  in [21]     434         134 

Drain,  etc [56]     434         138 

Bay  Windows:     (See  also  Buildings  and  Sidewalks.) 

Beach  St : 

Railroad  track  on 2677         646 

Bear  : 

Not  to  run  at  large,  or  be  led  throtigh  streets 1618         378 

Beggars: 

Power  to  restrain,  etc, [25]     434         185 

Power  to  restrain  and  prevent [74]     434  24 

Bench  Mark:     (See  Grades.) 

Benevolent  Association  of  Paid  Fire  Department: 

Objects  of 2073        471 

Fund,  how  created 2073         471 

Directing  payment  of  money  into  fund  of 2075         471 

Benzine  : 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883         234 

(See  Oil  Inspection.) 

Berries: 

Penalty  for  selling  in  wine  measures 903         239 

Bids: 

To  be  advertised  for,  when  and  when  not 562         175 

To  be  sealed 564         176 

To  be  accompanied  by  deposit 564         176 

When  to  be  opened 504         176 

Rejection   of 564        176 

Intbrmal,  when  may  be  obtained 567         177 


INDEX.  741 

Billiard   Table:                                                                                                         Section.  Page. 

Power  to  license [44]       68  21 

Power  to  license [  8J     434  133 

Bill  Posting  : 

Power  to  regulate [IT]       G3  19 

Regulated 1592  373 

Notices  of  skill  in  treating  diseases  prohibited 1617  378 

In  parks  prohibited .' 1697  392 

Permit  required  for,  prohibited,  etc 1967  443 

Birds: 

Attempting  to  kill I6I0  378 

Birth-s  : 

Registration  of [;55]     434  135 

Bitches:     (See  Dogs.) 

Blasting  : 

Made  unlawful  without  permit 948  247 

Permits,  how  granted 949  247 

Bond  for  permit 950  247 

Blasts  to  be  covered 951  247 

Notice  of  blast  to  be  given 952  247 

Penalty  for  blasting  without  permit 953  248 

Bloomingd.\le  Road: 

Railroad  track  on 2525  598 

Blue  Island  Ave: 

Horse-railway  on 2110  482 

Extension  of  track  on 2273  530 

Extension  of  track  on 2366  552 

Board  of  Education: 

Powers  of 358  109 

Superintend  schools 360  110 

Examine  teachers 360  110 

Visit  schools,  prescribe  studies 360  110 

Expel  pupils,  remo\  e  teachers 361  110 

Apportion  scholars 362  110 

Discipline  in  schools 363  110 

Employ    teachers 364  111 

School  property,  supplies 365  111 

President,  secretary,  officers,  records 366  111 

Yeas  and  nays 367  111 

Powers  exercised  only  at  reg'ular  meetings 368  111 

Make  suggestions  to  city  council 369  111 

Annual  report 370  111 

Furnish  information  to  city  council 371  111 

Lease  lands  and  loan  money 372  111 

Request  council  to  sell  school  lands, 372  111 

Conveyances  of  real  estate 372  111 

Request  sale  of  real  estate 372  112 

School  funds,  subject  to  order  of 373  112 

Not  to  expend  more  than  appropriations   373  112 

Number  and  appointment  of  members 374  112 

Vacancy,  how  filled 375  112 

Qualifications  of  niembers 376  112 

Can  not  lew  tax 377  112 

No  salary  . .' 433  132 

Not  to  be  interested  in  work  done  for  schools 433  132 

Appoint  school  agent 478  155 

Approve  bills  on  school  tax  tund 491  157 

Establish  rules,  etc 492  157 

May  admit  childrcii  of  adjoining  towns  to  schools 493  157 

May  confer  degrees 494  157 

Not  to  receive  gifts,  etc 496  158 

(See  also  Schools). 


233 


742  INDEX. 

Board  of  Health:     (See  Health  Department).  Section.  Page. 

Boats: 

Persons  lettinf(  to  be  licensed 954  248 

License  fee . .  T. 055  24S 

Form  of  license !)5()  248 

Name  of  owner  and  number  of  license  to  be  marked  on  . . . .  U57  248 

Not  to  be  let  to  minors,  etc 1)5S  248 

Penalty  for  violating  ordinance 959  248 

BoiLER.s: 

Power  to  regulate [08]  G3  23 

Power  to  inspect [07]  63  23 

Power  to  inspect [  4]  439  141 

How  inspected 815  221 

Certificate  of  inspection 816  223 

Repairs  to  be  inspected,  certificate 817 

Fee  for  inspecting , 818 

Illegal  fee,  false  certificate 819  233 

To  be  inspected  once  each  year 821  223 

Try  cocks,  gauges,  etc.,  pro\ided  by  owner 822  223 

Owners  to  assist  inspector 823  233 

Penalty  for  letting  water  down 834  233 

Safety  valves 825  233 

Penalties  for  violating  ordinance 826  228 

Inspector  to  report,  etc 827  223 

Not  to  be  kept  under  sidewalk 1936  436 

Boiler  Inspector:     (See  Inspector  of  Steam  Boilers). 

Bonds  : 

Power  to  issue,  etc 5  18 

To  be  given  by  all  officers 76  28 

Penal  sum  and  how  approved 76  28 

For  licenses [13]  434  133 

New,  may  be  issued  in  place  of  old 182  56 

Rate  of  interest  in  certain 183  56 

Form  and  stvle  of  new 1S2  57 

How  disposed  of 182  57 

To  be  authorized  by  vote,  etc 182  57 

State  auditor  to  prepare  form  for  certain 182  57 

Valuation  of  taxable  property  to  be  indorsed  on 183  58 

Election  in  issue  of 184  58 

Powers  granted  Chicago  not  ailected 184  59 

Registration  of 185  59 

Fee  for  registration 185  59 

Tax  to  pav  interest  on  registered 186  60 

Payment  'of 187  61 

When  mature  and  not  paid 189  62 

Entry  of  payment  of 190  63 

Fees  for  collecting  and  paving  over .' 191  63 

By  whom  executed 192  63 

New  bonds  for  old  indebtedness 198  63 

Official 195  64 

Saloon 201  66 

For  water  works,  etc 419  127 

For  water  works,  etc 420  127 

When  payable 420  137 

Issue  of  new  to  replace  old 441  145 

Rate  of  interest,  when  payable 441     -  145 

Of  indemnity  from  contractors 444  146 

Water,  record  of  to  be  kept  by  comptroller 464  152 

For  sewerage 466  152 

Of  citv  comptroller 516  166 

Of  comptroller's  clerks 518  167 

Of  citv  treasurer 537  170 


INDEX.  743 

Bonds,   continued:                                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Of  treasurer's  clerks  539  170 

Of  commissioner  public  works 555  174 

or  clerks  department  public  works 556  174 

Sureties  on,  to  schedule  property 584  181 

Of  commissioner  of  buildings  615  180 

From  employes  of  building  department 018  180 

Of  corporation  counsel 055  192 

Oi  city  attorney e(i8  193 

Of  prosecuting  attorney 072  194 

Of  commissioner  of  health 082  190 

On  contracts  for  removal  of  garbage,  etc 714  204 

Of  city  physician  725  207 

Of  superintendent  of  police 733  208 

From  members  police  force 747  210 

Of  fire  marshal  773  214 

From  employes  fire  department 770  215 

Of  boiler  inspector •. 814  221 

Fish  inspector  830  224 

Assistant  fish  inspector 841  220 

Of  inspector  gas  meters  851  228 

Of  oil  inspector 876  233 

Inspector  weights  and  measures 888  230 

For  auctioneers'  licenses 931  244 

For  blasting  permit  950  247 

Endorsement  on  bv  comptroller,  effect  of. 900  248 

Of  house  mover  ..". 1108  273 

Of  harbor  master  1319  323 

Intelligence  office  license 1540  306 

Of  city  officers  to  have  two  or  more  sureties 1054  380 

Sureties  to  justify  1055  380 

Execution  of  to  be  acknowledged  1056  387 

Printing  contract ^ 1070,  1075  389 

Of  pawnbroker  1707  393 

Of  police  court  clerks 1779  405 

For  special  bail  1780  400 

Of  pound  keeper 1809  412 

Saloon  license  1850  420 

Of  night  scavenger 1804  422 

Of  second  hand  dealer 1884  420 

Of  junk  dealer 1893  428 

Of  "citv  weighers 2000  465 

Of  Chicago  Citv  Railwav  Co 2095  470 

Of  Chicago  Citv  Railway  Co 2097  477 

Of  North  Chicago  City  Railwav  Co 2131  487 

Of  Chicago  Steam  Co '. 2803  099 

(See  also  Official  Bonds.) 

Bone  Boiling: 

Regulated  1427,  1428  345 

Bone  boiling,  burning,  etc.,  prohibited  1645  385 

Bone  Factories: 

Power  to  regulate [81]       63  24 

Bonfires: 

Power  to  regulate [05]       03  23 

(See  Fire.) 

Books  : 

Treating  of  private  diseases  not  to  be  distributed 1600  375 

Lewd,  not  to  be  sold  1000  370 

Boulevard: 

Power  to  connect  with  city 326  99 

Special  assessment 327  99 

How  maintained 327  99 


744 


INDEX. 


Boulevard,  continued:                                                                              Section.  Page. 

ConLrolled  bv  park  boards :5'>8  i»9 

Ceding  Michigan  avenue  to  Sovith  Park  Commissioners....  2708  678 

Act  concerning '. 2799  G78 

Ceding  W.  Washington  street  to  park  commissioners 2814  682 

Boundaries  : 

Of  citv  of  Chicago 426,  428  120,  i;]0 

Brand,  M".  &  Co.: 

Lay  track  m  Snow  street 2794  677 

Bread: 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of [52]  63  22 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of [44]  434  136 

To  be  sold  bv  weight 963  249 

Weight  of  loaves 964  249 

Penalty  for  selling  unwholesome 965  249 

Bakers  to  be  licensed,-  penalties 966  249 

Aldermen  and  police  mav  examine  and  seize  bread 967  249 

Disposition  of  when  seized 968  250 

Penalty  for  offering  to  sell  bread  which  has  been  seized 969  250 

Bre\verie.s: 

Power  to  regulate [82]  63  24 

Power  to  license [91]  63  25 

Powertolicen.se [10]  434  133 

Direct  location  of  and  Ijcense [17]  434  134 

Creating  nuisance,  penalty  for 1635,  1636  382 

Bribery  : 

Conviction  of  renders  person  ineligible  to  hold  office 4  3 

Conviction  of  disqualifies  aldermen 34  13 

Conviction  of  vacates  office  of  alderman 36  14 

Penalty  for 80  29 

Brick  : 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [54]  63  22 

Bridewell:     (See  House  of  Correction.) 

Bridges: 

Power  to  construct [28]  63  20 

Power  to  regulate  opening  of. [38]  63  21 

Power  to  establish  toll .  .  .^ [87]  63  24 

Power  to  build,  etc 202  66 

Controlled  by  cities,  etc 203  67 

Penaltv  for  fast  driving  on 205  67 

Council  may  require  railroads  to  build [49]  434  136 

Power  to  construct,  etc [52]  434  1 37 

Power  to  regulate  traffic  passing   [  6]  439  141 

Penalty-  for  injuring,  etc 447  147 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Under  charge  city  engineer 600  184 

Crossing  while  opening  or  closing  prohibited 971  250 

Crossing  faster  than  a  walk  prohibited 972  251 

Driving  across  more  than  eight  head  of  cattle  prohibited .  . .  973  251 

Stopping  on  prohibited 974  251 

Vehicles  crossing  keep  to  right 975  251 

Order  of  crossing 976  251 

Breaking  into  lines  crossing,  prohibited 977  251 

Assemblies  on  prohibited 978  251 

Bands  prohibited  from  playing  while  crossing 979  252 

Fire  apparatus  to  be  let  across,  etc 980  252 

Signals  to  be  provided  at 981  252 

Material  of  signals    982  252 

Vessels  not  to  attempt  to  pass  when  signals  are  up 983  252 

Time  of  opening  and  closing  regulated 984,  985  252 

When  not  to  be  closed  against  vessels 986  253 


INDEX.  745 

Bridges,  continued:                                                                                    Section.  Page. 

Penalty  of  bridge  tender  for  violating 987  253 

Penalty  for  citizens  violating 988  253 

Driving  over  faster  than  a  walk 1504  358 

Over  Egan  avenue  canal 207G  472 

Authorizing  Wahl  Bros,  to  construct 2077  472 

C,  St.  C.  c^  M.  Air  Line  R.  R.  may  construct  draw  bridge..  2430  567 

C.  &.  G.  U.  R.  R.  Co.  construct. . .  \ 2498  586 

On  North  State  street — contract  concerning 2513  591 

C.  &  P.  R.  R.  to  construct 2525  598 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  may  raise  18th  street 2576  613 

I.  C.  R.  R.  may  construct 2587  617 

Plans  of  I.  C.  R.  R.  for  draw  bridge  approved 2598  620 

C,  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R.to  build  draw  bridge 2670  643 

P.,  Ft.  W.  cV  C.  R.  R.  may  construct  draw  bridge '. . . .  2674  645 

Tobey  &  Booth  build  bridge  o\er  Grove  street 2788  676 

Brokers: 

Power  to  license [91]  63  25 

Brothels:     (See  Houses  of  111  Fame.) 

Brown  St.  : 

Railroad  track  on : 2462  576 

Improvement  of 2464  576 

Railroad  track  on 2466  577 

Improvement  of 2468  577 

Buildings  : 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of [61,  62,]  63  22,  23 

Power  to  tear  down 62  23 

Power  to  erect  public [86]  63  24 

Doors  to  open  outward 323  98 

When  may  be  closed 325  98 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of [7]  439  141 

Unsafe — may  be  declared  a  nuisance [7]  439  141 

Under  charge  of  commissioner  of. 619  187 

Plans  for  to  be  inspected 626  188 

No  permit  for'repairs — when 626  188 

Under  construction  to  be  inspected 629  188 

^\^hen  construction   of  may  be  stopped 630  189 

Storage  of  combustibles 631  189 

Qualifications  of  inspectors 642  190 

To  be  examined  by  inspectors  of 644  190 

When  reported  damaged 645  1 91 

When  to  be  raised  or  altered 646  191 

How  to  be  constructed 990  253 

Unlawful  to  repair  frame 991  253 

Appraisal  of  dam.aged  .  / 992  253 

Arbitrators  to  be  sworn — reports 993  254 

Unlawful  to  repair  condemned 994  254 

When  owner  neglects  to  petition  for  arbitrament 995  254 

Repair  of  roofs 996  254 

Flat  roof  substituted  for  pitched 997  255 

Dangerous  building  to  be  made  safe 998  255 

Sheds,  dimensions  of 999  255 

Shelter  sheds 1000  255 

When  building  not  more  than  20  feet  high 1001  255 

Thickness  of  walls 1001  255 

Elevators  of  wood,  etc 1002  255 

To  be  of  incombustible  material 1003  256 

Sills  and  lintels 1004  256 

Business  buildings,  14  feet  high 1005  256 

Two  story  buildings 1006  256 

"J^hr^e  story  buildings 1007  256 

Four  and  five  story  buildings 1008  256 


746 


INDEX. 


Buildings,  cotitinucd :                                                                               Section.  Page. 

\V'alls  in  five  story  business  buildings 100!)  2o(i 

Partition  walls  in  business  buildings 1010  357 

Height  of  stories  for  given  thickness  of  \valls 1011  257 

Table  of  thickness  of  walls  in  business  buildings 1013  358 

Increasing  height  of 1013  258 

Outside  walls  of  houses,  etc 1014  258 

Buttresses 1015  258 

Cut  stone  facings  and  brick  backings 1010  258 

Party  walls 1017  359 

Domes,  mansard  roofs 1018  259 

Slate  roofs 1019  259 

Walls  in  buildings  for  business  and  residence  purposes 1020  259 

Walls  of  two  story  and  basement  dwelling  houses 1031  2(J0 

Walls  of  three  story  and  basement  dwelling  houses 1022  260 

Walls  of  more  than  three  story  dwelling  houses 1033  260 

Table  of  thickness  of  dwelling  house  walls 1024  260 

Height  of  walls  above  roofs  in  dwelling  houses 1025  261 

Height  of  walls  above  roof  in  business  buildings  more  than 

two  stories  high 1026  261 

Rear  walls  mav  terminate  flush  when,  gutters 1027  261 

Chimneys  and  flues 1028  261 

Flues  and  chimneys  in  party  walls,  joint  flues 1029  262 

Disconnected  chimneys  and  flues 1030  262 

Foundations 1031  262 

Headers  e\ery  7th  course,  fire  flues,  walls  to  be  anchored.  .  .    1032  262 

Hollow  walls  not  bearing  walls 1033  262 

Iron  fronts,  backing 1034  262 

No  wall  to  be  more  than  two  stories  above  other  wall 1035  263 

Roofs  to  be   incombustible,  composition  roofs,  pitch 1036  363 

No  uncovered  tar  or  wood  work  to  be  exposed  on  roof 1037  263 

Appendages  to  buildings  defined 1038  263 

Skylights 1039  263 

Conductors 1040  263 

Cornices,  gutters,  eaves  and  parapets 1041  263 

Scuttles,  roofs  to  be  reached  by  iron  steps  or  scuttles 1042  364 

Metallic  stand  pipes,  hose  couplings 10-13  264 

Floors  to  be  deadened 1044  264 

Signs 1045  264 

Raising  addition  to  frame  building 1046  264 

Piazzas  or  porches  not  to  be  enclosed   1047  364 

Floor  beams,  etc.,  to  be  kept  away  from  chimneys 1048  364 

Hearths  and  fireplaces ' ; '. 1049  265 

Joists  and  beams,  rests 1050  265 

Joists  and  girders,  dimensions,  bridged 1051  265 

Headers  in  floor  framing 1051  265 

Plank,  board  and  scantling  partitions 1053  365 

Stairways  to  be  plastered 1053  265 

Stairways  in  factories,  etc.,  to  be  of  incombustible  material. .    1054  265 

Hoistway  openings  to  be  protected 1055  365 

Hoistway  openings  to  have  fire  proof  shaft 1056  365 

Doors  in  elevator  shafts 1057  266 

Elevator  openings  not  having  doors 1058  266 

Open  passenger  elevators 1059  266 

Where  automatic  trap  doors  are  used lOGO  366 

When  scantling  partitions  to  be  regarded  as  incombustible. .    1061  366 

Fire  proof  shutters 1063  366 

Metallic  ladders,  fire  escapes 1063  366 

Penaltv  for  not  affixing  fire  escapes,  etc 1064  267 

Pilasters  and  columns  not  to  project  beyond  building  line. . .    1065  2()7 

Porticos .". 1066  267 

Smoke  houses 1067  267 


INDEX.  747 

Buildings,   continued:  Section.    Page. 

Oil  warehouses •. 10C8  267 

Egress,  openings  and  stairways  of  theatres 10(j9  208 

Stairways  in  factories,  number  of. 1070  268 

Vaults  for  shavings,  etc 1071  208 

Doors  and  stairways  for  escape  of  employes  in  case  of  fire....  1072  268 

Fire  proof  stairways  in  factories lOTIJ  268 

Belting  and  shafting  to  be  covered 1074  209 

Molten  metals  to  be  guarded 1075  269 

Rain  to  be  kept  out  of  factories 1076  209 

Penalty  for  non-compliance 1077  209 

Hot  air  and  steam  pipes,  furnaces,  registers 1078  209 

Stoves,  smoke  pipes  and  floors  under  them 1079  269 

Boiler  houses  and  boiler  rooms 1080  269 

Floors  in  boiler  rooms 1081  270 

Portable  boilers 1083  270 

Brick  ovens,  coftee  roasters 1083  270 

Height  of  wooden  fences 1084  270 

Cupolas  of  foundries 1085  270 

Unprotected  heaters,  etc 1086  270 

Steam  pipes,  how  protected 1087  270 

Pipes  not  to  be  letinto  joists 1088  270 

Permitted  flag  poles 1089  270 

Awnings 1090  270 

Walls  to  be  braced,  etc 1091  270 

Business  building  defined 1093  271 

Wholesale  store  defined 1093  271 

Basement  defined 1094  271 

How-  height  determined 1095  271 

Chimney  foundations 1090  271 

Doors  in  shafts  of  elevators  to  open  from  inside 1097  271 

Inspector  not  to  be  hindered 1098  271 

Frame  buildings  mav  be  raised 1099  271 

Raising  church  or  hall 1100  271 

Iron  bars  not  to  be  driven  on  streets 1101  271 

Posts,  derricks,  guy  ropes 1101  271 

Using  space  under  sidewalk 1102  272 

Plans  to  be  submitted  to  commissioners,  etc,  permit 1103    .     272 

Water  tax  and  other  fees  for  permit 1104  272 

Red  lights  on  streets,  sidewalks 1105  273 

Repairs  and  alterations 1100  278 

Removal  of,  consent  required 1107  273 

Licensed  house  mover  only  to  move 1108  273 

Permit  for  house  moving 1109  273 

When  frame  not  to  be  removed 1110  274 

In  public  parks 1111  274 

For  storage  of  ice 1112  274 

Arbitration  fee 1113  274 

Theatres,  churches,  public  halls 1114  274 

Permits  for  erecting  theaters ; 1115  274 

Stairw-ays  in  halls  and  theaters 1116  274 

Exits  in  halls  and  theaters 1117  274 

Height  of  floors  in  theaters,  etc 1118  275 

Floors  of  theaters  to  be  fire  proof,  etc 1119  275 

Partitions  for  rooms  in  theaters 1120  275 

Egress  openings  in  theaters  to  be  marked,  aisles  to  be  kept 

open 1122  275 

Theater  defined 1123  275 

Scenery  in  theaters •. 1124  275 

Theaters  to  have  ventilators 1125  275 

Stand  pipe  and  water  plug  in  theaters 1120  270 

Hose  attached  in  theater 1127  270 


748 


INDEX. 


Buildings,  continued:  Section.  Page. 

Public  halls  to  have  stand  pipe  in  street 1128  27G 

Used  ibr  theater  to  have  fire  alarm  telegraph 1129  270 

Fire  apjiaratus  to  be  kept  at  theater 1130  270 

Fireman  to  be  kept  at  theater 11:U  270 

License  for  theater,  etc 1132  270 

Inspection  of  elevators 1133  277 

Certificate  of  elevator  inspection 1134  277 

Elevators  to  be  inspected  once  each  six  months 113.")  277 

Competent  person  to  run  elevators 1130  277 

Unsafe   elevator  not  to  be  used 1137  277 

Not  to  be  used  for  anvthing  disturbing  peace  or  detrimental 

to  health ' 1489  350 

Not  to  be  occasion  of  nuisance 1491  350 

When  nauseous,  declared  nuisance 1638,  1039  383 

To  be  numbered 1979  445 

Not  to  be  placed  on  streets 1995  448 

To  be  removed  from  streets 1990  448 

Department  of  public  works  may  remove 1997  448 

Not  to  be  left  in  stieets.  while  being  removed,  etc 2004  450 

Water  tanks,  capacity,  heaters,  etc 2053  462 

(See  also  Dept.  of  Bid's  and  Com.  of  Bid's.) 

Bull  : 

Indecentlj-  exhibiting •. 1599  375 

BuLLEX,  Geo.  &  Co. : 

Lay  track  in  Illinois  street 2789  676 

BuRNSiDE  St  : 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles 2822  684 

Burial  of  the  Dead: 

Unlawful  to  bury  within  city 1141  278 

Butcher  (See  also  Markets.) 

Power  to  regulate  and  license [17]     434  134 

To  allow  inspection  of  meat,  etc 1424  344 

To  be  licensed 1578  372 

To  keep  stall  clean 1580  372 

Defined 1583  372 

Creating  nuisance 1035  1036  382 

Butter: 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of [50]       63  22 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [53]       63  22 

Sale  of  unwholesome  prohibited 1410  342 

Butterine: 

Sale  of  declared  unlawful 1142  278 

Appropriate  name  to  be  stamped  on  package 1143  278 

Mavor  to  appoint   inspector 1144  279 

Penalty  for  violating 1145  279 

c. 

Cable: 

Chicago  Citv  Railwav  Co.  may  use 2420  564 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.,  lav  telegraph   2833  687 

Furst  &  Bradley  Co'^  extend  across  Jefferson  st 2869  700 

Cab.s:   (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Cabmen:  (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Camphene: 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

Canda  F.  E.: 

Lay  track  on  Stewart  avenue 2753  066 

Canal : 

Power  to  provide  for  cleaning [40]       03  21 

Power  to  construct [31]       63  21 

In  Egan  avenue 2076  471 


INDEX.  749 

Canal  St:                                                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Horse  railway  on ; 2110  481 

Release  from  horse-railway  track 2143  491 

Release  from  horse-railway  track 2145  492 

Track  of  Metropolitan  Co 2254  526 

Horse  railway  in  (C.  W.  D.  R.  R.  Co.) 2321  541 

Railroad  track  on 2079  647 

Caxalport  Ave: 

Horse  railway  on 2321  541 

Cannon  :     (See  Fire  Arms.) 

Canvass  : 

Of  returns  of  organization  election 3  7 

Returns  of  city  elections,  how  made 58  17 

Carroll  St  : 

Railroad  track  on 2655  638 

C.  &  G.  E.  R.  R.  to  improve  part  of. 2659  639 

Carroll  St.  E. 

Parts  of  vacated 2855  696 

Wharfing  mortgages 2850  696 

Cars  : 

Getting  on  or  oft'  whilein  motion 1616  378 

Not  to  stop  on  street  crossings,  etc 1831  416 

Cart  :     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Cartmen  :     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Casualties: 

Expenditure  on  account  of. 91  32 

Catharine  St: 

Horserailway  on 2175  505 

Cattle  : 

Age  of  pig,  calf  and  lamb  offered  for  food 1398  340 

Diseased  not  to  be  killed  for  food 1399  340 

To  be  fully  cooled,  entrails,  horns  and  feet  to  be  removed  be- 
fore brought 'into  market 1400  341 

To  be  kept  in  wholesome  place 1414  343 

Stables  to  be  kept  clean 1415  343 

Not  to  be  yarded  without  permit 1416  343 

Not  to  be  bound  during  transportation 1417  343 

Slaughtering  permit  required 1418  343 

Not  to  be  slaughtered  in  streets,  etc 1420  344 

Not  more  than  three  head  to  he  kept,  etc 1626  380 

Not  to  run  in  parks 1689  391 

Driving  in  public  streets 2008  450 

Selling  in  streets 2013  451 

Cellar : 

Power  to  abate  nuisance  in [10]  434  134 

Power  to  drain  and  cleanse [56]  434  138 

Defined  1.875  335 

Foul  or  unclean 1041  384 

Not  to  be  left  open,  etc 1945  439 

Cemeteries: 

Power  to  regulate  and  remove [79]  63  24 

When  cemetery  may  be  removed,  etc 206  68 

Power  to  establish." 207  68 

Power  to  vacate [2]  439  141 

Power  to  establish,  etc 4o5  139 

Census  : 

Authority  to  take 176  54 

Population,  etc 176  54 

Center  St  : 

Horse  railway  on 2196  513 

Charter : 

Prior  laws  in  force  after  organization 6  8 

Not  to  be  amended  by  special  law 22  3 


750  INDEX. 

Cheese:                                                                                                          Scction.  Page. 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [50]       63  22 

Power  to  reyulate  sale  of [53]       63  23 

Inspector^of 1144  279 

Cherrv  Ave: 

Railroad  track  on 2525  599 

Chicago: 

Laws  concerning,  in  force  after  change  of  organization 6  8 

Maj  make,  use  and  alter  seal 10  9 

Sue  and  be  sued 10  9 

Hold,  etc.,  real  and  personal  estate 10  9 

Corporate  powers 425  129 

Corporate  limits 426  129 

Boundaries  of 426  129 

Divisions  of. 427  129 

Boundaries  of 428  130 

Corpoi-ate  limits  extended 428  130 

Territory  excepted  from  extension : 429  130 

City  may  attacli  premises  for  damages 442  145 

Fiscal  year  defined 513  166 

Seal  of. 1880  425 

Chicago  Ave: 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

Chicago  Ave.  (W.) 

Horse  railway  on 2175  504 

Horse  railway  on ...   2383  556 

Chicago,  Alton  &  St.  Louis  R.  R.  Co.:     (See  Railroads  ) 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.  R.:     (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  City  Railway  Co.  : 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2083  473 

Track  to'be  kept  twelve  feet  from  sidewalks 2083  474 

Authority  to  lay  track  on  State  st ,   Twenty-second   st.,  Cot- 
tage Grove  ave.,  Archer  ave,  and  Madison  street   2084  474 

Cars,  liow  to  be  operated 2085  474 

To  carry  passengers  only 2086  474 

City  council  may  regulate  speed  and  time  of  running  cars. .   2086  474 

Tracks,  how  to  be  laid   2087  474 

Rates  of  fare 2088  474 

Improvement  and  repair  of  streets 2089  474 

Liability  for  damages 2089  475 

Time  for  construction  of  railways  on  State,  Madison,  Twen- 
ty-second street  and  Archer  avenue 2090  475 

Powers  granted  to  individuals  vested  in 2091  475 

Term  of  franchise 2092  476 

Order  to  purchase  on  expiration  of  franchise 2093  476 

Certain  rights  reserved 2094  476 

Bond 2095  476 

Improvement  of  streets 2097  477 

Bond  of. 2097  477 

Incorporated 2098  477 

Powers  of. 2099  478 

No  liability  for  loss  of  baggage 2099  478 

Capital  stock 2100  478 

Directors v 2101  478 

Further  powers 2102  478 

Vehicles  to  give  way  to  cars  of. 2103  479 

Atfirming  acts  of  council 3104  479 

Forfeiture  for  not  constructing  tracks 2106  479 

Authority  to  lav  tracks 2109  480 

Track  on  Lake"street 2110  480 

Track  on  Canal  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Polk  street 2110  481 


INDEX. 


/D- 


•Chicago  City  Railway  Co.,  coutiiiticd :                                         Section.  P.^ce. 

Track  on  Clark  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Van  Buren  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Market  street 2110  481 

Track  on  S.  Wells  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Polk  street 21 10  481 

Track  on  Milwaukee  avenue 2110  481 

Track  on  Canal  street 2110  481 

Track  on   Harrison  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Randolph  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Park  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Desplaines  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Indiana  avenue 2110  483 

Track  on  Twelfth  street 2110  482 

Track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2110  483 

Track  on  Old  street  (Eighteenth  street) 2110  483 

TTinie  fixed  for  constructing  certain  lines 2111  482 

Conditions  of  franchise 2112  to  2120  483 

Time  for  construction*of  track  on  Clark  st,  Blue  Island  ave. 

and  Milwaukee  ave 2133  4.88 

Acceptation  of  provi^ions   of  ordinance   extending  time  for 

laving  track  on  Clark  street 2184  488 

Penalty  for  obstructing 2141  491 

Resolution  exempting  Canal,  Lake  and  Harrison  streets.  .  . .    2145  493 

Temporary  track  on   Lake  street 2146  493 

Releasing  Wabash  ave.  and  Lake  street 2148  494 

Lay  tracks  on  State  street  bridge 2152  497 

Track  on  Indiana  a\e 2181  507 

Track  on  Eighteenth  street 2181  507 

Track  on  State  street 2181  507 

Consent  of  property  owners 2181  507 

Kind  of  rail .' 2183  508 

Improvement  of  streets 2183  508 

Funeral  cars 2184  509 

"'' Ninety-nine  year  "  law 2187  509 

Franchise  extended  99  years 2187  509 

State  street  dummv 2192  511 

Track  on  Clark  street 2194  513 

L'se  dummy  to  clear  track  of  snow  2195  512 

Track  on  Indiana  avenue 2200  514 

Track  on  Wabash  avenue 2233  522 

Track  on  Madison  street 2233  522 

Track  on  Van  Buren  street 2333  543 

Track  on  S.  Halsted  street 2340  546 

Connect  with  C.  W.  D.  Ry.  on  Halsted  street 2343  540 

Temporary  removal  of  track  on  Eighteenth  street 2382  556 

Night  car  on  Archer  avenue  and  Halsted  street 2417  564 

Operate  cars  with  other  than  animal  power 2420  564 

Manner  of  constructing  cable  railway 2421  565 

May  operate  for  two  years 2422  505 

Use  cobblestone  for  paving 2423  565 

Tracks  on  S.  Clark  street 2627  629 

Pave  S.  Clark  street  witii  cobble  stones 2627  630 

Chicago,  Con  muls  and  Indiana  Central  R.  R.:  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  R.  R.  :  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  Dock  and  Canal  Company: 

Lay  tracks  on  N.  Water  street  and  lUinofs  street 2763  068 

Chicago  Erring  Womens'  Refuge: 

Payment  of  certain  fines  to 2079  473 

How  funds  are  to  be  drawn 2080  473 

Reports  to  be  made  annually 2081  473 


752  INDEX. 

Section.  Page. 

Chicago  and  Englewood  Hor.se  and  Dummy  R.  R.  Co: 

Track  on  Wentworth  avenue 2295  535 

Conditions  of  franchise 220G  585 

Rates  of  fare 2208  536 

Funerals 2290  536 

Time  for  laving  track  extended , 2304  537 

Chicago  and  Evan.ston  R.  R.  Co.:   (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  and  Galena  Union  R.  R.: 

Contract  for  bridge  and  viaduct  on  N.  State  street 2513  591 

Chicago  and  Great  Ea.stern  R.  R.  Co.:  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  and  Milwaukee  R.  R.  Co.:   (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  R.  R.: 

Use  track  of  Chicago,  Columbus  and  Indiana  Central  R.  R..  2670  643 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  R.  R.  Co.  :  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago,  Millington  and  We.stern  R.  R.  Co.  :  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  and  Northwestern  R.  R.  Co.:  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  and  Pacific  R.  R.  Co.:  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  Public  Library:  (See  Library.) 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  .\nd  Pacific  R.  R.  Co.  :  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  and  Southern  R.  R.  Co.:  (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  South  Branch  Canal  Co,  : 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2716  658 

Chicago,  St.  Charles  and  Mississippi  Air  Line  R.  R.  : 
(See  Railroads.) 

Chicago,  St.  Paul  and  Fond  du  Lac  R.  R.  :    (See  Railroads.) 

Chicago  Steam  Co.  : 

Authority  to  lay  pipes  in  streets 2862  698 

Deposit  for  repairing  streets 2862  698 

Pipes  to  be  laid  in  alleys  when  feasible 2862  699 

Bond 2863  699 

To  give  notice  of  opening  of  streets ; 2864  699 

To  pay  city  for  each  foot  of  mains 2865  699 

Use  smoke  consumers 2866  699 

Ordinance  void  unless  pipes  laid  within  two  years 2867  700 

Chicago  Sugar  Refining  Co.: 

Contract  for  water  with 2868  700 

Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Co.: 

Incorporated 2137  490 

Powers,  limitations 2138  490 

Consent  of  property  owners  required 2138  490 

Directors ". 2139  490 

May  contract  with  Chicago  City  Railway  Co.,  etc 2140  491 

Penalty  for  obstructing • 2141  491 

Lav  track  on  Lake  street,  west  of  Roby  street 2143  491 

Track  on  Desplaines  street 2143  492 

Track  on  Halsted  street 2143  492 

Track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2143  492 

Extension  of  time  for  constructing  certain  lines 2144  492 

Kind  of  rail  prescribed 2144  492 

Forfeiture,  etc 2145  492 

Resolution  exempting  Canal,  Lake  and  Harrison  streets 2145  493 

Releasing  Wabash  avenue  and  Lake  street 2151  496 

Releasing  North  Desplaines  street 2155  498 

Track  on  North  Halsted  street 2155  498 

Improvement  of  North  Halsted  street 2156  498 

Removal  of  track  from  Desplaines  street 2157  499 

Removal  of  track  from  North  Desplaines  street 2159  499 

Track  on  North  Halsted  street : 2159  499 

Improvement  of  North  Halsted  street 2160  499 

Releasing  North  Desplaines  street 2162  500 

Temporary  track  on  Clinton  street 2163  500 


INDEX.  753 

Section.  Page. 

Chicago  West    Division  Railway  Co.,  roiifhiiird : 

Track  on  Clinton  street 21G7  501 

Track  on  Clinton  street 2175  504 

Track  on  Meaglier  street 2175  504 

Track  on  Jelltrson  street 2175  504 

Track  on  West  Chicago  avenue 2175  504 

Track  on  Desplaines  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Sebor  street 2175  505 

Track  on  llalsted  street 2175  505 

Track  on  West  Indiana  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Catherine  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Polk  street 2175  505 

Consent  of  property  owners  on  cestain  street  required 2175  505 

Improvement  of  streets 2177  505 

Kind  of  rail  to  be  used •• 2177  506 

F\meral  cars 2179  500 

Rates  for  funeral  cars 2179  506 

Stipulation  concerning  kind  of  rail  to  be  used 2180  507 

Fianchise  extended  tcii- 99  vears 2187  509 

Track  on  W^est  Van  Buren"  street 2202  515 

Temporary  removal  of  track  from  5th  avenue 2209  517 

Extension" of  time  for  laying  track  on  West  Van  Buren  street  2210  517 

Track  on  North  avenue 2248  524 

Track  on  West  Indiana  street 2204  529 

Track  on  Clinton  .street 22G4  529 

Track  on  Milwaukee  avenue 2204  529 

Extension  of  track  on  Blue  Island  avenue, 2273  580 

Track  on  Ogden  avenue 2284  582 

Extension  of  tracks  on  South  Halsted  street 2800  587 

Confirmingordinance  extending  track  on  South  Halsted  street  2817  540 

Track  on  6'Neil  street 2819  540 

Track  on  West  Harrison  street  2821  541 

Track  on  Canal  street 2821  541 

Track  on  Canalport  avenue 2821  541 

Track  on  West  12th  street 2821  541 

Held  liable  for  damages  to  Metropolitan  Company 2881  548 

Extension  of  tracks  on  Madison  street  to  Central   Park 2888  545 

Extension  of  tracks  on  West  Madison  street 2851  548 

Extension  of  tracks  on  West  12th  street 2859  551 

Extension  of  tracks  on  Randolph  street 2859  551 

Extension  of  tracks  on  West  Madison  street 2802  552 

Extension  of  tracks  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2806  552 

Track  on  Western  avenue 2871  554 

Track  on  West  Chicago  avenue 2883  556 

Authority  to  pave  between  tracks   on  West  Chicago   avenue 

with  cobble  stone l" 2888  557 

Extension  of  track  on  Ogden  avenue 2401  560 

Track  on  Milwaukee  avenue 2407  561 

Track  on  Lake  street  and  West  Lake  street 2407  501 

Help  to  maintain  Lake  street  bridge 2412  562 

Pay  license  for  cars  on  Lake  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue..  2418  508 

Run  night  car  on  S.  Halsted  street 2417  564 

Use  cobble  stone  for  paving 2423  565 

Chicago  .\xn  Western  Indiana  R.  R.  Co.:   (See  Railroads.) 

Chimmeys:     ( See  Buildings.) 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of [7]     489  141 

Unsafe,  may  be  declared  a  nuisance [7J     489  141 

Churches:  (See  Buildings.) 

Doors  to  open  outward 828  98 

Circus:  (See  Amusements.) 

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754  INDEX. 

Cisterns:                                                                                                                        Section.  Page. 

Power  regulate,  lS:c [57]  (>]  22 

Cities: 

How  organized 1  7 

How  may  become  incorporated  under  general  law 1  7 

Not  to  make  appropriations  for  sectarian  purposes 'S  4 

Must  consent  to  use  of  streets  by  horse  railways 4  5 

Must  not  subscribe  to  capital  stock,  etc 4  5 

H  o  w  o  r  g  a  n  i  z  e  d 5  8 

Laws  applicable  to 6  9 

Prior  laws  in  tbrce  when 6  9 

Make  impro\ements  by  special  assessments 9  4 

Authorized  by  constitution  to  levy  taxes 9,10  4 

Private  property  not  to  be  taken  for  debts  of. 10  4 

Corporate  name  of 10  9 

May  acquire  and  hold  property 10  9 

May  have  seal 10  9 

Legal  identity  not  atlected  by  change  of  organization 11  9 

Rights  and  property  of,  not  affected  by  change  of  organization  12  10 

Not  to  be  incorporated  under  special  laws 22  o 

Number  of  aldermen  in 31  13 

Not  to  become  indebted,  etc [.j]  63  18 

Fiscal  year  of. 89  31 

Make  improvements  by  special  assessment 117  39 

May  buy  in  special  assessment 160  50 

May  adopt  Article  IX,  etc 169  52 

Taxpayer  may  enforce  rights  in  name  of  city 173  54 

Inhabitants  competent  as  jurors,  etc 175  54 

Municipal  year 177  55 

Not  required  to  furnish  appeal  bond 178  55 

How  changed  to  villages 180  55 

May  build,  etc.,  bridges  and  ferries 202  66 

May  control  bridges  and  ferries  203  67 

Changing  name  of. 208-216  68-70 

When  change  of  name  void 215  70 

Furnish  stationery  for  city  courts 220  71 

Territory  in  to  be  organized  as  town 241  75 

Jurisdiction  on  rivers 275  84 

May  give  control  of  streets  to  park  boards 330  100 

Taxes  required  to  be  certified,  etc 349  107 

May  purchase  delinquent  special  assessments 351  107 

Hold  real  estate  in  trust  for  schools .  372  111 

Notliable  for  expenses  board  of  education,  when 373  112 

May  contract  tor  sewers  with  each  other 379  113 

May  construct  sidewalks,  when 382,  383  114 

Annexation  of  territory  to,  when  petitioned  for 401  121 

Annexing  one  corporation  to  another 402  122 

Annexation  of  territory  without  petition 403  122 

Notice  of  proceedings  to  annex  without  petition 404  123 

Objection  to  annexation,  trial 405  123 

Finding,  costs,  etc  406  123 

Proceedings  by  owner  to  be  annexed 407  123 

Proceedings  to  disconnect  territory   from 408  124 

Map  of  annexed  or  disconnected  property  to  berecorded 409  124 

How  territory  disconnected  irom 412  124 

Ordinance  disconnecting  to  be  recorded 413  125 

May  contract  with  incorporated  companies  for  water 423  128 

May  levy  tax  tor  water  supplied  by  incorporated  company...  424  128 

City  Attorney: 

When  to  be  elected 50  •      15 

To  be  elected 73  27 

Devote  entire  time  to  duties  of  office 430  131 


INDEX.   '  755 

City    Attorxey,   continned :                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Keep  docket  of  all  city  cases 481  131 

Draft  ordinances,  bonds,  contracts,  etc 431  181 

Examine  tax  rolls,  etc 481  181 

Furnish  written  opinions,  etc 431  131 

Member  department  of  law 653  192 

Assist  corporation  counsel 657  192 

Bond 668  193 

Draw  ordinances 664  193 

Draw  leases  and  contracts 665  198 

Keep  docket , 666  198 

Deliver  books  and  papers  to  successor 667  198 

Annual  report  to  council 668  194 

Appoint  his  clerks 669  194 

City  attorney's  consent  to  appeals,  when  required 676  195 

City  Clerk  : 

Ordinances  deposited  in  office  of. 47  15 

When  to  be  elected 50  15 

To  notify  persons  elected  or  appointed 60  18 

May  call  special  election,  when 61  18 

Mav  certify  ordinances 66  26 

T->  be  elected 73  27 

File  oaths  of  officers 76  28 

Bond  to  be  filed  with  treasurer 76  29 

Receive  ceitificate  of  his  election  from  mayor 77  29 

Sign  commision  to  officer 77  29 

Not  to  hold  any  other  office 81  30 

Make  certified  copies,  etc 82  30 

Duties  of 82,  83  30 

May  administer  oaths 88  31 

Give  receipt  to  collector 101  35 

Perform  duties  of  comptroller 105-107  85 

Keep  record  of  bonds  when 107  36 

May  appoint  clerks 110  37 

File  certified  copy  of  ordinance  levying  taxes 112  38 

Issue  warrants  for  special  assessments 150  47 

To  executebonds 192  62 

Perform  duties  of  town  clerk,  when 245  76 

Certify  records,  etc 251  77 

Form  of  certificate 252  77 

False  certificate 254  78 

Deposit  ordinances  in  office  of. 289  87 

Trustee  of  firemen's  relief  fund 318  94 

Countersign  school  warrants 373  112 

Make  special  tax  list  for  sidewalks,  when 388  115 

Issue  warrant  to  collect  special  tax  for  sidewalks .388  115 

Pay  over  sidewalk  tax  to  treasurer 383  115 

Return  delinquent  special  tax  for  sidewalks,  etc 884  115 

Rebate  tax  on  destroyed  property,  when 392  118 

Issue  committee  notices 510  164 

Issue  notices  of  special  meetings  of  council 510  164 

Attest  licenses 510  164 

Deliver  references  to  committees,  etc 510  164 

Deliver  papers  to  mayor,  etc 510  164 

R'p't  to  comptroller  No.  council  meetings  att'd  by  aldermen  510  165 

May  appoint  deputy,  his  powers  and  duties 510  165 

Attest  vehicle  license 1147  279 

Keep  register  of  vehicle  license 1150  279 

Keep  list  licensed  drivers  and  transfers 11,55  281 

Keep  residence  of  public  cartmen 1195  289 

To  register  dogs 1225  295 

To  deliver  dog  tags,  etc 1226  295 


756 


INDEX. 


City  Clerk,  coii/inucd:                                                                           Section.  Pagf. 

Deliver  evidence  in  contested  elections  to  citj  council 1244  298 

Issue  permits  to  keep  gunpowder 12(;4  1:501 

Register  gunpowder  permits 12G6  803 

Issue  licenses 1505  369 

Countersign  licenses 15()9  o70 

Endorse  date  of  approval  on  bonds 1(35(1  1587 

File  newspapers,  etc 1(572  389 

Engross  ordinances,  exception 1G7(5  390 

Record  ordinances,  printer's  certificate 1077  390 

Issue  ]:eddlers'  licenses 1725  396 

City  Collector: 

Power  to  appoint .'-. 74  28 

Books  open  to  inspection 101'  34 

Duties  of. 101  34 

Reports  of 1<)2  35 

Not  to  detain  money 103  35 

Books  to  be  examined 104  35 

File  receipt  with  city  clerk 104  35 

Council  may  require  further  duties  of. 108  36 

May  appeal  to  finance  committee 1(J9  37 

Ma\-  appoint  clerks , 110  37 

Give  notice  of  special  assessments 152  47 

Enter  payments  on  special  assessments 153  48 

Collect  special  assessments 153  48 

Penalty  for  not  serving  notice 153  •  48 

Return  delinquent  assessments 154  48 

Penalty  for  selling  lands  when  tax  paid 157  49 

Paying  over  special  assessment 158  49 

Collect  special  assessment  by  suit 167  51 

Member  department  of  finance 512  166 

May  appoint  clerks 517  166 

Ofiice  created 544  171 

How  appointed 545  171 

Bond  of. 546  171 

Collect  special  assessments 547  172 

Pay  over  moneys  each  day 548  172 

Make  monthly  reports...." .549  172 

Keep  books,  etc 550  172 

Receipt  for  license  moneys 1571  370 

City  Comptroller: 

Power  to  appoint 74  28 

Powers  and  duties  of 105  35 

Require  statements  from  officers  or  departments 105  36 

Report  income,  liabilities,  etc 105  36 

Submit  estimates  of  expenditure  to  council 105  36 

To  perform  financial  duties  of  city  clerk 106  36 

Keep  record  of  bonds 107  36 

May  appoint  clerks 110  37 

To  register  bonds 185  59 

To  submit  reports  house  correction  to  city  council 259  79 

Trustee  of  police  relief  fund 313  94 

Ma}'  rebate  tax  when  property  destroyed o92  118 

Has  charge  of  cemetery,  etc 435  13& 

Keep  record  of  water  bonds 464  152 

Keep  record  of  sewerage  bonds 466  152 

Draw  warrants  on  school  tax  fund 491  157 

Sell  property  held  under  tax  title 503  162 

Head  of  department  of  finance 512  166 

Office  created 514  166 

How  appointed 515  166 

Bond 516  166 


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City  Comptroller,  continued:                                                              Section.  Pace. 

May  appoint  clerks 517  106 

Require  bonds  of  his   clerks 518  167 

Prescribe  duties  of  clerks,  etc 51!)  167 

Supervise  collection,  etc.,  of  revenues 520  167 

Fiscal  a^'ent 520  107 

Have  charge  of  deeds,  contracts,  judgments,  bonds,  etc 520  167 

Preserve  assessment  warrants,  returns  thereof. 520  107 

Preserve  leases 520  167 

Supervise  debts,  contracts,  payment  of  interest,  city  property 

and  legal  proceedings 521  167 

May  emplov  additional  counsel,  etc 521  167 

Supervise  finances,  revenues  and  property 521  167 

Revise,  audit  and  settle  accounts 522  167 

May  require  statements  under  oath 528  167 

Keep  record  of  persons  committed  to  house  of  correction...  524  168 

May  appoint  appraisers,  etc 525  168 

May  accept  cessionsof  streets 520  108 

Keep  books,  etc 527  168 

Pooks  maj' be  inspected  by  mavor,  city  council  or  committees  527  168 

Require  monthly  statements  from  officers  of  receipts,  etc 528  168 

Duty  when  officer  neglects  to  report 529  168 

Transfer  unexpended  balance  to  general  fund,  when 530  169 

Charge  full  amount  of  receipts  to  officers 5IJ1  169 

Annual  statement  of. 532  169 

Estimates  of  expenses 533  169 

Report  income,  etc 533  169 

To  make  monthly  statements  to  council 534  170 

Countersign  warrants,  etc 535  170 

Certifv  to  superintendent  when  fines  are  paid,  etc 541  171 

Examine  treasurer's  books 543  171 

Give  collector  copy  of  receipts 548  172 

Endorse  certain  contracts 5<'5  176 

Examine  books  of  department  public  works 590  183 

Submit  annual  estimate  of  law  department  to  city  council...  002  193 

Draw  warrants  on  police  fund  when  accounts  approved  by  him  756  211 

Property  of  fire  department  subject  to 778  215 

Procure  time  table  for    lighting    and    extinguishing    street 
lamps,  furnish  gas  companies,  inspector  of  meters  and 

watchmen  with  same 857  229 

Compare  gas  bills,  etc 864  230 

Report  discrepancies  in  gas  bills  to  council 805  231 

Procure  standard  weights  and  measures 899  238 

How  to  make  bonds  payable  to  designated  person 961  249 

Fee  for  endorsing  bonds 961  249 

Fee  for  endorsing  coupons 962  249 

Furnish  dog  tags  to  citv  clerk 1226  295 

Advertise  for  bids  for  printing,  etc 1064  388 

Open  bids  for  printing  in  presence  of  mavor  and  chairman 

of  finance  committee 1066  388 

Report  bids  for  printing  to  council,  let  contracts  when  ap- 
proved   ^ 1669  389 

Obtain  copies  of  blanks,  etc 1673  389 

Approve  bond  tor  printing 1670.  1675  389 

Deliver  printed  copies  of  ordinance  to  city  officers 1084  391 

Pay  witness  fees ." 1773  404 

Approve  pound-keeper's  bond 1809  412 

Audit  pound-keeper's  accounts  monthly 1827  415 

Pay  out  water  fund " 2050  462 

Examine  weigher's  books 2069  466 

City  Council: 

Submit  question  of  incorporation  under  general  law,  when...          1  7 


758 


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City  Council,  contiimcd :  Section.  Page. 

Canvass  returns  of  election  on  organization M  7 

May  elect  mayor /r^) /f'w 18  11 

Ma\  disappro\e  of  removal  of  appointed  officer  bv  two-thirds 

■  vote : 21  11 

Fix  pay  of  revisers  of  ordinances 29  13 

How  composed iJO  13 

Judges  of  election  and  qualification  of  its  meinbers 35  13 

May  punish  its  members 36  13 

May  expel  a  member 36  13 

Determine  its  rules 30  13 

Quorum  of. 37  14 

Mav  compel  presence  of  absentees.... 37  14 

Less  than  quorum  may  adjourn 37  14 

Meetings  of. 38  14 

Mav  elect  temporary  chairman 39  14 

Must  sit  with  open  doors 40  14 

Shall  keepjournal 41  14 

Yeas  and  nays  to  be  taken,  when 42  14 

When  vote  at  special  meeting  may  be  rescinded 43  14 

Committee  report  deterred,  when 44  14 

Territorial  jurisdiction  of 45  14 

Special  meetings  of,  how  called 4(5  14 

Shall  designate  places  of  election 57  17 

Shall  give  notice  of  election 57  17 

Shall  appoint  judges  and  clerks  of. 57  17 

Canvass  election  returns 58  17 

Enter  result  of  elections  in  its  journals 58  17 

Control   finances [  1]  63  18 

Appropriate  monev [  2]  63  18 

Levy  taxes ".. [3]  63  18 

Control  licenses [  4]  63  18 

Borrow  money  and  issue  bonds  [  5]  63  18 

Levy  tax  to  pay  indebtedness [5]  63  19 

Issue  bonds  to  meet  maturing  bonds [  6]  63  19 

Open  and  improve  streets,  etc.,  and  parks [  7]  63  19 

Plant  trees  on  streets  [8]  63  19 

Regulate  use  of  streets [  9]  63  19 

Remove  obstructions  from  streets [10]  63  19 

Light  streets \\V\  63  19 

Clean  streets. [12]  63  19 

Regulate  openings  in  streets [13]  63  19 

Regulate  use  of  sidewalks [14]  6-)  19 

Remove  obstructions  from [14]  63  19 

Ashes,  garbage,  etc [15]  63  19 

Crosswalks,  curbs  and  gutters [16]  63  19 

Regulate  signs,  awnings, telegiaph  poles,bill  posting,  etc  [17]  63  19 

Regulate  banners,  placards,  etc [18]  6o  19 

Prevent  flying  flags  or  signs [19]  ^^^  20 

Regulate  traffic  and  sales  in  streets [20]  63     -      20 

Regulate  speed  of  animals,  vehicles  and  locomotives...   [21]  63  20 

Regulate  house  numbers [22]  63  20 

Name  streets [23]  63  20 

Regulate  and  permit  laying  of  horse  railway  tracks [24]  63  20 

Change  location  and  grade  of  railroad  crossings [25]  63  20 

Powers  over  railroad  companies [26  &  27]  6'^  20 

Construct  bridges,  viaducts  and  tunnels l~'^]  ^'^  ^'^ 

Construct  culverts,  drains,  sewers  and  cesspools [29]  63  20 

Deepen,  widen,  dock,   cover  and  change    channel  of  water 

courses [30]  63  20 

Construct  canals  or  slips [31]  03  21 

Construct  and  regulate  docks,  wharves  and  levees...   [32,33]  63  21 


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City   Couxcil,  continued:  Section. 

Control  anchorage,  etc.,  of  water  craft [34]  68 

License  and  regulate  tugs [35]  03 

Fix  rate  of  wharfage [36j  (53 

Collect  wharfage. r. [37]  63 

Regulate  use  of  harbor  and  bridges [38]  63 

To  appoint  harbor  masters [39]  63 

Clean  water  courses  and  fill  private  ponds [40]  63 

License  certain  callings [41  to  44]  63 

Suppress  houses  of  ill  fame  and  gaming  houses [45]  63 

Prohibit  sale  obscene  books,  etc [45]  63 

License  and  regulate  sale  of  liquor [46,  47,  48)  63 

Establish  markets [49]  03 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of  provisions [50]  63 

Punish  forestalling  and  regrating [51]  63 

Regulate  sale  of  bread [53]  63 

Inspection  of  provisions,  cotton  and  tobacco [53]  63 

Inspect,  etc.,  any  article  of  merchandise [54J  63 

Inspect  and  seal  weights  and  measures [55]  63 

Regulate  vaults,cistcrns,punips,sewers,gutters  and  areas   [57]  63 

Regulate  places  of  amusement [-jQ]  63 

Power  to  prevent  intoxication  and  disorderly  conduct..   [59]  03 

Regulate  partition  fences  and  party  walls [60]  63 

Regulate  fire  escapes [61]  63 

Regulate  construction  of  buildings [61]  63 

Prescribe  fire  limits [62]  63 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of  chimneys [63]  63 

Regulate  chimneys, stoves,  ovens,  man'fac'ies,  boilers, etc   [63]  63 

Engine  houses  and  fire  engines [64]  63 

Fire  department [04]  63 

Regulate  storage  of  combustibles  and  fire-works [65]  63 

Regulate  police [66,  08]  63 

Inspect  steam  boilers [67]  63 

Establish  bridewell  or  house  of  correction [69]  63 

May  use  county  jail [70]  63 

To  establish  the  relation  between  officers [71]  63 

Suppress  riots [72]  63 

Punish  cruelty  to  animals [73]  63 

Puni,-.h  vagrants,  beggars  and  prostitutes [74]  63 

Define  and  abate  nuisances \j^  63 

Establish  hospitals [77]  63 

Appoint  board  of  health [76]  63 

Make  health  regulations [78]  63 

Regulate  and  remove  cemeteries [79]  63 

Tax  dogs [80]  63 

Regulate   packing  houses,  renderies,  soap  and  candle 

factories  and  tanneries [81]  63 

Restrain  animals  from  running  at  large [80]  63 

Regulate  breweries,  foundries,  distilleries    and    black- 
smith shops [83]  63 

Prohibit  unwholesome  business [83]  63 

Compel  remo%al  of  unwholesome  business [84]  63 

Take  census [85]  63 

Power  to  order  taking  of  census [85]  63 

Erect  public  buildings [8(iJ  63 

Establish  ferries  and  toll  bridges [87]  63 

Construct  mill  races [88]  63 

Open  street  or  build  sewer  through  railroad  lands [^9]  63 

Grant  permit  to  lay  railroad  tracks  only  on  petition [90]  63 

Prevent  rolling  iioops,  ball  playing,  etc [93]  08 

Regulate  lumberyards [;)3]  03 

Supplies  to  be  furnished  by   contract [94]  63 


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INDEX. 


Ci  rv   Coi'NCiL,  continued:  Section.    Page. 

Regulate  junk  and  second-hand  dealers [95]  63  25 

May  pass  ordinances  with  fines,  etc [Of!]  03  25 

Jurisdiction  over  waters 72  27 

Street  labor 72  27 

To  be  elected 73  27 

Create  and  discontinue  offices 74  27,  2B 

May  prescribe  duties,  etc.  of  officers 75  28 

City  clerk  to  keep  journal  of. 82  30 

Fi.\  compensation  of  mayor 85  31 

Pass  appropriation  bill 9i)  31 

Expenditures  limited  to  amount  of  appropriations 91  32 

Order  improvements  after  appropriations  are  made 91  32 

Make  temporary  loan 91  32 

Provide  for  payment  of  judgments 91  32 

Contracting  liabilities  limited 92  32 

Deposit  city  money 97  33 

Make  improvements  by  special  assessment 117  39 

Appoint  coinmissioners  make  est   cost  of  special  assessment  13G  43 

Order  petition  for  special  assessment  filed  in  court 137  43 

May  order  purchase  of  delinquent  assessment KiO  50 

May  annul  special  assessments 101  50 

May  order  new  assessments  to  make  up  deficiencies,  etc 103  50 

May  provide  water,  etc 170-172  53 

May  levy  and  collect  water  tax 172  53 

May  levy  tax  for  water,  etc 172  54 

May  appropriate  money  for  water 172  54 

Approve  maps,  subdivisions,  etc 174  54 

May  call  election  for  issue  of  bonds 184  58 

Remove  cemeteries 200  08 

Establish  cemeteries 207  08 

May  change  name  of  city,  etc 208  08 

Furnish  stationery  for  city  courts 220  71 

City  court 237  74 

May  fix  salary  of  judge  of  city  court 239  75 

City  organized  as  a  town ". 241  75 

Exercise  powers  of  town,  when 244  76 

Consolidate  town  offices 245  76 

Regulate  number  of  justices  of  peace,  when 240  76 

Fill  vacancies  in  town  offices,  when 247  76 

May  establish  house  of  correction 255  78 

May  remove  inspector  house  of  correction 2()0  80 

Provide  for  expenses  house  of  correction 207  82 

Unlawful  to  license  houses  of  ill-iame 272  83 

To  establish  libraries  and  reading  rooms 277  84 

When  eligible  as  directors  public  library 278  84 

Pass  ordinances  protecting  library ' 284  -        86 

May  determine  when  vacancy  in  any  office  exists 297  89 

Fix  salaries  of  city  ofiicers... '. 298  90 

Fix  fees  of  oil   inspector 300  90 

Provide  for  labor  of  prisoners,  etc 308  93 

May  close  public  buildings 325  98 

May  give  streets  for  boulevard 320  99 

May  give  park  board  control  of  streets 330  100 

Powers  in  conjunction  with  board  of  education 358  109 

School  powers  denied 359  110 

Sell  school^  property 372  111 

Concur  in  appointment  board  of  education 374  112 

Not  required  to  levy  tax  for  board  of  education 377  112 

Ratif)' joint  contracts  for  sewers,  etc 380  113 

May  require  labor  on  streets,  etc 387  117 

May  vacate  streets 389  117 


INDEX. 


761 


Section.    Page. 

City  Council,  contimicd:                                                                         ^^2  .^25 

May  disconnect  territory .".......'.     434  1:53 

Control  finances \  \\     484  183 

Lease  wharting  privileges I     J      ,«,  ^^^ 

Widen,  straighten  and  deepen  river L  -J     ^^^^  ^.^^ 

Punish  forestalling  and  regrating L     J     ^^^  ^.^^ 

Prohibit  gambling....... ■ •-•"    L^  r^ ,     ^^^  ^33 

Regulate  sale,  etc.,  of  hquori, ;••••••-;: ^      r  0=^     404  133 

Re|ulate,  etc.,  billiard  tables  and  ball  alleys [  SJ     484  !-« 

Prevent  riots r^^n     434  ^1^33 

Destroy  gaming  instruments..... L     J       ^ 

Compel  cleansing  of  nauseous  places ji"       "^'^ 

Regulate  location  of  certain  vocations.      Lj^J     ^^  io4 

Est-iblish  markets  and  other  public  buildings 18       4.M  184 

License,  etc.,  butchers L     J 

Regulate  sale  meat  and  vegetables... L^-J      ^.^| 

Punish  forestalling  poultry,  truit  and  eggs LIJ       4.^*  J|J* 

Regulate  storage  gunpowder..... L^  J       ^  ^.^^ 

Regulate  carriage  of  combustibles L-  J     ^^^  ,^.^^ 

Prohibit  lights  in  barns,  etc L-  J     ^^^^  ^^^ 

Prevent  fast  driving ■::•••■•:■"':'"". rooi     A.-\\  WW 

Compel  fastening  of  animals  standing  m  street L-J     g*  J^^ 

Prevent  encumbering  of  streets,  etc L-  J     ^^^  ^^^ 

Regulate  bathing •• ••••••• Y^A     434  ^^35 

Prevent  obscene  exposure  and  conduct L-^J     |||  ^_^^ 

Restrain  vagrants,  prostitutes,  etc L-'  J 

Punish  vagrants,  mendicants  and  prostitutes [^5J     484  lo5 

Regulate  animals  running  at  large L-  J     ^^^  ^^_ 

Tax  dogs.  ............; •••••■•••   ^2^,     434  135 

Regulate  call  playing,  etc L     J 

Prevent  ball  playing,  etc.,  in  streets L-^J     ^^^  ^^^ 

Prevent  spread  contagious  disease L~^J     ^^^  ^g„ 

Establish  quarantines L-   J     ^^^  ^^^ 

Regulate  and  control  streets l     j     ^^^  ^^^ 

Clean  sidewalks,  etc L     J     ^^^  ^g.. 

Prevent  noises  on  streets L^gJ     ^^^  ^^^^ 

Define  and  abate  nuisances L'    J     ^^^  ^^,. 

License,  etc.,  runners.. ;   L           ^^^  ^.^^ 

Regulate  burial  ot  dead........... L     J     ^^^  ^^^^ 

Registration  of  births  and  deaths L>J     ^^^  ^g. 

Regulate  lumber  yards ■■Vl,'J"'fo,V»l 1^71     484  186 

Reiulate  inspection  of  building  material  afid  staves. . .     87]     484  l.ib 

Regulate  sale  of  hsh L  y,     434  ^^3^ 

Regulate  sale  ot  hay ..-; l     j     ^^^  ^..^ 

Regulate  cutting  and  sale  of  ice L^J     ^^^  ^.,j. 

Regulate  measuring  ol  w^ood L^^J     ^^^  -^3^, 

Regulate  sale  of  coal •;■; ••••••• L     J  ^.^j. 

Regulate  inspection  of  provisions  and  salt L^U     ^^^  ^^^^ 

Regulate  inspection  of  hqnors.... L  -J     ^^^  ^.^^ 

Appoint  inspectors,  weighers  and  gaugeis L     j     ^.^^  ^g^. 

Regulate  sale  ol  bread L     J     ^^^  ^^^ 

Regulate  hydrants,  etc L  y     ^^^  ^.,^, 

Establish  pounds ••.....; l     j     ^.^^  ^.,^. 

Erect  lamps  and  regulate  lighting L     J     ^.^^  ^.^^ 

Regulate  and  license  ferries L     J     ^^^  ^j,^ 

Regulate  locomotives V'   L     -■ 

Require  use  of  other  than  steam  power  to  move  rail-               ^^^  ^^,^^. 

road  cars •• kq-,     434  ;^o(3 

Control  location  railroad  tracks ■■■■■-'T,   L     J 

Require  railroad   companies  to  erect  bridges,   tunnels               ^^^  ^_^^ 

or  other  conveniences L   JJ     ^^^  ^3^ 

Regulate  horse  railways L  'J 


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INDEX. 


City  Council,  continued :                                                                    Section.  Page. 

Regulate  transportation  of  passengers  on  horse  railways  [49]  434  136 

Regulate  kind  of  rail  to  be  used  on  horse  railways [49]  434  136 

Power  to  establish  bridewell  or  house  of  correction [50]  434  136 

To  seal  weights  and  measures [51]  434  137 

Power  to  construct  bridges [52]  434  137 

Preserve  and  regulate  harbor .' [53]  434  137 

Power  to  open,  vacate  streets [54]  434  137 

Establish  grades [54]  434  138 

Plant  trees [55]  434  138 

Regulate  grounds,  picnics,  etc [56]  434  138 

Erect  pest  houses,  hospitals,  etc [57]  434  138 

Abate  nuisances [58]  434  138 

Make  health  regulations [59]  434  138 

Require  removal  or  destruction  of  unwholesome  sub- 
stances    [60]  434  138 

Take  up  destitute  children [61]  434  138 

Cause  destruction  of  unsound  beef,  fish,  etc [60]  434  138 

House  of  refuge [62]  434  138 

Arrest  persons  without  visible  means  of  support [63]  434  138 

Arrest  inmates  of  gaming  houses [63]  434  138 

Arrest  persons  disturbing  public  worship  or  schools [63]  434  139 

May  pass  penal  ordinances [64]  434  139 

Power  to  enforce  ordinance,  etc [64]  434  139 

May  make  police  regulations [64]  434  139 

May  establish  cemeteries 435  139 

Punish  violation  cemetery  ordinance 435  140 

Prevent  intramural  interments [  1]  439  140 

Vacate  cemeteries [  2]  439  141 

Erectcity  hall [3]  439  141 

Inspection  steam  engines  and  boilers [  4]  439  141 

Appropriate  for  entertaining  official    visitors,   iuneral 

occasions,  etc... [  5]  439  141 

Regulate  traffic  passing  bridges [  6]  439  141 

Regulate  construction  of  buildings  and  chimneys [  7]  439  141 

Destroy  unwholesome  fruit,  provisions,  etc [  8]  439  141 

Authorize  use  of  streets  by  railway  companies [  9J  439  141 

Extend  railroad  franchises [  9]  439  141 

Three-fourths  vote  required  to  pass  railroad  ordinance 

over  veto [  9]  439  141 

Regulate  storage  for  gunpowder  and  combustibles [10]  439  141 

Regulate  buildings  for  theaters,  etc [11]  439  142 

Control  use  of  steam  whistles [12]  439  142 

Borrow  money  for  sewerage,  etc [13]  439  142 

Let  contracts  for  street  cleaning [14]  439  142 

Let  contract  "for  scavenger  work ^ [15]  439  142 

Prohibit  carrying  concealed  weapons [16]  439  142 

Let  bridewell  grounds [17]  439  142 

Issue  bonds,  etc.,  for  bridewell [17  to  21]  439  142 

Enforce  pound  ordinances [22]  439  143 

May  provide  for  pound  keepers [22]  439  143 

Allow  steam  dummy  on  street  railways [23]  439  143 

Regulate  slaughtering '. [24]  439  143 

Settle  damages  for  changes  in  dock  lines [25]  439  143 

Enforce  observation  of  ordinances,  etc [26]  439  143 

Prohibit  piling  lumber [27]  439  143 

May  allow  steam  power  on  street  railways 440  144 

Power  to  establish  police  courts 452  149 

Power  over  school  lands  and  school  funds 475  154 

Maj'  reduce  interest  of  school  fund  loans  by  two-thirds  vote  483  156 

\'ote  required  to  sell  property  or  abate  rents 497  158 

Appoint  its  standing  committees 507  164 


INDEX.  763 

City  Cocxcil,  continued:                                                                             Section.  Page. 

Reports  of  committees 508  164 

Compensation  of  aldermen 509  164 

Mav  examine  treasurer's  books 548  171 

Try  contests  for  aldermanic  seats 1288  21)7 

Refer  evidence  to  committee 1244  298 

When  election  shall  be  declared  void 1245  298 

Fix  time  and  place  of  taking  depositions  in  contests  of  election  1241  298 

Dispose  of  books  of  ordinances 1684  391 

City  Col-rts  : 

Style  of  court,  jurisdiction 217  70 

Powers  of 217  70 

Seal ; 218  71 

Place  of  holding 219  71 

Stationery  for 220  71 

Qualification  of  judges,  powers,  vacancy,  how  filled 221  71 

Judges  may  interchange 222  71 

Clerks,  powers,  duties,  fees 228  71 

Election  of  judges,  etc 221  71 

Duties  of  sheriff",  state's  attorney' 224  72 

Master  in  chancery 225  "73 

Terms  of ." 226  72 

Adjournment  of 227  72 

Appeals  froin  j u&tices — certiorari 228  73 

Where  criminals  detained 229  78 

Change  of  venue 280  73 

Writs,  orders,  judgments,  etc 281  73 

Transcript  book 232  73 

Recognizances,  city  prison 229  73 

Transcript  fees 283  74 

Appeals,  error 234  74 

Fees  of  jurors,  how  paid 285  74 

Established  courts  continued 236  74 

How  established  and  disestablished 237  74 

Election  of  judge 238  75 

Salary  of  judges 239  75 

Salary  of  prosecuting  attorney  240  75 

City  Engineer: 

Member  department  public  works 551  178 

How  appointed 552  173 

Duties  of 598  184 

Have  charge  of  bridges,  viaducts  and  water  works 600  184 

City  Hall: 

Power  to  erect [3]  489  141 

City  Marsii.vl  : 

Duties  of. 74  27 

How  appoin ted 74  27 

Conservator  of  peace 84  30 

Power  to  make  arrests 84  30 

City  Officers:   (See  also  Officers.) 

To  hold  offices  until  appointment  of  successors,  when 8  7 

Term  of  those  first  elected  after  organization  under  gene'l  law  9  9 

How  removed  and  restored  21  11 

Not  to  be  removed  a  second  time  for  same  offense 21  11 

When  elected 49  15 

Who  may  vote  for 51  15 

To  be  notified  of  election  or  appointment 60  18 

When  to  qualify 60  18 

City  Physician  : 

Member  department  of  health 679  196 

Office  created,  duties 722  206 

Member  health  department 723  206 


764 


INDEX. 


City  Physician,  continued:                                                                     Section.  Page. 

How  aopointed,  term  of  office 724  207 

Bond  of. 725  207 

Examine  nuisances,  etc 726  207 

Superintendent  small  pox  and  cholera  hospitals,  visit  house 

of  correction  and  police  stations,  attend  indigent  persons  727  207 

Attend  meetings  called  bj  health  commissioner,  etc 728  207 

Examine  vessels,  vaccinate  in  public  schools,  make  monthlv 

reports  '..  729  207 

City  Printing:  (See  Official  Paper  and  Printing.) 
City  Property: 

Requires  two-thirds  vote  to  sell 42  14 

How  sold,  rents  rebated 497  158 

City  Register: 

Office  of  abolished 14  10 

City  Sealer:  (See  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.) 
City  Treasurer: 

When  to  be  elected 50  15 

Not  eligible  for  two  terms  in  succession 50  15 

To  be  elected 73  27 

.     Bond  of. , 76  28 

Not  to  hold  any  other  office 81  30 

Books  subject  to  inspection 93  33 

Accounts,  how  kept 94  33 

Give  receipts 95  33 

Monthlv  statements,  vouchers,  warrants 96  33 

Deposit  funds 97  33 

Not  use  corporation  funds 97  83 

Mav  be  removed  and  office  declared  vacant 97  34 

Annual  report 98  34 

Warrants  on 99  34 

Special  assessment  funds 100  34 

Council  may  impose  duties  on 108  36 

May  appeal  to  finance  committee 109  37 

May  appoint  clerks 110  37 

Trustee  fire  relief  fund 313  94 

Hold  school  mont;y  as  special  fund 373  112 

Member  department  of  finance 512  166 

Bond 537  170 

Appoint  clerks 538  170 

Require  bonds  of  his  clerks 539  170 

City  Weighers:     (See   Weighers.) 

To  weigh  hay 1338  328 

Make  deduction  for  wet  hay 1339  328 

Offices  of  designated * 1341  328 

Weigh  baled  hay 1343  328 

Citizen: 

Not  disqualified  as  juror,  witness 175  54 

Clark  St.:  (N.) 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

Clark  St.: 

Horse  railway  on 2194  512 

Connect  tracks  of  horse  railway's  on 2205  510 

Removal  of  railroad  track  from 2543  605 

Erection  of  wall  along 2545  606 

Removal  of  tiacks  from 2548  607 

L.  S.  &  M.  S.  build  wall  on 2624  627 

Removal  of  railroad  from 2623  626 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles  on 2822  684 

Clerks  of  Election: 

How   appointed 5*7  17 

When  judges  may  appoint  clerks 58  17 


INDEX  765 


Clinton  St.  :  Sf.ction.  Pagb. 

Horse  railway  on 2Ui'S  500 

Horse  railway  on 2107  501 

Horse  railway  on 2175  504 

Horse  railway  on 22(34  521) 

Clocks : 

Illuminated  may  remain  on  sidewalks 1004  442 

Clybourne  Ave.: 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

Coaches,  Cabs  .and  Carts: 

Unlawful  to  use  for  hire  without  license 1146  279 

License,  qualilications.  1147  279 

Licenses  transferable 1148  279 

Bond  for  license 1149  279 

Register  of  license 1150  279 

Licenses,  when  expire 1150  280 

Name  and  number  of  license  to  be  painted  on  vehicle 1151  280 

Lamps  on  carriajjes,  numbers  on  lamps,  doors  to  carriages  to 

ha\e  knob  inside '. 1152  280 

Omnibus  to  have  lighted  lamp,  etc 115:}  280 

Drivers  to  be  licensed 1154  280 

But  one   driver   for  each   vehicle;  drivers'    licenses    mav  be 

transferred  and  revoked 1155  281 

Means  to  designate,  violation 1150  281 

Persons  acting  as  drivers  to  wear  badge 1157  281 

Licenses  must  be  transferred — when 1158  281 

Penalty  for  not  taking  out  license 1159  281 

Price  of  licenses  for  passenger  vehicles 1100  282 

Rates  of  fare  for  carrying  passengers 1101  282 

Baggage 1102  288 

Goods  left  in  carriage  to  be  delivered  at  central  police  station  llO^^  28:3 

Rates  of  fare  to  be  posted  in  carriage 1164  28o 

Disputes  as  to  distance 11()5  284 

When  to  be  deemed  hired  by  mile  and  when  by  hoiu- 1100  284 

No  pay  unless  rates  of  fare  posted 1107  284 

Excess  of  fare  to  be  returned 1108  284 

Fare  may  be  demanded  on  entering 1109  284 

Stands  for  hacks,  etc 1170  284 

Mayor  may  designate  stands 1171  285 

To  stand  at  designated  places 1172  285 

Not  to  refuse  to  carry  passengers 1173  285 

Police  to  have  chJirge  of  stands  tor 1174  285 

Refusal  to  obey  police 1175  285 

Superintendent  of  police   to  designate  number  of  hacks  on 

stand 1176  280 

Provisions  to  apply  to  sleighs 1177  286 

Number  and  name  of  owner  to  be  given  when  asked 1178  286 

Carts  defined ' 1179  280 

Carts  to  be  licensed,  etc 1180  280 

Fee  for  cart  licenses 1181  286 

When  licenses  expire 1182  287 

Unlicensed  use  of  carts 1183  287 

Stand  for  trucks 1184  287 

Superintendent  may  assign  stand 1185  287 

Superintendent  of  police  mav  remove 1180  288 

Driver  of  cart  to  give  name  and  number 1187  288 

Accidents,  etc.,  by 1188  288 

Not  to  stand  on  sidewalk,  crosswalk,  or  crosswise  of  streets  1189  288 

Not  to  rim  when  license  revoked 1190  288 

Rates  to  be  charged  by  public  carts 1191  289 

Cartman  not  to  retain   merchandise 1192  289 

Number  of  cart  to  be  painted  thereon 1193  289 


766 


INDEX. 


Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts,  roiitiiiiied :                                               Section.  Pace. 

Failure  to  renew  license 1194  28U 

Residence  of  owner  to  be  reported  to  city  clerk 1195  289 

Unlawful  us>e  of  numbers 1196  290 

Transportation  of  timber,  etc 1197  290 

Not  to  refuse  to  carry  merchandise 119S  290 

Not  to  stand  at  railroad  depots 1199  290 

Not  to  stand  at  street  crossings 1200  290 

Place  on   stand 1201  291 

Unlawful    to    carry  passengers   to   houses  of  ill    fame,   false 

representation 1202  291 

Abusing  passengers 1 208  29 1 

Misinforming  passengers 1204  291 

False  representation 1205  291 

Omnibuses  to  keep  to  right 120()  292 

Stands  for  omnibuses 1207  292 

Disturbance  at  railroad  depots 1208  292 

Driver  not  to  act  as  porter  or  runner 1209  292 

Driver  not  to  be  away  from  vehicle 1210  292 

Driver  to  remain  at  vehicle,  not  to  flourish  whip,  etc 1210  298 

Violating  provisions  of  ordinance 1211  298 

Breaking  sidewalk,  to  repair  it 1952  440 

Coal: 

Power  to  inspect,  etc [54j       08  22 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of. [40j     484  180 

Penalty  for  selling  less  than  2,000  lbs.  for  ton 902  289 

Hundred  weight 1212  293 

Cenilicate  of  weight 1218  298 

Penalty  for  violating  article 1214  298 

Cobblestones: 

Horse  raihvav  companies  mar  use  for  pa\ing 2428  5(55 

Cologne  Street: 

C,  A.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  lay  track  across 2444  571 

Columbus,  Chicago  and  Indiana  Central  R.  R.  Co.:   (See 
Railroads.) 

Combustibles  : 

Power  to  regulate,  etc [(55]       08  28 

Commissioner  of  Buildings  (see  also  Buildings): 

Office  created,  term  of,  qualifications r 018  18G 

How  appointed 614  186 

Bond  of 615  186 

Appoint  subordinates G16  186 

Prescribe  rules  for  subordinates 617  186 

Require  bonds  from  subordinates 618  186 

Enforce  building  ordinances 619  187 

Have  charge  of  construction  of  elevators  and  hoistways 620  187 

Cause  removal  of  ashes 621  187 

Remove  ashes  at  expense  of  tenant 622  187 

Order  repairs  necessary,  for  ventilation  or  safety   of  factories     628  187 

Give  notice  for  repairs  of  factories 634  187 

Inspect  all  public  buildings  each  year 625  188 

Inspect  plans  for  buildings 626  188 

Power  to  pass  on  questions  arising,  etc 627  188 

Prohibit  use  of  elevators 628  188 

Inspect  buildings  under  construction 629  188 

Stop  construction,  when 680  189 

Enforce  ordinance  concerning  storage  of  combustibles 631  189 

Investigate  causes  of  fires 632  189 

Power  to  enter  upon  premises 688  189 

Sign  certificates,  keep  records,  collect  fees 684  189 

Keep  register  of  transactions 685  189 

Keep  record  of  tees 686  189 


INDEX.  767 

Commissioner  of  Buildings,  continued:                                         Section.  Page. 

Pay  over  fees  weekly ^'i~  189 

Annual  report  of ^-^o  189 

His  duties,  how  performed  when  absent 0:39  190 

Secretary «40  190 

Inspectors  of  buildings 642  190 

Inspectors  of  elevators 648  191 

Plans  of  buildings  to  be  submitted  before  permit  issues 110:5  272 

Approve  license  of  theater 11:^2  276 

Inspect  elevators 113:3  277 

Record  of  inspection,  certificate 1184  277 

Fee  for  inspecting  elevator 11:38  278 

Fee  to  be  paid  to  treasurer,  weekly 1139  278 

Commissioner  of  Health: 

Member  department  of  health 679  196 

Office  created,  term 680  196 

How  appointed 681  196 

Bond 682  196 

Remove  subordinates,  issue  orders 683  196 

Officers  to  be  appointed  by 684  196 

Supervise  sanitary  condition  of  city 684  196 

Sanitary  police  to  have  full  police  power  684  19(5 

Give  professional  advice  to  city  officers 685  197 

Abate  nuisances,  enter  houses,  have  dead  animals  removed.  (586  197 

Have  nuisances  abated 687  197 

Examine  and  remove  persons  infected  with  infectious  diseases  688  198 

Have  notices  posted  on  houses,  etc 689  198 

Have  charge  of  city  hospital,  bury  dead,  etc .  690  198 

May  do  such  acts  in  epidemics  as  he  may  deem  necessary. .  (591  198 

Prevent  spread  of  small  pox,  vaccination 692  199 

Cleanse  and  close  houses  to  prevent  spread  of  disease 693  199 

Establish  quarantine 694  199 

Send  out  quarantine  notices 695  199 

Station  quarantine  officers 696  200 

Provide  medicine 697  200 

Dismiss  from  quarantine 698  200 

Station  police  at  quarantine 699  200 

Power  to  enforce  quarantine  laws 700  201 

Prescribe  rules  for  quarantine 701  201 

Appoint  physicians,  employes,  pay  of  same 702  201 

Expenses  01'  quarantine,  how  paid 703  202 

Masters  of  vessels  not  to  pass  quarantine  without  stopping,  etc.  704  202 

Application  of  quarantine  fund 705  203 

Penalty  for  violating  quarantine  rules 706  203 

Visit  every  part  of  citv  each  week 707  203 

Select  quarantine  sites  and  erect  hospitals 708  203 

Keep  records,  blanks,  register  births  and  deaths 709  203 

Keep  vaccine  virus  and  vaccinate 710  203 

Have  control  of  removal  of  ashes,  etc 711  204 

Advertise  for  proposals  for  removing  ashes,  etc.,  reject  bids.     712  204 

When  may  let  contracts  without  advertising 713  204 

Take  bond  on  contracts,  etc 714  204 

Adjust  dirterences  on  contracts 715  205 

Grant  estiuiates  on  contracts 716  205 

Employ  workmeri  to  complete  contracts,  when 717  205 

Annual  estimates 718  206 

Contracts  and  bids  to  be  in  name  of  city 719  206 

Assistant  commissioner,  duties 720  206 

City  physician,   duties 722  206 

Give  orders  to  superintendent  of  police 757  212 

Visit  factories,  etc 1351  3:50 

Reports  of  factory  inspectors 1352  o30 


768 


INDEX. 


Commissioner  of  IIeai.th,  continued:                                           StcnoN.  Page. 

Order  tenement  housjs  whitewashed lyijd  ;j3:j 

Permit  yarding  of  cattle I41(i  84:3 

Visit  schools 14S2  ;3.")5 

Detail  police  to  examine  city  lor  nuisances l(!4(i  385 

To  abate  nuisances 1(547  885 

Notices  to  abate  nuisances 1048  ;585 

Enforce  and  prosecute  violations  sec.  concerning  dense  smoke  1052  i58G 
Enforce  article  concerning  peddlers,  prevent  sale  of  unwhole- 
some food  or  milk 1T~8  386 

Enter  vehicles,  take  samples  and  analyze,  record  result 172!)  396 

Order  privies  cleaned 1873  424 

Employ  day  scavengers 1877  425 

Give  notice  of  time  day  scavengers  will  call,  etc 1878  425 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works: 

OtVice  created 552  173 

May  appoint  and  remove  officers,  etc 552  173 

Mav  appoint  and  remove  employes 553  173 

How  appointed 554  173 

Term  of  office 554  173 

Bond 555  174 

Require  bonds  from  subordinates 556  174 

Have  charge  of  all  improvements  and  special  assessments...  557  174 

Regulate  use  of  streets  for  all  purposes  557  174 

Cause  repair  of  streets  when  taken  up 557  174 

Have  charge  of  streets,   bridges,  viaducts,    public  grounds, 

markets,  public  buildings,  lamps,  river,  harbor,  sewer,  etc.  558  174 

Collect  water  tax,  etc.,  and  sewerage  permits  and  licenses....  558  174 

Control  expenditures  of  department 559  175 

Extra  work  on  contracts 560  '175 

Comptroller  to  pay  for  work  on  contracts 561  175 

Make  requisition  on  comptroller,  etc 561  175 

How  contracts  let ; 562  175 

Bids  for  work  to  be  sealed 564  176 

Deposit  required 5()4  176 

May  reject  all  bids 564  176 

May  readxertise  for  bids..         ". 564  176 

Let  work  to  lowest  bidder 565  176 

Take  bonds 565  176 

Contracts  to  be  in  triplicate 565  176 

Contracts  to  run  to  the  c\\.y 565  176 

Mayor  and  comptroller  to  endorse  contracts,  when 565  176 

Not  to  contract  for  work  unless  authorized  by  city  council...  560  176 

Mav  let  unauth  srized  contracts,  when 5(i6  177 

Must  obtain  bids  for  supplies,  etc 567  177 

To  be  judge  of  proper  perlbrmance  of  work,  etc 508  177 

May  declare  contracts  forieited 56S  177 

May  adjust  differences  for  non-construction 568  177 

Grant  estimates  on  contracts 569  177 

Specify  water  and  sewer  contracts 570  177 

Contracts  paid  from  special  assessments  not  to  be  liens,  etc.  571  177 

May  employ  workmen  to  perform  or  complete  work — when  572  178 

Require  erection  of  barriers  and  lights 573  178 

T<}  take  bond   on  contrncts   sufficient  to   save  city  harmless 

from  all  damages,  etc 574  178 

Payment  of  contractors'  employes 575  179 

Reserve  percentage  on  contracts ; 575  179 

May  pa}'  employes  of  contractors,  etc 576  179 

Have  charge  of  sewers  and  drains 577  180 

Prescribe  mode  of  opening  sewers 578  180 

Grant  permits  and  charge  license  fee  for  opening  sewers 579  180 

Conditions  of  permits  lor  sewer  and  drain  building 580  181 


INDKX.  7^9 

Commissioner  of  Fi  hlic  W'okks,  (ou/tnuni :                                     Sbction.  I'agr. 

To  require  deposit  for  ])ermit  to  ojieii   improved   streets,  etc..     581  181 

Keep  reeord  of  sew  er  permits •'>82  181 

Work  on  sewers  and  \s  ater  to  be  let  by  contract ■")8:;  Wi 

To  require  sureties  on  bonds  to  schedule  property ■')84  181 

To  certify  to  comptroller   moneys  to    be  paid    trom   water, 

sewerage  and  assessment  funds "»85  181 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts -"iSG  182 

Not  to  receive  interest  on  city  funds ")87  182 

Report  work,  receipts  and  expenditures  to  council -"isy  182 

Annual  estimates •">8!>  182 

Keep  books  of  account  and  preserve  vouchers •")!•()  18:> 

Do  acts  required  of  a  board  of  public  works •'>!)l  18-} 

May  grant  all  permits  requiring  his  consent •'51)2  18?} 

Mav  remove  encumbrances  from  streets .)!>3  183 

Make  reports  required  bv  city  council -"jM  18o 

Prescribe  rules  for  regulation  of  subordinates •")'•••")  18'5 

8ecretar^^ -"iOG  183 

City  engineer •")!J8  184 

Superintendent  of  streets OOl  184 

Superintendent  of  water 60o  184 

Superintendent  of  sewerage (i06  185 

Superintendent  of  special  assessments ()08  185 

Superintendent  of  maps (ilO  185 

(live  orders  to  stiperintendcnt  of  police T57  212 

Receive  boiler  inspectors'  instruments — when 820  .222 

Furnish  test  meters  and  lamps  at  certain  engine  houses !S(iO  229 

Provide  otlice  for  inspector  of  gas  meters 8(17  231 

Issue  permit  to  house  mover 1  lOll  2T3 

Control  harbor  masters l-!21  323 

Keep  book  for  complaints  against  condition  of  streetcar  tracks  1512  3G0 

Notity  horse  railway  companies  to  repair  track 1513  360 

Superintend  parks  and  public  grounds 1G87  391 

Close  entrances  to  parks 1G95  392 

Permit  musical  instruments,    parades,  tire  apparatus,  etc.,   in 

public  parks 1G9S  392 

Collect  fee  for  plumbers'  license 1735  398 

Approve  plumbers'  bond 173r>  39S 

Approve  water  meters 1752  401 

Ajipro\e  phunbers'  \vork 1753  401 

Construct  pounds 1808  412 

Grant  permits  to  use  s]>ace  under  sjilewalk 192S  435 

Specify  manner  of  constructing  certain  sidewalks 1928  435 

Annvd  permits  for  using  space  imder  sidewalk 1929  435 

Collect  fee  tor  using  space  imder  sidewalk 1930  435 

May  order  new  co\ering  to  coal  holes,  etc 1937  43(5 

Remove  street  and  sign  obstructions 1970  443 

May  direct  use  of  l)ells  as  signals  to  bridge  tenders 1975  444 

Prepare  maps  of  street  numbers 1982  44G 

Assign  street  numbers 1983  44G 

Adjust  street  numbers,  etc 198H  447 

Remove  street  obstructions 1992  447 

Sell  articles  removed  from  streets 1993  448 

Rcmo\e  buildings,  fences,  etc.,  from  streets 1997  448 

Notify  owner  to  trim  trees,  etc 2029  454 

Enforce  w aler  regulation 2038  45(5 

Rebate  water  tax  in  charitable  institutions 2042  4G1 

Erect  fire  hydrants 2044  4G1 

Audit  vouchers  water  fund 2050  4(i2 

Commissions: 

Officers  to  receive , TT  29 

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770  INDEX. 

COMMITTKKS:                                                                                                                  Section.  Tack. 

Council  shall  appoint  its  own 507  104 

Reports  of .• 508  1G4 

May  inspect  books  of  comptroller 537  108 

COMMTTIEE  ON   FiRE  AND  WaTER  : 

Chairman,  a  member  of  i-elief  board 31  o  94 

Committee  ox  Licenses: 

Must  recommend  females  for  liquor  license 4:50  140 

Committee  on  Police: 

Chairman  a  member  of  relief  board ?A-j  04 

Committee  Reports: 

May  be  deferred  by  two  aldermen 44  14 

Compensation  : 

Of  mayor 85  31 

Of  aldermen 80  ol 

Of  other  officers 87  31 

Of  collector  ibr  collecting  delinquent  taxes 158  49 

Of  clerk  of  city  court. 323  71 

Of  judge  of  city  court 239  75 

Of  prosecuting  attorney  of  city  court 240  75 

Not  allowed  for  inspector*  of  house  of  correction 258  79 

Of  superintendent  house  of  correction  to  be  iixcd  by  council  270  83 

Not  allowed  for  director  of  public  library 280  85 

Of  otVicers,  not  to  be  changed,  etc ". 298  90 

Of  oil  inspector ^ 300  90 

For  labor  of  prisoners 308  93 

Of  police  magistrates 321  97 

Of  board  of  registration 344  100 

Board  of  education   to  lix,  of  teachers 3(i4  111 

IJoard  of  education  to  ti\,  of  emiiUnes 300  111 

Not  allowed   ibr  hoard  of  eiiucalioii 433  132 

Of  employes  at  (piaranline 702  201 

Of  watchmen  at  test  meters 802  2:!0 

Of  pound  keeper 1828  415 

Co  Ai  ML' tat  ion  : 

Of  labor  on   streets 387  117 

Comptroller:  (See  City  Comptroller.) 

Concealed  Weapons: 

Power  to  regulate  carrying [10]  43!>  142 

Unlawful  to  wear .' .  . 1215  293 

To  be  confiscated 1210  293 

Arrest  persons  carrying 1217  294 

.Summons,  judgment 1318  394 

Penalty  for  yiolating 1219  294 

Limitations 1220  294 

Mayor  may  grant  licenses  to  carr\ 1221  295 

Fee"  for  license ". 1222  295 

Form  of  license 1223  395 

Concerts:   (See  Amusements.) 

Not  to  be  ghen  in  saloons  witliout  permit 918  2-12 

Condemnation  Proceedings:   (See  Special  Assessments.) 

Contagious  Diseases: 

Preyent  spread  of 29  135 

Physicians  to  report 14()4  352 

Deaths  from  to  be  reported 1405  352 

Hotel  and  boarding  house  keepers  to  report 1400  352 

Managers  of  public  institutions  to  report 1407  353 

Masters  of  vessels  to  report 1408  352 

Duty  of  citizens  to  report 1409  352 

Person  sick  with  not  to  be  moved  from  vessel 1474  354 

Person  sick  with  not  to  be  brought  into  city 1475  354 

Spreading  ...........,,, 1470  354 


INDEX.  771 

Contagious  Diseases,  continued:                                                     Section.  Page. 

Children  not  to  be  exposed  to 1478  854 

Construction  : 

Of  words  "City  Clerk"  when  there  is  a  comptroller lOG  3(3 

Contested  Election:  (See  Elections.) 

Contracts  : 

Officers  not  to  be  interested  in 79  29 

Not  to  be  made  without  an  appropriation 92  32 

Paid  from  special  assessments 164  51 

How  let 165  51 

Without  advertising 165  51 

Void,  if  procured  by  any  officer 293  H8 

For  joint  construction  of  sewers  authorized 379  113 

How  made  for  joint  construction  of  sewers '....  380  113 

For  street  cleaning,  etc [14]  439  142 

Vote  required  for  street  cleaning [14J  439  142 

For  scavenger  work [15J  439  142 

Contain  clause  for  erection  of  barriers  and  lights,  when 443  146 

Extra  work  on,  etc 560  175 

New  work  paid  for,  etc 5()1  175 

To  be  let  to  lowest  bidder 562  175 

When  let  without  bids 562  175 

To  be  approved  by  mayor 502  1 75 

How  let  without  approval 502  175 

For  work  to  be  paid  for  by  special  assessment *...  563  175 

Private  contracts  for  improvements 503  175 

Bids  to  be  sealed,  deposit  required 504  176 

Bids  may  be  rejected .564  176 

Re-advertisements 504  176 

Over  $500  to  be  let  to  lowest  bidder 505  176 

To  be  executed  in  triplicate,  when 565  170 

Run  to  city 505  176 

Mayor  and  comptroller  to  endorse  when  over  i|;500 505  176 

For  work  must  be  authorized  by  council 566  176 

Commissioner  of  public  works  may  decide  questions  on 508  177 

Commissioner  of  public  works  may  declare  forfeited 508  177 

Estimates  on,  how  given 569  177 

For  sewers  and  water 570  177 

Paid  from  special  assessments  not  to  be  lien  on  city,  etc 571  177 

Form  of,  when  paid  from  special  assessments 571  178 

To  have  clause  for  erection  of  barriers  and  lights 573  178 

Contain  clause  concerning  damages  for  digging  up  streets.  .  573  178 

To  contain  clauses  saving  city  harmless,  etc 574  179 

Clauses  to  be  inserted  in 574  179 

Contain  clause  concerning  payment  of  contractors' employes  575  179 

Percentage  to  be  reserved  on 575  17<) 

Payment  of  sub-contractors'  employes,  etc 570  179 

To  be  void  when  city  employe  interested 580  182 

To  be  drawn  by  corporation  counsel ()59  192 

May  be  drawn  by  city  attorney (i(i5  1 93 

For  removal  garbage,  etc.,  condition 711  204 

Commissioner  of  health  adjust  differences,  winen 715'  205 

Gi\e  estimates  as  work  progresses 716  205 

For  street  imprvm't  not  to  be  accepted  until  rubbish  removed  2009  451 

With  C.  &  G.  U.  R.  R.  for  bridge  and  viaduct  on  N.  Stalest.  591 

Contractors  : 

Erect  barriers  and  lights 443  14.5 

To  be  liable  for  damages,  etc 443  14*; 

To  give  bond  of  indemnity 444  146 

Corporations: 

Private  property  not  to  be  taken  for  debts  of  municipal 10  4 

General  assembly  cannot  release  debt  of. 23  3 


772  INDEX. 

Corporation  Counsel  :                                                                           Section.  Page. 

Power  to  create  office  of 74  28 

■    Devote  himself  to  duties  of  office 480  l^Jl 

Chief  law  officer,  etc 4;J1  131 

Conduct  all  law  business,  etc 4;)1  131 

Furnish  written  opinions  to  departments 431  131 

Draft  ordinances,  bonds,  contracts,  deeds,  etc 431  131 

Examine  and  inspect  tax  and  assessment  rolls 431  131 

Office  created,  term 653  192 

How  appointed 6o4  192 

Bond 655  192 

Appoint  hisassistants 656  192 

Superintend  law  business 657  192 

Draw  ordinances 658  192 

Draw  leases,  deeds,  contracts 659  192 

Furnish  written  opinions  when  required 660  193 

Deliver  books  and  papers  to  successor 661  193 

Annual  estimate 662  193 

Corporate  Limits: 

Of  citj  of  Chicago 426         129 

Of  city  of  Chicago 428         130 

Cottage  Grove  Avenie: 

Horse  railway  on 2084         474 

« 

Cotton : 

Power  inspect [53]       63  22 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of. [65]       63  23 

Council  Meetings: 

Power  to  call 38  14 

Who  may  call  special 46  14 

County  Judge: 

May  give  notice  of  election,  when 8  9 

Courts  : 

Take  notice  of  change  of  organization 6  8 

To  take  judicial  notice  of  existence  of  cities  organized  under 

general  law 6  8 

Cows:     (See  Animals.) 

Crane,  R.  T.  : 

Extend  gas  pipe  over  Wilson  street 2872  701 

Construction  of  pipe 2873  701 

Indemnity  city 2874  702 

Crime: 

Conviction  of  renders  persons  ineligible  to  hold  office 4  3 

Culverts: 

Power  to  construct [29]       63  20 

Curbs: 

Power  to  regulate [16]       63  19 

Cus-rtaDiAN  OF  Stolen  Property: 

Powers  and  duties  of 746         210 

Keep  records 766         2 1 3 

(See  also  Police.) 
Crossings: 

Vehicles  not  to  stand  on 1189         288 

Crosswalks: 

Power  to  regulate [16]       63  19 

Cruelty  to  Animals: 

Power  to  punish [73]       63  24 

Curiosities:     (See  Amusements.) 


INDEX.  773 

D. 

Dead  Animals:                                                                                           Section.  Page. 

To  be  removed 408  153 

May  be  removed  by  liealth  commissioner 686  197 

Removal  of. 1456,  1457,  1458  850 

Police  lo  be  notified  of 1458  351 

Skinning  in  city  prohibited 1645  385 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  sewer 1913  431 

Dealers  in  Second  Hand  Goods:  (See  Second  Hand  Dealers.) 

Dearborn  St.  : 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  Co.  lav  cable  in 2833  688 

Debt: 

Not  to  be  incurred,  etc 12  4 

Deeds: 

Comptroller  to  have  charge  of. 105  35 

Department  of  Buildings: 

Established 612  186 

Commissioner  of  buildings 612  186 

Secretary  of 640  IfiO 

Inspectors  of. 642  190 

Inspector  of  elevators  648  191 

Department  of  Finance: 

Created 511  166 

Duties  of 511  166 

Of  what  officers  composed 512  166 

Fiscal  year 513  166 

Department  of  Health: 

Created '. 679  196 

Regulate  construction  of  privies 1452  350 

(See  also  Commissioner  of  Health.) 

Department  of  L.wv  : 

Created 652  192 

Depart.ment  of  Police: 

Created 730  208 

Department  of  Public  Works: 

Certify  amount  needed  for  sewerage 395  119 

Certifv  amount  needed  for  water,  etc 396  120 

Created 551  173 

Officers  composing 551  173 

Have  charge  of  sewers  and  drains 577  180 

Employes  of  not  to  be  interested  in  contracts 586  182 

No  employe  of  to  receive  interest  from  or  use  city  funds..  .  .     587  182 

Secretary" '. 596  183 

City  engineer 598  184 

Superintendent  of  streets 6(il  184 

Superintendent  of  water 603  184 

Superintendent  of  sewerage 606  185 

Superintendent  of  special  assessments 608  185 

Superintendent  of  maps 610  185 

Depot  Place  : 

Railroad  track  in 2662  040 

C.  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R.  Co.  to  build  wall  on 2005  642 

Deputy  City  Clerk:      (See  City  Clerk.) 

DePuyster  Street: 

Vacation  of  part  of. 2440  570 

Desplaines  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 21 10  481 

Removal  of  horse  raihvav  from 2155  498 

Removal  of  track  (rom..!^ *  2159  49!) 

Horse  railway  on 2175  505 

Dice:      (See  Gaming.) 


774  INDEX. 

Disorderly  Conduct:                                                                         Section.  Page. 

Power  to  prevent [59]       08  32 

Disorderly  Houses: 

Power  to  restrain [15]     4;}4  ];j;{ 

-Defined 1853  420 

Where  minors  game,  or  drink  intoxicating  liquors 1861  422 

Disconnection  oe    Territory: 

Proceedings  to  disconnect  when  petitioned  for 408  124 

Proceedings  for 413  124 

Dispensaries: 

Power  to  establish [57]     434  i;j8 

Distillers: 

Power  to  license [91]       63  35 

Power  to  license [10]     434  138 

Not  to  permit  nuisance 1635  382 

Penalty  for  nuisance : 1636  382 

Distilleries: 

Power  to  regulate [82]       63  24 

License  and  regulate, [17]     434  134 

When  become  nauseous,  declared  nuisance 1638  383 

Divisions  : 

North,  south  and  west  defined 437  129 

Division  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 3133  485 

Docks  : 

Power  to  construct  and  control [33,33]        63  31 

Power  to  prevent  encumbering [33]     434  134 

Settle  differences  arising   by  change  of [35]     439  144 

Under  charge  commissioner  of  public  works 558  174 

Doctors:  fSee  Physicians.) 

Dodge  Street: 

Munger  &  Wheeler  lay  track  on 3706  069 

Dogs  : 

Power  to  prevent  dog  fighting [59]       63  33 

Power  to  tax [80]       68  24 

Regulate  and  tax [27]     432  185 

Unlawful  to  permit  unmuzzled  dogs  to  run  at  large 1224  395 

Tax  on.  clerk  to  register ^ 1225  395 

Comptroller  to  furnish   tags  to  clerk 1236  295 

To  have  collar,  with  tag  attached 1227  396 

When  fastened  need  not  be  muzzled 1328  396 

When  running  at  large  to  be  captured 1339  396 

Dog  catchers .' 1230  296 

Owned  by  non-residents 1231  296 

Hindering  dog  catchers 1282  296 

■     Unlicensed  dogs  to  be  impounded 1288  296 

Fee  for   impounding 1234  297 

Penalties ^ 1285  297 

Barking,  howling,  biting 1236  297 

Domes:  (.See  Buildings.) 

Donations: 

To  library  to  vest  in  directors 385  86 

Doors:  (See" Buildings.) 

Douglas  Avenue: 

South  Park  commissioners  to  have  control  of  part  of. 2798  678 

Drains: 

Power  to  construct [29]       63  30 

Under  charge  department  public  works 577  180 

Drays  :  (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Power  to  license [43]       63  31 

Drinking  Fountains: 

Erection  of. 1965  442 


INDEX. 


775 


I3river.s:  (See  Coaches,  Cal)^  and  CarLs.) 

No  person  under  sixteen  to  aet  as 

Obey  police 

Driving:     (See  Horses.) 

l^RlGCilSTS: 

Sellinji^  medicine,  etc.,  under  fraudulent    name 

Sell  liquor  without  license 

DwKLLixc;  II()rsi:s:      (See  BuildinLjs.) 
Dyer: 

Not  to  rinse,  etc.,  cloth  in  streets 

Creating  nuisance I  •'»:>•" 

Dyx.\mitk:     (See  Gunpowder.) 

E. 

Egax  AvEXiE : 

Vacating  part  west  of  Ilalsted  street 

Atlantic  i*i:  Pacific  Telegraph  Co.  erect  poles  on 

Atlantic  >.^  Pacific  Telegraph  Co.  erei't  poles  on 

EiciHTEENT}!  Strei:t:     (Old  Street.) 

Horse  railway  on 

Horse  raihvav  on 

Temporary  removal  of  track  Irom 

C.  &  W.  L  R.  R.  raise  bridge  at 

Election  : 

For  incorporation  under  general  law 

Returns  of  for  organization  under  general  law 

For  organization  of  city 

Of  city  officers  after  change  of  organization 

Notice  of  to  be  given  twentv  davs  before 

Of  officers  after  change  of  organization 

When  county  judge  may  give  notice  of 

Result  of,  for  organization  to  be  recorded 

When  general  election  is  to  be  held 

Who  entitled  to  vote  at 

Places  where  held 

How  notice  shall  be  gi\en 

Judges  and  clerks  of,  how  appointed 

Notice  to  be  given  twentv  davs 

Manner  of  conducting 

Returns  of 

Returns  to  be  made  to  eit\-  clerk ... 

Returns  to  be  can\  assed  bv  cit\-  council 

Result  of '....'. 

In  case  of  tie  \ote 

When  special  elections  ma\   he  held 

Concerning  special 

On  issue  of  bonds 

For  judges  of  city  coiu-ts 

For  clerks  of  city  courts 

On  establishing  city  eoiu't 

Of  judge  and  clerk  of  cit\   court 

For  town  officers 

Time  of  opening  and  closing  ])(>le>- 

Date  of  regular  charter  election^ 

Manner  of  conducting 

Of  police  magistrates 

Board  of  registration 

First  meeting  of  board 

Registry  to  be  made  tor  eacii  election 

Manner  of  making  register 

Registry  books  to  be  filed  in  cit\-  clerk's  office 

Registry  in  new  election  districts 


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lil.i:cTiON",  con ti lined :  Section.   Page. 

Revising  register 337  to  :53!»  10:} 

Revised  register  to  be  filed,  etc 34-0  104 

IIo\v  non-registered  \oter  may  vote 340  104 

Oath  of  elector 340  104 

Voters  nia'v  be  challenged 340  105 

Poll  list. .  .■ r 341  105 

Poll  list  to  be  filed 342  105 

Registers  open  to  inspection 343  1 05 

Compensation  of  board  of  registry 344  100 

Preserving  order,  vacancies,  how  filled 345  100 

Fraudulent  registration 340  100 

False  swearing 340  10(i 

Secretarv  of  state  to  furnish  registry  blanks 347  100 

Contest  of  alderman 1237  2J»7 

Contests,  heard  before  city  council 1238  207 

Procedure = 1239  297 

— Contest: 

Statement  of  points 1239  298 

Copy  to  be  served 1240  298 

Council  to  fix  time  and  place  for  depositions 1241  298 

— Coxtksted: 

Proofs  to  be  filed  with  citv  clerk  within   00  davs,  extension 

of  time ' 1242  298 

Testimonv  to  be  only  on  points  filed 1243  298 

Clerk  to  lay  evidence  before  council 1244  298 

When  election  void 1245  298 

Ballots  to  be  opened  in  contest 1246  299 

Districts  for  town  election 1247  299 

Voting  places  at  town  elections 1248  299 

Town  meetings,  places 1249  299 

Elev.vtor.s: 

Under  charge  commissioner  of  buildings 020  187 

Use  prohibited,  when (i2S  1S8 

Qualifications  of  inspector  of (»4S  191 

Duties  of  inspector  of (i49  191 

To  be  examined  once  in  six  months (;49  191 

Safety  ot" 050  191 

Opening  to  be  protected '  1055  205 

Openings  to  have  fire  proof  shaft 1050  205 

Doors  in  openings  to  be  metal 1057  206 

Openings  not  having  doors 1058  266 

Open  elevators 1059  266 

Automatic  trap  doors 1060  266 

Doors  to  open  from  inside 1097  271 

To  be  inspected  once  in  six  months 1 133  277 

Certificate,  record  of  inspection 11 34  277 

Penalty  for  not  having  inspected 1 135  277 

Competent  person  to  operate 1130  277 

Use  of  unsafe 1 137  277 

Fee  for  ins|iecting 1 1 3S  278 

Y.\.y\  Street: 

I  lorse  rail  way  on 2 1 22  485 

Emergency  : 

Power  to  borrow  mone\    for  impro%enient,  etc 91  32 

Enc;ink:     (See  Loc(^niotivcs.) 

Encjine  lloi  ses: 

Under  charge  commissioner  of  jinblic  works 558  174 

Entertain.mi.n  1  s:      (See  ,\muscnients.) 

Defined 915    .     241 

EmDEMic:     (See  Health  Department.) 

EuuiNG  Wo.men'.s  Reii  (iE:     (See  Chicago  Erring  Women's  Refuge.) 


fNbRX.  777 

Estimates:                                                                                                         Skction.  Page. 

Comptroller's  annual !*••>  '^^ 

EvKNiNG  Sciiooi.s: 

Power  to  establish I!'*)  l-'iH 

Evidence: 

Ordinances,  how  proved f)(i  26 

Book  of  ordinances  to  be  received  as (Ui  30 

Certified  copy  of  records  priiiin  facie 88  30 

Commissioner's  report  com])etent,  etc 146  46 

Records,  etc.,  how  certified 251  77 

Form  of  certificate 2;)2  77 

Sworn  copies 2i)-I  7n 

Penalty  for  false  certificate 254  7S 

Examiner  ok  Subdivi.siox.s: 

Power  to  create  office  of 174  54 

Superintendent  of  special  assessments  to  be 6()S  1S5 

ExcAV.\Tiox.s :  (See  Streets.) 

ExuiiuTioNs:  (See  Amusements.) 

Power  to  license [1-1  4:54  loo 

EXI'ENDITIRES: 

Not  to  exceed  appropriations 91  33 

.For  improvements  liniited  to  appropriations 91  32 

Not  to  be  made  without  appropriation !)2  32 

Of  board  of  education  limited o7o  113 

Expense  : 

Not  to  be  incurred  without  appropriation 93  33 

Explosives: 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of [65]  63  23 

Explosive  Materials:  (See  Gunpowder.) 

Unlawful  to  manufacture 1280  304 

Unlawful  to  store  without  permit 1381  304 

Storehouse  to  be  marked 1282  305 

Expressmen  : 

Power  to  license [42]  63  21 

ExPRE.sf  Wagons:  (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

EXTR.VS. 

On  contracts 560  175 

F. 

Factories: 

Inspection  and  cause  repair  of. 023  187 

Penalty  for  not  making  repairs  ordered,  etc 624  187 

Stairways  to  be  of  incombustible  material 1054  2()5 

To  have  fire  proof  shutters 1062  26(5 

Fire  escapes,  metallic  ladders 1063  2(i6 

For  manufacture  of  combustibles,  etc 1070  268 

To  have  vaults  for  shavings,  etc 1071  268 

Doors  and  stairs  to  aid  employes  to  escape  from  fire 1072  2()8 

Fire  proof  stairwavs 1073  26S 

Belting  and  shafting  to  be  c<)\  ered 1074  2(i9 

Molten  metal,  etc.,  to  be  guarded 1075  2(>9 

Walls,  etc..  to  keep  out  rain,  etc 1076  2(!9 

Penalty  for  non-compliance 1077  2()0 

Not  to  be  overcrowded,  \entilation 1349  330 

Effluvia  of  sewers,  pri\ies  and  urinals 1350  330 

Privies,  water-closets,  lo  l)e  ventilated 1354  331 

Tem peraturc  of % 1 355  33 1 

Em])I<)yment  of  children  in 1357  331 

Noxious  odors,  gas,  cinders 1451  350 

Privies  to  be  built  according  to  regulation  of  health  dept....  1452  350 

When  nauseous  a  nuisance 1638,  1639  383 


77^ 


INDEX. 


O.JO 


FaiRHANK  tV  Co.,  N.  K.:                                                                                        Section.  PAcfe. 

Track  on  19th  street 275!>  (ifiT 

Fares:     (See  Rates  of  Fare.) 

Faro  Bank:     (See  Gaming.) 

Fast  Drivixc;:     (See  Ilor.-^es.) 

Power  to  regulate [21]       (W  20 

Power  to  regulate [22]     4:^4  1:54 

Power  to  prevent [22]     4:54  134 

Power  to  proliihit [22]     434  134 

Fees  : 

Not  to  be  increa.^^ed  or  decreased  during  term  of  office 22  3 

Not  to  be  increased  or  decreased  during  term  of  office 11  4 

To  be  reported  by  city  otBcers S7  31 

Of  clerks  of  city  courts  223  71 

Of  master  in  chancery  of  city  court 225  72 

For  transcripts  from  city  court 233  74 

Of  jiu-ors — how  paid 23-")  74 

For  coii\e\ing  convict  to  house  of  correction 2(i4  81 

Of  oil  ins])ector  fixed  by  council   300  !)() 

Of  police  justice  to  be  relinquished 4'h)  14!l 

Of  justices  to  be  paid  into  treasury 4o.-)  14!) 

For  building  sewer  into  canal,  to  be   fixed  by   commissioner 

of  pubfic  works ." 570  ISO 

To  be  collected  by  building  department  (i34  IS!) 

Record  of  biulding  fees <)3(!  18!) 

Of  boiler  inspector 818 

Of  inspec'or  of  gas  meters  855 

Of  oil  inspector  880  234 

Inspecting  weights  and  measures 897  237 

For  indorsing  bonds 9(51  249 

For  indorsing  coupons  9(»2  240 

For  building  permit 1104  272 

For  permit  to  mo\e  house  1109  274 

For  arbitration  on  building  1113  274 

For  inspecting  elevator 1138  278 

For  transfer  of  vehicle  license 1158  281 

For  public  cart  license 1181  287 

For  dog  license 1225  295 

For  gunpowder  license 1278  304 

For  street  car  license 1500  359 

Intelligence  office  license 1546  3()(i 

For  butcher's  or  market  license 1579  372 

For  slaughtering,  etc.,  license 1630  381 

For  transferring  license 1659  387 

For  taking  bond  on  transfer 1659  387 

For  issuing  deed 1659  387 

For  use  of  seal 165!)  387 

For  administering  oath 1659  387 

For  certified  copies  of  papers 1659  387 

For  pawnbroker's  license 170()  393 

For  peddler's  license 1724,  1725  396 

For  pi u mber's  license 1735  3!)8 

Of  justices  of  police  to  be  relintpnshetl  when  acting  as  po- 
lice justices 1764  403 

For  j^orters  and  rvmners  license 1707  408 

Of  porter  for  carrying  package 1803  410 

For  saloon  license 1851  420 

For  night  scavenger  license 1864  422 

Of  night  scavenger 1872  424 

Second-hand  dealers'  license 1883  426 

Forjunk  license 1892  428 

For  junk  dealers,  wagon  or  boat 1901  421) 


INDEX.  779 

Fees,  continued:                                                                                                    Section.  Page. 

For  permit  use  space  under  sidewalks l'J30  435 

Street  sprinkler's  license 2040  460 

Of  city  weigher 2065  405 

Not  to  be  increased  or  diminished,  etc 87  81 

Amount  received  to  be  reported,  etc 87  31 

Fences  : 

Height  of  wooden 1084  270 

Defacing 1586  373 

Not  have  spikes 1593  374 

Not  to  be  climbed  upon 1688  391 

To  be  placed  around  excavations  or  building  material  in  .streets  2016  452 

Extent  of  fences  around  excavations  and  building  material .   2018  452 

Ferries  : 

Power  to  establish  and  license [48]     434  136 

Power  to  establish [87]       63  24 

Power  to  build,  etc 203  66 

Fertilizers:     (See  Slaughtering.) 

Unlawful  to  manufacture,  etc 1627  380 

License  fee  for 1630  381 

Revocation  of  license 1631  381 

Penalties 1633  381 

Fifth  Avenue: 

Temporary  removal  of  track  from 2209  517 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Finances  : 

Power  of  council  to  control [1]       63  18 

Fiscal  year 89  31 

Annual  appropriation  ordinance 90  31 

Limitation,  emergenc}',  borrowing  money 91  32 

Contracting  liabilities  limited 92  32 

Treasurer's  duties 93  33 

Separate  accounts  with  each  fund 94  33 

Monthly  statements  by  treasurer 96  33 

Deposit  of  city  funds 97  33 

Treasurer's  annual  report 98  34 

Warrants 99  34 

Special  assessment  funds  kept  separate 100  34 

Duties  of  city  collector 101  34 

Collector's  report,  publication 102  35 

Collector  not  to  detain  money 103  35 

Collector's  books,  paying  over  money 104  35 

Comptroller,  powers  and  duties 105  35 

Financial  duties  of  city  clerk 106  36 

Bond  record  to  be  kept 107  36 

Council  may  require  further  duties  of  officers  receiving  and 

expending  money 108  36 

Finance  committee  adjust  controversies,  etc 109  37 

Who  may  appoint  subordinates 110  37 

Foreign  insurance  companies Ill  37 

Bonds  may  be  issued,  etc 182  56 

Registration  of  bonds 185  59 

New  bonds  for  old  indebtedness 193  63 

School  funds  subject  to  order  of  board 373  112 

Alteration  of  appropriation  bill 393  llf 

Surplus  fund  of  tax 398  120 

Council  may  control 434  132 

Finance  Committee: 

May  borrow  money  for  improvements,  when 91  32 

May  borrow  money  pay  judgments 91  32 

Adjust  accounts 109  37 


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INDEX. 


Finance  Committee,  continued :                                                      Section.  Page. 

Rebate  tax,  when 392  118 

Consent  to  sell  property  held  under  tax  title 503  162 

Compare  reports  ot'  comptroller,  collector  and  treasurer 530  170 

Examine  treasurer's  books 543  171 

Examine  books  of  department  of  public  works 590  183 

Fines  : 

For  creating  nuisances [75]       63  24 

Ordinance  imposing  to  be  published 65  26 

Suits  for  recovery  of. 67  26 

Paid  into  treasury 68  26 

To  be  paid  to  treasurer 08  26 

Commitment  for  non-payment  of 69  26 

Allowance  for  work,  etc 69  27 

How  action  brought  to  recover 181  50 

Violating  oil  inspection  laws 307  92 

Creating  police  and  firemen's  relief  fund 312  94 

For  not  placing  flagman,  etc 333  101 

May  be  imposed  to  compel  labor  on  streets 388  117 

Amount  limited [04]     434  139 

For  violating  ordinance [20]     439  143 

Limitation  to [20]     439  143 

When  may  be  remitted 454  149 

Treasurer  to  receive 541  171 

When  credited  to  house  of  correction 541  171 

Fires:     (See  Fire  Marshal.) 

Cause  of  to  be  investigated 032  189 

Fire  limits  established 1250  299 

Giving  false  alarms  of 1251  299 

Bonlires,  permits 1252  299 

Lighted  lamps  not  to  be  taken  in  stables,  etc 1253  300 

Siiavings  to  be  removed 1254  300 

Stoves  and  candles  in  shops 1255  300 

Not  to  be  carried  through  streets 1250  300 

Chips  and  shavings  not  to  be  scattered  in  street 1257  3U0 

Lumberyards 1258  300 

Storage  of  lumber 1259  301 

Penalties  for  storing  lumber 1260  301 

Boiling  pitch  and  tar 1261  301 

Hay  or  straw  not  to  be  piled  near  building 1262  301 

Ashes  not  to  be  kept  in  wood 1263  301 

Gunpowder 1264  301 

Permits  to  keep  gunpowder 1265  301 

Gunpowder  not  to  be  weighed  by  lamp  light 1267  302 

Keeping  powder 1269  302 

Storing  powder , 1270  302 

Transportation  of  powder 1271,  1272,  1273  302 

Penalty  for  violating  clauses 1275  303 

Concerning  gunpowder 1276  to  1282  303-5 

Not  to  be  lighted  in  park 1099  393 

Fire  Al.\rm  Telegraph:     (See  Telegraph.) 

Fire  Arms: 

Unlawful  to  discharge 1298  307 

Not  to  be  sold  to  minors 1299  308 

Cannon  not  to  be  discharged  in  public  streets,  etc 13  0  308 

Not  to  be  carried  in  parks 1090  391 

Fire  Department: 

Power  to  organize [04]       63  23 

Tax  insurance  companies  for 274  83 

Assessed  for  relief  fund 314  95 

Created 770  214 


INDEX.  781 

Fire   Department,  co)itinn«d :                                                              Section.  Pagb. 

Unhiwlul  to  obstruct  use  of  hydrant 12b;5  805 

Unlawful  to  assemble  in  engine  houses 1284  805 

Impersonating  fireman 1285  805 

Persons  at  fires  to  obey  orders  of  fire  marshal 12SG  805 

Marshal  may  demand  aid  from  drayman,  etc 1287  806 

Hindering  firemen 1288  800 

Fire  apparatus  to  return  from  fire  at  walk 128!J  800 

Hose  not  to  be  driven  over 12U0  800 

Hose  protectors 12'Jl  800 

Old  iron,  etc.,  not  to  be  removed  from  building 1292  800 

Unlawful  use  of  keys  to  boxes,  etc 1294  807 

Ownership  of  property  saved  at  fire  to  be  proven 1295  307 

Defacing  alarm  boxes 1290  807 

Opening  signal  boxes 1297  807 

Apparatus  not  permitted  in  parks 1098  892 

Benevolent  association  of. 2078  471 

Fire  E.scapes:     (See   Buildings.) 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of [01]       68  22 

Fire  Inspector: 

Duties,  reports 808  219 

Powers  of 804  219 

Fire  Limits: 

Power  to  prescribe [63]       08  28 

Power  to  regulate  lumber  yards  in [86]     484  185 

Power  to  prohibit  lumber  yards  in [27]     439  143 

Established ". ' 1250  299 

Fire   Marshal: 

Trustee  of  relief  fund 313  94 

Ofiice  created,  term 771  214 

How  appointed,  when 772  214 

Bond 778  214 

Appoint  subordinates 774  214 

Prescribe  duties  of  subordinates 775  214 

Require  bond:>  of  officers,  etc 770  215 

Control  of  department,  rules,  etc 777  215 

Custody  of  apparatus,  etc 778  215 

Investigate  cause  of  fires,  records 779  215 

Examine  condition  of  department  twice  each  year 780  215 

lleport  accidents,  causes,  number  of  buildings  destroyed  and 

names  of  owners 781  215 

Repair  apparatus 782  215 

Prescribe  uniform  and  badges 788  215 

Board  for  hearing  cases  of  violation  of  rules,  powers  of  board     784  210 

May  reduce  or  discharge  officers 785  210 

Prefer  charges  against  firemen 780  210 

Suspend  officers 7y7  210 

Keep  records  of  complaints,  time  list,  property ^.&  other  books     788  216 

Annual  estimates ;: 789  210 

Keep  people  away  from  vicinitj' of  fire 790  216 

Remove  property  to  prevent  spread  of  fire 791  217 

Cut  down  buildings,  fences,  blow  up  buildings 792  217 

Make  arrests,  police  power 7<)8  217 

Secretary,  duties  of. 794  217 

Assistant  marshals,  duties 7!i0  217 

Superintendent  of  city  telegraph,   how  appointed 797  218 

Fire  alarm  telegraph 7!)8  218 

Records  of  telegraph  department 79!i  218 

Operation  of  police  and  lire  telegraph 800  218 

Batteries  and  instruments *«'01  218 

Ivules  regulating  telegraph !-02  218 

Duties  of  fire  inspector,  reports 808  219 


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INDEX. 


Fire  Marshal,  continued:                                                                          Section.  Page. 

Power  of  fire  inspector 804  219 

Prevent  persons  from  handling  apparatus 805  219 

Firemen  to  be  paid  during  disability 800  219 

Firemen  to  be  furnished  rules 807  219 

Firemen  to  wear  badges 808  219 

Permit  firemen  to  receive  rewards 809  220 

Firemen  not  to  resign  without  permission,   penalty,    unex- 
plained absence 810  220 

Sign  certificate  of  theaters,  etc 919  242 

Direct  location  of  water  plug  at  theater 1120  276 

Direct  size  of  hose  at  theater 1127  276 

Fire  alarm  telegraph  at  theater 1129  276 

Fire  apparatus  at  theater 1180  276 

Approve  firemen  at  theaters 1131  276 

Require  aid  from  draymen 1287  300 

Procure  liose  protectors 1291  306 

Firemen:     (See  Fire  Marshal.) 

Prevent  persons  from  handling  apparatus 805  219 

Receive  pay  during  disabilitv 800  219 

To  be  furnished  rules ". 807  219 

Wear  badges,  etc 808  219 

May  receive  rewards,  with  permission 809  220 

Not  to  resign  without  permission,  penalty,  unexplain'd  abs...     810  220 

Not  to  loan  hydrant  wrenches 2046  461 

Benevolent  association  of 2073  471 

Fireplaces: 

Power  to  prevent  dangerous  construction  of. [03]       03  23 

Fireworks: 

Power  to  regulate [05]       03  23 

,  Not  to  be  discharged  within  city  limits 1300  308 

■  Not  to  be  stored  unless  in  fireproof  vault 1301  308 

Not  to  be  sold  in  city 1303  308 

First  Street: 

Vacation  of  part  of. 2502  587 

Fiscal  Year: 

Defined 89  31 

Established 513  106 

Fish:     (See  Inspector  of  Fish.) 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of. [50]       03  22 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of. [53]       03  22 

Regulate  sale  of. [38]     434  136 

Unsound  not  to  be  oftered  as  food 1397  340 

Fish  Inspector:     (See  Inspector  of  Fish.) 

Appoint  assistants,  powers 841  225 

May  charge  for  cooperage 843  226 

Duty  of  dealers  to  have  fresh  water  fish  inspected 844  226 

Flags: 

Power  to  display  on  city  hall  vested  in  maj'or 1305  308 

Flagmen : 

Power  to  require,  etc [27]       03  20 

At  railroad  crossings 333  101 

Shelter  for 333  101 

Powers  of 333  101 

At  railroad  crossing 1841  418 

Flagpoles  : 

To  be  braced  1089  270 

Flour : 

Power  to  inspect [53]       03  22 

Flowerpots: 

Unlawful  to  keep  on  window  sills 1300  309 


INDEX.  783 

Food:                                                                                                                                           Section.  I'aor. 

Unsound  meat,  iisli,  vegetables,  etc l:j97  ;}4() 

Age  of  calf,  pig,  lamb,  oftered  for  food 1:{!IS  ;J4() 

Diseased  cattle  not  to  be  killed  tor i;5!)!>  :{40 

FoKESTALMNfi: 

Power  to  prevent [•")!]       Ci'.)  22 

PoAver  to  prevent [o]     4o4  \-'2 

Forms: 

Of  official  oatb '-'5  :! 

Of  ballots  at  election  for  organizing  under  general  law :!  7 

Of  orilinanees 'i-1  '2~> 

Of  official  oath 7(1  2S 

Of  petition  for  condemnation  of  property,  etc l:.'l  40 

Of  oath  of  commissioner  to  make  assessment l,}!)  44 

Of  notice  to  owner,  of  assessment 142  45 

Of  notice  of  assessment  for  publication 142  4.") 

Of  spgcial  assessment  warrant Ml  47 

Of  collectors  notice  of  special  assessment 152  47 

Of  aciLnowledgmcnt  on  official   bond 1!)5  (54 

Of  certificate  to  be  attached  to  copies  etc 2.")2  77 

Of  oath  of  oil  inspector .'iOl  !)| 

Of  pound  notice ISKI  4i:> 

Of  order  to  sell  animal  impounded 1819  414 

Of  pound  notice 1«20  414 

Fortune  Tp:lling: 

Not  permitted  in  parks WXi  392 

Fourth  Avknuic: 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles  on 2822  084 

Fourth  Strkkt: 

Vacated  tor  railway  purposes 2506  589 

Fourteenth  Street : 

Track  of  Metropolitan  Co.  on 2254  526 

Fox  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2780  673 

Franklin    Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2136  489 

Fruit: 

Penalty  for  selling  in  wine  measures 902  239 

Parings  not  to  be  thrown  on  sidewalk 1594  374 

Fruit  Stands  : 

Regulated 1623  379 

Poller  Street: 

C,  A.'ic  St.  L.  R.  R.  lay  tracks  across 2444  571 

Fulton    Street: 

Temporary  railroad  track  on 2496  58(i 

Jones  &  Laughlin  lay  track  across 278(i  (i75 

Funerals  : 

Horse  railway,  furnish  cars  for 2173  5():> 

Horse  railways  to  furnish  cars 2179  5()ti 

Hor.se  railways  furnish  cars  for 2299  536 

FuRNACE.s:     (See  Buildings.) 

J'urst  &  Bradley  Company: 

Extend  cable  across  Jefferson  street 286J>  700 

Manner  of  construction 2870  700 

Indemnify  city 2871  701 

G. 

Galena  and  Chicago  Union  R.  R.:     (See  Railroads.) 
Gallery:     (See  Sidewalks.) 
Gambler.s:  (See  Gaming.) 

Power  to  arrest ^ [63]     434  138 


784 


INDEX. 


(JAiMULlXG:                                                                                                                       Section.  Pagk. 

Power  to  siipi^ross [4."»J       (i;^  21 

Power  to  pie\L'nl  in  boats,  etc 275  84 

Power  to  restrain [4]     434  132 

Power  to  destroy  inplements  used   for [lo]     434  133 

Gaming  : 

Unlawful  to  keep  devices  for 1307  30!) 

Unlawful  to  engage  in 1308  30!) 

Police  to  inform  mayor  of  houses  for 130!)  30!) 

Unlawful  to  have  or  bring  devices  into  citv 1310  310 

In  streets .". 1311  310 

Unlawful  to  frequent,  \  isit   house  for 1312  310 

Police  to  i-eize  and  destroy  devices  for 1313  310 

Not  permitted  in  parks.. .T 1(593  392 

Garuagk:     (See  Health.) 

Power  to  prevent  deposit  of [15]       ()3  1!) 

Removal  of  by  day  scavengers 1878  425 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  sewers 1!)I3  431 

Gas  : 

Manufiicture  of 1302  339 

Gas  Companies: 

Powers  of  council  over [13]       (53  19 

Gas  Inspector  :     (See  Inspector  of  Gas  Meters.) 

Gas  Mains  : 

To  be  laid  under  regulations  of  commissioner  of  jniblic  works     557  174 

Gas  Meters:     (See  Inspector  of  (ias  Meters.) 

Gasoline:     (See  Oil  Inspector.) 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

Gates  &  Co.,  P.  W. : 

Lav  track  between  Madison  and   Washington  streets 2731  (502 

Gaugers: 

Power  to  appoint [43]     434  13(5 

Geese: 

Power  to  restrain  from  rimning  at  large [80]       03  24 

Gift  Distribution:     (See  Amusements.) 

Glanders: 

Animal  ha\ing,  not  to  lie  brouglit  into  city 1454  350 

Glass  : 

Not  to  be  liirown  in  streets 1587  373 

Glle: 

Making  regulated 1427,  1428  345 

Unlawful  to  manufacture,  etc 1()27  380 

License  for,  fee 1630  381 

Re\ocation  of  license 1031  381 

Penalties 1G33  381 

(Jlue  Makinc;:      (See  Slaughtering.) 

Gottfried,  M.  : 

La\-  track  across  .Vlexander  street 2734  (i(52 

Grades: 

Power  to  compel  railroads  to  conlbrm  to [27]        03  20 

Power  to  establish [54]     434  137 

Referred  to  plane  of  low  Avater  ot  1847 1314  310 

Table  explained 1315  311 

Tables 312 

Grades  between  points  to  be  in  straight  lines,  exceptions....   131(5  323 

Sidewalks  to  incline  upward,  etc 1317  323 

Not  authorizing  streets  to  be  tilled  to 1318  323 

For  sidewalks,  to  be  given  by  department  public  works 1921  433 

Sidewalk  to  conform  to 1924  434 

Of  Wolcott  street  and  North  Water  street  not  to  be  changed 

without  consent  of  C.  .^c  N.  W.  R.  R.  Co .'  2511  590 

Of  Halsted  street  (N.)  at  viaduct , ,,, ,.,,,.  251(5  595 


INDEX.  7^5 

Grades,  contiuucd:                                                                                         Section.  Page. 

or  Lake,  Madison  and  Randolph  streets  at  viaducts 2694  653 

Grease:     (See  Health  and  Nuisances.) 

Green  Bay  Road: 

Horse  railway 2122  485 

Griswold  Street: 

Pacific  and  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company  to  erect  poles  on  2822  684 

Grocer  : 

To  allow  inspector,  etc 1424  344 

Grocery  : 

Power  to  compel  cleansing  of [84]       63  24 

License  lor  sale  of  liquors [7]     434  133 

Suppress  disorderly [15]     434  133 

Remove  nuisance  from [16]     434  134 

Grove  Street: 

Track  of  Toliet  and  Chicago  R.  R.  on 2433  569 

Improvement  of  by  J.  &  C.  R.  R.  Co 2442  571 

W.  H.  Swett  lay  track  on 2768  670 

E.  L.  Hedstrom  l\:  Co.,  lav  track  on 2783  674 

Tobev  &  Booth  build  bridge  over 2788  676 

C.  & "W.  L  R.  R.,  lay  cable  on 2833  687 

Guide  Boards: 

Defacing 1586  373 

Gun  Cotton:     (See  Gunpowder.) 

Gunpowder: 

Power  to  regulate,  etc [65]       63  23 

Regulate  storage  of. [20]     434  134 

Regulate  carriage  of : [21]     434  134 

Permit  to  keep  required 1264  301 

Four  permits  to  a  block 1265  301 

Clerk  register  permits 1266  302 

Not  to  bl' weighed  after  lamps  are  lighted 1267  302 

Sign  to  be  placed  at  door 1268  302 

Quantity  that  may  be  stored 1269  302 

Powder  magazines,  location 1270  302 

Transportation  of. 1271  302 

Not  to  be  kept  within  city  limits 1272  303 

Not  to  remain  on  docks l^l*^  ^^^ 

Wagon  loaded  with  to  be  marked  and  not  to  stand  in  street.    1274  303 

Vessel  laden  with  not  to  lie  at  docks 1276  308 

Mayor  or  police  may  remove  vessel  laden  with 1277  304 

Permits  for  sale  of,  when  expire,  fee 1278  304 

May  be  seized  and  removed 1279  304 

Unlawful  to  manufacture  explosive  compound 1280  304 

Unlawful  to  store  explosive  materials 1281  304 

Storehouse  for  explosive  materials  to  be  marked 1282  305 

Penalty  for  not  marking 1282  305 

Vessel  not  to  land  with  between  12th  street  and  Chicago  ave  1333  326 

Gut  Fat  :     i  See  Markets.) 

Gutters : 

Power  to  regulate [16]       63  19 

Power  to  regulate,  etc ,.   [57]       63  22 

Not  to  be  obstructed 1588  373 

H. 

Hackmen: 

Obe}^  police,  etc 1793  407 

May  solicit  custom  on  railway  grounds 1801  410 

(See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

50 


786 


INDEX. 


Hacks:                                                                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Power  to  license [42]       G8  21 

(See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts) 

Hackstand: 

Established 1170  284 

Mayor  maj- desij^nate 1171  285 

Halls: 

Doors  to  open  outwards 323  98 

(See  Theaters,  also  Buildings.) 

Halsted  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2155  498 

Improvement  of  by  horse  railway  company 215G  498 

Horse  railway  on ". 2159  499 

Horse  railway  on 2175  505 

^    Extension  of'tracks  on 2306  537 

Horse  railway  on 2340  54(5 

Viaduct  on 2515  595 

Grade  of  at  viaduct 251G  595 

Pacific  and  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  erect  poles  on 2822  684 

Handbills: 

Power  to  regulate  carrying  of. [18]       63  19 

Harbor: 

Power  to  regulate [38]       63  21 

Povvcr  to  regulateand  preserve [53]     434  137 

Locate  vessels  in [53]     434  137 

Speed  of  vessels,  etc [53]     434  137 

Boundaries  of [53]     434  137 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Under  control  harbor  master 1324  324 

Sunken  or  unfastened  vessels 1325  324 

Vessels  not  to  remain  at  south  pier 1327  325 

Passage  of  vessels  not  to  be  prevented 1328  325 

Speed  of  vessels  in,  not  to  be  anchored  at  bridges,  lines 1329  325 

Sail  vessels  to  be  towed  by  steam  tug 1330  325 

Time  to  be  given  for  opening  bridges,  damage  to  bridges 1331  .   326 

Cargo  not  to  be  left  projecting  over  wharf 1332  326 

Rules  for  vessels  lying  in  or  navigating 1333  326 

Smoke  pipes  to  prevent  escape  ot  sparks 1333  326 

Tugs  to  have  joint  in  smoke  pipe 1333  326 

Anchors  to  be  kept  on  board 1333  327 

Lights 1333  327 

Vessels  not  to  be  unfastened 1333  327 

Further  penalties 1333  327 

Sail  vessels  to  be  moved  imder  short  sail 1333  326 

Master  or  competent  person  to  remain  on  board 1333  326 

Gunpowder 1333  326 

Deposit  of  ashes,  filth,  etc.,  prohibited 1334  327 

Vessels,  etc.,  defined 1336  327 

Penalty  for  injuring  dredge,  etc 1337  327 

Vessels  not  to  lie  at  garbage  dock 1463  351 

Dragging  anchors  in  river 1847  419 

(See  also  Harbor  Master.) 
Harbor  Master: 

Power  to  appoint [39]       63  21 

Enforce  bridge  ordinance 989  253 

To  be  appointed  annually 1319  323 

Office 1320  323 

Under  direction  commissioner  of  public  works 1321  323 

Carry  speaking  trumpet,  keep  records  of  damages  to  city 

property  on  river,  reports 1322  324 

Have  charge  of  life  boats 1323  324 

Have  charge  of  movement  of  vessels  in  harbor 1324  324 


INDEX.  787 

Harbor  Master,  continticd:                                                                  Section.  Page. 

Order  removal  of  .sunken  or  unfastened  vessels 1325  324 

May  remove  vessels,  etc 1326  325 

Prevent  vessels  laden  with  gunpowder  from  landing,  etc. .  .    1333  326 

To  be  appointed  special  policeman 1335  327. 

Harrison  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Release  from  horse  railway  track 2143  491 

Release  from  horse  raihvay  track 493 

Horse  railway  on 2321  541 

Harvey  &  Co.,  t.  W. : 

Track  on  Twenty-second  street 2772  671 

Hatchways:     (See  Buildings.) 

Hawthorxe  Avenue: 

Railroad  track  in 2043  635 

Hay: 

Power  to  inspect,  etc [54]       63  22 

Regulating  weighing  and  sale  of. [39]     434  136 

Not  to  be  deposited  near  building 1263  301 

To  be  weighed  by  city  weigher,  fee 1338  328 

Deduction  to  be  made  for  damp 1339  328 

To  be  sold  in  designated  stand 1340  328 

Weigher's  offices  designated 1341  328 

llav  markets 1343  328 

.      Baled  hay  to  be  weighed,  etc 1343  328 

Weigher's  certificate  to  be  exhibited 1344  329 

Reweighing,  expense 1345  329 

Health  : 

Enforcement  of  ordinances  concerning 45  14 

Construction  of  defective  building 1347  329 

Light,    \  entilation,  sewerage  of  building  used    as    lodging 

house 1348  329 

Overcrowding  of  factories,  etc 1349  329 

Factories  to  be  kept  clean,  privies,  urinals 1350  330 

Commissioner  to  visit  factories,  etc 1351  330 

Reports  factory  inspectors.. 1353  330 

Tenement  houses  not  to  be  overcrowded 1353  330 

Privies  and  water  closets  at  tenement  houses,  etc 1354  331 

Tenement  houses  and  factories  to  be  lighted,  ventilated,  etc., 

temperature 1355  331 

Sleeping  in  cellars  prohibited 1356  331 

Employment  of  children 1357  331 

Transom  windows  in  sleeping  rooms 1358  331 

Roofs 1359  333 

Number  of  water  closets  and  privies,  etc 1360,  1301  332 

Sewer  connections 1362  333 

Water  closets  to  be  trapped 1363  332 

Yards  to  begraded,  etc 1364  333 

Receptacles  for  garbage,  keeping  of  animals   in  house  pro- 
hibited   1305  333 

Filth,  garbage  to  be  removed,  whitewash  tenement  houses...  1306  333 

Contagious  diseases  in  tenement  houses,  disinfecting 1367  333 

Commissioner  may  order  unhealthy  building  vacated 1368  334 

Number  of  tenement  houses  in  each  lot  regulated 1370  334 

Height  of  rooms  and  number  of  windows 1371  334 

Chimneys,  fireplaces,  etc.,  water,  cellar,  halls, 1372  335 

Tenement  house  defined 1373  335 

Lodging  house  defined 1374  335 

Cellar  defined ." 1375  335 

Temperature,  ventilation,  cleanliness  of  churches  and  schools  1376  336 

Agents  to  disclose  name  of  owner,  etc.. 1377  336 

Health  of  prisoners 1378  336 


788 


INDEX. 


Health,  continued:                                                                                             Section.  Page. 

Depositing  unwholesome  substance  in  Lake  Michigan i:370  SoG 

Offensive  water,  dressing  hides,  etc l:J80  ;{8G 

SwiJl,  brine,  urine,  etc.,  not  to  run  in  street l;:581  o37 

Butcliers'  ofTal,  dead  animals,  vegetable  matter 1382  337 

Privy  vaults,  cesspools,  sinks,  etc 1383  337 

Kitchen  waste  not  to  run  into  privy : 1384  337 

Cesspools,  vaults,  etc.,  not  to  be  allowed  to  become  nuisances  1385  337 

Gutters  not  to  be  obstructed ■ 1386  337 

Shaking  ashes,  hair,  feathers,  beating  carpets  in  streets 1387    .  337 

Contents  of  privies  to  be  removed  in  air-tight  apparatus 1388  338 

Drains  and  soil  pipes  to  be  kept  clean 1389  338 

Flushing  drains  with  water 1390  838 

Sewers,  construction,  size,  etc 1391  338 

Gas  tar  and  gas  manufacture 1393  339 

Construction  of  water  closets  and  sinks 1393  339 

Contents  of  privy,  manure,  garbage,  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  in 

vacant  lots,  or  thrown  in  river 1394  339 

Tubs  in  privies,  sinks,  etc 1395  340 

Throwing  oftal,  etc.,  in  river 1396  340 

Unsound  meat,  fish,  vegetables,  etc 1397  340 

Calves,  pigs  and  lambs,  age  of. 1398  340 

Cattle  not  to  be  killed  when  fevered,  etc 1399  340 

Meat  not  to  be  offered  for  sale  until  fully  cooled 1400  340 

Deca\ed  vegetables 1401  341 

Poisonous,  deleterious  and  unwholesome  substances 1402  341 

Cased,  blown,  plaited,  raised  or  putrid  ineat  not  to  be  offered 

for  food 1403  341 

Unwholesome  food  under  false  name 1404  341 

Market  stalls  and  food  to  be  kept  clean 1405  341 

Ice  box  to  be  lined,  etc 1406  341 

Unwholesome  food  to  be  reported 1407  341 

Poisonous  liquids 1408  342 

Penalty  for  sale  of  tainted  meat 1409  342 

Swill  milk,  skimmed,  watered  and  adulterated  milk 1410  342 

No  animal,  mineral  or  vegetable  substance  to  run  into  water 

pipe 1411  342 

Purity  of  water  to  be  preserved 1412  342 

Drinking  h,ydrants 1413  342 

Cattle  to  be  kept  in  wholesome  place 1414  343 

Stables  to  be  kept  clean 1415  343 

Cattle  not  to  be  yarded  without  permit 1416  343 

Cattle  not  to  be  bound  while  being  transported 1417  343 

Slaughtering 1418  343 

Slaughter  houses  to  be  kept  clean 1419  343 

Cattle  not  to  be  slaughtered  in  streets 1420  344 

Slaughter  house  not  to  be  used  as  dwelling 1421  344 

New  slaughter  houses 1422  344 

Meat  not  to  be  dressed  near  poisonous  substance 1423  344 

Dealer  to  allow  inspection  of  meat,  etc 1424  344 

Offal  to  be  carried  in  tight  boxes 1425  344 

Pound  keeper  to  take  care  of  animals  in  his  keeping 1426  344 

Bone  boiling  and  glue  making 1427  345 

Rendering  and  glue  making 1428  345 

Scraps  to  be  dried,  etc 1429  345 

Varnish  factories,  distilieries,  etc 1430  345 

Digging  ground  filled  with  offensive  matter .' 1431  345 

Rendering  further  regulated 1432  346 

Receptacle  for  refuse,  etc 1433  346 

Iron  ash  receivers. .; 1434  346 

Ashes  and  liquids  not  to  be  put  in  same  receptacle 1435  346 

Ash  receivers  to  be  kept  oft'  sidewalks 1436  346 


INDEX.         ^  7S9 

Health,  continued:                                                                                   Section.  Pace. 

Ashes  to  be  deposited  before  7  o'clock  a.  m 1487  847 

Drivers  of  carts  lor  removing  garbage  to  give  notice,  etc 1488  847 

Scavenger  Avagons 1440  847 

Scavenger  wagons  to  be  tight 1441  347 

To  be  kept  clean 1442  848 

Contents  of  pri\'y  not  to  be  spilt  in  street 1448  348 

Night  soil  to  be  disinfected 1444  348 

Permit  for  cleaning  privy 1445  848 

Manure,  etc 1446  848 

Dumping  manure  from  cars 1447  849 

Manure  not  to  be  stirred 1448  349 

Ovster  shells  to  be  removed 1449  849 

Swill,  removal  of. 1450  849 

Blacksmith  shop  and  factories  to  remove  ashes 1451  ;549 

Privies  to  be  built  according  to  regulations 1453  350 

Diseased  animals  not  to  be  brought  into  city 1458  850 

Glanders 1454  350 

Dead  animals  not  to  be  left  in  streets,  etc 1455  350 

Injured  or  diseased  animals  to  be  removed 145(3  350 

Removal  of  dead  animals Ii57  850 

Removal  of  dead  animals 1458  851 

No  person  to  interfere  with  dead,  sick  or  inj'd  animals  in  sts.   1459  351 

Dock  for  removal  of  garbage,  etc.,  not  to  be  obstructed 14G0  851 

Scavengers  to  do  work  with  dispatch 1461  351 

Street  sweepings  not  to  be  piled  up 1462  351 

Vessels  not  to  lie  at  garbage  dock 1468  351 

Contagious  diseases  to  be  reported 1404  352 

Deaths  from  contagious  diseases  to  be  reported 1465  352 

Hotel  and  boarding  house  keepers  to  rept  contagious  diseases  1466  852 

Managers  of  public  institutions  to  report  contagious  diseases  1467  852 

Masters  of  vessels  to  report  contagious  diseases 1468  352 

Citizens  to  report,  when 1469  352 

Lodging  house  keeper  to  give  notice  of   sickness  of  person 

from  any  vessel 1470  358 

Master  ot  vessels  to  report  infected  person 1471,  1472  353 

Hides,  rags,  etc.,  from  infected  place  not  to  be  unloaded  from 

vessel  or  sold 1473  353 

Person  sick  with  contagious  disease  not  to  be  removed  from 

vessel,  etc 1474  354 

No  person  or  thing  to  be  brought  into  the  city  from  infected 

place ". 1475  354 

Persons  sick  with  contagious  disease  not  to  be  removed 1476  854 

Vaccination 1477  854 

Children  not  to  be  exposed  to  contagious  disease 1478  854 

Children  not  to  be  admitted  to  school  unless  vaccinated.  .  .  .   1479  3.54 

Evidence  of  vaccination 1480  355 

Commissioner  to  visit  schools 1481  355 

Penalties  on  teachers,  etc 1482  355 

Dead  body  of  human  being  not  to  be  exposed 1483  355 

Fact  of  death  not  publicly  known  to  be  reported 14^84  355 

Births  and  deaths  to  be  registered  by  physicians  and  midwife  1485  355 

Copy  of  physician's  register  to  be  given  department  of. 1486  356 

Nothing  to  be  placed  in  streets  which  will  imperil 1487  356 

Cesspools  and  privies  to  be  water  tight  and  connected  with 

sewers 1488  356 

Buildings  not  to  be  used  for  any  purpose  destroying  peace  or 

dangerous  to  health " 1489  356 

No  noisome  substance  to  be  brought  into  city 1490  356 

No  building  to  be  maintained  which  occasions  nuisance 1491  356 

No  nuisance  to  exist  in  connection  witii  business 1492  356 

Penalty  for  violating   article 1498  ^57 

Ambulances  to  have  right  of  way 1494  357 


,• 


790 


INDEX. 


Health  Department:                                                                             Section.  Page. 

Power  to  appoint [76]  (h)  24 

Power  to  make  health  regulations [78]  0-]  24 

Unlawful  to  examine  inmates  of  houses  of  ill  fame 273  83 

Contagious  diseases,  etc [29]  434  135 

Power  of  council  to  regulate  burial  of  dead [3o]  434  135 

Registration  of  births  and  deaths [35]  434  135' 

Regulations  for  preservation  of. [59]  434  138 

Unwholesome  substances [60]  434  138 

Council  may  order  destruction  of  unwholesome  fruit,  etc   [  8]  439  141 

May  let  scavenger  work  by  contract [15]  439  142 

Dead  animals  to  be  removed 468  152 

Machinery,  condensers,  &c 4(19  153 

Drains  and  privies 470  158 

Penalties  for  violating  rules,  etc 471  153 

Penalties,  how  recovered 474  154 

Have  access  to  markets 1580  372 

^  (See  Departmentof  Healthand  Commissioner  of  Health.) 

Hedstrom  &  Co.,  E.  L. : 

Lay  track  across  Grove  street 2783  674 

Hemp: 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of. ^. [65]  63  23 

Hickory  St.  : 

C.  A.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  lay  track  across 2444  571 

Hides:   (See  Markets.) 
Hinckley  &  Co.,  G.  W. 

Lay  track  on  Twenty-second  st 2749  666 

HoMAN  Ave.  : 

Railroad  track  on 2563  610 

Hogs:     (See  Cattle.) 
Horses: 

Not  to  be  driven  faster  than  six  miles  per  hour 1495  357 

Driving  around  street  corners 1496  357 

Driving  through  alleys '•••  1497  357 

Running  at  large ". 1498  357 

Not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalks 1499  358 

Racing  on  streets 1500  358 

Not  to  be  sold  at  auction  on  streets 1502  358 

Bells  on  sleighs 1503  358 

Driving  over  bridges 1504  358 

Standing,  attached  to  vehicles  and  unfastened 1505  358 

Not  to  be  turned  loose  in  parks 1689  391 

Fastening  to  sidewalks 1943  438 

Not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalks 1947,  1949,  1950,  1951  439 

Selling  in  streets 2013  451 

Horse  Racing: 

Power  to  prevent [22]  434  134 

Horse  Railways  : 

Can  not  be  authorized  by  general  assembly 4  5 

Power  to  regulate [24]  63  20 

No  permit  for  longer  than  teventy  years [24]  63  20 

Power  to  lay  in  streets [90]       03  25 

Powder  to  regulate [49]  434  136 

When  steam  dummies  may  be  used [23]     439  143 

Mav  use  steam  power,  when 440  144 

To  procure  licenses  for  cars 1500  358 

License  to  be  posted  in  car 1507  359 

Gauge  fixed 1508  359 

Rails  regulated 1509  359 

To  sprinkle  tracks 1510  360 

Tracks  not  to  be  elevated  above  streets 1511  360 


INDEX.  791 

Horse  Railways,  continued:                                                                Section.  Page. 

Complaints  against  condition  of  track 1512  06O 

Condition  of  track  to  be  reported,  etc 1512  360 

Notice  to  repair  track 1513  300 

Penalty  for  neglecting  to  repair  track 1514  300 

Conductor  on  each  car 1515  3G1 

Cars  to  be  numbered,  to  be  distinguished  by  color,  routes  in- 
dicated thereon,  signal  lights 1510  301 

Cars  have  right  to  tracks,  not  to  be  obstructed 1517  361 

Car  with  broken  window  not  to  be  used 1518  361 

Time  of  running  cars  prescribed 1519  361 

Stopping  cars  on  street  intersections,  between   streets,  bells 

on  horses 1520  362 

Penalties 1521  362 

Police  to  report  violations 1522  363 

Track  on  Twenty-second  street  (Ringgold  Place) 2084  474 

Track  on  Cottage  Grove  avenue 2084  474 

Track  on  Archer  avenue 2084  474 

Track  on  State  street 2084  474 

North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  incorporated 2107  480 

Extending  in  south  and  west  divisions 2109  480 

Authorizing  Chicago  City  Railway  to  construct  lines..  .    2109  2110  480 

Track  on  Milwaukee  avenue 2110  481 

Track  on  Canal  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Lake  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Randolph  street 2110  481 

Track  on   Desplaines  street 2110  481 

Track  on  W.  Harrison  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Market  street 21iy  481 

Track  on  S.  Wells  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Polk  street 2110  481 

Track  on  S.  Clark  street 2110  481 

•    Track  on  Van  Buren  street 2110  481 

Track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2110  482 

Track  on  Twelfth  street '. 2110  482 

Track  on  Eighteenth  street  (Old  street) 2110  482 

Track  on  Indiana  avenue 2110  482 

In  north  division 2121  484 

Track  on  N.  Clark  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Green  Bay  road 2122  485 

Track  on  Division  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Elm  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Wells  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Sedgwick  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Chicago  avenue 2122  485 

Track  on  Clybourn  avenue 2122  485 

Track  on  Michigan  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Rush  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Wolcott  street 2122  485 

Chicago  West  Division  Railway  Company  incorporated.  ...   2137  490 

Penalty  for  obstructing 2141  491 

Certain  streets  exempt  from 2143  491 

Exempting  Canal,  Harrison  and  Lake  streets  from 2143  491 

Track  on  West  Lake  street 2143  491 

Track  on  Desplaines  street 2143  492 

Track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2143  492 

Track  on  Ilalsted  street 2143  492 

Temporary  tracks  on  State  street 2146  493 

Exempting  certain  streets  from  railways 2148  494 

Connection  of  tracks  of  North  Chicago  and  Chicago  City 

Companies  on  State  street "..  3153  497 


792 


INDEX. 


Horse  Railways,  continued:                                                              Section.  Page. 

Track  on  Wolcott  street 21o2  497 

On  North  Ilalsted  street 2155  498 

Releasing  North  Desplaines  street 2155  498 

"     2159  499 

Release  of  Desplaines  street 2159  499 

Temporary  track  on  Clinton  street 216:^  500 

Permanent  track  on  Clinton  street 21G7  501 

Extension  ot"  track  in  North  Division 2170  502 

Track  on  Larrabee  street 2170  502 

Track  on  Little  Fort  road 2170  502 

Track  on  Linden  and  Eugenie  streets 2170  503 

Furnish  cars  lor  funeral  purposes 2173  503 

Improvement  of  streets 2174  503 

Track  on  Clinton  street 2175  504 

Track  on  Meagher  street 2175  504 

Track  on  Jefterson  street 2175  504 

Track  on  West  Chicago  avenue 2175  504 

Track  on  West  Indiana  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Catherine  street 217o  505 

Track  on  West  Polk  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Desplaines  street 2175  ,505 

Track  on  Sebor  street 2175  505 

Track  on  Halsted  street 2175  505 

Improvements  of  streets ; 2177  505, 

Furnish  cars  for  funeral  purposes 2179  50(i 

Track  on  18th  street 2181  507 

Track  on  Indiana  avenue 2181  507 

Improvement  of  streets 2183  508 

Furnish  cars  for  funeral  purposes 2184  509 

Franchises  extended  for  ninetv-nine  vears 2187  509 

Chicago  and  Evanston  R.  R."  Co.....'. 2189  510 

Extension  of  track  on  South  Clark  street 2194  512 

Use  dummy  to  clean  tracks  of  snow 2195  512 

Track  on  Center  street 2196  513 

Track  on  Lincoln  avenue 2196  513 

Track  on  Indiana  avenue 2200  514 

Track  on  West  Van  Buren  street 2202  515 

Connect  tracks  of  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  and  North 

Chicago  City  Railway  on  Clark  street '2205  516 

Temporary  removal  of  track  on 'Wells  street  (5th  avenue)...  2209  517 

Track  on  Wells  street 2218  519 

Track  on  Wabash  avenue  and  Madison  street 2233  522 

Track  on  North  avenue    2243  524 

Track   on    Lake,  Canal  and  W\  Fourteenth  street  (Metro- 
politan)    2254  520 

Track  on  W.  Indiana  street,  Clinton   street  and    Milwaukee 

avenue 2264  529 

Track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2273  530 

Track  on  Ogden  avenue 2284  532 

Track  on  Wentworth  avenue 2295  535 

Extension  of  tracks  on  South  Halsted  street 2306  537 

On  O'Neil  street 2319  540 

Track  on  W^est  Harrison  street 2321  541 

Track  on  Canal  street 2321  541 

Track  on  Canalport  avenue 2321  541 

Track  on  West  12th  street 2321  541 

Track  on  Van  Buren  street 2333  543 

Extension  of  tracks  to  Central  Park 2337  545 

On  S.  Halsted  street 2340  546 

Extension  of  track  on  W.  Madison  street 2351  548 

Extension  of  track  on  W.  Twellth  street 2359  551 


INDEX.  793 

Horse  Railways,  contimtcd:  Section.  Page 

Extension  of  track  on  Randolph  street 2859  551 

Extension  of  track  on  \V.  Madison  street "i'M'y^  553 

Extension  of  track  on  Blue  Island  avenue 2:^(i(5  552 

Track  on  Western  avenue 2'>71  554 

Teniporary  removal  of  track  from  18th  street 2882  556 

Track  on  W.  Chicago  avenue 288o  556 

Track  on  N.  State  and  Division  streets 285)5  558 

Extension  of  track  on  Ogden  avenue 2401  560 

Track  on  Lake  street,  W.  Lake  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue  2407  561 

C.  W.  D.  Ry.  Co.  pay  towards  Lake  street  bridge 2412  562 

License  fee  for  cars  on  Lake  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue..  2418  .  568 

Night  car  on  Archer  avenue  and  Halsted  street  line 241T  564 

Chicago  City  Railway  Co.  may  use  other  than  animal  power  2420  564 

Use  stone  for  paving,  etc 2428  565 

(See  also  Chicago  City  Railway  Co.,  Chicago  West 
Division  Railway  Co.  and  North  Chicago  City 
Railway  Co.) 

Horse  Troughs: 

Power  to  regulate [17]  6:5  10 

Hospitals  : 

Power  to  establish,  etc [77]  68  24 

Power  to  establish [57]  484  188 

To  be  under  charge  of  commissioner  of  health 6!)()  198 

Hotels  : 

Doors  to  open  outward 328  98 

Hough  Place: 

Track  on 2755  667 

House  of  Correction  : 

Power  to  establish,  etc [G9]  68  28 

Prisoners  to  work,  etc 69  21 

Cities  ma^'  establish 255  78 

Inspectors,  term  of  office 25(i  78 

Rules,  employes 257  78 

R  ecords  of .  . ." 258  79 

Meetings  of  the  board 258  79 

City  officers  may  examine  records 258  79 

Compensation  and  duties  of  inspectors 258  79 

B(;oks,  quarterlv  statements,  accounts 259  79 

Further  reports 260  79 

Removal  of  officers 260  80 

Superintendent  m^y  remo\e  employes 260  80 

Duties  of  superintendent 261  80 

Term  of  office  of  superintendent 261  80 

How  superintendent  appointed 261  80 

Deputv  superintendent 261  80 

County  may  use 262  80 

Commitment 268  81 

Conveying  convict  to,  fees 264  81 

Application  of  other  laws 265  81 

House  of  shelter 266  81 

Expenses  of  house  of  correction 267  82 

Receive  United  States  convicts „,  268  82 

Bridewell  changed  to 269  82 

Salary  of  superintendent 270  82 

Record  of  conduct,  good  time 270  82 

Oaths  and  bonds  of  oflicers •. 271  82 

Amount  allowed  for  each  day's  work 808  98 

Duration  of  imprisonment  in 308  98 

Power  to  establish,  etc [50]  484  186 

Power  to  build,  etc [17-21]  489  142 

Comptroller  to  keep  record  of  coinmitments  to- , -524  168 


794  INDEX. 

House  of  Correction,  contmued:                                                   Section.  Page. 

Superintendent  to  preserve  comptroller's  certificates 541  171 

Established  ir)23  363 

Superintendent  to  have  charge  of  under  inspectors lo24  363 

Superintendent  to  receive   persons  committed,  put  them  at 

work  for  ten  hours  perday 1525  363 

Compensation  for  labor 1526  363 

Contract  with  Cook,  county  authorized 1527  863 

Prisoners  to  obey  superintendent 1528  364 

Superintendent  arrest  persons  interfering  with  him 1529  364 

Mittimus   to  be  given   to   superintendent,  duplicate  to  city 

comptroller 1530  364 

How  prisoners  are  to  be  released 1531  364 

Quarterly  statements 1532  364 

Board  of  inspectors  may  make  rules 1533  364 

Reports  to  county  board 1534  365 

Contracts  with  other  towns  and  counties  authorized 1535  365 

Superintendent  authorized  to  employ  medical  assistance 1536  365 

Superintendent  may  accept  fine  and  pa}'  over  to  comptroller  1537  365 

Railroad  track  on  grounds  of. 2554  607 

House  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 

Payment  of  certain  fines  to 2079  473 

How  funds  are  to  be  drawn 2080  473 

Annual  reports  required 2081  473 

Houses  of  III  Fame  : 

Power  to  suppress [45]       63  21 

Unlawful  to  license 272  83 

Power  to  suppress [15]     434  133 

Unlawful  to  carry  passengers  to,  etc 1202  291 

Keeping  prohibited 1602  375 

Declared  nuisance 1604  376 

Inmates 1605  376 

House  Mover: 

To  be  licensed,  bond,  etc 1108  273 

To  obtain  permit,  fee,  etc 1109  273 

House  Nu.mbers: 

Power  to  regulate [22]       63  20 

Decimal  sys'tem 1980,  1981  445 

Certificate  of,  how  furnished 1983  446 

Size  of  figures 1984  446 

Hydrants  : 

Power  to  regulate,  etc [57]       63  22 

Power  to  regulate [45]     434  136 

Fire  hydrants  declared  public  property 2043  461 

Not  to  be  opened  without  permit 2043  461 

Commissioner  of  public  works  to  provide 2044  461 

Injuring,  wasting  water  at 2045  461 


Ice: 

Regulate  cutting  and  sale  ot [39] 

Dealers  in  to  have  scales  inspected 

To  be  sold  by  weight 

Dealers  to  have  steelyards,  etc.,  with  wagon 

Scales  not  to  project  beyond  wagon 

Not  to  be  cut  in  river «. 

Penalty 

To  be  removed  from  sidewalks 

To  be  conveyed  in  tight  boxes 

Ice  Houses: 

How  constructed 1112         274 


434 

136 

901 

238 

1538 

365 

1539 

365 

1540 

366 

1541 

366 

1542 

366 

1955 

440 

2000 

449 

INDEX.  795 

Illegal  Voting  :     (See  Elections.)  Section.  Page. 

Illinois  Central  R.  R.  Co.:     (See  Railroads.) 

Illinois  Street: 

Chicago  Dock  &  Canal  Co.  lay  track   on 2703  668 

George  Bullen  &  Co.  lay  track  on 2789  676 

Illinois  &  Wisconsin  R.  R.  Co.:     (See  Railroads.) 

Imprisonment: 

Term  of,  in  house  of  correction 60  27 

Not  longer  than  six  months,  etc 308  93 

Not  to  exceed  six  months [64]  434  139 

Power  to  order,  etc [64]  434  139 

Power  to  order,  etc , [26]  437  143 

Improvements: 

When  made  by  general  tax 133  43 

When  made  b}'   special  tax 133  '48 

Apportion  assessments  for 140  44 

To  be  let  by  contract 165  51 

To  be  let  by  contract 583  181 

Indebtedness  : 

Can  not  be  released  by  general  assembly 23  3 

Private  property  not  to  be  taken  to  pay 10  4 

Not  to  exceed  five  per  cent  of  valuation 12  4 

How  and  when  to  be  paid 12  5 

Limited  to  five  per  cent,  of  valuation [5]  63  18 

Indecency : 

Prohibited 1603  376 

Immoral  or  indecent  play,  not  to  be  produced 1606  376 

Obscene  motions 1613  377 

Not  permitted  in  parks 1693  392 

Indecent  Exhibition  : 

Power  topunish [24]  434  134 

Indiana  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  482 

Horse  railwav  on 2181  507 

Horse  railwaV  on 2200  514 

Horse  railway  excluded  from  using  stone  pavement 2423  565 

Indiana  Street  (W): 

Horse  railway  on 2175  505 

Horse  railway  on 2264  529 

Inspectors : 

Power  to  appoint [43]  434  136 

Inspectors  of  Buildings: 

Duties  of  qualification 642  190 

Inspector  of  Elevators: 

Duties  of. ; 648  191 

Inspector  of  Fish  : 

Office  created,  term 828  224 

How  appointed,  when 829  224 

Bond 830  324 

Inspect  fresh  water  fish  and  oysters 831  224 

Condemn  unwholesome  fish,  and  dispose  of  same,  money  to 

be  paid  owner .".....  832  224 

Procure  sealed  weights,  weight  of  packages 833  334 

Brand  packages 834  335 

Fees 835  225 

Packages  to  be  well  hooped  and  headed 836  225 

Keep  records  and  report  annually  to  council 837  225 

Keep  office 838  225 

Not  to  deal  in  fish 839  225 

Penalty  for  violating  ordinance 840  235 

Penalty  for  selling  vminspecLed  fish 845  336 

Brand  fish  packed  in  Chicago 846  226 


796 


INDEX. 


Inspector  of  Fish,  continued:                                                          Section.  Page. 

Unlawful  for  person  not  appointed  to  assume  duties  of 847  227 

Unlawful  to  obstruct 848  227 

IX.SPECTOR  OF  G.\S   METERS: 

Office  created,  term 849  228 

How  appointed,  when 850  228 

Bond 851  228 

Inspect  meters 852  228 

Give  notice  to  consumers  and  gas  companies 853  228 

Inspection  conclusive 854  228 

Fees 855  228 

Certificate 856  228 

Time-table  for  lighting  street  lamps 857  229 

Test  meters  at  test  lamps  once  in  three  months 858  229 

Keep  record  of  meters  at  test  lamps,  rept  to  comptroller,  etc.  859  229 

Meters  at  test  lamps 860  230 

Record  of  time  of  lighting,  etc.,  test  lamps 861  230 

Watchmen  to  light,  etc.,  test  lamps,  reports,  compensation  of  862  230 

Equalizing  time  of  lighting  lamps 863  230 

Reports  to  be  filed  with  comptroller 864  230 

Report  state  test  lamp 865  231 

Supervise  test  lamps 866  231 

Keep  office  in  city  hall,  instruments 867  231 

Photometrical  tests  of  gas 868  231 

Record  of  meters  inspected,  watchmen's  reports,  notices.  . .  869  231 

Test  burners,  keep  record  of  tests,  etc 870  231 

Quarterly  reports  to  city  council 871  231 

Comptrolle'-  furnish  books,  apparatus,  etc 872  232 

Penalty  for  tampering  with  lamps 873  232 

Inspector  of  Oils: 

Office  created,  term : 874  233 

How  appointed,  when 875  233 

Bond  876  233 

Qualifications,  not  to  be  interested  in  sale  of  oils 877  233 

Provide  his  own  instruments,  duties,  etc 878  233 

When  approved,  to  brand 878  233 

Condemned  brand,  unlawful  to  sell  when 879  233 

Fees,  appoint  deputies 880  234 

Penalties 881  234 

Reports  and  records 882  234 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

Oil  warehouses 884  234 

Unlawl'ul  sale  of  oils,  etc 885  235 

(See  Oil  Inspection.) 

Inspector  of  Steam  Boilers  : 

Office  created,  term 811  221 

How  appointed,  when 812  221 

Qualifications  of 813  221 

Bond  814  221 

Duties  of 815  221 

Deliver  certificates  ofinspection 816  221 

Examine  and  determine  as  to  safetv  of  repaired  boilers 817  222 

Fees " 818  222 

May  be  removed,  etc.,  disqualified 819  222 

Penalties  for  taking  illegal  fees  or  making  false  certificate.  .  819  222 

City  to  provide  instruments,  books,  etc 820  222 

Deliver  property  to  successor,  inspect  city   boilers  without 

charge,  reports 820  222 

Boilers  to  be  inspected  each  year 821  223 

Try  cocks,  gauges,  safety  valves,  pumps 822  223 

Inspector  to  be  aided  by  owner 823  223 

Penalty  for  engineer  neglecting  duties 824  223 


INDEX.  797 

Inspector  of  Steam  Boilers,  confiiiucd :                                     Section.  Pagh. 

Safety  valves S^.")  22:J 

Penalties 82«  228 

Monthly  reports 827  223 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measlres: 

Office  created,  term 886  28(5 

How  and  when  to  be  appointed 887  28() 

Bond 888  28(5 

Inspect  and  stamp  weights  and  measures  once  each  year 889  28() 

Keep  record  of  inspections 890  28(5 

Give  copv  of  record  to  city  council  once  each  three  months.  .  891  28(5 

Report  names  of  persons  violating  ordinance  to  pros,  atty .  .  892  28(5 

Unlawlul  to  sell  weights  or  measures 898  287 

Report  incorrect  scales,  etc.,  to  council 894  287 

Inspect  scales  where  used,  when  incorrect  to  be   sent   to  his 

office,  penalty 895  287 

Unlawful  to  make  charge  oftener  than  once  a  j'ear,  exception..  890  287 

Fees 897  287 

Deliver  property  to  successor 898  288 

Comptroller  to  procure  standards  for 899  238 

All  weights  and  measures  to  be  inspected  and  sealed 90(J  288 

Peddlers  and  dealers  to  take  scales  to  office  of. 901  288 

Selling  by  wine  or  dry  measure  imlavvfully,  fraud  in   weigh- 
ing wood  or  coal 902  289 

Cerliticate  of  to  be  obtained 908  239 

False  weights,  etc 904  289 

Refusal  to  exhibit  weights,  etc 90.")  289 

Penalty  for  hindering 90(5  289 

Insurance : 

Tax  on  foreign  companies 274  88 

Insurance  Companies: 

To  be  limited,  etc Ill  87 

Tax  on  foreign Ill  87 

Intelligence  Offices: 

Defined lo48  36(5 

License  for lo44  366 

What  license  to  contain,  duration 154.)  366 

Fee  for  license 1546  866 

Penalty  for  keeping  without  license 1547  366 

Penalty  for  deceit,  imposition,  etc 1548  367 

Interest: 

Rate  to  be  paid  on  bonds 441  145 

Intoxication  : 

Power  to  prevent [-59]  63  22 

J. 

Jackson  Street: 

Exempted  from  horse  railway 2148  495 

Pacific  and  x\tlantic  Telegraph  Company  to  erect  poles  on...  2822  684 

Jefferson  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2175  .504 

Uailroad  track  in 2499  .586 

Railroad   track  in 2.500  .587 

Furst  &  Bradley  Co.  extend  cable  across 2869  700 

Jewelry :     (See  Auctions) 

Jon  Printing:     (See  Printing.) 

Joliet  and  Chicacjo  R.  R  :     (See  Railroads.) 

Jones  Avenue: 

Railroad  track  on 2525  .598 

Railroad   track  on 2.532  602 

Railroad   track  on 2642  685 


798 


INDEX. 


JoXES  &  Laughlin  :                                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

Lay  track  across  Fulton  street 278G  675 

Judges: 

To  call  election  for  organization  of  city 5  8 

Judges  of  Election: 

How  appointed 57  17 

May  appoint  clerks  of  election 58  17 

To  make  returns  to  citv  clerk 58  17 

Registry  boai  d 384  101 

Judgment: 

Provide  for  payment  of. 91  82 

In  condemnation  proceedings 126  41 

In  condemnation  proceedings 130  42 

In  special  assessment ]45  46 

In  special  assessment 14!)  47 

In  special  assessment 150  47 

On  special  tax  for  sidewalks 385  116 

Junk  Dealers: 

Power  to  license,  etc [95]  63  25 

Power  to  license [10]  434  133 

Not  to  be  licensed  as  pawn  broker  or  second  hand  dealer.  .  .  1888  427 

Revocation  of  license 1889  427 

Defined  to  be  licensed 1890  427 

Mayor  may  grant  license  to 1891  427 

License  fee 1892  428 

Bond  of. 1893  428 

Not  to  buy  coin,  furniture,  clothing,  etc , 1894  428 

Not  to  loan  money  on  articles 1894  428 

Keep  record  of  purchases 1895  428 

Record  open  to  mayor,  aldermen  or  police ISi'O  428 

Penalties 1897  428 

Unlicensed  dealers,  penalty 1898  428 

Must  be  citizens ^ 1898  428 

May  keep  wagons  and  boats,  name  to  be  painted  thereon...  .  1899  429 

Each  wagon  or  boat  to  be  licensed 1900  429 

To  wear  "badge 1900  429 

Fee  for  wagon  or  boat  license 1901  429 

Transfer  of  licenses 1902  429 

Not  to  purchase  from  minors 1903  429 

Not  to  purchase  goods  in  nighttime 1904  429 

License  to  state  place  of  business 1905  430 

Term  of. ; 1906  430 

To  give  notice  of  goods  advertised  as  lost,  etc L907  430 

To  give  up  stolen  goods 1908  430 

Superintendent  of  police  to  inspect 1909  430 

Penalties 1910  430 

Jurisdiction  : 

Territorial,  of  council 45  14 

General  powers  of  council 63  18 

Over  cemeteries [79]  63  24 

Over  packing  houses,  residences,  etc [81]  63  24 

Of  justices  of  the  peace,  etc 70  27 

Of  council  over  waters 72  27 

Of  city  courts 217  70 

Of  justices  of  the  peace,  etc 276  84 

Of  police  magistrates 321  97 

Juror: 

Inhabitants  competent  as  jurors 175  54 

In  city  courts,  how  fees  paid 235  74 

Justices  of  the  Peace: 

Jurisdiction,  etc 70  27 

Jurisdiction  over  citv  ordinances 276  84 


INDEX.  799 

Justices  of  the   Peace,  continued:                                                    Section.  Page. 

Mav  hold  police  courts 452  14!) 

Keep  docket  of  city  ca.ses 134!)  8G7 

Monthly  reports  to  comptroller 1550  8(57 

Pav  over  moneys  monthly 1551  807 

Police  justices  to  hold  two  sessions  of  court  daily 1702  408 

Compensation  of. 1704  408 

Relinquish  fees 17C4  408 

Keep  list  of  cases 1705  408 

File  monthly  reports  with  comptroller 1700  408 

K. 

Kedzie  Avenue: 

Railroad  track  on 2508  GlO 

Keno:    (See  Gaming.) 

KiXGSRURY  Street: 

Railroad  track  on  2042  035 

KixziE  Street: 

Railroad  track  on • 2495  585 

Railroad  track  on 2497  586 

Railroad  track  on 2500  587 

Railroad  track  on  (C.&  G.  E    R.  R.) 2058  638 

Railroad  track  on  (C.  C.  &  I.  C.) 2002  040 

Kites: 

Flying  prohibited 1590  873 

Kite  Flying: 

Power  to  prevent [92]       63  25 

L. 

Labor  : 

Of  prisoners  in  house  of  correction 308  92 

On  streets 887  117 

Lake: 

Jurisdiction  over 72  27 

,    Lake  Park: 

L  C.  R.  R.  to  construct  fences  along 2589  617 

I.  C.  R.  R.  not  to  intrude  on 2591  618 

I.  C.  R.  R.  not  to  erect  buildings  in  front  of 2592  618 

Conveying  title  of  state  to  the  city  authorizing  sale  of 2601  621 

Lake  Street: 

Horse  railway  on.  .  . 2110  480 

Release  from  horse  railway  track 2143  491 

Release  from  horse  railwaj'  track 493 

Release  from  horse  railway 2148  494 

Track  of  Metropolitan  Co"  on 2254  526 

Horse  railway  on 2407  561 

Railroad  companies  to  build  viaduct  on 2090  050 

Grade  at  viaduct 2694  652 

Lake  Shore  lV  Michigan  Southern  Railroad:     (See  Railroads.) 

Lamps  : 

Power  to  erect  and  light [47]     434  136 

Under  charge  coinmissioner  public  works 558  174 

Time  table  for  lighting  lamps 857  229 

Watchmen,  light  test,  compensation 802  280 

Equalize  time  of  lighting 808  280 

Unlawfully  tampering  with 878  282 

Department  of  public  \vorks  have  charge  of. 1552  367  ' 

Postoffice  department  authorized  to  attach  boxes  to 1558  868 

Penalty  for  unauthorized  lighting,  etc 1554  868 

Breaking,  mutilating 1555  368 


800  INDEX. 

Lamps,  continued:  Section.    Page. 

Carrying  away  street  signs 1556  868 

Removing  lamp  post 1557,  1558  368 

Climbing  on,  hitching  horses  to,  hanging  goods  on,  prohibited  1559  368 

For  illuminated  signs 1961  443 

Sign  to  be  connected  with  meter 1963  443 

No  show  boards  to  be  placed  on 1963  443 

Lamp  Lighters:     (See  Lamps.) 

Lanterns : 

Construction  of  regulated 1958,  1959  441 

Lard: 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of. [50]  63  33 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of. [53"J  63  33 

Larrabee  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 3170  503 

Railroad  trackon 3643  635 

LaSalle  and  Chicago  R.  R.  Co.:     i^See  Railroads.) 

LaSalle  Street: 

Pacific  and  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company  to  erect  poles  on  3833  684 

Law  Department:     (See  Department  of  Law,  City  Attorney, 
and  Corporation  Counsel.) 

Laws  : 

Prior  laws  in  force,  when 6  9 

Leases: 

Comptroller  to  have  charge  of. 105  35 

Lewdness:     (See  Indecency.) 

Library  : 

Established 1560  369 

Rooms  to  set  apart  for 1561  369 

Defacing  books,  etc 1563  369 

Injuring  building,  etc 1563  369 

Failure  to  return  books 1564  369 

Licenses: 

Liquor  license  not  to  extend  beyond  municipal  year.  .  .    [46]  63  33 

Power  to  issue ". [41-90]  63     18-35 

Fees  to  be  paid  to  treasurer 68  36 

Farmer  may  sell  produce  without 387  87, 

Power  to  regulate  liquor  traffic [''5-'^]  434  133 

Power  to  license  sundi-y  vocations 434  133 

Regulations  concerning [13]  434  133 

To  sell  liquor  not  to  be  granted  to  lemales,  unless 436  140 

Power  to  revoke  license 436  140 

How  granted 499  161 

To  be  attested  by  city  clerk 510  164 

For  building  sewers  or  drains  into  canals  or  slips 579  180 

For  building  private  sewers 580  180 

For  anrusements,  exception 90S  340 

Fee  for  amusements 909  340 

Fee  for  circus 909  341 

Fee  for  variety  or  minstrel  show - 909  341 

For  amusements,  how  issued 910  341 

Mayor  determine  class  of  amusement 911  341 

Of  theaters  and  halls  of  first  class 913  341 

Of  theaters  and  halls  of  secondclass 913  341 

Of  theaters  and  halls  of  third  class 914  341 

For  amusements,  subject  to  ordinances 916  343 

For  entertainments,  conditions  of 917  343 

Auctioneers',  fee  for 931  344 

Auctioneers',  how  obtained 933  344 

Auctioneers',  when  expire 933  344 

Revocation  of  auctioneers' 936  345 

Auctioneers' good  for  co-partners 943  346 


INDEX. 


8oi 


Licenses,  continued:                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

To  let  boats,  fee,  revocation 955  248 

Desisfnate  where  boat  kept 956  249 

For  house  mover 1108  273 

For  public  hall  and  theatre 1182  276 

Yor  vehicles 1146  279 

Bond  for  vehicle  license 1149  279 

Register  of  vehicle  license ■  .  .  1150  279 

For  vehicle,  when  expire 1150  280 

For  drivers 1155  281 

Transfer  of  vehicle 1158  281 

Fee  for  vehicle 1160  282 

Of  driver  to  be  revoked  for  overcharging 1168  284 

For  carts '^. 1179  286 

Qualifications  of  public  cartmen 1180  286 

Fee  for  baggage,  express  and  furniture  wagons 1181  286 

When  vehicle  licenses  expire 1182  287 

Number  of  to  be  painted  on  vehicle 1I9;J  289 

Obliterating  number 1194  289 

Carry  concealed  weapons 1220  294 

How"  granted 1221  295 

Fee  for  concealed  weapons 1222  295 

Statements  contained  in 1228  295 

For  dogs 1225  295 

Sell  gunpowder,  when  expire,  fee... 1278  304 

Street  railway  cars,  fee  for,  expiration 1506  859 

Street  car  license  to  be  posted  in  car 1507  859 

For  intelligence  office 1544  866 

What  shall  contain 1545  866 

Fee  for  intelligence  office ' 1546  866 

Granted  by  major 1565  869 

To  be  issued  by  citv  clerk 1566  869 

Subject  to  regulations,  revocation 1567  869 

Transferable  by  permission  of  mayor,  personal  franchise.  . .  .  1568  370 
Not  to  run  longer  than  one  year,  when  expire,  to  be  signed 

by  mayor  and  city  clerk 1569  370 

Mayor  to  hear  application  for 1570  870 

City  collector  to  receipt  for,  receipt  no  discliarge 1571  870 

Revocation  of  for  non-payment  of  fine,  etc 1572  870 

Assigning  and  transferring 1578  370 

Payable  pro  rata 1574  871 

Sale  of  fresh  meats 1575  871 

Fee  for  market  license 1579  372 

Slaughtering,  rendering,  glue  making,  etc 1680  381 

For  pawnbroker '. 1704  393 

Fee  tor  pawnbroker's  license 1706  893 

For  peddler 1722  395 

Fee  for  peddlers 1724,  1725  896 

Form  of  peddler's  license 1726  396 

Plumber's,  fee,  etc 1735  897 

Petition  for  plumber's  license 1786  897 

Plumber's  license  to  be  posted 1787  398 

Plumber's  may  be  in  firm  name 1788  398 

Porter  and  runner,  fee,  bond 1797  408 

Transfer  of  runner's  license 1798  408 

Saloons 1850  420 

Fee  for  saloon  license 1851  420 

Term  of 1852  420 

Revocation  of, 1854  421 

Saloon  to  be  posted 1855  421 

Fee  for  night  scavenger 1864  422 

Second-hand  dealers 1881  426 

51 


8o2  '      INDEX. 

Licenses,  coiifinuecl :                                                                                  Sbction.  Page. 

Fee  for  second-hand  dealers 1883  426 

Fee  for  junk  dealers 1802  428 

For  iunk  wagon  or  boat lUOl  429 

Of  junk  and  second  hand  dealers  to  state  place  of  business...  liiO.")  430 

Term  of  junk  ana  second  hand  dealers 1900  430 

Street  sprinklers 2040  4()0 

Horse  railway  cars  on  Lake  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue 2413  503 

Lien: 

Special  assessment  lien  from  date  of  judgment 149  47 

Special  assessment  lien  until  paid 166  51 

Water  tax  a  lien 172"  53 

Judgments  of  city  courts  a  lien,  when 231  73 

Realty  of  school  officers  held 353  108 

Special  tax  for  sidewalks 385  116 

Warrants  issued  in  anticipation  of  taxes 418  126 

Life  boats  : 

In  charge  harbor  master 1323  324 

Lights: 

Power  to  regulate  use  of. [05]       63  23 

Lincoln  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2196  513 

Liquor:     (See  Spirituous  Liquors) 

Little  Fort  Road: 

Horse  railway  on 2170  502 

Livery  Stables: 

Power  to  regulate [82]       63  24 

Power  to  license [91]       63  25 

When  nauseous  declared  nuisance 1638  383 

Livery  Stable-keeper  : 

Nuisance  defined,  etc 1635,  1636  382 

Locomotives  : 

Power  to  regulate  speed  of [21]       63  20 

Speed  of,  etc 332  100 

Getting  on  or  oft'  while  in  inotion 1616  378 

Not  to  remain  on  street  crossing 1831  416 

To  have  light  on  forward  end 1833  416 

Lodging-house:     (See  Tenement  Houses.) 

Lotteries: 

Power  to  prohibit [45]       63  21 

Lottery:     (See  Ainusements.) 

Lumber : 

Power  to  inspect,  etc [54]       63  22 

Regulate  piling  of. [36]     434  135 

Regulate  inspection  of [37]     434  136 

Power  to  prohibit  piling  within  fire  limits [27]     439  143 

Transportation  of T 1197  290 

Not  to  be  unloaded  in  street 1834  417 

Depositing  in  street  without  permit 1999  449 

Lumber  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2471  578 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  raise  grade  of 2576  613 

Railroad  track  in  (P.  Ft.  W.  &  C.  R.  R.) 2700  654 

Improvement  of  by  railroad  company 2701  654 

Lumber  and  Lumber  Yards: 

Power  to  license [91]       63  25 

Power  to  regulate [93]       63  25 

To  be  only  on  land  fronting  navigable  water 1258  300 

Not  to  be  piled  within  100  feet  of  mill  or  residence . . .  w 1259  301 

Penalties 1260  301 


INDEX  803 

M. 

Macculloch  iJv:  Co. :  Section.  Pagr. 

Track  across  Main  street 2778  (i73 

Madisox  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2084  474 

Extension  of  track  on,  to  Central  Park 2888  545 

Extension  of  iiorse  railway  on 2351  548 

Extension  of  horse  railway  on 2862  552 

Railroad  companies  to  build  \iadiict  at 2690  650 

Grade  at  viaduct 2694  652 

Main  Street: 

Track  across 2778  672 

Mansard  Roof:     (See  Buildings.) 

Manufactories  : 

Power  to  regulate [63]  63  23 

Manure  : 

Not  to  be  deposited,  etc 1446  348 

Not  to  be  thrown  along  streets,  etc 1447  349 

Not  to  be  turned  or  stirred 1448  349 

To  be  conveyed  in  tight  boxes 2000  449 

Maps  and  Plat.s: 

To  be  approved  by  council 174  54 

Of  added  or  disconnected  territory 409  124 

(See  Superintencient  of  Maps.) 

Market.s: 

Power  to  establish [49]  63  22 

Power  to  establish [18]  434  134 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Diseased  meat,  etc 1397  340 

Age  of  calf,  pig  and  lamb  sold  for  food 1398  340 

Fevered  cattle 1399  340 

Meat  to  be  cooled,  cleaned,  etc 1400  340 

Decayed  vegetables 1401  341 

Cased,  blown,  plaited  and  putrid  meat 1403  341 

Unwholesome  milk,  etc 1404  341 

To  be  kept  clean,  etc 1405  341 

Ice  boxes 1406  341 

Unsound  meat,  etc.,  to  be  reported 1407  341 

Penally  for  selling  diseased  meat  in 1409  343 

Fresh  meat  dealers  to  be  licensed 1575  371 

Sale  of  gut  fat,  shanks,  feet,  etc.,  regulated 1576  371 

Meats  to  be  sold  by  weight 1577  371 

Mavor  grant  license  for 1578  372 

Fee  for  license 1579  372 

Cellar  and  stall  to  be  kept  clean 1580  372 

Dirt  or  filth  not  to  be  swept  in  streets,  etc 1581  372 

Dressing  animals  in  market,  etc 1582  372 

Butcher  defined 1583  372 

Market  Place: 

Railroad  track  on 2553  607 

Market  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Railroad  track  on 2538  603 

L.  Newberry  S:  Co.  lay  track  on 2715  658 

Mayor: 

Submit  question  of  incorporation  under  general   law,  when.  1  7 

Give  notice  of  election 2  7 

Qualifications  of 15  11 

Term  of  office  of 15  H 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  how  filled 16  11 

Temporary  absence  of 18  11 


8o4 


INDEX. 


Mayok,  continued :                                                                                                     Section.  Page. 

Power  to  elect  mayor  fro  ton 18  11 

When  office  of  shall  become  vacant IJ?  11 

Shall  vote  in  citv  council  onl}'  in  case  of  a  tie 20  11 

Shall  preside  at  meetings  of  city  council 20  11 

Has  casting  vote ...  20  11 

Report  removal  of  officer 21  11 

May  remove  appointed  officers 21  11 

Shall  file  his  reasons  for  removing  appointed  officers 21  11 

Power  to  keep  peace 22  11 

Shall  report  releases  from  house  of  correction 23  12 

May  release  persons  imprisoned  for  violation  of  ordinances.  28  12 

Shall  take  care  that  laws  and  ordinances  are  executed 24  12 

May  examine  books  of  officers ; 25  12 

Messages  to  council    26  12 

May  call  out  militia 27  12 

May  call  on  citizens  for  aid,  etc 27  12 

Wiien  he  may  be  removed  from  office 28  12 

Malconduct  or  malfeasance  of 28  12 

May  appoint  persons  to  revise  ordinances 29  12 

May  call  special  meeting  of  city  council 4(5  14 

May  veto  ordinances  or  items  therein 47  15 

When  to  be  elected 50  15 

May  call  special  election,  wlien 61  18 

To  be  elected 73  27 

Bond  of,  oath 76  28 

Not  to  hold  other  office 81  30 

Conservator  of  peace ....    84  30 

Power  to  make  arrests 84  30 

Compensation  of 85  31 

May  administer  oaths 88  31 

To  approve  contracts 165  51 

To  make  certificate  for  registration  of  certain  bonds 185  59 

To  execute  bonds 192  62 

Member  board  of  inspectors  of  liouse  of  correction 256  78 

Appoint  superintendent  house  of  correction 261  80 

Appoint  directors  public   library 278  84 

May  remove  director  public  library   279  85 

May  veto  items  in  ordinances 289  87 

Passage  of  ordinances  over  veto 290  87 

May  determine  when  vacancy  exists  in  office 297  89 

Appoint  oil  inspector 300  90 

Trustee  of  police  and  fire  relief  fund 313  94 

May  prohibit  use  of  public  buildings 325  98 

Countersign  school  warrants 373  112 

Appoint  members  board  of  education 374  112 

Fill  vacancies  in  board  of  education 375  112 

May  rebate  taxes  wlien  property  destroyed 392  118 

To  have  map  made  when  territory  is  added  to  city,  etc 409  124 

May  revoke  liquor  licenses 436  140 

Remove  police  court  clerk,  when 458  150 

Office,  sign  commissions,  etc 498  161 

Grant  licenses 499  161 

Supervise  conduct  of  officers 500  161 

Appoint  officers,  fill  vacancies 501  162 

May  offer  rewards,  when 502  162 

May  sell  property  held  under  tax  title 503  162 

May  appoint  clerks,  duties,  etc 506  163 

Consent  to  appointment  of  clerks  in  city  comptroller's  and 

collector's  offices 517  166 

Approve  bonds  of  comptroller's  clerks 518  167 


INDEX.  805 

Mayor,  contmued:                                                                                                Section.  Page. 

To  approve  employment  of  additional  counsel 521  107 

May  appioint  appraisers,  when 525  l(j8 

Inspect  comptroller's  books,  etc 527  108 

To  remove  officer  refusing  to  report 529  109 

Sign  warrants  upon   treasurer 535  170 

Consent  to  appointinents  in  department  of  public  works 552  173 

Approve  bonds  of  clerks  in  department  of  public  works 556  174 

Approve  contracts 562  175 

Endorse  certain  contracts 565  176 

Certifv  warrants  when  commissioner  of  public  works  is  ab- 
sent   585  182 

Appoint  commissioner  of  buildings 614  186 

Consent  to  appointments  in  building  department 616  186 

Appoint  corporation  counsel 654  192 

Appoint  prosecuting  attorney 671  194 

Appointcity  physician 724  207 

Appoint  superintendent  of  police 732  208 

Consent  to  appointment  of  police 734  *  208 

Approve  bonds  given  by  police 747  210 

Appoint  fire  marshal 772  214 

Consent  to  appointment  of  firemen 774  214 

Approve  bonds  given  by  firemen 776  215 

Appoint  boiler  inspector 817  221 

Shall  remove  boiler  inspector,  when 819  222 

Appoint  fish  inspector 829  224 

Appoint  inspector  gas  meters 850  228 

Appoint  oil  inspector 875  233 

Appoint  inspector  weights  and  measures 887  236 

Determine  class  of  amusements 911  241 

Re^•oke  auction  license,  when 936  245 

License  house  mover 1108  273 

Appoint  butter  and  cheese  inspector 1144  279 

Revoke  driver's    license 1155  281 

Power  to  designate  hack  stands 1171  285 

Grant  cart  license 1180  286 

Grant  license  to  carry  weapons 1221  295 

Appoint  person  to  enforce  dog  ordinance 1230  296 

To  order  barking  dog  removed 1236  297 

Remove  vessel  laden  with  gunpowder 1277  304 

Grant  permit  to  store  explosive  material 1281  304 

Permit  use  of  firearms  July  4 1300  308 

Permit  firing  of  cannon 1302  308 

Authority  to  display  flags  on  city  hall 1305  308 

Issue  intelligence  office  license 1544  366 

Revoke  licenses 1567  369 

Consent  necessary  to  license   transfers 1568  370 

To  sign  licenses.^ 1509  370 

Grant  market  license 1578  372 

Grant  permits  to  erect  booths  on  streets  and  sidewalks 1623  379 

Issue  license  for  slaughtering,  etc 1030  381 

May  revoke  slaughtering,  etc.,  license 1031  381 

Newspapers  to  be  filed  in  office  of 1072  389 

May  present  to  other  cities  books  of  ordinances 1685  391 

Grant  pawnbroker's  license 1704  398 

Re\oke  pawnbroker's  license 1721  395 

Designate  justices,  clerks  and  bailiffs  for  police  courts 1701  403 

Shall  suspend  or  remove  police  court  clerk,  when 1777  405 

Approve  bonds  of  police  court  clerks 1779  405 

Appoint  mayor's  police 1794  408 

Report  appointment  of  his  police 1796  408 

May  remove  pound  keeper 1829  416 


8o6  INDEX. 

Mayor,  anifiniicd:                                                                                           Section.  Page. 

Grant  saloon  licenses 1850  420 

License  night  scavengers I8(i2  422 

Grant  second  liand  dealer's  license 1882  426 

Revoke  junk  and  second  hand  dealers'  licenses 1889  427 

Grant  licenses  to  junk  dealers 1891  427 

Remove  obstructions  from  sidewalks liJ5;J  440 

Permit  bill  posting 1907  443 

May  appoint  and  remove  weighers 2059  4G5 

Approve  weigher's  bond 2060  465 

Mayor's  Secretary  : 

Appointment  of. 504  163 

Duties  of. 505  162 

Mayor'.s  Police  : 

Authorized,  duties  of 1794  408 

Compensation  of 1795  408 

Mayor  Pro  Ton. : 

How  elected  and  when 18  11 

MeaGher  St.  : 

Horse  railway  on 2175  504 

Railroad  track  on 2682  681 

Meat: 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of [50]       63  23 

Power  to  inspect [53]       63  22 

Power  regulate  inspection  of [41]     4;)4  136 

Power  to  seize  and  destroy  unwholesome [  8]     493  141 

(See  also  Health;  see  also  Markets.) 
Meeting: 

Mavor  to  preside  at  council 30  11 

Council  may  prescribe  time  and  place  of 38  14 

Vote  not  to  be  reconsidered  at  special 43  14 

Bv  whom  special  may  be  called 46  14 

Clerk   to  attend  council 82  30 

Of  inspectors  of  house  of  correction 258  79 

Merchandise: 

In  streets  a  nuisance 1G43  384 

Not  to  be  left  on  sidewalks 1946  439 

Monroe  Street: 

Exempted  from  horse  railway 2148  495 

Metropolitan  City'  Railway  Company: 

Track  on  Lake,  Canal  and  W.  Fourteenth  streets 2254  526 

Bond  of 2262  528 

Michigan    Avenue: 

Exempted  from  horse  railway 21J^8  495 

Ceded  to  S.  Park  Commissioners 2798  678 

Michigan  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 3123  485 

Michigan  Southern  Si  Northern  Indiana  Railroad:    (See 

Railroads.) 
Midwife:    (See  Health.) 
Militia: 

May  be  called  out  bv  mavor 27  13 

Milk: 

Not  to  be  offered  for  food  unless  fre>h 1397  340 

Swill,  skimmed,  adulterated,  diseased 1410  348 

Dealer  in,  a  peddler 1722  395 

Adulterated 1728  396 

Samples  may  be  taken 1729  396 

Penalty  for  spelling  adulterated 1730  397 

Unwholesome  and  adulterated  defined,  skimmed  milk 1731  397 

Misrepresentations,  etc 1732  397 

(See  also  Peddlers.) 


INDEX.  807 

Milk   Dealer:                                                                                            Section.  Page. 

To  allow  inspection 1434  344 

Mill  Race.s: 

Power  to  authorize  construction  of [88]       68  25 

Milwaukee  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Horse  railway,  on 22(i4  529 

Mineral  Oils: 

Power  re.oulate  stora.<,'e  of [65]       63  23 

(See  Oil  Inspection.) 

Minors: 

Not  permitted  to  hire  boats 958  248 

Sale  of  liquor  to,  prohibited 1861  422 

Gaming  by  in  saloons 1861  422 

Minority  Representation: 

When  question  of,  to  be  submitted  to  electors 54  16 

Minstrels.      (See  Amusements.) 

Miscellaneous  Practices: 

Possession  of  burglars'  tools  unlawful 1584  372 

Frightening  horses  on  streets 1585  373 

Defacing  fences,  awnings,  signs 1586  373 

Throwing  rubbish  in  streets 1587  373 

Obstructing  gutters 1588  373 

Defacing  public  building,  property,  trees,  etc 158!)  373 

Flying  kites ." ^590  373 

Throwing  stones 1591  373 

Bill  posting 1592  373 

Nails  or  other  pointed  inst'm'nts  not  to  be  placed  on  fences,  etc  1593  374 

Fruit  parings  not  to  be  thrown  on  sidewalk 1594  374 

Corner  loafers 1595  374 

Bathing  without  bathing  dress 1596  374 

Cutting  and  remoying  sod 1597  374 

Vagrants  defined 15!)8  374 

Exhibiting  stud  horse  or  bull ...    1599  375 

Distributing  books  concerning  venereal  diseases 1600  375  * 

Distributing  books,  etc.,   concerning   medicines   for   cure  of 

venereal  diseases 1601  375 

Keeping  house  of  ill  fame 1C02  375 

Indecent  exposure  of  person,  indecent  act 1603  376 

House  of  ill  fame  declared  nuisance 1604  376 

Inmates  of  house  of  ill   fame 1605  376 

Selling  indecent  or  lewd  books,  etc 1606  376 

Abusing  anim'ls,  ov'rl'ding  team,  tying  legs  of  calves  or  sheep  1607  376 

Selling  medicines,  etc.,  under  fraudulent  name 1608  376 

Selling  poisonous  medicines  or  substances 1609  376 

Erecting  insecure  scaffolds 1610  377 

Vehicles  to  turn   to  the  right 1611  377 

Exhibiting  deformity,  etc 1612  377 

Threatening  language,  obscene  act 1613  377 

Disturbing  religious  worship 1614  377 

Killing  birds .  .\ 1615  378 

Jumping  off  cars  while  in  motion 1616  378 

Posting  bills  giving  notice  of  skill  in  treating  disorders 1617  378 

Permitting  bear  or  other  dangerous  animal  to  run  at  large  etc.  1618  378 

Throwing  water  in  streets,  etc   1619  378 

Keeping  opium  den 1620  378 

Washing,  rinsing,  etc.,  clothes  in  streets 1621  378 

Playing  musical  instruments  in  streets 1622  379 

Erecting  booths  and   selling  fruit,  etc.,  on  streets  and  side- 
walks  :^ 1623  379 

Riots,  breaches  of  peace,  crowds  for  unlawful  purposes 1624  379 

Drivins  sleiehs  without  bells 1625  379 


8o8  INDEX. 

Misconduct:  Section.   Page. 

Of  mayor  or  other  officer 28  12 

Misdemeanors: 

Assuzning  police  powers 450         148 

Wearing  star  unlawfully 451         148 

(See  Miscellaneous  Practices) 
Mitchell  Street: 

Sewer  on 2514         594 

Monroe  Street: 

Vacated  for  depot  purposes 2697         658 

City  to  give  deed  to  railroad  company 2698         65;5 

To  revert  to  city  when 2699         653 

Mortar  : 

To  be  conveyed  in  tight  boxes 2000         449 

Mortgages  : 

For  wharfing  privileges 2838  to  2860         689 

Mules  : 

Selling  in  streets 2013         451 

Municipal  Year: 

Defined 177  55 

Munger  &  Wheeler: 

Lay  track  on  Dodge  and  other  streets 2766         669 

Musical  I.vstruments: 

Playing  on  streets 1622         379 

Not  to  te  played  in  parks  without  permit 1698         392 

JST. 

Nails: 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  streets 1587         373 

Names  of  Streets  : 

To  be  placed  on  corners 2005         450 

Naptha  : 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883         234 

Newberry  &  Co.     L. : 

Operate  track  on  N.  Market  and  Carroll  streets   2715         658 

Newspapers: 

To  be  filed  by  mayor  and  city  clerk 1672         389 

Night  Scavengers:     (See  Scavengers.) 

Nineteenth  Street: 

N.  K.  Fairbank  &  Co.  lay  track  on 2759         667 

Nitro-Glycerine  : 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of [65]       63  23 

(See  Gunpowder.) 

Non-Residents: 

Condemnation  of  property  of. 122  40 

North  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2243         524 

North  Chicago  City  Railway  Co.: 

Incorporated 2107         479 

Powers  and  duties 2107         480 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2121         484 

Track  on  N.  Clark  street,  north  of  North  avenue 2121         484 

Improvement  of  streets 2121         485 

Track  on  N.  Clark  street 2122         485 

Track  on  Green  Bay  road - 2122         485 

Track  on  Division  street 2122         485 

Track  on  Clvbourn  avenue 2122         485 

Track  on  M'ichigan  street 2122         485 

Track  on  Rush  street 2122         485 

Track  on  N.  State  street  (Wolcott  street) 2122         485 

Track  on  Elm  st 2122         485 

Track  on  Wells  street 2122         485 


INDEX.  809 

North  Chicago  Railway  Co.,  coiitln/ini :                                       Section.  Pagf. 

Track  on  Sedgwick  street 2122  485 

Track  on  Chicago  avenue 2122  485 

Animal  power  to  be  used 2VZ'6  485 

Time  of  running  cars,  rate  of  speed 2124  485 

Tracks  not  to  be  elevated 2125  486 

Rates  of  fare 212G  486 

Improvement  of  streets 2127  486 

Time  for  construction  of  tracks  prescribed 2128  48(» 

Rights  of  citv  reserved 2129  487 

Term  of  franchise 2l;j()  487 

Bond 2i;]l  487 

Improvement  of  streets 21.'>2  487 

Auth5rizing  maintenance  of  tracks,  etc 2i;]4  488 

Extending  time  for  laying  tracks 2l:!0  489 

Relinquish  right  to  lav  track  on  N.  Wells  street 2136  490 

Track  on  Franklin  street 2136  490 

Penalty  for  obstructing 2141  491 

Lay  tracks  on  State  street  bridge 2152  497 

Track  on  Larrabee  street T. 2170  502 

Track  on  Little  Fort  road 2170  502 

Track  on  Linden  street 2170  502 

Track  on  Eugenie  street 2170  502 

Furnish  cars  for  funeral  purposes 2178  503 

Rates  for  funeral  cars 2173  503 

Improvement  of  streets 2174  503 

Stipulation  concerning  track  on  Larrabee  street 2174  504 

Franchise  extended  for  ninety-nine  years 2187  509 

Track  on  Center  street .'.: 2196  513 

Track  on  Lincoln  avenue 2196  513 

Accepting  ordinance  for  track  on  Center  street  and  Lincoln 

avenue 2199  513 

Connect  track  Chicago  Citv  railwav  on  Clark  street 2205  516 

Track  on  Fifth  avenue  and  Wells  street 2218  519 

Improvement  of  N.  Wells  street 2224  520 

Bond  for  track  on  Wells  street 2229  521 

Track  on  North  State  and  Division  streets 2395  558 

Use  stone  for  paving 2423  565 

Northern  Railroad  Company:     (See  Railroads.) 

5^0RTH  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2459  575 

Improvement  of 2461  575 

NORTHWE-STERN    Le.VTHER    CoMPANY  : 

Track  on    Robinson  street. 
Notices: 

0(  election  for  change  of  organization 2  7 

Of  election  for  organization 2  7 

Of  election  after  change  of  organization 7  9 

Of  general  election 57  17 

To  be  given  elected  or  appointed  officer (iO  18 

Of  special  elections 62  18 

Of  special  assessments 142  45 

For  collection  of  special  assessment 152  47 

Of  election  for  issuing  bonds 184  58 

Of  petition  to  change  name  of  city 208  68 

Annexation  of  territory  to  city    404  123 

NUISANCE.S: 

Power  to  define  and  abate [75]       63  24 

Power  to  define  and  abate |  34]     434  135 

Power  to  abate [58]     434  138 

To  be  reirioved  by  health  department 557  174 

May  be  abated  by  commissioner  of  health 686  197 


8lO  INDEX. 

Nuisances,  continutd :                                                                              Section.  Page. 

I  low  abated (587  1!)7 

No  animal  or  other  thing  occasioning  to  be  brought  into  city  1490  856 

No  building  occasioning  to  be  maintained 14!)1  856 

Not  to  be  permitted  to  exist  in  connection  with  any  business  1492  857 

House  of  ill  fame  declared  to  be 1(;()4  876 

Keeping  more  than  three  head  of  cattle 1626  880 

Slaughtering I(i27  880 

l^ecaved  animal   matter 1()28  880 

Penalty 1029  880 

Slaughtering,  rendering,  glue   making,  etc.,  to  be  licensed.  .  1630  881 

License  may  be  revoked I(i31  881 

Health  department  may  enter  slaughtering,  etc.,  establishmts.  1682  881 
Permitting  blood,  bones,  offal,  etc.,  to  run  into  river,  or  to  re- 
main on  premises  longer  than  48  hours,  refusing  etc..  to 

collect  and  remove  such,  etc 1684  882 

Distiller,  tanner,  brewer,  butcher,  packer,  etc.,    not   to  allow- 
to  exist,  etc 1685  882 

Rendering  tainted  lard,  animal  substance,  etc 1637  883 

Foul  or  offensive  factorv,  packing  house,   livery    stable,  etc., 

etc..  declared " 1688  383 

Any  building  or   premises  remaining  24  hours  in    offensive 

condition  declared   1()89  883 

Privv  within  forty  feet  of  street  or  shop,  etc KilO  883 

Foul  cellar,  drain,  etc 1641  884 

Foul  privies  and  privies  within  two  feet  of  surface  of  ground  1642  884 

Obstructing  streets  with  goods,  etc, 1643  884 

Piles,  timber  and  stones  in  river,  etc 1644  384 

Bone  boiling,  bone  burning  and  skinning  dead  animals 1645  385 

Enforcement  of  provisions,  etc 1646  385 

Abatement  of 1647  385 

Notice  to  abate 1648  885 

Common  law  nuisance 1649  385 

Emission  of  dense  sm  ike,  etc 1650  386 

NuMBER.s:     (See  House  Numbers.) 
Numbering  Buildings,  etc.  : 

Duty  of  owners  to  number,  etc 1979  445 

Decimal  system  adopted 1980  445 

Numbers  south  of  Twelfth  street  in  South  Division 1981  445 

Department  of  public  works  to  prepare  maps  for 11  82  446* 

Renumbering  to  be  done  only  in  months  of  December,  Jan- 
uary, February,  March  and  April 1982  446 

Certificate  to  be  given  free  of  charge 1983  446 

Size  of  figures,  place 1984  446 

Refusing  or  neglecting  to  number  houses,   etc 1985,  1986  446 

Number  not  to  be  changed 1987  446 

Commissioner  of  public  works  to  adjust,  etc 1988  447 

o. 

Oath  : 

To  be  taken  by  officers 25  3 

Of  all  city  officers • 76  28 

To  be  filed  in  office  of  city  clerk 76  28 

Mayor  and  city  clerk  may  administer 88  81 

Of  commissioner  special   assessment 189  44 

Refusal  or  neglect  to  take  creates  vacancy  in  office 2ii6  89 

Of  oil  inspec'tor " 801  91 

Of  non-registered  voter 840  1 04 

Obscene  Books: 

Power  to  prohibit  sale  of ['l'^]  '••'  ~1 

Offal:     (See  Markets;  also,  Health;  also  Nuisances.) 

Regulation  concerning 1684  882 


INDEX. 


8ll 


Officers:                                                                                                  Section.  Pagb. 

Oath  to  be  taken  by -•")  'j 

Term  of  not  to  be  extended  alter  their  election 28  3 

Fees  of  not  to  be  changed  during  term  of  office 22  3 

Fees  of  not  to  be  changed  during  term   of  oliice 11  4 

Who  ineligible,   etc 11  4 

Elecfon  after  change  of  organization 7  9 

Term  of  first  ofiicers  elected  alter  re-organization i)  9 

How  removed  and  restored  21  11 

Not  to  be  removed  a  second  lime  lor  same  offense 21  11 

When  mny  be  removed  irom  office  28  12 

jSIisconduct  or  malfea-ance  of. 28  12 

Power  of  council   over [~1]  *>3  23 

What  ones  to  be  elected '3  27 

Council  may  provide  for  additionni  74  27 

Have  no  claim  for  salary  when  office  is  discontinued 74  28 

Duties  of  may  be  prestribca  by   coun;il 7.")  28 

How  appointed 7.")  ~o 

Oathand  bond 7()  28 

Commission  to  be  given ^i^  29 

To  deli\er  lip  property,  etc 7*  29 

Qu:difications  of. 78  2J 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts,  t  tc 79  29 

Not  to  purchase  property  belonging  to  city 79  29 

Brib^'ry,  etc .' 80  29 

Power  to  make  arrests 84  30 

Compensation  of 87  31 

Report  fees  received ^7  31 

Contracting  liabilit  es  limited 92  32 

Mav  be  authorized  to  attend  tax  sales 100  50 

New  bonds  may  be  required  from .' 19.)  G4 

When  give  new  bond,  etc 19(i  ()5 

EfTect  of  new  bond 197  05 

When  effects  of,  to  be  delivered  to  sureties,  etc 198  05 

Town,  election  of 243  76 

Council  may  unite  certain 245  76 

Duties  of  sherift",  police,  etc 248  76 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts 2!.3  88 

Brib-ry  of. 293  88 

Penaltv  for  obtaining  contracts  or  briberv 294  88 

Disqualified  by  bribery.              ". 294  89 

Vacancv  to  be  declared  for  bribery,  etc 294  89 

Resio  nations ■" 295  89 

When  office  becomes  vacant 25,6  89 

Who  mav  determine  vacancy .^ 297  89 

Salaries  not  to  be  changed 298  90 

Penalty  for  converting  school  funds 352  107 

Realty  of  school  officer  held 353  108 

Responsible  for  school   funds,  etc 354  108 

Transfer  bo(5ks  and  papers  to  successor 4:52  131 

Not  to  borrow  city   funds 445  140 

Not  to  receive  interest  on  city  funds 445  140 

Mayor  examine  complaints  against.              500  101 

Make  monthly  statements  to  comptroller 528  108 

To  furnish  statements  of  departments  to  comptroller 533  169 

To  take  bonds  on  all  contracts  sufficient  to  save  citv  harmless  574  178 

Terms  of  defined ". 1053  380 

Bonds  of 1054  380 

Sureties  to  justify 1055-  386 

Bond  to  be  acknowledged,  city  clerk  to  endorse  a{)proval.  .  .  1056  387 
Salaries  to   be  fixed   by  council    in    appropriation    bill    or   by 

ordinance 1057  387 


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INDEX. 


Officers,  continued :                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Salaries  to  be  paid  monthly 1658  887 

Fees  to  be  charged  by 1(551)  387 

Make  reports  to  mayor  when  required 1600  387 

Deliver  books,  etc.,  to  successors 1661  887 

Office  hours  of 1662  387 

Penalty 1663  388 

Offices: 

Council  mav  create  and  discontinue 74  27 ' 

Term  of.  .  ." 75  28 

To   be   kept  open  from  9  o'clock  a.  m.  until  4  o'clock  p.  m..  .    1662  387 

Official  Bonds:     (See,  also.  Bonds.) 

To  be  acknowledged,  etc 195  64 

New  bonds  may  be  required 105  64 

When  sureties  demand  to  be  released 196  65 

Release  of  sureties 1!)6  65 

Effect  of  new  bond 197  65 

Effects  of  officer  to  be  delivered  to  sureties 198  65 

Suits  on 199  65 

Execution  lien 200  66 

Saloon  bonds,  how  taken,  suit  on 201  66 

Of  inspectors  and  superintendent  of  house  of  correction. . . .      271  83 

Neglect  to  file  creates  vacancy  in  office 296  89 

Of  "oil  inspector ." 301  91 

Suit  on  oil  inspector's  bond 801  91 

Of  treasurer,  police,  and  fire  relief  fund 315  95 

To  have  two  or  more  sureties 1654  386 

Sureties  on  to  justify,  sums  of  justifications 1655  386 

Execution  to  be  acknowledged 1656  887 

Date  of  approval  to  be  endorsed  on 1656  387 

To  be  filed  in  city  clerk's  office 1656  387 

Official  Paper: 

Comptroller  to  advertise  for  proposals  for  printing  in  English 

and    German 1664  388 

Advertisement,  bids  for 1665  388 

Bids  to  be  opened  bv  mayor,  comptroller  and  finance  com- 
mittee   " 1666  388 

When  two  persons  make  same  bid 1667  388 

How  lowest  bidder  may  be  determined 1668  389 

Comptroller  to  report  bids  to  council,  contracts  to  be  made 

for  one  year. 1669  389 

Newspapers  receiving  contracts  to  be  official  journals 1670  389 

Matter  to  be  printed  to  be  first  submitted  to  comptroller,  ex- 
ception     1671  389 

One  copy  of  ^ach  daily  paper  to  be  furnished  to  mayor  and 

city  clerk,  to  be  filed 1672  389 

Comptroller  to  obtain  copies  of  blanks  from  departments,  etc  1673  389 

Style  of  bids  for  furnishing  blanks,  etc 1674  389 

Bond  of  contractors 1670  and  1675  389 

Ogdex  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2284  53'2 

Extension  of  track  on 2401  560 

Oils:     (See  Inspector  of  Oils.) 

Entry  and  report  of,  inspected 882  234 

To  be  tested,  etc 878  233 

Unlawful  to  sell  condemned 879  233 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

Warehouses  for  storage  of 884  234 

Unlawful  sale  and  storage 885  235 

Not  to  be  stored  under  sidewalks 1936  436 

Oil  Inspection : 

Inspector  to  be  appointed 300  90 


INDEX.  813 


Oil  Inspection,  coniiutted :                                                                    Section.  Pace. 

Term  of  office 300  90 

Deputies 800  90 

Oath  and  bond   301  91 

Duties  of  inspector 302  91 

Test 303  91 

Casks  to  be  marked 303  91 

Inspector  not  to  trade  in  oil 303  91 

Record  to  be  kept 304  91 

Penalty  for  misconduct  of  inspector 305  91 

Penalties  on  dealers 306  91 

How  lines  received  and  disposed  of 307  92 

Oil  Warehou.ses:     (See  Buildings.) 

Oleomargarine:     (See  Butterine.) 

Omnibu.s:     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Omnibus  Drivers: 

Power   to  license [42]  63  21 

Power  to  license [9]  434  133 

O'Neil  Street  : 

Horse  railway  on 2319  540 

Opening  OF  Strp:ets: 

Proceedings  for 119  40 

Plats  to  be  recorded,  etc 311  93 

Opera:     (See  Amusements.) 

Opium: 

Concerning 1620  378 

Orders: 

When  take  effect 65  26 

Ordinances  : 

Not  annulled  bj  change  of  organization 11  9 

Mayor  must  see  that  they  are  executed 24  12 

Revision  of " 29  12 

Require  concurrence  of  majority  of  all  aldermen  elected.  ...  42  14 

Yeas  and  navs  to  be  taken  on  passage  of 42  14 

Concerning  health,  enforcement  of. 45  14 

Take  etlect  if  not  signed,  etc 47  15 

To  be  deposited  in  office  of  city  clerk 47  15 

How  passed  over  veto 48  15 

Power  of  council  to  pass [96]  63  25 

Style  of 64  25 

Publication  of 65  26 

When  take  effect 65  26 

Proof  of 66  26 

^uits  for  violating 67  26 

Actions  for  violation 69  26 

To  be  recorded 83  30 

E\idence  of  passage  of,  etc 83  30 

Who  may  make  arrests  for  violation  of 84  30 

Making  appropriations 90  31 

Levying  tax 112  38 

For  improvement  by  special  assessment 118  39 

When  property  is  taken  for  improvement 119  40 

For  local  improvements 135  43 

For  sidewalks liio  43 

Certified  by  city  clerk 251  77 

Justices  have  jurisdiction  tor  violation  of 276  84 

Power  to  pass,  concerning  libraries 284  86 

To  be  deposited  in  office  of  city  clerk 289  87 

Items  in,  may  be  vetoed 289  87 

Passage  o\er  veto 290  87 

Arrest  and  imprisonment  for  violation  of 308  92 

For  sidewalks ;3yi  \\-^ 


Si4 


INDEX. 


Ordinances,  continued :  Section.  Page. 

Sidewalk  ordinances  to  be  published,  when 882  114 

For  annexation  of  territory  to  city  to  be  recorded 401  121 

Annexing  or  disconnecting  property  to  be  recorded 409  1"24 

Power  to  pass  certain [64]  434  18f» 

Penalty  ibr  violating  not  to  exceed  $500 [64]  484  139 

Power  to  enf.irce,  etc [26]  439  143 

To  be  drawn  by  corporation  counsel,  etc 6.i8  192 

May  be  drawn  by  city  attorney 664  193 

To  be  engrossed,  exception 1676  390 

To  be  rec'ded,  index'd,  orig'ls  filed  with  city  clerk,  publi'tion  1677  390 

Offences  created  under  different  clauses 1678  390 

Minimum  and  maximum  penalties 1679  390 

Repealing  clauses,  saving  provision 1680  391 

Construction  of  singular  and  plural  numbers,  etc 1681  390 

Penalty  when  not  named  in  special  section,  etc 1682  390 

Imprisonment  for  violation  of 1683  391 

Books  of  revised,  to  be  deposited  with  city  comptroller.  .  .  .  1684  391 

Mayor  may  present  copies  of,  etc 1685  391 

Repealing  all  ordinances  not  included  in  this  re\ision 2071  467 

Special  orders  and  resolutions  not  in  book  not  repealed 2071  467 

Time  of  passage  of  this  revision 467 

Ordinaries: 

Power  to  license [41]  63  21 

Organization: 

Under  general  law   1  7 

Prior  laws  in  force  after  change  of 6  9 

Oysters: 

To  be  inspected 831  224 

Unwholesome  to  be  condemned 832  224 


Packing  Houses: 

Power  to  regulate [81]  63  24 

Power  to  license  and  regulate [17]  434  134 

Must  be  licensed 1630  381 

Panoramas:  (See  Amusements.) 

Parks: 

Power  to  lay  out,  etc [7]  63  19 

Drives  to  public  parks 326  99 

Assessment  for  drives,  etc 327  99 

Under  charge  commissioner  public   works 558  174 

Designated  bv  names  on  Van  Vechten's  map 1686  391 

To  be  kept  in  order  by  department  of  public  works 1687  '  391 

Enter  and  leave  by  gateways,  climbing  on  fences  prohibited  1688  391 

Animals  not  to  be  turned  into 1689  391 

Firearms,  throwing  stones  in,  injuring  trees,  etc 1690  391 

Hindering  workmen  in 1691  392 

Selling  merchandise  in 1692  392 

Insulting  language,  telling  fortunes,  gaming  in 1693  392 

Superintendent  may  remove  people  from 1694  392 

Entrance  to  may  be  closed 1695  392 

Bathing,  fish'ng  in,  send,  animal  in  or  thro,  art'les  in  watr.  of  1696  392 

Posting  bills  or  notices  in 1697  392 

Playing    musical    instruments   in,  flags,  etc.,  parades    in,  fire 

apparatus  not  permitted  in 1698  392 

Fire  not  to  be  lighted  in 1699  393 

Going  on  grass,  etc.,  prohibited 1700  393 

Police  to  arrest  for  violation,  etc 1701  398 

Penalties 1703  393 

Park  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 


INDEX.  815 

Partition  Fences:     (See  Fences.)                                                       Section,  Page. 

Power  to  reguhite    [CO]  63  22 

Party  Walls:    (See  Buildings.) 

Power  to  regulate [Gl ]  G'-)  23 

Pawnbrokers: 

Power  to  license [41  [  ()8  21 

Power  to  license [10]  4;M  l;}3 

Mayor  grant  license  to,  not  to  do  business  without  licen^e...  1704  39:^ 

Pawnbroker  defined 1705  30:}. 

License  lee 17()()  893 

Bond 1707  803 

Enter  loans,  etc.,  in  book 1708  394 

Give  copy  of  entry  to  person  to  whom  loan  is  made,  no  tee.  1709  394 

Book  and  articles  pawned  to  be  open  to  inspection,  etc 1710  394 

Not  to  deal  in  second  hand  goods 1711  ;}94 

Penalty  tor  yiolating  article. 1712  394 

Furnish  copy  of  book  to  superintendent  of  police  each  day.  1713  394 

Pledges  not  to  be  remo\'ed  or  redeemed  witnin  24  hours,  etc  1714  394 

Not  to  receive  pledges  in  night  time 171.")  395 

Not  to  receive  pledges  from  minors 17 HI  395 

Not  to  carry  on  other  business  in  same  or  adjoining  building  1717  395 

Not  to  employ  minors  under  16 ■  1718  395 

Not  to  receive  pledges  from  intoxicated  person  or  known  thief  1719  395 

Police  to  report  violations  of  article 1720  395 

Revocation  of  license 1721  395 

Not  to  be  licensed  as  second  hand  or  junk  dealers 1888  427 

Peddler: 

Power  to  license [41]  63  21 

Farmer  may  sell  product  without  license 287  87 

Power  to  license [11]  4;J4  l^g 

To  take  scales  tootlice  of  inspector 901  238 

Not  allowed  in  park 1692  392 

Defined,  to  be  licensed,  penalty 1722  395 

Of  first-class  and  second-class 1723  396 

Fee  for  a  license  of  second-class,  exception 1724  396 

Of  first-class,  license  fee 1725  396 

License  to  state  number  of  vehicles,  etc 1726  396 

Wagon  to  be  marked,  etc 1727  3y(j 

Commissioner  of  health  to  enforce  article,  report  violations, 

prevent  sale  of  unwholesome  food  or  milk 1728  396 

Commissioner  of  health  enter  wagon,  take  sample,  analyze, 

record  result 1729  396 

Penalty  for  selling  unwholesome  or  adulterated  articles 173:)  397 

Impure  and  adulterated  milk 1731  397 

Misrepresentation,  fraud,  deceit,  etc 1732  397 

Farmers,  children  under  12  and  newspapers  excepted 1733  397 

Penalties ' ll'Si  397 

Penalty: 

Misconduct  of  mayor  or  other  officer 28  12 

Ordinance  imposing  to  be  published 65  26 

Suits  for  recovering,  etc 67  26 

For  bribery,  etc fiQ  39 

On  foreign  insurance  companies JH  3'^ 

On  collector  for  not  giving  notice  of  special  assessment 153  48 

For  returning  paid  tax  de'inquent I57  49 

How  action  brought  to  recover 181  5f> 

For  not  giving  new  bond,  etc 19(]  (55 

For  fast  driving  on  bridges 205  67 

For  making  false  certificate 254  78 

For  officers  obtaining   contracts,  bribery,  and  receiving  ap- 
pointment, etc .  .  . .  294  88 

For  misconduct  of  oil  inspector 305  91 


8l6  INDEX. 

Penalty,  continued :                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

For  not  ha\ing  oil.s  inspected,  etc 300  91 

Violating'  act  concerning  buildings 324  98 

For  running  locomotive  I'aster  tlian  permitted,  etc 332  100 

On  railroad  for  not  placing  flagman 333  101 

For  making  false  statement  as  elector 341  105 

False  registration  and  false  swearing 34(5  106 

For  converting  school  fund 352  107 

To  enforce  labor  on  streets 388  117 

For  not  turning  over  official  records,  etc 432  131 

On  school  officer  for  being  interested   in  work 433  132 

For  x'iolation  of  ordinance  not  exceed  $500 [64]  434  139 

For  injuring  public  property 447  147 

Assaulting  policeman 449  148 

Assaulting  elector 449  148 

For  pretending  to  be  policeman 449  148 

For  assuming  police  power 450  148 

For  unlawfully  wearing  a  star 451  148 

Suits  to  recover 453  149 

For  failure  of  police  clerk  to  report 458  150 

For  polluting  water 465  152 

For  injuring  water  works 4C5  152 

For  injuring  sewers  or  drains 467  152 

Violating  liealth  rules 471  153 

For  opening  or  making  sewer  without  permit 579  180 

For  not  repairing  buildings,  etc 624  187 

For  not  abating  nuisances 687  197 

For  taking  down  notices  posted  by  commissioner  of  health .  689  198 

Not  obeving  order  to  get  vaccinated 692  199 

For  not  obeving  orders  of  health  commissioner 693  199 

For  violating  quarantine  rules 706  203 

Boiler  inspector  for  giving  false  certificate 819  222 

For  letting  water  down  in  boiler 824  223 

Violating  boiler  ordinance 826  223 

Fish  inspector  violating  ordinance 840  225 

Violating  fish  ordinance : 842  226 

Selling  unbranded  packages  of  fish 845  226 

For  obstructing  fish  inspector 848  227 

Unlawful  sale  of  oil 885  235 

Having  incorrect  scales 895  237 

Not  having  scales  inspected 901  239 

Using  wine  instead  of  dry  measures,  fraud  in  sale  of  \\ood 

cr  coal : 902  239 

Not  having,  sealer's  certificate,  etc 903  239 

Usin^-  false  weights,  etc 904  239 

Refusing  to  exhibit  scales,  etc 905  239 

Hind -"ring  inspector  weights  and  measures 906  239 

For  \  i'jlating  amusement  law 920  242 

Frr  tearing  down  theater  bill 921  242 

For  placing  chairs  in  aisles 923  243 

For  standing  in  entrance  to  theater 927  243 

For  selling  at  auction  without  license 934  244 

On  auctioneer  for  not  refunding  money  paid,  etc 936  245 

For  substituting  articles,  etc.,  by  auctioneer 937  245 

For  mi-representing  articles,  etc 938  245 

For  ]-ermitling  unregistered  persons  to  auction 939  246 

For  not  removing  barbed  wire  fence 947  247 

For  blasting  witliout  permit 953  248 

For  violating  boat  ordinance 9."9  248 

For  selling  condemned  bread 9611  250 

Crossing  bridge  while  opening-  or  closing 971  250 

Crossing  bridge  faster  than  a  walk 972  251 


INDEX.  817 

Penalty,  coniinucd :                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

Driving-  more  than  eight  cuttle  across  bridge 973  251 

Stopping  on  bridges 974  251  * 

Breaking  into  lines  crossing  bridges 977  251 

Assembling  on  bridges   978  251 

For  band  playing  on  bridges 979  252 

For  not  letting  tire  engine  over  bridge 980  252 

Bridge  tender  for  violating  ordinance 987  253 

Citizen  for  violating  bridge  ordinance :  .     988  253 

Not  erecting  fire  escape 10C)4  2G7 

Not  having  doors  and  stairways,  etc 1072  268 

Non-compliance  factory  ordinance 1077  2G9 

Not  having  elevator  inspected 1135  277 

Employing  incompetent  person  to  operate  elevator 113()  277 

Using  unsafe  elevator 1137  277 

For  violating  building  ordinance 1140  278 

Burying  dead  within'citv 1141  278 

Violating  butterine  ordinance 1145  279 

Refusing  to  deliver  baggage,  etc 1163  283 

Violating  hack  ordinance 11(37  284 

Hack  stopping  at  other  place  than  stand 1172  285 

Refusing  to  carry  passengers  1173  285 

Hackman  refusing  to  obev  police 1175  285 

Not  giving  number  of  cart,  etc 1188  288 

Refusing  to  carry  merchandise 1198  '-90 

Stopping  at  other  than  designated  stand 1199  290 

Stopping  at  street  crossing 1200  290 

Carrying  persons  to  houses  of  ill-fame 1202  291 

Imposing  on  or  abusing  passengers 12U3  291 

Misrepresentations  to  passenger 1204  291 

Driving  omnibus  across  streets 120(i  292 

Not  staying  on  omnibus  stand 1207  292 

Disturbance  at  railroad  depot 1208  292 

Violating  vehicle  ordinance 1211  293 

Violating  coal  article 1214  293 

Carrying  concealed  weapons 1219  294 

Hindering  dog  catcher 1232  296 

Violating  dog  ordinance 1235  297 

False  alarm  of  fire 1251  299 

Making  bonfires 1252  299 

Taking  lamps  in  stable  1253  300 

Boiling  pitch,  etc 1261  301 

Stacking  hay,  etc 1262  301 

Keeping  ashes  in  wooden  box 1263  301 

Keeping  gunpowder  without  permit 1264  301 

Violating  gunpowder  articles 1275  303 

Keeping  vessel  laden  with  powder  at  dock I'i7'i  304 

Not  removing  \'essel  laden  with  powder 1277  304 

Manufacturing    explosive  compound 1280  304 

Storing  explosive  materials 1281  304 

Not  marking  storehouse  for  explosive  materials 1282  305 

Obstructing  fire  hydrant 1283  305 

Assembling  in  engine  house 1284  305 

Impersonating  fireman 1285  305 

Disobeving  orders  of  fire  marshal 1286  305 

Refusing  to  aid  firemen 1287  306 

Hindering    fireman 1288  306 

Driving  tire  apparatus,  etc 1289  306 

Driving  over  hose 1290  306 

Removing  property  from  destroyed  building 1292  306 

RemoN  ing  property  from  without  consent 1293  307 

UnlawfuUv  using  keys  to  fire  alarm  box 1294  307 

52 


8l8  INDEX. 

Penalty,  continued:                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

Defacing  alarm  boxes 1296  307 

Opening  signal  boxes 1297  807 

Discharging  tirearms 1298  307 

Selling  firearms  to  minors 1209  308 

Discharging  fireworks 1300  308 

Storing  fireworks 1301  308 

Firing  cannon 1302  308 

Selling  fireworks 1303  308 

Keeping  flower  pots  on  window  sills 1306  309 

Refusing  police  admission  to  gaming  houses 1309  309 

Having  in  possession  gaming  devices 1310  olO 

Gaming  on  streets 131 1  310 

Frequenting  gaming  houses 1312  310 

Hindeiing  police  from  seizing  gaming  device 1313  310 

Refusing  obey  harbor  master 1324  324 

Refusing  remove  vessel 1325  324 

Resisting  harbor  master 1326  325 

Holding  vessel  at  south  pier 1327  325 

Mooring  vessel,  etc.,  damaging  bridges 1328  325 

Violating  vessel  article.  . . .". 1329  325 

Not  towing  vessel  by  steam  tug 1330  326 

Running  vessel  against  bridge 1331  326 

Lea^'ing  cargo  of  vessel  projecting  over  dock 1332  326 

Injuring  dredge " 1337  327 

Placing  scale  in  street 1338  3^8 

Violating  hay  article 1346  329 

Sale  of  diseased  meat 14U9  342 

Violating  health  article 1493  357 

Obstructing  ambulance 1494  357 

Driving  horses  faster,  etc 1495  et  seq.  357 

*   Letting  horse  run  at  large 1498  357 

Racing  on  streets 1500  358 

Selling  horses  on  streets  at  auction 1502  358 

Driving  sleigh  without  bells 1503  358 

Trotting  over  bridges 1504  358 

Leaving  horse  unfastened 1505  358 

Not  keeping  street  car  license  posted  in  car 1507  359 

Horse  railroad  company  not  sprinkling  streets 1510  360 

Not  repairing  horse  railway  track 1514  360 

Running  street  car  without  conductor, 1515  361 

Obstructing  streetcar 1517  361 

Horse  railways  violating  ordinance 1521  362 

Assisting  person  to  escape  from  house  of  correction 1528  364 

Interfering  with  superintendent  house   of  correction 1529  364 

Violating  ice  ordinance... 1542  366 

Keeping  intelligence  oftice  without  license 1547  366 

Deceit,  etc.,  intelligence  office 1548  36G 

Defacing  post  ofiice  box 1553  368 

Lamp  lighting 1554  368 

Breaking  lamps 1555  368 

Carrying  away  or  misplacing  street  signs 1556  368 

Removing  lamp  post 1557,  1558  368 

Hitching  horse  to  lamp,  etc 1559  368 

Defacing,  etc.,  library  book 1562  369 

Injuring  library,  etc 1563  369 

Failing  to  return  library  book 1564  369 

Selling  meat  without  license 1575  371 

Selling  gut-fat  in  market,  etc 1576  371 

Selling  meat  without  weighing 1577  371 

Butcher  not  keeping  place  clean 1580  372 

Butcher  sweeping  filth  in  street 1581  372 


INDEX.  819 

Penalty,  continued:                                                                               section.  Pace. 

Dressing  animal  in  market,  etc 1582  3T2 

Having  burglar's  tools 1584  873 

Frightening  horses 1585  372 

Defacing  fence,  signs,  etc 1580  378 

Throwing  rubbish  in  streets 1587  373 

Obstructing  gutter 1588  373 

Defacing,  etc.,  public  buildings,  trees,  etc lo89  373 

Flying  kites 151)0  373 

Throwing  stones 1591  373 

Bill  posting 1592  373 

Placing  spikes  etc  ,  in  fences.,  etc 1593  374 

Throwing  fruit-paring  on  sidewalk 1594  374 

Obstructing  street  corners,  etc 1595  374 

Bathing  without  dress 1596  374 

Removing  sod 1597  374 

Vagrancy 1598  374 

Indecently  exhibiting  stud  horse  or  bull 1599  375 

Distributing  books  concerning  treatment  private  diseases..  1600  375 

Ad\ertising,  etc.,  medicines  for  private  diseases 1601  375 

Keeping  house  of  ill-fame 1602  375 

Indecent  act  or  exposure 1603  376 

Exhibiting  or  selling  lewd  book,  etc 1606  376 

Abusing,  overloading  te;uns  1607  376 

Selling  inedicine  under  fraudulent  name 1608  376 

Selling  poisons,  etc 1609  376 

Erecting  insecure  scaffolds 1610  377 

Vehicles  must  keep  to  the  right 1611  377 

Exhibiting  deformity,  etc 1612  377 

Obscene  motions,  etc 1613  377 

Disturbing  religious  worship 1()14  377 

Killing  birds 1615  378 

Getting  on  or  off  cars  while  in  motion KilO  378 

Posting  notices  of  skill  in  treating  diseases,  etc 1617  378 

Leading  bear  in  streets 1618  378 

Throwing  water  in  street 1619  378 

Keeping  opium  den 1620  378 

Rinsing  cloth  or  yarn  in  street 1()21  378 

Playing  musical  instruments  in  streets 1622  379 

Erecting  booths  in  streets 1623  379 

Improper  noise,  riots,  crowds,  etc 1624  379 

Driving  sleighs  without  bells 1625  379 

Keeping  more  than  three  head  of  cattle 1626  380 

Slaughtering  or  keeping  decayed  animal  matter 1629  380 

Slaughtering,  rendering,  etc.,  without  license 1633  381 

Nuisances 1634,  1635,  1636  382 

Not  removing  putrid  substance 1636  3b3 

Rendering  tainted  animal   matter 1637  383 

Keeping  nuisance,  etc , 1638  383 

Privy  within  forty  feet  of  street 1640  384 

Vault,  privy,  etc.,  becoming  offensive 1641  384 

Obstructing  streets  with  goods,  etc 1643  384 

Bone  boiling,  bone  liurning,  etc 1645  385 

Piles,  stone  and  timber,  in  river 1648  385 

Emission  of  dense  smoke 1651  386 

When  not  particularlv   named 1680  390 

Violating  park  article" 1703  393 

Keeping  pawn  shop  without  license 1704  393 

Pawnbroker 1712  394 

Peddling  without  license 1722  395 

Selling  impure  or  adulterated  article 1730  397 

Peddler  cheating,  etc 1732  397 


820  INDEX. 

Penalty,  coniinucd:                                                                                  Section.  Page. 

Violating  ordinance  concerning  peddler 1734  o97 

Plumber  violating  ordinance 1739  398 

Turning  on' water  when  shutofl'bj  department  public  works   1754  401 

Police  neglecting  duty '. 1790  407 

Impersonating  police 1792  407 

Porter  and  runner  for  violation  of  ordinance IHOti  411 

Permitting  animal  to  run  at  large 1807  411 

'\^       Pound  keeper  neglecting  duty 1811  412 

"~    Pound  keeper  for  purchasing  at  sale 1821  414 

Breaking  city  pound 1822  414 

Hindering  person  impounding  animal 1823  414 

Fraudulently  impounding  animal 1826  415 

Leaving  railroad  cars  on  crossing 1840  418 

Not  erecting  viaducts 1843  418 

Violating  railroad  ordinance 1846  419 

Keeping  disorderly  house 18."33  420 

Not  posting  saloon  license 1856  421 

Selling  liquor  without  license 1857  421 

Selling  liquor  at  place  other  than  that  named  in  license 1858  421 

Keeping  saloon  open  after  midnight,  etc 1859  421 

Selling,  etc.,  liquors  to  certain  persons 1860  422 

Selling  liquors  to  minors 1861  422 

Cleaning  privy  vaults  without  license 1863  422 

Cleaning  privy  without  permit 1865  423 

Scavenger  not  returning  permit 1867  423 

Burying  contents  of  privy  in  city 1871  424 

Not  cleaning  privy  vault,  etc 1873  424 

Violating  scavenger  ordinance 1875  424 

Neglecting  to  put  out  swill,  etc 1879  425 

Neglecting  to  take  out  second-hand  dealer's  license 1881  426 

Second-hand  dealer  for  neglect  to  comply  with  ordinance...    1887  427 

Keeping  junk  shop  without  license 1890  427 

Junk  dealer  for  not  complying,  etc 1897  428 

Junk  dealer  not  procuring  badge 1900  429 

.   Junk  dealers  purchasing  goods  from  minors 1903  429 

Purchasing  jimk  or  seconci-hand  goods  at  night 1904  430 

Withholding  advertised  goods 1907  430 

Junk  or  second  hand  dealers  not  giving  up  stolen  goods. . . .    1908  430 

V'iolating  article  on  junk  and  second-hand  dealers ,  .    1910  430 

Allowing  steam  to  escape  into  sewer 1911  431 

Not  having  sufficient  water  connection  with  water  closets.  .    1912  431 

ObstructiHg,  etc.,  sewers  and  drains 1913  431 

Not  cleaning  gutters,  etc 1914  431 

Uncovering,  etc.,  sewers 1916  432 

Disturbing  sewers  and  drains 1917  432 

Notconstructing,  etc.,  sewers  and  drains  conformable  to  order  1918  432 

Not  allowing  free  access  to  house  drains,  water  closet,  etc. .    1919  432 

Building  side wal  k  without  grade 1921  433 

Notconstructing  sidewalk  on  grade 1924  434 

Building  plank  sidewalk  north  of  Van  Buren  street 1926  434 

Using  space  under  sidewalk  without  permit 1931  435 

Insecurely  fixing  cover  to  sidewalk  opening 1935  436 

Notto  build  into  sidewalk 1939  437 

Building  portico,  etc.,  into  sidewalk  space 1939  437 

Storage  of  goods  on  sidewalks 1940  437 

Erecting  awnings  contrary  to  law 1941  438 

Refusing  to  comply  with  awning  regulation 1942  438 

Obstructing  sidewalks  with  horses 1943  438 

Not  providing  hitching  places 1944  438 

Leaving  sidewalk  hole  open,  etc 1945  439 

Driving,  etc.,  on  sidewalks 1947,  1948,  1949,  1950,   1951  439 


INDEX.  82 1 

Pexalty,  continued :                                                                                           SecrioN.  Page. 

Breaking  and  not  repairing  sidewalk 19")2  4-};0 

Hindering  removal  of  obstruction  from  sidewalk ID.'jS  440 

Washing  windows,  etc 1954  440 

Refusing,  etc.,  to  clean  off  snow 1955  440 

Erecting  sign  contrary  to  law 1958  441 

Not  removing  signs 1959  441 

Erecting  sign  posts  on  sidewalks 19fi0  443 

Bill  posting  on  streets,  fences,  etc 19G7  443 

Violating  sign  ordinance 19G8  443 

Blowing  steam  whistle 1977  444 

•   Neglecting  to  number  buildings,  etc 1985,  1986  446 

Changing  street  numbers,  etc 1987  447 

Tearing  up  pavement,  street,  etc 1990  447 

Obstructing  streets,  etc 1991  447 

Not  removing  street  obstruction 1992  447 

Leaving  vehicle  on  streets 1994  448 

Placing'building  on  street 1995  448 

Not  removing  building,  fence,  etc,  from  streets 1996,  1997  448 

Not  obeying  orders  to  clear  streets  of  teams 1998  449 

Piling  lumber  and  unloading  cars  in  streets 1999  449 

Scattering  rubbish  on  street  and  not  removing  it 3000  449 

Neglecting  to  remove  rubbish  after  street  is  paved 2001  449 

Scattering  rubbish,  manure,  etc.,  in  streets 2002  449 

Leaving  building  in  street 2004  450 

Not  using  proper  width  of  wagon  tires,  etc 2006  450 

Driving  cattle  in  streets 2008  450 

Removing  barrier 2011  451 

Selling  animals  or  vehicles  in  streets 2013  451 

Not  building  railing  around  excavations  in  streets 2016  452 

Erecting  telegraph  pole 2022  453 

Using  telegraph  poles  after  May,  1883 2023  453 

Not  trimming  tree  when  notified 2030  455 

Cutting  down  trees 2031  455 

Keeping  trees  contrary  to  law 2032  455 

Violating  tunnel  ordinance 2036  455 

Opening  hydrant 2043  461 

Wasting  water  at  hydrant 2045  461 

Letting  out  hydrant  wrenches 2046  461 

Interfering  with  water  main 2051  462 

Turning  on  water,  etc 2052  462 

Constructing  water  tank   unlawfully 2053  462 

Violating  water  ordinance 2054  462 

Obstructing  water  stop  cock 2055  462 

Making  changes  or  preparing  for  water  connection   without 

license 2056  463 

Encumbering  wharfing  privileges 2070  466 

Obstructing  tracks  of  horse  railway  companies 2141  491 

(See  Fines.) 

Perjury  : 

Conviction  of  renders  person  ineligible  to  hold  office 4  3 

Pest  Houses  : 

Power  to  establish [57]     434  138 

Petroleum: 

Pow.r  to  regulate,  etc [65]       63  23 

Storage  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

(See  Oil  Inspection.) 

Physici.\xs: 

To  report  contagious  diseases 1464  352 

To  report  deaths  from  contagious  diseases 14(i5  352 

To  register  births  and  deaths 1485  355 

To  give  copy  of  register  to  health  department 1486  356 


822 


INDEX. 


Physicians,  continued:                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Not  to  prepare  medicine  under  fraudulent  name 1608  37(5 

Pipes: 

Not  to  be  laid  in  street  without  permission  of  city  council.  .   2014  451 
Pitch : 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of. [65]       63  23 

Boiling  prohibited 1261  301 

Pittsburgh,   Cincinnati  and  St.   Louis  R.   R.    Co.:     (See 

Railroads.) 
Pittsburgh,  Ft.  Wayne  and  Chicago  R.  R.  Co.  (See  Railroads.) 
Plats:     (See  Maps.) 

Of  highways  to  be  made  and  recorded 311  93 

Plumbers: 

Obtain  license,  fee,  qualifications 1735  397 

Petition  for  license 1736  398 

Change  of  firm  name,  license  to  be  posted 1737  398 

Licenses  may  be  in  firm  name,  not  transferable... 1738  398 

Penalty 1739  398 

Responsible  tor  employes,  license  expires 1740  398 

To  obtain    permits   for   use   of  water  before  doing  work  on 

water  pipe  outside  of  building,  exception 1741  399 

Not  to  tap  street  main 1742  399 

Excavations  in  streets 1743  399 

Size  of  lead  pipe  to  be  used 1744  399 

Depth  of  sewer  pipe,  joints 1745  399 

Stop  and  waste  cocks  for  service  pipes 1746  400 

Stop  cocks  to  be  within  sidewalk,  to  be  protected  by  iron  box, 

size  of  box 1747  400 

Branch  pipes  each  to  have  stop  cock  and  box,  "  round  water 

way,"  cocks  to  be  used 1748  400 

Service  cocks  to  be  protected,  filling  trench,  deposit  for  re- 
placing   street,    no   permit  to    open    paved  street  when 

ground  frozen 1749  400 

Not  to  connect  steam  boilers  direct  witU  city  pressure 1750  400 

Repairs  or  alterations  not  to  be  made  to  water  meter,  pipe, 

etc.,  without  permit 1751  401 

•  Not  to  connect  water  meter  until  tested 1752  401 

To  give  notice  of  changes  beyond  permit 1753  401 

Turning  on  water  when  shut  oft'  bv  dep't  of  public  works... .    1754  401 
Not  to  connect  water  closet  w  hen  not  in  use  unless  controlled 

by  meter 1755  401 

Work  subject  to  inspection  by  commissioner  of  public  works  1756  401 

Faulty  work  to  be  made  satisfactory 1756  401 

Permits  to  be  returned  within  24  hovu-s  after  work  performed  1757  401 

Forfeited  licenses 1758  402 

Laying  water  pipe  or  making  repairs  without  license 2056  462 

Poisons  : 

Sale  of  regulated 1609  376 

Police:     (See  Superintendent  of  Police.) 

Conservators  of  peace 84  30 

Power  to  make  arrests 84  30 

To  make  arrests  for  violations  of  bridge  statutes 205  67 

Members  to  be  assessed  for  relief  fund 314  95 

Council  may  make  police  regulations,  etc [64]     439  139 

Power  to  enter  buildings 448  147 

Recover  stolen  property 448  148 

Serve  and  execute  process 448  148 

Penalty  for  not  making  arrests,  etc 449  148 

Assuming  police  power 450  148 

Unlawfully  wearing  star 451  148 

Specials,  how  appointed 742,  744  209 

Powers  and  duties  of  specials 745  210 


INDEX.  823 

Police,  continued:                                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Charges  against 74U  210 

Pay  withheld,  when 750  211 

Suspension 7.)2  211 

Unexplained  absence  of,  deemed  resignation 7G1  212 

Wiien  rem'd  not  to  be  reap't'd,  resig'ns,  forfeiture  of  pav,  etc     7(>2  212 

Aid  tire  department 708  21o 

Not  receive  gifts 7G4  218 

Deliver  seized  propertv  to  superintendent 7G6  213 

To  i-tceive  pav  when  disabled 707  218 

To  be  furnished  rules,  etc 708  218 

Wear  badges 709  218 

To  clear  aisles  of  theaters,  etc 925  248 

Have  charge  of  hacks  and  hack  stands 1174  285 

Refusal  of  hackman  to  obey  order  of. 1175  285 

To  order  removal  of  public  carts,  etc 1186  288 

Arrest  persons  carrying  concealed  weapons 121T  294 

To  impound  unlicensed  dogs 1283  296 

Remove  vessels  laden  with  gunpowder 1277  804 

Seize  gunpowder 1279  804 

Enforce  article  concerning  fireworks  and  firearms 1804  808 

Suppress  gaming,  inform  mayor  of  gaming  houses 1809  309 

Seize  gaming  devices 1313  810. 

To  report  violation  of  railroad  ordinance 1522  863 

Arrest  for  violation  of  park  laws 1701  898 

Captain  or  lieutenant  may  approve  special  bail  bond 1785  400 

To  devote  time  to  duties 1787  406 

Power  to  make  arrests 1788  407 

Power  to  serve  warrants  and  process 1789  407 

Possess  all  power  of  constables 1789  407 

Neglect  of  duty,  fraud,  etc 1790  407 

Resisting  officer 1791  407 

Impersonating,  wearing  uniform  after  discharge 1792  407 

Hackmen,  drivers,  draymen,  porters  at  depots  to  obev 1793  407 

Mayor's  police,  duties." '. 1794  408 

Compensation  of  mayor's 1795  408 

Mayor  to  report  appointm't  of  his  police  to  superintendent  of  1796  408 

Powers  at  railroad  depots 180")  411 

Enforce  sewer  article 1915  431 

Require  permits  for  opening  streets  to  be  exhibited 1915  431 

Report  defective  sidewalks 1956  441 

Report  accidents  from  defective  sidewalks 1956  441 

Enforce  water  ordinance 2057  468 

I  See  also  Dept.  of  Police  and  Supt.  of  Police.) 

Police  B.mliff: 

Office  created 1767  408 

Duties  of 1778  405 

Bond  of 1779  405 

Misconduct,  neglect,  etc 1780  405 

Keep  record  of  execution,  etc 1781  405 

Make  weekly  reports  to  comptroller  of  executions,  etc 1782  405 

Make  monthly  reports  of  money,  execution,  etc 1788  400 

Police  Courts: 

Power  to  create 452  149 

Suits  in  corporate  name 453  149 

Lawful  to  declare  in  debt 458  149 

Remission  of  fines 454  149 

Salary  of  justice,  fees 455  149 

Clerk  to  prosecute,  when 456  149 

Clerk  to  report  daily 457  150 

Failure  to  report  45,S  150 

Duties  of  prosecuting  attorney 4-59  150 


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INDEX. 


Police  Courts,  continued:                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Council  prescribe  duties  of  clerk  and  prosecuting  attorney..     4(!0  151 

Where  sessions  shall  be  held 4()1  151 

Districts  for  defined 1759  402 

Court  and  office  for  each  district  designated 1700  402 

Major  to  designate  justices,  clerks  and  bailiils 17(51  408 

Justices  to  be  justices  of  the  peace 17(i3  403 

Two  sessions  to  be  held  daily 17(53  403 

Whom  to  take  offenders  before 17(54  403 

Compensation  of  justices 1704  403 

P'ees  and  costs  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury 17(54  403 

Justices  to  relinquish  fees 17(54  403 

Justices  keep  list  of  cases,  etc 17(55  403 

Justices  file  monthly  reports  with  comptroller 17(5(5  403 

Offices  of  police  court  clerks  and  police  bailiffs  created 17(57  403 

Bond  of  clerk 17(58  404 

Deputy  clerks 17G9  404 

Court  may  appoint  clerk  during  absence,  etc.,  of  clerk 1770  404 

Duties  of'clerks 1771  404 

Witness  fees 1772  404 

Comptroller  to  pay  ^yitness  fees 1773  404 

Clerk  to  make  daily  reports 1774  404 

Clerk  to  prosecute  cases 1775  405 

Clerk  pay  over  money  received  daily 1776  405 

Failure  of  clerk  to  pay  over  daily 1777  405 

BailitlV  duties .". ". 1778  405 

Bonds  of  bailiffs 1779  405 

Neglect  or  misconduct  of  bailiffs 1780  405 

Bailiffs  keep  record  of  executions,  etc 1781  405 

Bailiffs  make  weekly  reports  to  comptroller 1782  405 

Bailifts  make  monthly  repts.  to  compt.  of  money  col.  execu.  etc  1783  406 

Special  bail  may  be  taken 1784  406 

Police  captain  or  lieutenant  may  take  special  bail 1785  406 

Security  required  on  special  bail 178(5  406 

Police  Court   Clerks: 

Power  to  appoint 452  149 

When  to  prosecute  cases 456  149 

To  report  daily,  pay  over  money  daily 457  150 

Failure  to  report 458  150 

Council  to  prescribe  duties  of. 460  161 

Office  created 1767  403 

Bond 17(38  404 

Deputy  clerks,  how  appointed 1769  404 

Court  may  appoint  during  temporary  absence 1770  404 

Duties  of : 1771  404 

Give  certificates  of  witness  fees 1772  404 

Make  daily  reports  to  comptroller 1774  404 

Prosecute  cases 1775  405 

Pay  over  money  daily 1776  405 

Penalty  for  not  paying  over  daily 1777  405 

Police  and  Firemen's  Relief  Fund: 

How  fund  created 312  94 

Trustees  of  fund 313  94 

Board  to  control  fund 314  94 

Treasurer  to  give  bond 315  95 

Warrants  drawn  on  fund 316  96 

Benefits 317  96 

Who  may  obtain   benefits 318  96 

How  money  paid  out 319  97 

Police  Magistrates: 

Authorizing  election  of 321  9i 

Terms  of  office  of. 321  97 


INDEX.  825 

Polk  Street:                                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Hor.-;e  railway  on 2110  481 

Horse  rail wa\-  on 2175  505 

C,  B.  A:  Q.  R.  R.  Co.  to  build   viaduct  on 2483  581 

Pacific  i:  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles  on 2822  084 

Porters  a.vd  Rlnxers: 

Power  to  license [42]       03  21 

Power  to  license [9]     434  133 

Obev  police,  etc 1703  407 

License,  bond,  fee 17!)7  408 

Transfer  of  license 17!tS  408 

Hotel  keeper  liable  for  employe 17!tS  408 

Not  to  act  without  license....' 17!)!)  409 

Badge 1799  409 

Card  to  be  given  traveler,  etc 1799  409 

Not  to  solicit  passengers  for  vehicles  without  license 1800  409 

Not  to  solicit  passengers  for  railroads  or  boats,  on  railway 

grounds,  unless  authorized 1801  410 

Deceit,  fraud,  etc 1802  410 

Fee  for  carrying  trunk,  etc 1803  410 

Disturbing  peace,  obscene  language,  etc 1804  410 

Under  control  of  police 18ii5  410 

Penalties '. 1800  411 

Porticcs:  (See  Buildings;  see  also  Sidewalks.) 

Poultry : 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of, [50]       03  22 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of. [53]       03  22 

Pounds: 

Power  to  establish [80]       03  24 

Power  to  establish [20]     434  135 

Power  to  establish  and  regulate [40]     434  130 

Power  to  enforce  ordinances , [22]     439  143 

Power  to  appoint  pound-keepers [22]     439  143 

Limits  defined 1807  411 

Penalty 1807  411 

Commissioner  of  public  works  to  construct 1808  412 

Pound-keeper,  bond 1809  412 

Office  of  pound-keeper  created 1810  412 

Duties  of  keeper 1811  412 

Impounding  fee 1812  412 

Charges  for  sustenance 1813  412 

Redemption  of  animals  from 1814  412 

Sale  of  impounded  animals 1815  413 

Pound  notices,  form  of,  when  to  be  posted 1816  413 

Entrv  of  case  against  animal 1817  413 

Trial  of  case  by   jury 1818  414 

Form  of  order  for  sale  of  animal 1819  414 

Pound-keeper  post  notice  of  sale,  etc  1820  414 

Day  of  sale : 1820  414 

Disinterested  persons  to  purchase,  etc 1821  414 

Breaking  open  pound 1822  414 

Hindering  person  taking  animal  to  pound 1823  414 

Fees  to  be  paid  monthly  to  comptroller 1824  415 

Report  all  animals  redeemed  and  received 1824  415 

Excess  of  proceeds  of  sale 1825  415 

Fraudulently  impounding 1826  415 

Pound-keeper  to  keep  books,  etc 1827  415 

Compensation  of  keeper 1828  415 

Removal  of  keeper 1829  416 

Pouxd-Keeper  : 

To  take  up  unlicensed  dogs 1233  296 

Fee  for  dog,  register  of 1234  297 


826  INDEX. 

Pound-Keeper,  continued:                                                                     Section.  Page. 

To  take  good  care  of  animals,  etc 142G  344 

Offices  created 1810  412 

Duties,  penalty 1811  412 

Keep  record  of  persons  impounding  animals 1812  412 

Make  complaints 1815  413 

Post  notices  of  suit  against  owner  of  animal,  etc 1816  413 

Post  notices  of  sale  of  animal 1820  414 

Return  order  of  sale 1820  414 

Forfeit  office  for  purchasing 1821  414 

Pay  over  money  monthly 1824  415 

Sworn  statements 1824  415 

Records 1824  415 

Keep  books 1827  415 

Compensation  of. 1828  415 

Removal  of. 1829  41G 

Powder  :     (See  Gunpowder.) 

Powers: 

Of  city  officers  to  be  exercised  after  organization,  etc 3  7 

Printing: 

Shall  be  done  by   contract [94]  63  25 

Comptroller  to  advertise  lor  bids   for 1664  388 

Bids  for,  term  of  advertisement 1665  388 

Bids  to  be  opened  by  comptroller,  mayor,  and  finance  com- 
mittee  .". 1C66  388 

When  two  persons  make  same  bid 1667  388 

How  lowest  bidder  may  be  determined 1668  389 

Bids  to  be  reported  to  council,  contract 1669  389 

Official  journals,  bond 1670  389 

Matter  to  be  delivered  to  comptroller,  exception 1671  389 

Comptroller  to  obtain  copies  of  blanks,  etc 1673  339 

Style  of  bids  for  contract 1674  389 

Bonds  of  contractor  for 1675  389 

Private  Contr.vcts  : 

For  public  improvements 563  175 

Privies: 

Power  to  compel  owners  to  clean [84]  63  24 

Power  to  compel  owners  to  clean [16]  434  134 

Contents  to  be  removed  in  air-tight  apparatus 1388  338 

To  be  built  according  to  regulation  of  health  department. .  .  1452  350 

To  be  water-tight 1488  356 

Within  forty  feet  of  street  prohibited 1640  384 

Above  surface  of  earth  prohibited 1642  384 

Night  scavengers 1862  423 

Owners  may  clean  without  license 1863  422 

Not  to  be  cleaned  without  permit 1865  423 

Cleaning  to  be  done  in  inoffensive  manner 1868  423 

Cleaning  to  be  completed  without  delay 1868  423 

Contents  to  be.  removed  beyond  city  limits 1869  423 

Not  to  be  cleaned  between  6  a.  .m.  and  10  p.  m 1871  423 

Commissioner  of  health  may  order  cleaned 1873  424 

How  expense  of  cleaning  paid  wherl  no  owner  found 1874  424 

(See  Buildings;  see  also  Health.) 

Procedure: 

For  incorporating  under  general  law 1  7 

For  towns  to  become  cities 4  8 

For  organizing  a  city 5  8 

For  electing  officers  after  change  of  6rganization 7  9 

For  removal  of  officers 21  11 

Conducting  elections 58  17 

Special  elections 62  18 

Suits  for  violating  ordinance 69  26 


INDEX.  827 

Procedure,  continued:                                                                                 Section.  Page. 

Assessment  and  collection  of  taxes 112  38 

Making  just  compensation  for  property  condemned 122  40 

Making  special  assessment 134  43 

Special  assessment,  how  collected 151  47 

Returning  delinquent  assessment 154.  48 

Letting  contracts 105  51 

Collection  of  assessment  by  suit 1(57  51 

Changing  from  city  to  village 180  55 

To  recover  fines  and  penalties 181  56 

Issue  new  bonds,  etc 182  57 

Suit  on  bond  of  public  officer 199  65 

Chani^e  name  of  city 209  69 

Establishing  city  court 237  74 

Suits  for  violating  ordinances 308  92 

When  owner  neglects  to  construct  sidewalk 383  114 

Annexing  and  excluding  territory 401  121 

i^ROCESS  : 

Suits  for  violating  city  ordinances 67  26 

Summons  first,  for  violating  ordinances 09  26 

Warrant  may  issue  for  violating  ordinances (i!)  26 

Constable  or  sheriff  may  serve 71  27 

Summons  in  condemnation  suit 122  40 

Summons  first,  for  violating  ordinances 308  92 

Warrant  may  issue  for  violating  ordinance 308  92 

May  be  served  by  police 1789  407 

Prosecuting  Attorney  : 

Of  city  court,  salarv  of 240  75 

Duties  of .". 459  150 

Member  department  of  law 652  192 

Assist  corporation  counsel 657  192 

Office  created,  term 670  194 

How  appointed 071  194 

Bond 672  194 

Conduct  all  proceedings  before  justices 073  194 

,    Instituting  actions,  when 674  195 

Compromise  actions,  when 675  195 

Discontinue  actions 675  195 

Not  appeal  cases  without  consent  of  city  attorney  676  195 

Annual  report 677  195 

Deliver  books  and  papers  to  successor 678  195 

Prostitute.s: 

Power  to  punish 74  24 

Power  to  restrain  and  punish [25]  434  135 

Provisions  : 

Power  to  inspect [53]  63  22 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [41]  434  136 

Public  Buildings: 

Doors  to  open  outwards 323  98 

When  may  be  closed 325  98 

Power  to  erect [18]  434  134 

Undercharge  of  commissioner'public  works 558  174 

(See  Buildings.) 

Public  Cart.men:     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Public  Grounds: 

Power  to  prevent  encumbering [23]  434  134 

Public  Libraries: 

Power  to  establish,  tax,  fund 277  •    84 

Directors  of 278  84 

Term   of  office,  removal 279  85 

Vacancies,    compensation 280  85 

Organization,  powers  of  directors,  funds 281  85 


828  INDEX. 

Public  Libraries,  continued:                                                            Section.  Page. 

Who  may  use 283  85 

Report  of  directors.  28:]  86 

Penalties 2S4  86 

Donations 28.")  86 

Directors  trustees  of  donated  property 285  86 

(See  Library.) 

Publication: 

Of  ordinances    in  newspapers,  etc 65  26 

Of  ordinances  in  book,  etc 60  26 

Of    sidewalk  ordinances 'iH'l  114 

Proof  of  to  be  obtained  by  city  clerk 1677  890 

Public  Property: 

Vote  required  to  sell 42  14 

Council  may  control 60  18 

Council  may  control 484  i;32 

Purchasers: 

City  may  be,  at  tax  sale 100  50 

City  may  be,  at  ta.\  sale 851  107 


Q. 


Quarantine: 

Power  to  establish [29]     484  185 

Maybe  established 694  199 

Notices  to  be  sent 095  199 

Health  officers  to  be  stationed  at 090  200 

Medicines  to  be  furnished 097  200 

Dismissal    from 098  200 

Police  to  be  stationed  at 099  200 

Power  to  enforce  regulations 700  201 

Rules  goyerning 701  201 

Compensation  of  employes 702  201 

How  expenses  of  paid 708  202 

Further  regulations 704  202 

How  fund  appropriated 705  203 

Penalty  for  violating  rules 700  208 

Commissioner  of  health  establish  sites  for 708  208 

Quarry  Street: 

C,  A.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  Co.  lav  track  across 2444  571 

C.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.  to  lay  track  on 2741  664 

Quorum : 

Of  city  council 87  14 

K. 

Racing:   (See  Horses.) 

Raffle:   (See  Amusements.) 

Randolph  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Extension  of  track  on 2359  551 

Opened  through  to  Lake  Michigan 2609  624 

I.e.  R.  R.  to  "construct  viaduct  on 2610  624 

Railroad  companies  to  build  viaduct  on  2090  050 

Grade  at  viaduct 2694  652 

Railroads: 

Power  to  change  location,  grade,  etc [25]       68  20 

Liable  for  damages  to  domestic  animals [26]       68  20 

"Flagmen  to  be  kept  by [27]       08  20 

To  conform  to  grade  of  streets [27]       08  20 

To  keep  open  ditches [27]       63  20 

City  may  construct  streets  and  sewers  through  lands  of  [89]       68  25 

Power  to  lay  track  in  streets  only  on  petition,  etc [90]       08  25 


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INDEX.  829 

Railroads,  continued:                                                                               Section.  Page 

Speed  through  cities,  damages 332  100 

Flagmen,  shelter 333  101 

Power  to  regulate  use  of  locomotives [49]     434  136 

Power  to  compel  use  of  other  than  steam  power [49]     434  13G 

Power  to   compel  construction  of    hridges,    tunnels,  etc.,  at 

crossings [49]     434  136 

Council  may  authorize  to  use  streets [  9]     439  141 

Vote  required  when  given  use  of  streets [  9]     439  141 

Vote  i-equired  to  extend   franchise [  9J     439  141 

Vote  required  when  vetoed [9]     430  141 

Getting  on  or  oil"  cars  while  in  motion 1616  378 

Rate  of  speed  of  trains 1830  416 

Stopping  on  crossings. 1831  416 

Train  to  be  cut  so  as   not  to  obstruct  crossing  longer  than 

five  minutes 1832  416 

Headlights  required 1833  416 

Unloading  cars  in  streets li^34  417 

Switch  houses  not  to  be  placed  in  streets 1834  417 

Blowing  steam  whistles .' 1835  417 

Bells  to  be  rung,  exception 1836  417 

Erect  sign  boards .• 1837  417 

Companies  to  furnish  copies  of  article  to  employes 1838  417 

Names  of  employes  violating  to  be  furnished 1838  417 

Allowing  steam  to  escape 1839  417 

Leaving  cars  on  street  crossings 1840  417 

Flagmen 1841  418 

Gates  at  crossings 1842  418 

Viaducts ;. 1842,1843,1844  418 

Maintain  viaducts 1844  419 

Length  of  trains 1845  419 

Penalties 1846  419 

Chicago,  Alton  &  St.  Louls  R.  R.: 

Lay  track  across  certain  streets 2444  571 

Keep  flagmen 2447  572 

Ordinance  subject  to  amendment 2449  572 

Improve  streets 2451  572 

,           Proposition  concerning  improvement  of  Archer  avenue 2455  573 

Chicago,  Buklingtox  &  Quincy  R.  R.: 

Authoritv  to  lay  tracks 2457,2458  574 

Track  in  North  street 2459  575 

Speed 2460  575 

Improvement  of  North  street 2461  575 

Track  in  Brown  street 2462  576 

Track  in  Brown  street 2466  577 

Not  to  discriminate  in  favor  of  localities  in  delivering  lumber  2469  578 

Track  on  Twenty-second  street 2471  578 

Track  on  Lumber  street 2471  578 

Improve  Lumber  and  Twenty-second  streets  2473  579 

Authority  to  lay  tracks   in   Green's   South    Branch   addition 

and  Walker's  dock  addition 2477  580 

Remove   track   intersecting  Ashland    a\enue.    Blue    Island 

avenue  and  Twentv-second  street 2477  580 

Tracks  between  W.  IlaVrison  street  and  W.  Twelfth  street.  .    2481  581 

Build  viaduct  at  Polk  street 2483  581 

Tracks  between  W.  Sixteenth  street  and  W.  Twelfth  street..   2482  581 

Assist  in  building  viaducts  at  street  crossings 2473  582 

Save  city  harmless 2484  582 

ChIC.\GO,    CoLUMBtS    &    IXDI.\N.\    CENTRAL  RaILROAD  : 

Build  viaduct  at  N.  Halsted  street 2515  595 

Cross  certain  streets 2662  641 

Motive  power 2663  641 


830 


INDEX. 


Railroads — Chi.,  Col.  &  Ind.  Cent.  R.  R.,  continued:  Section.  Page. 

Cro.ssings,  erect  two  viaducts  each  year 2<j(i-l:  041 

Build  wall  on  Depot  place 26(i~)  642 

Indemnify  city , 26(57  643 

Compensate  property  owners 2668  642 

Permit  side  tracks...'. 2669  643 

Construct  draw  bridge  over  west  branch  of  south  branch 2670  643 

Permit  C.  D.  &V.  R.  R.  and  C.,M.  &  St.  P.  R.  R.  to  use  tracks  2670  643 

Chicago,  Danville  &  Vixcennes  Railroad: 

Use  track  of  C,  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R 2670  643 

Chicago  &  Evaxston  Railroad  Company: 

Act  concerning 2189  510 

Incorporated 2212  518 

Streets  reserved  from 2213  518 

Capital  stock 2214  518 

Right  of  way 2216  519 

Lay  track  on  Jones  avenue 2532  601 

Lay  track  on  Southport  avenue 2532  602 

Surrender  claim  to  Halsted  street 2532  602 

Trackt  to  be  laid  \yithin  two  years 2532  602 

Chicago  &  Great  Eastern  R.  R.  Co.: 

Track  on  Kinzie  street 2653  638 

Construct  sewer  on  Kinzie  street 2653  638 

Lay  tracks  between  Kinzie  and  Carroll  streets 2654  638 

Track  on  Carroll  street 2655  638 

Tracks  between   Halsted  street  and  the  river    and  between 

Carroll  and  Fulton  streets 2656  638 

Motive  power 2657  639 

To  improve  part  of  Carroll  street 2659  639 

Chicago  l^  Milwaukee  R.  R.  Co.: 

Track  on  Jefferson  street  and  Kinzie  street 2499  586 

Track  on  Jefferson  street 2500  587 

Track  on  West  Kinzie  street 2500  587 

Part  of  First  and  Second  street  and  alley  vacated  for 2502  587 

Chicago,  Millington  &  Western  Railroad  Co: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2486  583 

Track  on  West  Twenty-sixth  street 2486  583 

Improve  streets,  etc 2488  583, 

Not  to  operate  horse  railway 2489  583 

Build  viaducts ". 2490  584 

Save  city   harmless 2491  584 

To  connect  side  tracks,  etc 2492  584 

Permit  other  railroads  to  use  tracks 2493  585 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  R.  R.  Co: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2517  595 

Motive  power 2518  596 

Maintain  crossings 2519  596 

Construct  viaducts 2519  596 

Save  city  harmless 2521  597 

Compensate  property  owners  for  damages 2522  597 

Permit  connection  by  side  tracks 2523  597 

Permit  other  railroads  to  use  tracks 2524  598 

Chicago  &  North-Western  R.  R: 

Part  of  First  street,  Second  street  vacated  for 2502  587 

Streets  and  alleys  vacated  for 2506  589 

Reversion  of  title 2508  589 

Provision  for  change  of  dock  lines 2509  590 

Sewer  on  Mitchell  street 2514  594 

Viaduct  at  Halsted  street- 2515  595 

Chicago  .^  Pacific  R.  R.  Co.: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2525  598 

Track  on  Bloomingdale  road 2525  598 


INDEX.  831 

Railroads— Chi.  &  Pacific  R.  R.  Co.,  continued:                      Section.  Page. 

Track  on  Jones  avenue 25i.j  598 

Track  on  Hawthorne  avenue 2o-I.")  599 

Track  on   Cherry  avenue 2525  59y 

Construct  draw-bridge  over  river 2525  5t*9 

Motive  power 252()  599 

Crossings 252(1  599 

Viaduct  at  North  avenue 2520  599 

Viaducts  at  other  streets 252(i  599 

Save  city  harmless 2528  GOO 

Compensate  property  owners  for  damages 2529  GOO 

Permit  construction  of  side  tracks,  etc 25o0  GOO 

Permit  Chicago  &  Evanston  R.  R.  Co.  to  use  tracks 25:]1  601 

Permit  use  of  tracks  by  other  conipanies 25-il  601 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  ^  Pacific  R.  R. 

Autliority  to  lay  tracks 25;]o  602 

Construct  draw  bridge 25;J5  602 

Motive  power 25:36  608 

Extend  tracks  on  Market  street  to  S.  Water  street 2538  608 

Extend  tracks  in  West  divison  to  Kinzie  street 25:!9  603 

Speed,  motive  power,  manner  of  laying  tracks 2540  604 

Permit  other  companies  to  use  tracks 2541  604 

Indemnify  city 2542  604 

Reinoval  of  track  froTii  Clark  street 2543  605 

Maintain  crossings  in  Clark  Street 2543  G05 

Authority  to  lay  tracks  between  Clark  and  Arnold   streets.    2543  605 

Erect  wall   along  Clark  street 2544  606 

Removal  of  track  from  Clark  street 2548  606 

Relieved  from  building  wall  on  Clark   street 2024  629 

Chicago,  St.  Charles  l^  Mississippi  Air  Line  Railroad: 

Lay  tracks  across  streets  in  West  division 2424  566 

Temporary  tracks 2425  566 

Speed  of  locomotives 2426  566 

Bond 2427  567 

Cross  streets  in  West  division 2428  567 

Construct  bridge  over  river 243U  567 

Connect  with  C.  R.  I  &  P.  R.  R 2431  567 

Tracks  in  South   division 2432  567 

Chic.\6o  ^:  SoiTHERN  Railroad: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2551  607 

Track  on  Thirty-fn-st  street 2551  607 

Track  on  Marketplace 2553  607 

Track  on  bridewell  grounds 2554  607 

Track  on  Twenty-sixth  street 2554  608 

Condition  of  franchise 2555  608 

Motive  power 2557  G08 

Not  to  operate  horse  railroad 2557  608 

Improvement  of  streets 25.58  608 

Viaducts,  crossings 2558  608 

Indemnify  cit\ 2559  608 

Permit  construction  of  side  tracks 25(J0  609 

Permit  other  railroads  to  use  tracks 2561  609 

Track  on  Kedzie  avenue 2563  610 

Track  on  Homan  avenue 2563  610 

Track  on  Twenty-sixth  street 25G4  610 

Chic.vgo,  St.  Pail'&  Fond  du  Lac  R.  R.: 

Lay  tracks  between  Van  Buren  and  Kinzie  streets 2678  647 

Track  on  West  Water  and  Canal  streets 2679  647 

Build  viaducts,  crossings 2()S0  648 

Other  companies  to  use  tracks 2G81  618 

Establish  depots  across  street  end 2G82  ^48 

Speed,  motive  power 2683  648 


832 


INDEX. 


Railroads— Chi.,  St.  P.  &  F.  du  Lac  R.  R.,  continued:                  Section.  Page. 

Indemnifv  city 2(i84  648 

Bond  of  indemnity 2086  04!) 

Time  lor  filing  bond  extended 2087  049 

Temporary  track 2088  649 

Build  viaducts  on  Lake,   Randolph  and  Madison  streets 2090  050 

Removal  of  temporary  track 2091  651 

Chicago  &   Western  Indiana  R.  R.  Co.: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2567  010 

Cross  streets,  repairs 2508  Oil 

Motive  power 2509  611 

Build  viaducts 2570  611 

Imdemnify  city 2572  612 

Permit  construction  of  side  tracks 2573  612 

Other  companies  to  use  tracks 257<J  612 

Time  within  which  tracks  are  to  be  laid 2574  613 

Raise  Eighteenth  street  bridge 2576  613 

Build  viaduct  on  Eighteenth  street 2570  013 

Raise  grade  on  Lumber  street 2570  613 

Build  abutments  at  Eighteenth  street  bridge 2577  614 

Bond   indemnifying  city 2579  614 

Columbus,  Chicago  &  Indiana  Central  R.  R.  Co: 

Track  on  Rockwell  street 2662  640 

Track  on  Kinzie  street 2662  040 

Track  on  Depot  place 2002  040 

Galena  ».^  Chicago  Union  R.  R.  Co.: 

Track  on  Kinzie  street 2495  585 

Running  of  locomotives  to  be  regulated  by  council 2495  585 

Temporary   track  on  Fulton  street 2490  586 

Temporary  track  on  certain  streets 2496  580 

Extend  tracks  east  to  the  lake 2497  580 

Bridge  over  north  branch 2498  580 

Contract  with  ratified ; 2510  590 

Bridge  at  State  street 2510  590 

Stipulation  concerning  grade  of  State  street  (Wolcott  street) 

and  N.  Water  street 2511  590 

Illinois  Central  R.  R.: 

Mayor  to  petition  legislature  in  aid  of 2582  615 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2584  610 

Width  of  roadway 2585  016 

Authority  to  fill  out  into  lake 2586  616 

Cross  citv  south  of  12th  street 2587  617 

Tracks  in  West  division 2287  617 

Construct  draw  bridges  over  river .^ 2587  617 

Motive  power,  side  tracks,  etc 2588  617 

Fen.:es  along  lake  park 2589  617 

Cons'.ruct  wall  along  right  of  way 2590  018 

Must  not  lay  tracks  in  lake  park 2591  018 

Not  to  erect  building  in  front  of  lake  park 2592  018 

Coi. struct  culverts  opposite  lake  park 2593  619 

Connect  with  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  R.  R 2594  019 

Acceptance  of  ordinance 2595  019 

Additional  right  of  way 2597  620 

Plans  for  bridge  approved 2598  620 

To  maintain  bridge,  etc 2600  620 

Act  authorizing  sale  of  part  of  lake  park  to 2601  021 

Randolph  street  opened  across  right  of  way  of. 2009  024 

Build  viaduct  on  Randolph  street 2010  024 

To  maintain  Randolph  street  viaduct,  free  use  to  public 2012  624 

Illinois  l^  Wislon'sin  R.  R.  Co 

Authoritv  to  lav  tracks 2581  615 


INDEX.  833 

R MLRO ADfi,  con/inucd — ^JoLIET  &  CHICAGO   R.   R. :                            Section,  Page. 

Improve  Archer  a\enue  and  Grove  street 2433  569 

Use  of  Depiiyster  street 2440  570 

Vacation  of  Depuyster  street 2441  '  570 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2442  571 

Track  on  Archer  a\enue  and  Grove  street 2442  571 

Improve  Archer  avenue  and  Grove  street 2442  571 

Ordinance  concerning  C,  A.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.,  amended  to  read 

Joliet  &  Chicago 2454  573 

La  Salle  lV  Chicago  R.  R.: 

Authoritv  to  lav  tracks 2032  631 

Track  on  Rebecca  street 2632  631 

Track  on  Meagher  street 2(i32  681 

Track  on  Stewart  avenue 2632  ,  631 

Cross  streets  and  alleys 2633  631 

Motive  power '. 2634  632 

Viaducts 2635  632 

Indemn i t'y  city 2637  633 

Pay  damages  to  property  owners 2638  633 

Permit  sidetracks 263!)  633 

Joint  use  of  tracks  provided  for 2640  634 

Purchase  property  on  streets  where  track  is  laid 2641  (534 

Tracks  to  be  laid  within  two  years 2641  635 

Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  R.  R: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks  16th  to  22d  streets 2615  625 

Warning  signs,  flagmen 2(il6  625 

Speed,  motive  power 2617  625 

«     Relinquish  rights  on  Clark  street 2618  626 

Lav  tracks  between  22d  and  25th  streets 2619  626 

Operate  tracks  on  Clark  street 2623  626 

Wall  in  west  part  of  Clark  street 2624  627 

Pave  South  Clark  street  opposite  wall 2628  630 

Penalty  for  not  removing  from  Clark  street 2629  630 

Michigan  Southern  &  Northern  Indiana  R.  R:  • 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2615  625 

Warning  signs,  flagmen 2616  625 

Motive  power,  speed 2617  625 

Relinquish  rights  in  Clark  street  2618  626 

Northern  Railroad: 

Authority  to  lay  track 2642  635 

Improve  street  when  track  is  laid 2643  635 

Indemnify  city 2645  635 

Flagmen" ." 2t.46  635 

Bond 2648  635 

Not  to  consolidate  with  other  companies 2649  637 

To  construct  track  within  two  years 2650  637 

Saving  clause 2650  637 

Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  &  St.  Louis  R.  R.: 

Use  sidewalk  on  Carroll  street 2661  640 

Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  R.  R.: 

Lay  single  track  on  any  street  west  of  Clark  street 2671  644 

Lay  tracks  on  their  own  land  from  North  st.  to  Van  Buren  st.  2672  645 

Motive  power,  speed 2673  645 

Construct  draw  bridge  or  tunnel  for  joint  use,  etc 2674  645 

Lay  track  in  street  and  operate  with  horse  power 2()75  645 

Bond  for  damages 2676  646 

Track  in  Stewart  avenue 2677  646 

Track  in  Beach  street 2677  646 

Right  to  construct  slips  across  Stewart  avenue  and  Beach 

street  reserved 2677  646 

Track  between  V'anBuren  and  Kinzie  streets 2678  647 

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834 


INDEX. 


Railroads— Pitts.,  Ft.  W.  &  Cm.  R.  R.,  continued:                   Section.  Pace. 

Track  on  W.  Water  street 2079  647 

Track  on  Canal  street 2679  647 

Construct  viaducts,  etc 2680  647 

Other  companies  to  use  tracks 2681  648 

Construct  depots  across  street  ends,  etc 2683  648 

Motive  power,  speed 2688  648 

IndemniiV  city 2684  648 

Bonds....". '. 2686  649 

Temporary  track  across  Lake  and  other  streets '2688  649 

Locate  depot  grounds,  etc 2690  650 

Construct  viaducts  at  Lake,  Randolph  and  Madison  streets..  2690  650 

Removal  of  temporary  tracks 2691  651 

Reoulations  as  to  use  of  temporary  track 2692  651 

Bond '. 2698  652 

Grade  at  viaducts 2694  652 

Use  end  of  Monroe  street  for  depot 2697  658 

City  to  give  deed  of  Monroe  street  to 2698  658 

Monroe  street  to  revert  to  city  -wl-ien 2699  653 

Track  on  Lumber  street '. 2700  654 

Improvement  of  Lumber  street 2701  654 

Bond  for  use  of  Lumber  street 2701  654 

Track  on  Stewart  avenue 2703  655 

Improvement  of  Stewart  avenue 2707  656 

Viaduct  at  Twelfth  street 2708  656 

Private  Tracks: 

Allandale  Coal  Mining  Co.'s  track  on  Bates  street 2711  657 

Terms  and  conditions  of  franchise 2712  ♦057 

L.  Newberry  &  Co.  operate  tracks  on  N.  Market  and  Carroll 

streets  2715  658 

South  Branch  Canal  Co.,  lay  tracks  in    West  division 2716  658 

Erect  and  maintain  depots 2717  658 

Construct  bridges,  joint  use  of  tracks 2719  659' 

Motive  power,  speed 2730  659 

Steele  it  Tavlor,  authority  to  lav  tracks 2721  659 

Conditions  6f  grant .' 2722  659 

Wm.  F.  Tucker  &  Co.,  track  across  Egan    avenue.    Tucker. 

Gage  and  Laurel  streets 2735  660 

Conditions  of  franchise 2726  660 

Pond  ct  Soper,  track  across  Twenty-second  street 2728  661 

Conditions  of  grant 2729  661 

P.  W.  Gates  &  Co.,  operate  track  from  Madison    street    to 

Washington  street 2781  663 

Condition  of  grant 2732  662 

M.  Gottfried  &  Co.,  track  on  Alexander  street 2784  662 

Union  Stock  Yards  and  Transit  Co.,  lay  track  from  I.  &  M. 

Canal  to  Ogden  avenue 2736  668 

Not  to  operate  horse  railroad 2737  668 

Construct  viaducts,  etc 2738  664 

Indemnifv  citv 2739  664 

C.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.,  track  on  Quarry  street 2741  664 

Condition  of  grant 2742  664 

Northwestern  Leather  Co.,  track  on  Robinson  street 3744  665 

Condition  of  grant 3745  665 

G.  W.  Hinckley  &  Co.,  lay  track  W.  yi  block  93,  Walsh  & 

McMullen's  subdivision 3749  666' 

Cars  not  to  stand  on  Twentj'-second  street 2750  666 

F.  E.  Canda,  lav  track  on  Stewart  avenue 2758  666 

Schoenemann  &  Co.,  track  on  Hugh  Place  (Salt  street) 3755  667 

N.  K.  Fairbanks  &  Co.,  track  on  Nineteenth  street 2759  667 

Chicago  Dock  &  Canal  Co.,  track  on  N.  Water  &  Illinois  stts.  3763  668 

Munger  &  Wheeler,  operate  tracks 376fJ  669 


INDEX. 


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Railroads — Private  Tracks,  continued:  Section.  Pace. 

W.  n.  Swctt  &  Co.  lay  track   across  Green  street 27G8  G70 

T.  W.  Harvey  &  Co.,  track  on  Twenty-second  street 2772  671 

Union  Planing  Mill  Co.,  lay  track  on  Twenty-second  street.  2775  ()71 

Maculloch  and  others  lay  track  across  Main  street 2778  (572 

John  A.   Yale  and   others  lay   tracks  on  Ullman,  Fox  and 

Waterville  streets ". 2780  673 

John  A.  Yale  and  others  lay  track  across  Thirty-fifth  street.  2782  674 

E.  L.  Hedstrom  &  Co.,  track  on  Gro\e  street 2783  674 

Jones  &  Laughlin  lay  track  across  Futon  street 2786  675 

Geo.  BuUen  M  Co..  lay  track  on  Illinois  street 2789  ()76 

M.  Brand  &  Co.,  track  on  Snow  street 27'J4  677 

Railroad  Depots: 

Disturbance  at 1208  292 

Rates  of  Fare: 

In  hacks,  cabs,  etc 1161  282 

Per  hour  for  hacks,  etc 1166  284 

Scale  to  be  posted  in  vehicle 1167  284 

Excess  to  be  returned 1168  284 

To  be  paid  on  entering  \ehicle 1169  284 

For  carrying  merchandise 1191  ogQ 

Of  porteV 1803  410 

Horse  railways 2088  474 

On  certain  lines  of  Ciiicago  City  Railway  Company 2115  483 

On  North  Chicago  City  Railway  Company ". 2126  486 

(See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Rates  of    Speed: 

Of  railroad  trains  regulated 1830  416 

Real  Property: 

Power  to  hold 10  9 

Rebecca  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2632  631 

Reconsideration  of  Vote: 

Not  to  be  done  at  special  meeting  unless,  etc 43  14 

Of  ordinance  vetoed 4g  15 

Of  ordinance  vetoed 090  87 

Records: 

Canvass  of  election  returns  on  organization  to  be  entered  on  3  7 

City  clerk  to  keep,  etc  82  30 

May  be  pro\  ed  by  city  clerk,  etc g2  30 

How  certified 251  77 

S worn  copies 05;^  ij^g 

Of  oil  inspector 3O4  gj 

Of  trustees  fire  and  police  fund ;-Jl4  95 

Of  vole  for  vacation  of  street 389  117 

Redemptions  : 

From  sale  for  special  assessment I59  50 

Registration: 

Of  bonds I8.5  59 

Of  bonds 189  62 

Of  electors 334  lyi 

Registration  of  Electors: 

Board  of  registration,  meeting,  register 334  joi 

Manner  of  making  register 335  iQg 

New  election  di>tricts 33(i  103 

Revised  register,  second  meeting 337  103 

Corrections 33s  103 

Adding  new  names 339  103 

Copies  of  register,  filing,  voting,  swearing  in  vote 340  104 

Non-registered  voter,  penalty 34I  105 

Poll  list  and  register  to  be  filed 340  iq'j 

Register  open  to  inspection 343  105 


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INDEX. 


Registration  of  Electors,  continued:                                            Section.  Page. 

Compensation  of  board 344  106 

Preserving  order 345  106 

Vacancies  in  board,  how  filled 345  106 

Fraudulent  registration,  false  swearing 346  106 

Blanks  to  be  furnished 347  106 

Release  : 

Of  surety  on  bond 196  65 

Religious  Worship: 

Disturbing 1614  377 

Rexderies: 

Power  to  regulate [81]       63  24 

License  and  regulate [17]     434  134 

Rendering:     (See  Slaughtering.)  • 

Permit  required  for 1428  345 

Scrap  to  be  dried,  etc 1429  345 

Further  regulations 1432  346 

Unlawful  to  carry  on,  etc 1627  380 

License  for,  fee 1630  381 

Revocation  of  license 1631  381 

Commissioner  of  health  to  have  free  entrance 1632  381 

Penalties -...,  1633  381 

Tainted  animal  substance  a  nuisance 1637  383 

Rendering  Houses  : 

Use  condensers,  etc •     469  153 

Reports  of  Committees: 

Must  be  deferred  on  call  of  two  aldermen 44  14 

Reports  Required: 

From  mayor,  on  removal  of  officers 21  11 

Of  fees  received  by  officers 87  31 

Monthly  report  of  city  treasurer 96  33 

Annual  report  of  city  treasurer 98  34 

Of  city  collector 102  35 

Of  comptroller 105  35 

Of  inspectors  of  house  of  correction 259  79 

Of  superintendent  house  of  correction  of  removal  of  employe     260  79 

Of  directors  public  library 283  86 

Of  board  of  education 370  111 

Resignations  : 

To  whom  inade 295  89 

Create  vacancy  in  office 296  89 

Resin  : 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of [65]       63  23 

Resolutions: 

Power,  in  force  until,  etc 11  9 

When  take  effect 65  26 

Riots: 

Power  to  suppress [72]       63  24 

Power  to  prevent [14]     434  133 

Penalty  for  creating 1624  379 

River: 

Powers  of  council  over ]30]       63  20 

Power  to  proxide  for  cleaning [40]       63  21 

Power  to  widen,  straighten,  etc [  2]     434  132 

Jurisdiction  over [17]     434  134 

Regulate  speed  of  vessels  on [53]     439  137 

Regulate  speed  of  vessels  on [  6]     434  141 

Settle  for  change  in  dock  lines [25]     439  143 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Dragging    anchors  prohibited 1847  419 

Tugs  prohibited  from  towing  vessels,  dragging  anchors 1848  419 

Penalty,    dragging  anchors 1849  419 


INDEX.  837 

Roberts  Street:                                                                                      Section.  Page. 

Railroad  track  on 2642  680 

RoBixsoN  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2744  665 

Rockwell  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2662  640 

Roofs:     (See  Buildings.) 
Rouge  etNoir:     (See  Gaming.) 
Runxers: 

Power  to  license,  etc [4:5]       63  21 

Power  to  license,  etc [34]     484  185 

(See  Porters  and  Runners.) 
Rush  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

s. 

Salaries: 

Of  mayor  not  to  be  changed  during  term  of  office 85  31 

Of  aldermen  not  to  be  changed,  etc 86  31 

Of  aldermen  '. 86  31 

Of  officers  not  to  be  changed,  etc •       87  31 

Not  to  be  increased  or  diminished 87  31 

Of  judge  of  city  court 239  75 

Of  prosecuting  attorney  of  city  court 240  75 

Of  superintendent  house  of  correction 270  82 

Not  to  be  increased  or  diminished 298  90 

School  teacher 858  110 

Officers  board  of  education 860  111 

Of  police  justice 455  149 

To  be  fixed  in  appropriation  bill 1657  387 

To  be  paid  monthly , 1658  387 

Saloons  : 

License,  bond 1850  420 

Fee  tor  license 1851  420 

Term  of  license 1852  420 

Gaming,  disorderly  houses 1858  420 

Revocation  of  license 1854  421 

License  to  be  posted 1855  421 

Penalty  for  not  posting  license 1856  421 

Penalty  for  keeping  without  license 1857  421 

Selling  liquor  without  license,  exception 1857  421 

Selling  at  place  other  than  that  named  in  license 1858  421 

Not  to  be  kept  open  between  13  midnight  and  5  o'clock  a.  m.   1859  421 

When  srde  of  liquor  to  any  person  is  forbidden 1860  422 

Sale  of  liquor  to  minors 1861  422 

Where  minors  are  permitted  to  drink  declared  disorderly 1861  422 

Salt: 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [41]     434  186 

Sanitary  Police  : 

To  have  full  police  powers 684  196 

Scales : 

Power  to  license [91]       63  25 

Sc.WENGERS  : 

City  day  or  night  work,  how  done [15]     489  142 

Wagons  not  to  stand  near  buildings 1440  847 

Wagons  to  be  tight 1441  847 

Wagons  to  be  kept  clean,  etc 1442  848 

Not  to  overlill  wagoi^s 1443  848 

To  do  work  with  dispatch .   1461  851 

Night  scavengers  defined 1862  422 

Night  scavengers  to  be  licensed 1863  422 


838  INDEX. 

Scavengers,  continued:                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Fee  for  night  scavenger  license 1864  422- 

Bond  of  night  scavenger 1864  423 

Must  obtain  permits 1865  423 

Form  of  permit 1866  428 

Return  of  permit 1867  423 

Work  to  be  done  in  inoffensive  manner 1868  423 

Work  to  be  finished  without  delay 1868  423 

Privy  to  be  left  in  good  condition 1868  423 

Contents  to  be  removed  beyond  city  limits  in  air  tight  tanks  1869  423 
Name  and   number  of  license  to  be  painted  on  lamps  and 

wagons 1870  423 

Privies  not  to  be  opened   between    six  a.  m.  and  ten  o'clock 

p.   M 1871  423 

Burying  contents  of  privy  within  city 1871  424 

Fee  for  work  done  by ". 1872  424 

Commissioner  of  health  may  order  privy  cleaned 1873  424 

Expense  of  cleaning  when  no  owner  can  be  ibund 1874  424 

Penalty  acting  without  license  and  other  violation 1875  424 

Commissioner  of  health  may  employ  to  remove  garbage,  etc  1876  425 

Day  scavengers  defined 1877  425 

Notice  to  be  given  of  time  day  scavengers  will  call,  etc 1878  425 

Penalty  for  not  complying 1879  425 

Scaffolds  : 

To  be  made  secure 1610  377 

Schools : 

Liability  for  conversion  of  funds  of. 352  107 

Realty  of  school  officers  held 353  108 

Officers  responsible  ibr  funds 354  108 

Funds  not  to  be  perverted  for  sectarian  purposes 354  108 

Teacher  not  to  be  interested  in  school  books 354  108 

No  costs  taxed  against  school  officers 355  108 

Special  laws  may  be  abandoned 356  109 

Organization  under  general  law 357  109 

Powers  of  board  in  cities,  etc 358  109 

Powers  denied  city  council 359  110 

Candidates  for  teachers 360  110 

Government  of  schools 360  110 

Expulsion  of  pupil 361  110 

Removal  of  teacher 361  llO 

Apportionment  of  scholars 362  110 

By-laws,  rules,  etc 363  110 

Teachers 364  111 

School  property,  supplies 365  111 

Officers  board  of  education 366  111 

Yeas  and  nays 367  111 

Powers  of  board  only  exercised   at  regular  meetings 368  111 

Suggestions  to  city  council 369  111 

Annual  report  of  board 370  111 

Furnish  information  to  citv  council 371  111 

Leases,  loans,  sale  of  real  estate 372  111 

School    funds 373  112 

Number  and   appointment  of  board  of  education 374  112 

Vacancy  in  board 375  112 

Residence  qualification 376  112 

Board  not  to  levy  tax 377  112 

Colored  children  not  to  be  excluded  tVom 378  112 

Districts  niay  annex  territory,  etc 410  124 

School  fund."^. 475  154 

Principal   not  to  be  impaired 476  154 

Power  of  council  as  to 477  154 

School  agent  how  appointed,  bond 478  155 


INDEX.  839 

Schools,  condiiiicd :                                                                                       Section.  Page. 

Power  of  school  agent 479  155 

Compensation  of,  bond 480  155 

Agent  to  report  quarterly  to  council 481  155 

Agent  to  report  monthly  to  boara  of  education 482  15U 

School  fund  to  be  kept  loaned 48;^  15(5 

Securities  for  funds  to  be  taken  in  name  of  city 484  150 

E.vpenses  of  loans 485  156 

Preference  of  school  fund 486  156 

Default  in  pajnient  of  interest 487  156 

Interest  on  judgments 488  156 

No  court  costs  to  be  charged  to  school  fund 489  157 

Insecure  debts 490  157 

School  tax  fund 491  157 

One  school  in  each  district 492  157 

Children  of  adjoining  towns 493  157 

Degrees 494  157 

Evening  schools,  power  to  establish 495  158 

Rewards,  gifts,  etc 496  158 

How  school  property'  sold 497  158 

How  rents  rebated 497  158 

Children  not  to  be  admitted  to  unless  vaccinated 1479  354 

School  Agent: 

How  appointed  and  removed 478  155 

Bond 478  155 

Powers  of 479  155 

Compensation  of 480  155 

Reports  of. 481  155 

School  H<)Lse.s  : 

Doors  to  open  outward 323  98 

School  Property: 

Requires  two-thirds  vote  to  sell 42  14 

Vote  required  to  reduce  rents 497  158 

SCHOEXEM.\X   &  Co. : 

Track  on  Hough  place,  (Salt  street) 2755  667 

Seal: 

Power  to  adopt 10  9 

Clerk  to  keep 82  30 

Certified  copies  under 82  30 

City  courts  may  adopt , 218  71 

Power  to  make,  use  and  alter 425  129 

Established,  etc 1880  426 

Se.\ler  of  Weights  and  Measures:  (See  Insp.  Wts  &  Meas.) 

Sebor  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2175  505 

Second-Hand  Dealers: 

Power  to  license,  etc [95]  63  25 

Power  to  license [10]  434  133 

Pawnbroker  not  to  deal  in  second  hand  goods., 1711  394 

Defined,  to  be  licensed 1881  426 

Mayor  may  grant  license 1882  426 

Fee  for  license 1883  426 

Bond  of. 1884  426 

Keep  record  of  goods  purchased  1885  427 

Book  to  be  open  to  mayor,  aldermen  and  police 1886  427 

Penalty  for  neglecting  to  comply 1887  427 

Not  to  receive  license  as  pawnbroker  or  junk  dealer 1888  427 

Revocation  of  license 1889  427 

Transfer  of  license 1902  429 

Not  to  purchase  from  minors 1903  429 

Not  to  purchase  goods  in  the  night  time 1904  429 

License  to  state  place  of  business 1905  430 


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INDEX, 


Second-Hand  Dealers,  continued:                                                    Section.  Page. 

Term  of  license 1900  430 

To  give  notice  of  advertised  goods,  etc 1907  430 

Stolen  goods  to  be  given  up 1908  430 

Superintendent  of  police  to  inspect 1909  430 

Penalties 1910  430 

Second  Street  : 

Vacation  of  part  of 2502  587 

Secretary  of  Building  Department: 

Duties  of (540  190 

Secretary  of  Fire  Department:     (See  Fire  Marshal.) 

Duties  of. 794  217 

Secretary  of  Police: 

Duties  of. 759  212 

Secretary  of  Public  Works: 

Duties  of 596  183 

Duties  of 597  184 

Sedgwick  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

Sewers  and  Drains: 

Power  to  construct [29]  63  20 

Power  to  regulate,  etc [57]  63  22 

Power  to  compel  cleaning  of.. [84]  63  24 

Power  to  construct  through  railroad  lands [89]  63  25 

Contiguous  towns  may  contract  for,  etc 379  113 

How  contracts  for,  made  by  contiguous  towns 380  113 

Power  to  levy  and  collect  tax  for 395  119 

Borrow  money,  etc [13]  439  142 

To  be  laid  under  regulations  of  commissioner  of  public  works.  557  174 

Under  charge  commissioner  of  public  works 558  174 

Permits  and  licenses  collected  by  commissioner  public  works  558  174 

To  be  undercharge  department  of  public  works 577  180 

Not  to  be  opened  or  made  without  permit  from  commissioner 

of  public  works 579  180 

Record  of  permits  to  open,  etc 582  181 

Under  charge  of  superintendent  of  sewerage 607  185 

To  be  well  constructed,  adequate  in  size,  etc 1391  338 

Gas  tar  not  to  be  run  into 1392  338 

A  nuisance  when  foul 1641  384 

Steam  not  to  be  discharged  into 1911  430 

C'nect'ns  for  convey'g  anim'l  refuse  to  have  pl'nty  of  watr,etc.  1912  431 

No  garbage,  etc,  to  be  thrown  into 1913  431 

Removing  man  holes,  vents 1913  431 

Obstructing  mouths  of 1913  431 

Depositing  stone  or  metal  on 1913  431 

Gutters  to  be  scraped   before  washing 1914  431 

Police  to  enforce  article 1915  431 

Police  to  require  permit  ibropening  streets  to  be  exhibited...  1915  431 

Uncovering  or  excavating  around 1916  432 

Laying  or  disturbing  without  license." 1917  432 

To  be  constructed  conformable  to  orders  of  dept.  of  pub.  works  1918  432 
Commissioner  of  public  works  to  have  unobstructed  access 

to  water  closets  and 1919  432 

To  be  repaired  on  notice,  etc 1938  437 

Agr'm't  with  C.  &.  N.  W.  R.  R.  Co.  for  sewer  on  Mitchell  St.  2514  594 

Sewerage: 

Bonds  for 466  152 

Injury  to,  penalty  for 467  152 

Regulations  concerning 467  152 

Sheds:     (See  Buildings.) 

Sheriff: 

May  serve  process 71  27 


INDEX.                     '  841 

Shows  :                                                                                                                        Section.  Page. 

Power  to  licence [41]       G;J  21 

Power  to  regulate •• [oHJ       03  22 

Power  to   license  [13]     434  133 

(See  Amusements.) 
Sidewalks: 

Power  to  lay  out,  establish,  etc [  7]       03  19 

Powers  ot"  council  over [14]       ()3  19 

Power  to  regulate  traffic  on [20]       03  20 

Owners  may  build 135  43 

May  be  built  by  special  assessment,  etc 381  114 

What  ordinance  tor,  may  provide 382  114 

In  case  owners  neglect  to  construct 383  114 

Special  tax,  duty  of  clerk,  report 384  115 

Judgment  and  sale  for  delinquent  special  tax  for 385  110 

When  constructed  by  owner,  etc 380  116 

Power  to  prevent  encumbering [23]     434  134 

Power  to  compel  cleaning  of. [31]     434  135 

Injuries  resulting  from  defective 442  145 

Owners  responsible  for  condition  of 440  147 

Under  charge  superintendent  of  streets 602  184 

Use  of  space  under,  how    walk  to  be  constructed,  no  plain 

surface  of  glass,  permit 1102  272 

Red  light  in  front  ot  obstruction,  sidew'k  in  front  of  new  bldg.  1105  273 

Vehicfes  not  to  stand  on 1189  288 

To  incline  upward  one  inch  in  three  feet 1317  323 

To  be  constructed  under  department  public  works 1920  433 

Width  of  prescribed 1920  433 

Curbing  under  when  built  of  full  width 1920  433 

Grades  of. 1921  433 

Grade  to  be  obtained  before  building 1921  433 

To  incline  upward,  etc —  1922  433 

Not  to  be  taken  for  private  use 1922  433 

Not  to  be  railed  oft"  or  raised  up  nextUo  building 1922  433 

Entrances  to  areas,  etc 1922  433 

No  open  space  except  entrances  to  be  allowed 1922   •  433 

No  smooth  glass  to  be  inserted  in 1923  434 

To  conform  to  established  grade 1924  434 

Not  to  be  built  beyond  established  width 1925  434 

Courts  or  tree  spaces  not  to  be  covered 1925  434 

New,  north  of  Van  Buren  street  to  be  built  of  stone 1926  434 

Repair  of  north  of  Van  Buren  street 1927  434 

Space  under  not  to  be  used  without  permit 1928  435 

When  space  under  is  used  to  be  constructed  in  accordance 

with  permit 1929  435 

Permits  to  use  space  under,  etc 1929  435 

Space  at  corner  of  streets 1930  435 

Fee  for  permits  ■. 1930  435 

Use  of  space  without  permit 1931  435 

Openings  in  to  be  covered,  etc 1932  435 

Damages  caused  by  openings  in 1933  435 

Damages  from  uncovered  opening 1934  436 

Insecurely  fixing  covering  to  openings  in 1935  436 

Use  of  openings  in 1935  436 

Boilers,  furnaces,  steam  pipes,  cesspools  not  permitted   under  1930  436 

Ventilating,  excavations  under... 1936  436 

Commissioner  of  public  works  order  openings  in  recover'd,etc  1937  436 

Openings  in  not  to  be  im fastened  after  sunset 1937  437 

To  be  repaired  on  notice,  etc 1938  437 

Porticos,  doors,  windows  not  to  project  into 1939  437 

Space  tor  storage  of  goods 1940,  437 

Awnings  over 1941  437 


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INDEX. 


Sidewalks,  continned:                                                                             Section.  Page. 

Awnings,  how  to  be  constructed,  etc 1941  438 

Fastening  horses  to f. 1943  438 

Rings  and  hitching  posts 1944  438 

Cellar  doors,  broken  sidewalks 1945  439 

Receiving  and  delivering  goods  on 1946  439 

Driving,  etc.,  horses  or  vehicles  on 1947  439 

\'ehicles  and  animals  to  be  kept  from  crossing 1948  439 

Driving  horses  on 1949  439 

Dragging  barrows  on 1949  439 

Sawing  wood  on 1949  439 

Placing  coal,  wood  or  merchandise  on 1949  439 

Backing  horse  or  vehicle  on 1950  439 

Unloading  Avagons  on 1951  439 

Cartman  or  person  breaking  to  repair 1952  440 

Removal  of  obstructions  from 1953  440 

Washing  pavements 1954  440 

Dirt  to  be  swept  oft' before  7  o'clock  a.  m 1954  440 

Clean  snow  and  ice  from 1955  440 

Police  to  report  defects  in 1956  441 

Signs  not  to  project  into  more  than  three  feet  1957  441 

Merchandise  not  to  occupy  more  than  three  feet  of. 1960  441 

Merchandise  hanging  over 1960  442 

Illuminated  clocks  on 1964  442 

Drinking  fountains 1965  442 

Signposts  on 1966  442 

Hitching  posts  permitted,  regulated 1966  443 

Buildings  not  to  be  placed  on 1995  448 

Signs: 

Power  to  regulate [17]       63  19 

Power  to  prevent  flying  across  streets [19]       63  20 

Placed  above  third  story  to  be  incombustible,  size  of. 1045  264 

Defacing 1586  373 

Not  to  project  more  than  three  feet 1957  441 

Exception  when  more  than  nine  feet  above  ground 1958  441 

Erected  contrary  to  law  to  be  removed 1959  441 

Merchandise  not  to  occupy  more  than  three  feet  of  sidewalk 

space,  exception 1960  441 

Barbers'  poles 1960  442 

Lamps  and  illuminated  signs 1961  442 

Lamps  to  be  connected  with  meter 1962  442 

Show  boards  not  to  be  attached  to  lamps 1962  442 

Lamps,  when  to  be  removed 1962  442 

Lamps  used  for  signs  heretofore  to  conform,  etc 1963  442 

Illuminated  clocks 1964  442 

Drinking  fountains 1965  442 

Sign  jiosts  not  to  be  placed  on  sidewalks 1966  442 

Posting  notices  on  walls,  etc.,  prohibited 1967  443 

Penalty  tor  violating  ordinance 1968  443 

Enforcement  of  article 1970  443 

Sixteenth  Street: 

Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  R.  R.  Co.  lay  cable  on 2833  688 

Seventeenth  Street: 

Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles  on 2817  683 

Slaughter  Hou.se: 

When  nauseous  declared  nuisance 1638  383 

Slaughtering:     (See  also  Rendering.) 

Power  to  regulate [81]       63  24 

License  and  regulate [17]     434  134 

Power  to  regulate [24]     439  144 

Special  permit  required 1418  343 

Houses  to  be  kept  clean 1419  343 


INDEX.  843 

Slaughtering,  con f tuned:                                                                   Section.  Page. 

Not  to  be  done  in  streets 1420  344 

House  not  to  be  u?!*>l  as  dwelling 1421  344 

New  houses  not  toiDt  started  without  permit 1422  344 

Oti'al  to  be  conveyed  in  tight  boxes 1425  344 

Commissioner  of  health  tree  to  enter 1(532  381 

Slaughtering,  Rendering,  Glue-Making,  Etc.: 

Unlawful  to  carry  on,  etc 1027  880 

License  for,  fee.' 1«30  381 

License  may  be  revoked  by  mayor 1031  381 

Sleigh.s  :     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Driving  without  bells 1025  379 

Slips: 

Power  to  construct [31]       <i3  21 

Smoke  : 

Emission  of  dense,  a  nuisance .' 1050  386 

Penalty  for  permitting  dense,  etc 10.)1  386 

Chicago  Steam  Co.  to  attach  consumers 2866  099 

Smoke  Hou.se.s:     (See  Buildings.) 

Snow  : 

To  be  removed  from  sidewalks 1955  440 

Snow  Street: 

M.  Brand  &  Co.  lay  track  on 2794  677 

Soap  Boiler:     (See  Nuisances.) 

Soap  Factorie.s: 

Power  to  regulate  and  remove [84]     0!  24 

Sod: 

Cutting  and  removing 1597  374 

South  Park  Commissioners: 

Authorizing  to  take  Michigan  avenue  and  Douglas  avenue.  2798  678 

Southport  Avenue: 

Railroad  track  on 2532  602 

Special  Assessments: 

vVuthorized  by  constitution 9  4 

Funds  to  be  kept  separate 100  34 

Power  to  make 117  39 

Ordinance  for  improvement 118  39 

When  property  is  taken    ...  - 119  40 

Petition  (or  compensation  for  damages 120  40 

Form  of  petition 121  40 

Summons,  publication,  notice 122  40 

Hearing  on  petition 1-3  40 

How  compensation  ascertained 124  41 

Admitting  other  jiarties 124  41 

Viewing  premises,  ownership 125  41 

Judgment,  new  parties,  etc 126  41 

Powers  of  court 127  41 

Ownership  of  propertv 128  42 

Deposit  compensation 128  43 

Persons  under  disability 129  42 

Judgment,  effect,  appeal,  etc 130  42 

Proceedings  not  delayed,  etc 130  42 

Order  for  possession 131  42 

When  impro\ement  is  made  bv 133  43 

How  made ". 134  43 

Ordinance  for,  owners'  rights 135  43 

Estimate  of  cost 136  43 

Order  for  proceedings  in  covn-t 137  44 

Petition  to  court 138  44 

Appointment  of  commissioners 139  44 

Duty  of  commissioners 140  44 

Equality  of  assessment 140  44 


844 


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INDEX. 


Special  Assessments,  continued:  Section.  Page. 

Return  of  assessment  roll 141  45 

Notices  to  owners  and  persons  interested ,;.- > 142  45 

Proof  of  notice .-.•• 143  46 

When  notice  not  in  time 144  46 

Objections  to 145  46 

Judgment,  etc 145,  146  46 

Cases  to  have  precedence 147  46 

Court  may  modify 148  47 

Judgment,  a  lien 149  47 

Judgment  and  assessment  to  be  certified  to  city  clerk 150  47 

Warrant  to  be  issued -150  47 

Form  of  warrant 151  47 

Collector's  notice 152  47 

Manner  of  collecting 158  48 

Return  of  delinquent 154  48 

Objections  to  delinquent 154  49 

Application  for  judgment  on 155  49 

Sale  of  delinquent 155  49 

Redemption  from  sale 156  49 

Penalty  when  land  sold  and  tax  paid 157  49 

Paying  over,  compensation 158  49 

General  revenue  laws  apply 159  50 

City  may   buy  in 160  50 

May  be  annulled,  new  assessment 161  50 

Supplemental  assessments 162  50 

Rebates  on 162  50 

When  new  may  be  made 163  50 

Charge  on  property  assessed 168  51 

Contracts  payable  from 164  51 

How  contracts  let  and  approved 165  51 

Contract  without  advertising 165  51 

Lien  of 166  51 

How  collected  by  suit 166  and  167  51 

Benefits  assessed  in  condemnation  case 168  52 

Adoption  of  article  concerning 169  53 

For  boulevards 327  99 

Return  of  delinquent 350  107 

City  may  purchase  delinquent 351  107 

For  sidewalks 381  114 

When  amount  of  may  be  reduced 393  119 

Contracts  to  be  paid  for  by 562  175 

To  be  advertised 563  175 

How  contracts  let 563  175 

Under  charge  superintendent  of. 609  185 

Special  Bail: 

May  be  taken 1784  406 

Police  captain  or  lieutenant  may  approve  bond  for 1785  406 

Householder  to  sign  bond 1786  406 

Money  deposited  for 1786  406 

Special  Elections: 

Power  to  call 61,62  18 

Special  Funds: 

Special  assessment  funds  to  be  kept  separate 100  34 

Set  apart  for  payment  particular  debt,  etc 115  89 

Library  fund 277  84 

Police  and  firemens'  relief  fund 812  94 

For  constructing  driveways 327  99 

For  school  purposes 373  112 

For  sewerage 395  119 

For  water 396  120 


INDEX.  845 

Spikes:                                                                                                                               Section.  Pack. 

Not  to  be  placed  on  fences,  etc 1593  374 

Spirituous  Liquors:     (See  Saloons  ) 

Power  to  license  and  regulate  sale  of. [46,  47,  48]       03  21 

Sale  of,  on  boats,  etc 275  84 

Power  to  regulate  sale,  etc [5  to  7]     434  133 

License  not  fess  than  $50 [13]     434  133 

Power  to  regulate  inspection  of [42]     434  136 

Licenses  to  sell  may  be  revoked 430  140 

Stallions:     (See  Miscellaneous  Practices.) 
Stands  : 

For  hacks,  etc 1170  284 

Mayor  may  designate 1171  285 

For  trucksand  busses 1184  287 

Superintendent  of  police  may  designate  which 1185  287 

At  railroad  depots ."' 111)9  290 

Order  of  vehicles  on 1201  291 

For  omnibuses 1207  292 

Star  : 

To  be  worn  by  police  only 451  148 

State  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2084  474 

Horse  railway  on 2181  507 

Atlantic  &  Pacific  Telegraph  Company,  erect  poles  on 2817  083 

Steam  Boilers:  (See  Boilers  and  Inspector  of  Steam  Boilers.) 
St?;am  Company  :     (See  Chicago  Steam  Company.) 
Steam  Engines: 

Power  to  inspect [4]     4:^9  141 

Steam  Whistles: 

Power  to  regulate  and  control [12]     439  142 

Blowing  of  on  river  prohibited,  etc 1971  443 

Blowing  of  by  locomotives  prohibited 1972  444 

Blowing  by  stationary  engines  prohibited 1973  444 

Mav  be  used  as  signals  to  bridge  tenders 1974  444 

Bells  may  be  substituted  in  river  for  bridge  signals 1975  444 

Mav  be  used  as  alarm  signals,  and  bv  fire  engines 1976  444 

Penalties '. '. 1977  444 

Locomotives  not  to  blow 1835  417 

St.  Clair  Street: 

George  BuUen  lay  track  across 2t89  076 

Steele  &  Taylor: 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2721  059 

Stewart   Avenue: 

Railroad  track  on 2032  631 

Railroad  track  on 2077  640 

P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C.  R.  R.  track  on 2703  055 

Improvement  of  bv  railroad  company 2707  050 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  K.  lay  cable  on 2833  688 

Steps:    (See  Sidewalks.) 
Still  Slops: 

Regulating  concerning 1034  382 

Stolen  Property:     (See  Superintendent  of  Police.) 
Stones: 

Not  to  be  thrown  on  streets 1587  373 

Throwing  prohibited 1591  373 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  parks 1090  391 

To  be  conveyed  in  tight  wagons 2000  449 

Not  to  be  dressed  in  streets 2007  450 

Stoves:     (See  Buildings.) 

Prevent  dangerous,  etc [03]       Go  23 

Stove-pipes: 

Power  to  prevent  dangerous  cou'^truction  of [63]       64  23 


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INDEX. 


Straw:                                                                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  streets 1587  378 

Streets  : 

Cannot  be  used  by  horse  r'ys  withqut  consent  local  authorities         4  5 

Powers  concerning [7  to  i:}]       Oo  19 

Power  to  regulate  trafHc  on [20]       6!  20 

Power  to  name  and  change  names  of. [28]       O^i  20 

Power  to  construct  millracesin [88]       08  25 

Power  to  open  through  railroad  lands [89]       Go  25 

Railroad  tracks  on [90]       (j8  25 

Labor  on 72  27 

Commutation  ibr  labor  on 73  27 

May  be  taken  for  boulevards 826  99 

Boulevards  revert  to  cities,  when 829  100 

Park  board  may  control,  when 330  100 

Revert  to  city  when  park  board  give  up  control  of 829  100 

Council  may  require  labor  on,  etc 387  117 

Commutation  for  labor  on 387  117 

Vacation  of. 889  117 

Vote  required  to  vacate 889  117 

Rights  of  owners  when  street  vacated 890  117 

Compel  animals  standing  on  to  be  fastened [22]     434  134 

Power  to  prevent  encumbering [28]     484  134 

Power  to  control,  etc [80]     434  135 

Power  to  prevent  disturbances  on [32]     484  185 

Power  to  open,  \  acate,  regulate,  etc [54]     484  137 

Establish  grades [54]     434  138 

Lot  lines  when  vacated 438  140 

May  be  cleaned  by  contract [14]     439  142 

Penaltv  for  damaging 447  147 

Cessions  of,  how  accepted 520  168 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Openings  in  improved  to  be  replaced  by  city 581  181 

Commissioner  of  public  works  remove  encumbrances  from..      598  183 

LTnder'charge  of  superintendent  of  streets 602  184 

Numbering  of  to  be  in  charge  of  superintendent  of  maps Gil  185 

Iron  bars  not  to  be  driven  in 1101  271 

Red  light  in  front  of  obstruction 1105  273 

Vehicles  not  to  stand  crosswise  of 1189  288 

Sweeping  not  to  be  piled  up 1462  351 

Driving  horses  in 1495  ^V  .wy.  357 

Engaging  in  sports  on,  unlawful 1585  872 

Obstructing  with  goods,  etc.,  a  nuisance 1648  384 

Opening  recently  paved 1749  400 

Not  to  open  paved  when  frozen 1749  400 

Replacing  sidewalks,  ballast  and  paving  to  be  done  by  city..  1749  400 

Deposit  to  be  made  before  permit  for  opening  is  given 1749  400 

Not  to  be  obstructed  by  cars,  etc 1831  416 

Persons  cleaning  not  to  obstruct  sewers,  etc 1914  431 

Permits  for  opening  to  be  exhibited 1915  431 

Space  for  storage  of  goods 1940  437 

Merchandise  in,  etc' 1957,  1960  441 

Desi"-nated  by  names  given  on  Van  Vechten's  map,exceptions  1978  444 

Buildings  to  be  numbered 1979  445 

Decimal  svstem  of  numbering  adopted 1980  445 

Numbers  of  lots  south  of  Twelfth  street  in  South  division..  1981  445 

Dept'nt  of  public  works  to  prepare  maps  of  street  numbers  1982  446 
Numbers  to  be   changed  only  during   December,  January, 

February,  March  and  April 1982  446 

Dept.  of  pub.  works  to  assign  numbers  and  deliver  certificate  1983  446 

Size  of  figures,  position    1984  446 

Neglecting  to  number  buildings  now  erected   1985  446 


INDEX.  847 

Streets,  coittiunrd :                                                                                            Section.  Page. 

Neglecting  to  number  buildings  Iiereafter  erected 1985  446 

Numbering  without  first  obtaining  certificate I!i86  446 

Numbers  not  to  be  changed ..   U)8T  446 

Commissioner  of  public  works  to  adjust  street  numbers,  etc  1!J88  447 

To  be  kept  clear  of  incumbrancejs  I!t8!)  447 

Tearing  up,  digging  in,  removing  soil   from IKDO  447 

Hindering  impro\  ement  of IDDO  447 

Penalty   for  incumbering,  etc li)!)l  447 

Commissioner  public  works  remove'obstructions V,)\)'l  447 

Articles  remo\ed  from  to  be  sold,  proceeds 19!);^  448 

Vehicles  not  to  be  left  on  improved 1994  448 

Buildings  not  to  be  placed  on 1995  448 

Removal  of  building  and  fences,  etc.,  from 1996  448 

Neglecting  to  remo\e  building,  fence,  etc.,  from 1997  448 

Obstruction  by  teams,  relieving 1998  449 

Switch  houses  on 1999  449 

Depositing  lumber  on 1999  449 

Unloading  cars  on 1999  449 

Stone,  etc.,  rubbish,  manure,  etc.,  to  be  conveyed  through  in 

tight  boxes ". 2000  449 

Not  removing  dirt  and  rubbish  from  when  pavement  is  compl.  2001  449 

Scattering  dirt,  rubbish  or  manure  in 2002  449 

Red  lights  at  openings  in 2003  449 

Leaving  building  being  removed  on..... 2004  450 

Names  to  be  placed  on  corners  in  lamps 2005  450 

Width  of  tires  of  vehicles 2006  450 

Dressing  stone  in 2007  450 

Driving  cattle  in 20:'8  450 

Contractor  to  remove  dirt  and  rubbish  from 2009  451 

Protection  of  new  pavement  by  barriers 2010  451 

Barriers  not  to  be  removed,  etc :^011  451 

Contractor  to  place  barriers  on  one  block  onh' 2012  451 

Animals  and  vehicles  not  to  be  sold  on 2013  451 

Permission  to  lay  pipes  for  any  purpose  not  to  be  gi\en  with- 
out consent  of  council,  exception 2014  451 

Sewers  and  water  pipes  to  be  laid  in  before  paved 2015  451 

Railings  to  be  erected  at  excavations 2016  452 

Lights  to  be  placed  upon  railing  &  fences  ar'nd  excavt'ns,  etc.  2016  452 

Railings  to  be  placed  aro'nd  build,  material  or  other  obstr'tions  2017  452 

Extent  railings  and  fences  at  obstructions,  excavations,  etc.   2018 '  452 

Lights  to  be  placed  on  building  material  in 2018  453 

Damages  from  carelessness 2019  453 

Enforcement  of  provisions  concerning  fences  and  lights.  .  .  .   2020  453 

City  to  place  fences^  railings  and  lights 2021  453 

Wharfing  privileges 2070  466 

Encumbering,  ends  abutting  on  river 2070  466 

Street  Lamp.s: 

Power  to  erect  and  light 47  136 

(See  Lamps.) 

Street  Sigxs: 

Carrying  away  or  misplacing 1556  368 

Street  Sprinklers: 

Horse  railway  companies  to  sprinkle 1510  360 

License  for,  fee,  regulations 2040  460 

Stld  Horse  : 

Indecently  exhibiting 1599  375 

Suine:     (See  Butterine  ) 

Slits: 

For  violating  ordinances 67  26 

Summons: 

For  violation  of  ordinance 69  26 


848 


INDEX. 


Sunday:                                                                                                                            Section.  Page. 

Disturbing  worship,  etc.,  on [63]  434  139 

Superintendent  City  Telegraph: 

How  appointed 707  318 

Have  charge  apparatus,  test  instruments  each  month 798  218 

Keep  records,  annual  reports 799  218 

See  that  employes  perform  duty 800  218 

Control  batteries  and  instruments 801  218 

Prescribe  rules,  etc 802  218 

(See  Telegraph.)  » 

Superintendent  of  Maps: 

Member  department  public  works 551  173 

How  appointed 552  173 

Duties  of 610  185 

Have  charge  of  street  numbers 611  185 

Superintendent  of  Police: 

(See  also  Police,  and  Department  of  Police.) 

Trustee  of  relief   fund 313  94 

Member  department  of  health 679  196 

Member  department  of  police 730  208 

Office  created,  term 731  208 

How  and  when  appointed 732  208 

Bond 733  '20i 

Appoint  officers  and  members  of  police  force 734  208 

Captains,  lieutenants  and  sergeants,  how  appointed 734  208 

May  remove  and  reduce  police 735  208 

Custody  of  public  property,  fire  arms,  records,  etc 736  209 

Devote  entire  time  to  office 737  209 

Enforce  orders  of  mayor  and  council 737  209 

Protect  persons,  police  at  fire,  i-ailway  stations,  etc 738  209 

Enforce  all  ordinances 738  209 

Take  notice  of  nuisances,  impedi'nts  in  sts.,  and  remove  same  739  209 

Divide  city  into  police  dist's,  assign  officers,  establish  stat'ns  740  209 

Prescribe  rules  for  force,  fines  for  neglect  of  duty 741  209 

Appoint  special  police  for  riots,  elections,  celebrations,  etc.  .  742  209 

Appoint  special  police  for  other  purposes,  to  serve  without  pay  743  209 

Appoint  specials  for  duty  at  fixed  places 744  210 

Powers  of,  may  be  discharged  without  assigned  cause 745  210 

Appoint  custodian  of  stolen  property,   sell  stolen   property, 

proceeds  of  sale 746  210 

Require  bonds  from  subordinates 747  210 

Prescribe  uniforms  and  badges 748  210 

Reduce  officers  in  rank,  discharges 749  210 

Determine  breach  discipline,  withhold  pay  officers,  limitation  750  211 

Prefer  charges  against  police 751  211 

Suspend  officers ".    ...  752  211 

Keep  records  of  dept.  arrests,  time  lost,  moneys  received,  sus- 
pected persons,  etc 753  211 

Annual  estimate 754  211 

Quarterly  reports  to  council 755  211 

Reports  to  mayor  and  comptroller 755  211 

Certify  accounts  to  comptroller 756  211 

Execute  orders  health  dep't  and  commissioner  public  works  757  212 

Arrest  persons  obstructing  streets   without  permit 757  212 

Detail  clerks,  compensation 758  212 

Secretary,  duties,  etc 759  212 

Unexplained  absence  of  policeman  deemed  resignation 761  212 

Removals,  resignations,  forfeiture  of  pay,  ineligibility 762  212 

Aid  fire  department 763  213 

Not  receive  gifts,  etc 764  213 

When  receive  rewards 765  213 

Seized  property  to  be  delivei-ed  to 766  213 


INDEX.  849 

Superintendent  of  Police,  continued:  Section.  Page. 

Record  of  stolen  property 766  313 

Officers  receive  salary  when  disabled 767  213 

Furnish  rules  to  officers  768  213 

Badges 769  213 

Settle  disputes  as  to  distance  traveled  by  hack 1165  284 

Assign  carts,  etc.,  to  stands 1185  287 

May  order  removal  of  carts,  etc 1186  288 

Designate  omnibus  stand 1207  292 

Detail  police  for  nuisance 1646  385 

Report  violations  by  pawnbrokers  to  maj'or 1720  395 

To   inspect  pawnshops,  junk  shops,  intelligence  offices  and 

second-hand  dealers 1909  430 

Enforce  sign  ordinance,  remove  obstructions 1970  443 

Superintendent  of  Special  Assessments: 

Member  department  public  works 551  173 

How  appointed il52  173 

Ex-officio  examiner  of  sub-divisions 608  185 

Duties  of 608,  609  185 

Surplus: 

Of  special  assessment  to  he  refunded I(j2  50 

Of  tax  to  be  equally  divided 398  120 

Superintendent  of  Sewerage: 

Member  department  of  public  works 551  173 

How  appointed 552  173 

Duties  of 606  185 

Superintendent  of  Streets: 

Power  to  appoint 74  28 

Member  department  public  works 551  173 

How  appointed 553  173 

Duties  ot 601  184 

Superintendent  of  Water: 

Member  department  public  works 551  173 

How  appointed 553  173 

Duties  of 603  184 

Make  daily  report 605  184 

Svvett  W.  H.  &  Co.: 

Track  on  Grove  street 2768  070 


Tallow  Chandlers: 

Power  to  regulate [81]       63  24 

Power  to  remove,  etc ["841       63  24 

Tanks: 

Capacity  of  water  tanks,  location,  etc 2053         -163 

(See  Buildings.) 

Tanner: 

Nuisance  defined,  etc 1635  and  1036         382 

Tannery : 

Power  to  regulate [81]       gg  04 

Power  to  remove   etc [84]       63  24 

License  and  regulate [17]     4:^4         134 

Regulated 1380        336 

When  nauseous,  etc.,  declared  nuisance 1638         383 

Tar: 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of [65]       63  23 

Boiling  regulated 1361         301 

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850  INDEX. 

Taxes  :                                                                                                                                Section.  Page. 

Cities  authorized  to  levy  by  constitution 9  4 

Must  be  uniform 9,10  4 

To  pay  interest  and  principal  of  debt 12  5 

Power  to  levy  and  collect [3]  03  18 

For  judgments  and  temporary  loans 91  32 

Ordinance  lewing 112  38 

Limitation  . .  / 112  38 

How  collected 113  38 

Time  of  paying  over 114  39 

When  levied   for  particular  purpose 115  39 

To  be  uniform IIG  39 

To  pay  registered  bonds 18G  60 

How  disbursed  for  paying  bonds 188  61 

On  insurance  companies 274  83 

For  public  library 277  84 

For  boulevards.  .' 327  99 

City  to  certify  amount  required,  etc 349  107 

City  may  attend  tax  sale 351  107 

Board  of  education  cannot  compel  council  to  levy.. 377  113 

How  assessed  and  collected 391  118 

Rebate  when  property  destroyed 392  118 

When  may  be  reduced  or  released.., 393  119 

Power  to  levy  and  collect  for  sewerage 395  119 

Power  to  levy  and  collect  for  water, 396  120 

Drawback,  amount  city  may  receive 397  120 

Surplus  fund,  proportion  of,    etc 398  120 

Set  apart  for  payment  of  warrants  drawn  on  them 418  126 

For  water  supplied  by  incorporated  compan}- 424  128 

On  dogs  authorized [27]  434  135 

For  erection  of  city  hall [3]  439  141 

For  purchasing  ground  and  erecting  bridewell [18]  439  142 

Sale  of  property  held  by  city  under  sale  for 503  162 

Telegraph : 

Erection  of  poles  to  be  regulated  by  com.  of  public  works 557  174 

Superintendent  of  city,  how  appointed 797  218 

Duties  of  superintendent  of  city 798  218 

Superintendent  keep  records,  annual  reports 799  218 

Superintendent  see  that  employes  perform  duty 800  218 

Batteries  and  attachments ". ". 801  218 

Rules  and  regulations 802  218 

Erection  of  poles  prohibited 2022  453 

Use  of  poles  prohibited  after  May  1883 2023  453 

Wires  to  be  placed  underground  after  May  1883 2024  453 

Place  of  laying  wires  in  streets 2025  454 

Method  of  laying  w-ires,  excavations 2026  454 

Removing  and  replacing  pavements  for  wires 2027  454 

Space  for  placing  wires  limited 2028  454 

^See  also  Superintendent  of  City  Telegraph.) 
Telegraph  Companies: 

Consent  necessary  to  erect  poles 400  121 

Council  may  alter  location  of  poles  and  height  of  wires 400  121 

Telegraph  Poles  : 

Power  to  regulate [17]  63  19 

Telegraphs  and  Telephones: 

Atlantic  &  Pacific  Telegraph  Company  erect  poles 2817  683 

Position  and  length  of  poles  prescribed 2819  684 

Proceedings  subject  to  ordinances 2820  684 

Term  of  grant 2821  684 

Authorizing  Pacific  &  Atlantic  Company  to  erect  poles 2822  684 

Position  of  poles , 2823  685 

Proceedings  of  company  subject  to  ordinances 2824  685 


INDEX.  851 

Telegraphs  and  Telephones,  contiuucd :                                    Section.  Pagb. 

Fire  alarm,  police  and  water  telegraph 2825  685 

Payments  for  construction  of  fire  alarm  telegraph,  etc 2826  685 

United   States  Telegraph   Co.  authorized   to   construct    and 

maintain 2830  686 

Baltimore   .^   Ohio    R.   R.  Co.  authorized    to   construct  and 

maintain 2831  687 

Bell  Telephone  Co.  authorized  to  construct  and  maintain.  .  .   2832  687 

Furnish  certain  telephones  free  to  city 2832  687 

Chicago  &  Western  Indiana  R.  R.  Co.  authorized  to  lay  cable  2833  687 

Tenement  Houses: 

To  be  drained,  etc 470  153 

Privies 470  153 

Ventilation,  light,  sewerage,  etc 1348  329 

Not  to  be  overcrowded 1353  330 

Privies,  closets,  etc 1354  331 

To  be  kept  cleaned,  lighted,  ventilated,  ,«tc 1355  331 

Transom    windows 1358  333 

Roofs 1359  332 

Water  closets  and  privies 1360  332 

Number  of  water  closets  and  privies 1361  332 

Privies  and  water  closets  to  be  connected  with  sewer 1362  332 

Water  closets  to  be  trapped 1363  332 

Yards  to  be  graded,  when 1364  333 

Receptables  for  garbage,  keeping  of  animal  in  prohibited..   1365  333 
To  be  kept  free  from  dirt,  rooms  to  be  cleansed  and  white- 
washed     1366  333 

Contagious  diseases,  disinfecting 1367  333 

Mav  be  ordered  vacated 1368  334 

Requirements  of 1369  334 

Number  on  lot  regulated 1370  334 

Height  of  rooms  and  number  of  windows 1371  334 

Area  of  windows,  etc   1371  335 

Chimneys,  grates,  stove-pipe  holes,  ashes,  water,  halls,  cellar  1372  335 

Tenement  house  defined 1373  335 

Lodging  house  defined 1374  335 

Cellar  defined 1375  335 

Theaters  : 

Power  to  license [41]       63  £1 

Power  to  regulate [58]       63  i'_' 

Doors  to  open  outward 323  98 

Power  to  license [11]     434  133 

Power  to  regulate,  etc [11]     439  142 

License  fee  for 912  241 

Certificate  of  class,  seating  capacit\-,  exits  and  aisles   to  be 

posted ! 919  '     242 

Penalty  for  tearing  down  bills  of 921  243 

Unlawtul  to  sell  liquor  in  without  permit 922  243 

Chairs  not  to  be  placed  in  aisles 923  243 

Doors  to  open  outwards 924  243 

Police  to  clearaisles 925  243 

Good  order  to  be  preserved 92(!  243 

Unlawful  to  stand  in  entrances  to 927  243 

Egress  openings  and  stairwav  doors  to  swing  outward 1069  268 

Deemed  public  halls ." 1114  274 

Permits  for  erecting 1115  274 

Stairwavs 1116  274 

Exits...:' 1117  274 

Height  of  floors,  etc 1118  275 

Auditorium  floors  to  be  fire  proof,  etc 1119  275 

Partitions  for  rooms 1120  275 

Egress  openings  to  be  marked,  aisles  to  be  kept  clear 1122  275 


852 


INDEX. 


Theaters,  continued:                                                                               Section.  Page. 

Term  theatre  defined 1123  275 

Scenery 1124  275 

To  have  ventilators,  etc 1125  275 

To  have  water  stand  pipe  and  plug  on  stage 1126  276 

Hose  attachments 1127  276 

Have  stand  pipe  in  street 1128  276 

Fire  alarm  telegraph 1129  276 

Fire  extingviishing  apparatus lloO  276 

To  have  fireman  on  duty  at 1131  276" 

(See,  also,  Amusements.) 

Third  Avenue  : 

Preserved  from  horse  railway 2148  495 

C.  &  W.   I.  R.  R.  lay  cable  in 2833  688 

Thirty-First  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2551  607 

Thirty-Fifth  Street: 

Railroad  track  across 2782  674 

TnoMPsox,  C.  C,  &  Co.  : 

Lay   track  on  Quarrv  street 2741  664 

Tires: 

Width  of. 2006  450 

Tobacco : 

Power  to  inspect [53]       63  22 

ToBEY  &  Booth  : 

Build  bridge  over  Grove  street 2788  676 

Towns  : 

How  they  may  become  cities 4  8 

Organizing  in  city 242  75 

Election  of  officers 243  75 

Powers  exercised  by  city  council 244  76 

Treasurer : 

Duties  of. 93  33 

Receive  all  city  moneys 540  170 

Make  monthly  reports  to  comptroller 540  171 

Receive  all  fines 541  171 

Report  failure  of  officers  to  return  moneys 542  171 

Keep  books,  etc 543  171 

Comptroller  may  examine  books  of 543  171 

(See  City  Treasurer.) 

Power  to  plant [8]       63  19 

Power  to  regulate  planting  of [55]     434  138 

In  parks  not  to  be  cut,  etc 1690  391 

To  be  trimmed  so  as  not  to  obstruct  light  from  public  lamps  2029  454 

Penalty  for  not  trimming 2030  454 

None  but  owner  to  cut  down 2031  455 

To  be  trimmed  close  to  trimk,  at  least  ten  feet  above  ground  2032  455 
Trucks:     (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 
Tucker  &  Co.,  Wm.  F.  : 

Authority  to  lav  tracks 2725  660 

Tugs: 

Power  to  license  and  regulate [35]       6-!  21 

Not  to  tow  vessels  dragging  anchor 1848  419 

Tunnels: 

Power  to  construct [28]       63  20 

Council  may  require  railroads  to  build [49]     4-^4  136 

Driving  through  faster  than  four  miles  per  hour  prohibited..  2033  455 

Drix'ing  loose  horses  or  cattle  through 20-34  455 

Vehicles  loaded  with  loose  hay,  or  load   exceeding"  ten   feet 

high  by  eight  wide  not  to  use 2035  455 

Penalty....'.....^ 2036  455 


INDEX.  853 

Turpentine:                                                                                                                 Section.  Page. 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of [65]       03  23 

Storage,  and  sale  regulated 883  234 

Twelfth  Street  (W.). 

Horse  railway  on 2321  541 

Extension  of  "track  on 2359  551 

Pittsburgh,  Ft.  Wayne  <.V:  Chicago  R.  R.  to  build  viaduct  on  2708  056 

Twenty-Second    Street. 

Horserailwav  on 2084  474 

Railroad  track  on 2471  578 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.,  to  erect  poles  on 2822  084 

Twenty-Sixth  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2486  583 

Railroad  track  on 2554  608 

Railroad  track  on 2564  610 

u. 

Ullman  Street  : 

Railroad   track  on 2780  673 

Union  Planing  Mill  Co.: 

Lay  track  on  Twenty-second  street 2775  671 

Union  Stock  Yard.s  &  Transit  Co.  : 

Authority  to  lay  tracks 2736  663 

Not  to  operate  horse  railway 2737  663 

Construct  crossings,  viaducts,  etc 2738  664 

Indemnify  city 2739  664 

V. 

Vacancy  : 

In  office  of  mayor 16-19  11 

In  office  of  alderman 33  13 

Office  of  aldermen  under  minority  plan 55  17 

How  filled ". 75  28 

When  office  becomes  vacant 296  89 

Who  may  determine  when  exists 297  89 

Vacations  : 

Plats  to  be  recorded  311  93 

Of  Egan  avenue,  Tucker,  Gage  and  Laurel  streets 2076  472 

Of  part  of  Depuyster  street 2440  570 

Streets  and  alleys  on  Russell.  Mather  &  Roberts'  Addition..   2502  587 

Streets  and  alleys  in  West  division  for  railroad  purposes. .  .   2506  589 

Part  of  N.  Water  street 2512  591 

Monroe  street  for  depot 2697  653 

Part  of  S.  Water  street 2837  689 

Part  of  E.  Water  street 2839  690 

Part  of  E.  Water  street 2840  691 

Part  of  N.  Water  street 2843  692 

Part  of  N.  Water  street 2846  693 

Part  of  W.  Water  street 2847  693 

Part  of  W.  Water  street 2851  695 

Part  of  E.  Water,  Old  N.  Water  and   E.  Carroll  streets 2855  696 

Vacation  of  Streets  : 

Power  to  vacate  streets,  parks,  wharves,  etc 7  19 

Power  given  council 38!)  117 

Vote  required 389  117 

Damages  by 38!»  117 

Rights  of  adjoining  owners 390  117 

Power  to  make [54]     434  137 

Vote  required  for 437  140 

Lot  lines  to  extend  to  central  line 438  140 

Vote  required  for 438  140 


854 


INDEX. 


Vaccination  :                                                                                                                Section.  Page. 

Power  to  require,  when  free 693  199 

To  be  done  without  charge,  certificate 710  204 

In  public  schools 729  207 

Minors  to  be  frequently  vaccinated 1477  354 

Children  not  to  be  admitted  to  schools  unless  vaccinated . .  .    1479  354 

Evidence  of 14«0  355 

Vagrants: 

Power  to  punish [74]       03  24 

Power  to  restrain  and  punish [25]     4'!4  135 

Power  to  arrest [03]     434  138 

Defined  [63]     434  138 

Defined 1598  374 

Van  Buren  Street: 

Horse  railway  on 2110  481 

Horse  railway  on 2202  515 

Extension  of  track  on,  eastward 2333  543 

Variety  Shows:    (See  Amusements.) 

Varnish  Factory: 

Consent  to  establish 1430  345 

Vaults  : 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of [57]       63  22 

Vegetables  : 

Power  to  regulate  the   sale   of [50]       63  22 

Penalty  for  selling  in  wine  measures 902  239 

Decayed  not  to  be  brought   into  city 1401  341 

Vehicles: 

Power  to  regulate  speed  of [21]       63  20 

Power  to  license [41]       63  21 

Power  to  license [9]     434  133 

To  keep  to  the  right 1209  292 

To  turn  to  the  right - 1611  377 

Not  to  be  left  in  improved  streets 1994  448 

Width  of  tires 2006  450 

Selling  on  streets 2013  451 

(See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Venereal  Diseases: 

Distributing  books  concerning 1600  375 

Advertising  medicines  for  cure  of. 1601  375 

Vessels: 

Power  to  control  landing,  etc [84]       63  21 

Power  to  regulate  speed  of,  etc [53]     434  137 

Regulate  speed  of. [6]     439  141 

Veto: 

Of  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 47  15 

Of  items  in 289  87 

Viaducts: 

Power  to  construct [28]       63  20 

Council  may  require  railroads  to  build [49]     434  136 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Under  charge  city  engineer 600  184 

At  railroad  crossings 1842,  1843,  1844  418 

C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  Co.  to  build  at  Polk  street 2483  582 

C,  B.  &  Q.  to  assist  in  building 2483  582 

On  North  State  street,  contract  with  C.  &  G.  U.  R.  R.  con- 
cerning  .' 1513  591 

C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.  and  C,  C.  &  I.  C.  construct  at   N.  Halsted 

street     2515  595 

C,  M.  &  St.  Paul  R.  R.  to  build. V//......'... 2519  596 

C.  &  P.  R.  R.  to  construct 2526  599 

Chicago  &  Southern  to  construct 2558  608 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  to  construct 2570  611 


INDEX.  855 

Viaducts,  continued :                                                                                         Section.  Page. 

C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  to  build  on  Eighteenth  street 257(5  (;i:J 

C.  &.  W.  I.  R.  R.  to  maintain  on   Eighteenth  street 2~u~i  014 

I.  C.  R.  R.  to  construct  on  Randolph  street 2010  02-1 

La  Salle  &  Chicago  R  R.  to  build 2085  0;J2 

C,  C.  &  I.  C.  R.  R.  to  erect 2004  641 

On  Lake,  Randolph  and  Madison  streets  to  be  built  by  rail- 
road companies 2690  650 

P.,  Ft.  W.  &  C.  R.  R.  to  build  at  12th  st 2708  650 

Union  Stock  Yds.  &  Transit  Co.  to  construct  over  railr'd  track  2738  664 

VlLL.\GE.S  : 

How   organized 179  5.") 

Vote  of  Council  : 

Mayor  has  casting  vote 20  11 

Two-thirds  restore  officer 21  11 

Majority   to  pass  ordinances 42  14 

Two-thirds  to  sell  school  or  city  property 42  14 

Two-thirds  to  pass  over  veto 48  15 

Two-thirds  create  new  offices  and  discontinue  offices 74  27 

Two-thirds  order  improvement  after  appropriations  are  made.       91  ■^2 

Two-thirds  let  contracts  without  advertising 105  51 

Two-thirds  pass  ordinance  over  veto 290  87 

Three-fourths  to  vacate  street 389  117 

Two-thirds  to  annex  one  corporation  to  another 402  122 

Majority  to  disconnect  territory 413  125 

Three-fourtiis  to  vacate  street 487  140 

Three-fourths  to  vacate  street 4^i8  140 

Three-fourths  make  appropr'n  for  celebrati'g  July  4th, etc.    [5]     439  141 

Three-fourths  authorize  railways  to  lay  tracks  in  streets.    [9]     489  141 

Three-fourths  pass  railroad  ordinance  over  veto [9]     439  141 

Two-thirds  let  street  cleaning  contract [14]     489  142 

Two-thirds  permit  piling  lumber  [27]     489  148 

Two-thirds  to  remit  fines 454  149 

Two-thirds  to  reduce  interest  on  school  fund  loans 488  156 

Three-fourths  to  sell  property 497  158 

Four-fifths  to  abate  rent 497  158 

Two-thirds  to  make  contract  without  advertising 502  175 

Two-thirds  to  let  contract  for  work  to  be  paid  by  special  as- 
sessment, etc ' 563  175 

w. 

Waba.sh  Avexue  : 

Released  from  horse  raihvav 2148  494 

Horse  railway  on  2232  522 

Wagons:  (See  Coaches,  Cabs  and  Carts.) 

Not  to  be  left  in  improved  streets  1994  448 

Width  of  tires  regulated 2006  450 

Wahl  Bros.  : 

Construct  bridge  between  Thirty-first  and  Thirty-third  streets  2077  472 

Walls:  (See  buildings.) 

Wards  : 

Council  may  divide  city  into 52  15 

To  be  equal  in  population 52  16 

City  divided  into  eighteen,  designated 2058  463 

Warrants  : 

For  violating  ordinance 69  26 

Officers  to  be  commissioned  bv 77  29 

Treasurer  to  deposit,  etc 96  3.3 

Treasurer  keep  register  of. 96  33 

Form  of,  for  payment  of  monev 99  34 

Comptroller  to  have  charge  of 105  35 


856 


INDEX. 


Warrants,  continued:                                                                              Section.  Page. 

For  collection  of  special   assessment 151  47 

For  violation  of  ordinances -308  92 

On  police  and  lire  relief  fund ^516  96 

On  police  and  fire  relief  fund 319  97 

On  school  fund  to  be  signed  by  mayor  and  city  clerk 373  112 

For  collection  special  tax  for  sidewalks SSS  115 

Drawn  payable  on  demand,  when 417  126 

When  may  be  drawn 417  126 

Issued  in  anticipation  of  taxes 418  126 

Limited  to  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  appropriation 418  126 

To  be  received  by  tax  collector 418  126 

Payable  when  tax  collected,  etc 418  126 

How  drawn 535  170 

May  be  served  by  police 1789  407 

Washingtonian  Home  : 

Commitment  of  persons  to 2834  688 

Pavment  of  certain  moneys  to 2835  688 

Property  "of,  exempt  from  taxation 2836  689 

Washington  Street: 

Preserved  from  horse  railway 2148  494 

Ceded  to  park  commissioners 2808  681 

Atlantic  cSr  Pacific  Telegraph  Company  to  erect  poles  on....   2817  683 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company  to  erect  poles  on... .   2822  684 

Water  and  Water   Works: 

Power  to  acquire  property  for  water  works 171  53 

City  council  may  supply 170  to  172  53 

Power  to  collect  water  rates 172  53 

Tax  for,  a  lieo   172  53 

General  tax  may  be  levied  for 172  54 

Council  may  appropriate  for 172  54 

Power  to  levy  and  collect  tax  for 396  120 

When  bonds  may  be  issued  for 419  127 

Payment  of  bonds  and  interest 420  127 

Cities  may  contract  with  incorporated  companies  for 423  128 

Power  to  prevent  waste  of [45]     434  136 

Power  to  construct 462  151 

Extend  pipes  into  lake 402  151 

Bonds 464  151 

Injury  to  property 465  152 

Polluting  water..'. .•     465  152 

Penalties  for 465  152 

Under  charge  commissioner  public  works '. 558  174 

Under  charge  city  engineer 600  184 

No  animal,  mineral   or    vegetable   substance   to   be    put    in 

vyater-pipe 1411  342 

Purity  of  to  be  preserved 1412  342 

Drinking  hydrants 1413  342 

Not  to  be  thrown  in  street,  etc 1019  378 

Permit  for  use  of  to  be  obtained 1741  399 

Tappers,  taps  to  be  in  top  of  main 1742  399 

Quality  of  service  pipes 1744  399 

Pipe  to  be  laid  five  feet  deep,  joints 17'15  399 

Seryice  pipes  to  have  stop  cock  and  waste  pipe 1746  400 

Stop  cock  to  be  placed  bejiond  frost 1740  400 

Stop  cocks  to  be  within  sidewalks 1747  400 

Stop  cock  box  to  be  marked  W,  size 1747  400 

Sub-service  pipes  to  each  have  stop  cock 1748  4OO 

"  Round  water  way  "  cocks  to  be  used 1748  400 

Service   cock    must    be   covered 1749  400 

No  permit  to  be  given  to  open  paved  street  when  ground  is 

frozen 1749  400 


INDEX.  857 

Water  and  Water  Works,  continued:                                           Section.  Page. 

City  not  responsible  for  lack  of  water  for  boilers IT.'JO  401 

No  alterations   to  be  made  without  permit 1751  401 

Meters  to  be  tested  and  approved 1752  401 

Changes  beyond  permit 1758  401 

Turning  on  after  having  been    turned   off  by  department  of 

public  works 1754  401 

Closets  not  to  be  connected  Avith  water  supply  when  not   in 

use  unless  controlled  by  a  meter 1755  401 

Bathing  in  lake  -within  three  blocks  of  pumping  works  pro- 
hibited  .'. 2037  455 

Depositing  rubbish  near  pumping  works 2087  455 

Cleaning  carriages  near  pumping  works 20^7  456 

Rules  goxerning  consumers 2088  45G 

Penalt\-  for  not  paying  water  rates 2088  457 

Rates  payable  semi-annually  in  advance 20-!8  457 

Rebate  on  w-ater  rates 20-!8  457 

Annual  rates  established 20:^!)  457 

Taxes  for  use  of. 20'!!)  457 

Manufacturing  and  other  establishments  requiring  large  sup- 
ply to  use^neter 2041  460 

Price  for  miscellaneous  uses  to  be  fixed  by  assessor 2039  460 

Sprinkling  carts,  license  regulation 2040  460 

Penal tv  for  not  paving  meter  rates 2041  460 

Meter  rates : 2041  460 

Tax  maj'  be  remitted  to  charitable  institutions 2042  461 

Hydrants 2048  461 

Hydrants  to  be  erected  h\  commissioner  of  public  works ....    2044  461 

Injuring  hvdrants 2045  461 

Wasting  at   hydrants 2045  461 

Firemen  not  to  loan  hydrant  wrenches 2016  461 

Not  to  be  used  for  hose  sprinkling  between  8  a.  m.andG  p.  m  2047  461 

Wasting  througii  defective  pipes 20J8  461 

Use  of  lines 201!)  461 

Comptroller  pay  out  fund,  etc 2050  462 

Unlawful  interference  with  mains 2051  462 

Turning  on  after  having  been  turned  off"  by  department 2052  462 

Tanks,  construction  of,  regulations 2058  462 

Penalties .^ 2054  402 

Obstructing  stop  cocks  by  lumber  or  building  material 2055  462 

Laying  pipes  or  making  repairs  without  license 2056  462 

Police  to  enforce  ordinance 2057  468 

Railroad  track  acrosspumping  works  at  Twenty-scond  street  2477  580 

Chicago  Sugar  Refining  Co.  authorized  to  use 28()8  700 

Water  Closets: 

To  have  proper  water  connection 1!)]2  4ol 

Disturbing  without  permit 1!)17  482 

Constructing  con.trar\'  to  rules 1918  482 

Commissioner  of  public  works  to  have  access  to 1919  482 

Water  Rents: 

To  be  collected  by  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Collected  under  superintendent  of  water ()()4  184 

For  construction  of  building 1104  272 

Established '. 2089  457 

Metre  rates  2041  460 

Water  Street  : 

Part  of  vacated  for  rail  way  pin-poses 250(1  589 

Chicago  Dock  &  Canal  Co.  lay  track  on 2768  668 

Water  Street:     (N.) 

Railroad  track  on 2497  586 

Stipulation  concerning  grade  of 2511  5!)0 

Part  of  vacated 25 1 2  591 


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INDEX. 


Water  Street  (N.),  ccntinued:                                                         Section.  Pagr. 

Part  of  vacated •. -2^48  G!J3 

Wharfing  mortgages 2844  G!)2 

•      Permission  extended 2846  093 

Water  Street:     (Old  North.) 

Part  of  vacated 2850  696 

Wharfing  mortgages 28.-)G  696 

Water  Street:     (S.) 

Part  of  vacated 2837  G89 

Mortgages  for  wharfing  privilege 2838  689 

Water  Street:     (E.) 

Part  of  vacated 2839  600 

Wharfing  mortgages 2839  691 

Part  of  vacated 2840  691 

Part  of  vacated 2805  696 

Wharfing  mortgages 28o6  696 

Water  Street:    (W.) 

Railroad  track  on 2679  647 

Part  of  vacated 2847  693 

Wharfing  mortgages 2848  694 

Part  of  N^acated 2851  695 

Wharfing  mortgages 2852  695 

Waterville  Street: 

Railroad  track  on 2780  673 

Weapons:     (See  Concealed  Weapons.) 

Weighers: 

Power  to  appoint [43]       434  136 

Mavor  niaj  appoint 2059  465 

Bond  of 2060  465 

Provide  scales,  keep  them  adjusted 2001  465 

Have  scales  sealed  four  times  per  year 2062  465 

May  appoint  deputies 2U6-)  465 

To  be  present  at  scales  each  dav 2064  465 

Fees  of '. 2005  465 

Keep  records  of  business 2006  405 

Certificate  of  weight,  contents 2007  400 

Altering  certificate 2068  400 

Comptroller  mav  examine  weigher's  books   2009  400 

(See  city  weigher.) 

Weights  and  Measures: 

Power  to  inspect  and  seal [55]       O'i  32 

Power  to  enforce  keeping  of  proper [50]       03  23 

Power  to  seal [51]     4^4  137 

Standaid  of [51]     434  137 

To  be  inspected  once  each  year 889  230 

Unlawful  for  inspector  to  vend,  etc 893  237 

Incorrect  to  be  reported  to  council 894  237 

Whereto  be  inspected : 895  237 

Unlawful  to  charge  fee  when 890  237 

Fees  897  337 

All  to  be  sealed  and  inspected 900  338 

Peddlers  and  ice  dealers  to  take  to  office  of  inspector 901  238 

Using  wine  for  dry  902  239 

Penalty  for  using  without  certificate 903  239 

Penaltv  for  using  incorrect  scales 904  239 

Penalty  ibr  refusing  to  exhibit 905  239 

Hindering  inspector  of 906  233 

(See  also  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.) 

Wells  Street  (N.) 

Horse  railway  on 2122  485 

Relinquish   right  to  lay  horse  railway  on 2136  490 

Temporary  removal  of  track  from 22€0  517 


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Wells  Street  (N.,  continued:                                                             Section.  Page. 

Horse  railway 2218  519 

Wentworth  Avenue: 

Horse  railway  on 2295  535 

Atlantic  l^'  Pacific  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles  on 2817  683 

Pacific  &  Atlantic  Telegraph  Co.  to  erect  poles 2822  684 

We.sterx    Avexie: 

Horse  railway  on 2371  554 

Atlantic  &  Pacific  Telegraph  to  erect  poles  on 2818  684 

West  Park  Commissioners: 

Authorized  to  improve  Division   street,   Washington  street, 

West  Twelfth  street  and  Ogden  avenue 2807  680 

Consenting  that,  control  West  Washington  street 2808  681 

Wh.xrfixg   Privileges: 

Power  to  lease,  etc [1]     4-4  132 

No  building  to  be  erected  on [1]     434  132 

Regulation  coiicerning 2070  466 

Mortgages  for '. 2838,  2839,  2843,  2847,  2848,  2852,  2K.^()  689 

Vacation  of  parts  of  Water  street 2837  to  2S59  689 

Dock  lines  in  original  town 2860  697 

Wharves: 

Power  to  establish,  etc [7]       63  19 

Power  to  construct  and  control [32,33]       63  21 

Undercharge  commissioner  public  works 558  174 

Whistles.     (See  Steam  Whistles.) 

WiLsox  Street  : 

R.  T.  Crane  extend  pipe  over 2872  701 

Windows  : 

Not  to  project  into  sidewalk 1939  437 

Washing  of,  regulated 1954  440 

WoLcoTT  Street  : 

Horse  railway  2122  485 

Stipulation  concerning  grade  of. 2511  590 

Wood  : 

Power  to  inspect,  measure,  etc [54J       63  22 

Power  to  regulate  measuring  of [40]     434  136 

Penalty  for  selling  less  than  128  feet  for  cord 902  239 

Workshops  :     (See  Factories.) 

Y. 

Yale,  John  A.  axd  Others  : 

Lav  track   in   Ullman,    Thirty-fourth,   Fox,  Waterville  and 

"  other  streets ". 2780  673 

Lay  tracks  across  Thirty-fifth  street 2782  674 

Yeas  .vnd  Nays: 

To  be  taken  on  removal  of  officer 21  11 

May  be  demanded  by  any  alderman 42  14 

To  be  taken  on  passage  of  ordinances,  etc 42  14 

To  be  taken  on  passing  ordinance  over  veto 48  15 

To  be  taken  on  passing  ordinance  over  veto 290  88 

By  board  of  education 3()7  111 

To  be  taken  on  ordinance  vacating  street 389  117 

To  be  taken  on  vacating  streets 437  and     438  140 


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